jordan Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 2 hours ago, jordan said: Made the bench this morning for the u23’s, game is against Santa Clara Didn’t get on the field in the end Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 cpl teams are on the hunt for u21 canadians for 2024...should be an easy decision for a 21 year old portuguese third team backup Shway, narduch and JasonDias 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 19 minutes ago, Big_M said: cpl teams are on the hunt for u21 canadians for 2024...should be an easy decision for a 21 year old portuguese third team backup I feel like perception is still a factor. Its "better" to be in Europe struggling to get minutes Vs leaving Europe to play in the CPL. The risk in not doing well in the CPL is high, and it's like where do you go from there. johnyb, narduch and Bigandy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigandy Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Shway said: I feel like perception is still a factor. Its "better" to be in Europe struggling to get minutes Vs leaving Europe to play in the CPL. The risk in not doing well in the CPL is high, and it's like where do you go from there. Even if dias is the best player in the league, he wouldnt even be guaranteed a move to the MLS and then from there hes hoping for a move to a scotland type league. Essentially following Rea's trajectory seems like a big risk and little payoff when your a sporting academy product. I think its better to go to Scotland or Norway and become a starter and move up from there as opposed to going the north american route and hoping to secure a move back to europe. costarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 48 minutes ago, Big_M said: cpl teams are on the hunt for u21 canadians for 2024...should be an easy decision for a 21 year old portuguese third team backup Wasn’t there interest in Scotland this summer? That would probably be a good move, but wouldn’t be surprised if he tries his hand in the CPL at some point down the line. Bigandy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Big_M said: cpl teams are on the hunt for u21 canadians for 2024...should be an easy decision for a 21 year old portuguese third team backup @Unnamed Trialist that's your cue, bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, Obinna said: @Unnamed Trialist that's your cue, bud. Better see if he starts to get u-23 minutes, which would be positive. Also because it'd indicate he wasn't injured, which could have been the case these last weeks. I agree with others that a loan for minutes, like we saw with Millar and Corbeanu, would be the right idea. I would not even mind him doing a year in Portugal 2nd tier. Obinna and Bigandy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Bigandy said: Even if dias is the best player in the league, he wouldnt even be guaranteed a move to the MLS and then from there hes hoping for a move to a scotland type league. Essentially following Rea's trajectory seems like a big risk and little payoff when your a sporting academy product. I think its better to go to Scotland or Norway and become a starter and move up from there as opposed to going the north american route and hoping to secure a move back to europe. Add to that the coaching and scouting issues we have in North America. I feel he can do better and avoid getting lost in the system by staying in EU. phresh and Bigandy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Not with the U23 team this morning Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonDias Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 On 11/28/2023 at 5:27 PM, jordan said: Not with the U23 team this morning He's been with the first team this week. Along with Canario and Besugo. Stoppage Time, dyslexic nam, YorkRegionFan and 12 others 11 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 3 hours ago, JasonDias said: He's been with the first team this week. Along with Canario and Besugo. Nice, but I’m just pointing out minutes, and there is a lack so far this year. Obinna and Footyeh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 On the bench this morning against Estoril U23 Corazon, Bigandy, NVsoccer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Not with the B or U23 squads as of late. Maybe some news in the next 15 days. narduch and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Needs a loan. As @Unnamed Trialist suggested back in November, the Portuguese 2nd tier would be nice. A move outside of Portugal even. Are there any lower division teams in Spain known for taking on prospects from the big Portuguese clubs? Just thinking of potential destinations here. Things have seemed to really stall out and this guy had too much talent with our U23 teams to just flame out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 53 minutes ago, Obinna said: Needs a loan. As @Unnamed Trialist suggested back in November, the Portuguese 2nd tier would be nice. A move outside of Portugal even. Are there any lower division teams in Spain known for taking on prospects from the big Portuguese clubs? Just thinking of potential destinations here. Things have seemed to really stall out and this guy had too much talent with our U23 teams to just flame out. Dutch 2nd tier or maybe Belgium 2nd tier even would be nice. Somewhere technical where he could potentially excel with competition against notable clubs to keep him noticed. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Wasn’t he close to getting transferred to Hearts or Aberdeen this summer? I remember reading something about that. Hope he gets a move asap, because I don’t think he’s played a single minute since May of last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 (edited) 8 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: Wasn’t he close to getting transferred to Hearts or Aberdeen this summer? I remember reading something about that. Hope he gets a move asap, because I don’t think he’s played a single minute since May of last year? I believe it was Aberdeen. While I agree with @nolando that another technical enviornment (Dutch 2nd div) could be a good landing spot, maybe the so-called less nature of Scottish football would help a technical player like him stand out more? Edited January 16 by Obinna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 8 minutes ago, Obinna said: I believe it was Aberdeen. While I agree with @nolando that another technical enviornment (Dutch 2nd div) could be a good landing spot, maybe the so-called less nature of Scottish football would help a technical player like him stand out more? I think at his age, he’s young enough to adapt to any environment and his game likely has enough gaps in it (due to age + no pro experience) that he can benefit from leagues of any types. With that said, I’d be inclined to prefer him in a top division rather than second, however, a good season in the second Dutch tier is a good pathway to playing in the top division. From what I had heard when Colyn signed for his club, some top division clubs were interested as well, and I think he’s at most one or two seasons from making that leap, so going there for Dias might mean playing in a top 10 league in the world by 23-24. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 First it is the club that has to suggest a loan to him. Or he has to suggest it to the club, through his agent. If neither of those things is happening, it won't happen. The advantage of players like this is they are on really low salaries, so indeed they could be picked up cheap. Probably, even in a Belgium second tier, whatever the minimum salary is he'd be making more than what he's paid at Sporting. Saying this with no idea if maybe Sporting gave him new conditions recently. But if they did that, why isn't he getting minutes? Could it be some nagging injuries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 1/16/2024 at 9:37 AM, jordan said: Not with the B or U23 squads as of late. Maybe some news in the next 15 days. Not with the U23’s this morn narduch and Obinna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 https://cavalryfc.canpl.ca/article/cavalry-fc-signs-midfielder-lucas-dias As a Cavalry fan pretty excited for this. Canuckia, ray, toontownman and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 7 minutes ago, IceCreamMan said: https://cavalryfc.canpl.ca/article/cavalry-fc-signs-midfielder-lucas-dias As a Cavalry fan pretty excited for this. Wow, this is great surprise. Canuckia and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Wow. What a signing! Great for CMNT. Maybe a dissapointing level for Lucas but hopefully a springboard year. League is leveling up again in terms of signings so far. Canuckia, NVsoccer, johnyb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Great signing for the CPL. Too bad Dias is leaving Europe for now, but it’ll be great to see what a high potential prospect can do in the CPL. johnyb, Canuckia, Corazon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 On 11/7/2023 at 2:01 PM, Big_M said: cpl teams are on the hunt for u21 canadians for 2024...should be an easy decision for a 21 year old portuguese third team backup . Shway and Canuckia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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