toontownman Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Made his MLS debut for the caps tonight playing 35ish minutes. Date of birth/Age: Oct 10, 2000 (21) Citizenship: Canada Height: 1,80 m Position: Defender/Wingback (left) Been playing with WC2. Some stats about him from: https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/whitecaps-fc-sign-wfc2-wingback-ali-ahmed-and-midfielder-vasco-fry-to-mls-short- Whitecaps FC wingback Ali Ahmed Has played every minute for WFC2 in MLS NEXT Pro this season Leads MLS NEXT Pro in fouls suffered, second in successful dribbles and tackles won, tied for sixth in key passes Spent preseason with Whitecaps FC first team, making one start in four appearances Ahmed, 21, has played every minute of all four matches for WFC2 in MLS NEXT Pro this season, tallying one assist at Real Monarchs on April 2. Playing as a wingback, he leads MLS NEXT Pro in fouls suffered, is second in successful dribbles as well as tackles won, and is tied for sixth in key passes. The native of Toronto, Ontario spent preseason with the first team, traveling to San Diego and making four appearances, including one start. Prior to coming to Vancouver, Ahmed played at Centennial college in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association and joined the Whitecaps FC U-23 team in 2020 after an extended trial. Free kick, NVsoccer, johnyb and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 Corazon, johnyb, narduch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Wasn't really noticeable unfortunately. toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soro17 Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Played the last 25 tonight. Much more noticeable and assertive. Had a nice run and shot that led to the Caps’ first goal. Came on for Teibert and looked to go forward with the ball which was nice. footballfreak, Free kick, NVsoccer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 He certainly made the supposed decision to waive/shift Gutierez a bit more understandable. Looks like he can offer some solid coverage to Martins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiedPilko Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Signed with the first team Watchmen, imoffside, Xavier. and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 Happy for him. Wonder if he goes on loan to the cpl or they shift one of Guti or Martins. 3 LWBs is a bit excessive but maybe wise for depth given the latter twos injury record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 4 hours ago, toontownman said: Happy for him. Wonder if he goes on loan to the cpl or they shift one of Guti or Martins. 3 LWBs is a bit excessive but maybe wise for depth given the latter twos injury record. They just re-upped Martins. But given how often Gutierrez is injured I could see them sticking with all 3, assuming they even keep Gutierrez at all. toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 7 hours ago, Watchmen said: They just re-upped Martins. But given how often Gutierrez is injured I could see them sticking with all 3, assuming they even keep Gutierrez at all. I am just happy that they are going with left footed players in the widest left positions and getting away from inverted wingbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantic Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) Copying what AGR said - Ahmed was very good last season and seems pretty rated by Vancouver Edited January 23, 2023 by Atlantic phresh, Watchmen, sebdeserio and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbacons Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 https://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/mls/2023/01/19/three-young-players-jump-from-whitecaps-development-squad-to-mls-team.html johnyb and lowlander 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 23, 2023 Author Share Posted January 23, 2023 Could be a big season for him. Should get more minutes. Liked what I've seen from him so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Watched Ahmed in-person at a Whitecaps pre-season game today. Really impressed by him. Played LB and I expect he will be the starter for the Caps before we're too far into the season. Moves the ball quickly and effectively with excellent passing up the sidelines or with passes through the midfield. Set up the only Caps goal with a great pass splitting Charlotte's defense. Can also dribble out of trouble. Defensively, he's a little on the scrawny side but seems to be able to handle himself with the physicality and speed of opponents. Skills remind me a little of Richie Laryea (minus the combativeness). If it wasn't for all the competition for the National Team on the left, I would have predicted he would get a call up in the next year or so. Ivan, johnyb, Jack1997 and 14 others 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 6 hours ago, Northvansteve said: Watched Ahmed in-person at a Whitecaps pre-season game today. Really impressed by him. Played LB and I expect he will be the starter for the Caps before we're too far into the season. Moves the ball quickly and effectively with excellent passing up the sidelines or with passes through the midfield. Set up the only Caps goal with a great pass splitting Charlotte's defense. Can also dribble out of trouble. Defensively, he's a little on the scrawny side but seems to be able to handle himself with the physicality and speed of opponents. Skills remind me a little of Richie Laryea (minus the combativeness). If it wasn't for all the competition for the National Team on the left, I would have predicted he would get a call up in the next year or so. Has he featured more at the LB spot than Gutierrez so far? Also, the club gave Martins a fairly rich contract extension for this year so I am not so sure they'll be putting him in a background role any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 3 hours ago, BearcatSA said: Has he featured more at the LB spot than Gutierrez so far? Also, the club gave Martins a fairly rich contract extension for this year so I am not so sure they'll be putting him in a background role any time soon. I gather that Gutierrez is still out injured? He's nowhere to be seen. The Martins extension seemed more like a defensive signing - to ensure they had some veteran depth on that side if Gutierrez were to leave. Martins is very replaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 43 minutes ago, Northvansteve said: I gather that Gutierrez is still out injured? He's nowhere to be seen. The Martins extension seemed more like a defensive signing - to ensure they had some veteran depth on that side if Gutierrez were to leave. Martins is very replaceable. They signed him to two years and an option. He won't be that replaceable on those terms, at least. Martins, similar to Gutierrez, does not seem to be the iron man type but more of the durability from the School of Godoy. And with that, Ahmed should get a good chance to impress. However, like Raposo competing on the other side, he has to learn the subtleties of a new position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Whitecaps have a lot of games this year. Even assuming Martins remains healthy (and that seems unlikely), there's going to be plenty of playing time available for Ahmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfreak Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) It was lost in the shuffle of a disappointing loss, but Ali came on very late at left back and performed well in limited minutes. Pinched 2-3 times and won the ball, didn’t put a foot wrong. Edited February 27, 2023 by footballfreak johnyb and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 21 minutes ago, footballfreak said: It was lost in the shuffle of a disappointing loss, but Ali came on very late at left back and performed well in limited minutes. Pinched 2-3 times and won the ball, didn’t put a foot wrong. And Martins isn't getting great reviews. Think we'll be seeing Ali more soon. toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 He had a very bright pre season and looked positive in the cameo last night. Good stuff. Ivan, saladroit and Watchmen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phresh Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 (edited) Just scored his first MLS goal. Had an assist earlier as well. Edited April 2, 2023 by phresh ray, saladroit, Watchmen and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Never thought of him as a Number 8 but he looked very good there. Lively, aggressively pushing the ball forward, creative. Interesting move into the midfield. toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Any way we can converte this guy from LB to CB . Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 48 minutes ago, Northvansteve said: Never thought of him as a Number 8 but he looked very good there. Lively, aggressively pushing the ball forward, creative. Interesting move into the midfield. in the post-match presser (at 3:30ish) he said that he played as an 8 growing up Goal_Kick, Approve My Account Pls, Corazon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted April 2, 2023 Author Share Posted April 2, 2023 Ali has looked like he has tremendous upside. The versatility is a bonus. Hope he can continue to get games. Last night certainly wouldn't have done him any harm. Corazon, dyslexic nam, N1ckbr0wn and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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