The CMNT Players Who Came in From the Cold

[Joe MacCarthy]

This is a list of players who were named to the provisional 57 man roster who didn't make it to Copa.  How many of these guys have a realistic shot at being a regular member of the NT down the road.

We could put together a decent team from some of the names here alone.

Goalkeepers

Milan Borjan (Slovan Bratislava)
James Pantemis (Portland Timbers)
Jonathan Sirois (CF Montreal)

Defenders

Diyaeddine Abzi (Leganes)
Sam Adekugbe (Vancouver Whitecaps)
Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City)
Raheem Edwards (CF Montreal)
Mark-Anthony Kaye (New England Revolution)
Scott Kennedy (Wolfsberger)
Jamie Knight-Lebel (󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Bristol City)
Lukas MacNaughton (Nashville SC)
Zac McGraw (Portland Timbers)
Luca Petrasso (Triestina)
Lucas Pos (Stade Lausanne Ouchy)
Steven Vitória (Chaves)
Dominick Zator (Korona Kielce)

Midfielders

Simon Colyn (De Graafschap)
Liam Fraser (FC Dallas)
Victor Loturi (󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Ross County)
Harry Paton (󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Motherwell)
Ralph Priso (Colorado Rapids)
Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps)
Nathan Saliba (CF Montreal)
Justin Smith (Avranches)

Forwards

Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City)
Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam)
Lucas Cavallini (Puebla)
Theo Corbeanu (Granada)
Junior Hoilett (󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Aberdeen) Invited (injured)
Deandre Kerr (Toronto FC)
Jayden Nelson (Rosenborg)
Iké Ugbo (󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sheffield Wednesday) Invited (declined)

[JAVIERF]

Colyn should be your playmaker once he is fit 

Kennedy 

Fraser 

Paton 

Cavallini 

Curbeanu 

Adekugbe 

MacNaughton 

Lucas Pos too.

Maybe Kayé a holding midfielder 

You need to try out center defenders and center mid and center forwards 

 

 

 

[dyslexic nam]

Lots of chances for many of the younger guys to contribute going forward.  There is a big difference between old-guard guys like Milan, Vitoria and Cav and guys who just haven't cracked it yet, like Pantemis, Saliba and Nelson. I definitely differentiate between guys approaching (or past) their best before date and guys who are very much still on an upward trajectory.  There are very few guys (and maybe none) that are under 24 or 25 that you can legitimately write off as future Nat players at this stage.  

 

[Joe MacCarthy]

2 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said:

 guys who just haven't cracked it yet, like Pantemis, Saliba and Nelson.

When I got this idea, Nelson was the name I had in mind.  A guy who seemed to be doing well at a historic club then dropped off the radar.  In the past he would have been a shoo-in, those days are now gone.

[costarg]

13 hours ago, Joe MacCarthy said:

How many of these guys have a realistic shot at being a regular member of the NT down the road.

Goalkeepers

Milan Borjan (Slovan Bratislava) - I don't see it
James Pantemis (Portland Timbers) - Likely
Jonathan Sirois (CF Montreal) - very likely

Defenders

Diyaeddine Abzi (Leganes) - up to him.
Sam Adekugbe (Vancouver Whitecaps) - very likely
Zorhan Bassong (Sporting Kansas City) - unlikely, not consistent.
Raheem Edwards (CF Montreal) - up to him and formation.
Mark-Anthony Kaye (New England Revolution) - Up to him
Scott Kennedy (Wolfsberger) - I hope he remains healthy and in the picture.
Jamie Knight-Lebel (󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Bristol City) - 100%
Lukas MacNaughton (Nashville SC) - Yes
Zac McGraw (Portland Timbers) - I think Marsch will have a look at him, but i don't think he fits his profile, however he is American, so very likely.
Luca Petrasso (Triestina) - dunno
Lucas Pos (Stade Lausanne Ouchy) - Gold Cup?
Steven Vitória (Chaves) - Nope
Dominick Zator (Korona Kielce) - Gold Cup

Midfielders

Simon Colyn (De Graafschap)- dunno
Liam Fraser (FC Dallas) - yes
Victor Loturi (󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Ross County) - yes
Harry Paton (󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Motherwell) - dunno
Ralph Priso (Colorado Rapids) - All up to him
Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps) - gold cup depth?
Nathan Saliba (CF Montreal) - yes
Justin Smith (Avranches) - I really hope so - still only 21

Forwards

Stephen Afrifa (Sporting Kansas City) - haven't seen him yet, hard to say.
Charles-Andreas Brym (Sparta Rotterdam) - barring a major change in form he'll remain a depth piece
Lucas Cavallini (Puebla) - unlikely
Theo Corbeanu (Granada) - likelyu
Junior Hoilett (󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Aberdeen) Invited (injured) - really depends on the younger guys, if they play well they'll displace him.
Deandre Kerr (Toronto FC) - surely
Jayden Nelson (Rosenborg) - really hope so.
Iké Ugbo (󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Sheffield Wednesday) Invited (declined) - definitely

 

[BearcatSA]

If you are a younger, naturallly left footed LB playing regularly at club level in that position, I think you going to getting Marsch's attention. 

Based on his selections and comments about Choiniere, i think he also values big work rate/big range central mids for his system, so if you are a relatively younger player with those athletic traits, you might rise up the charts.