rydermike

The fact that he's born and raised in France is probably a reason why he preferred a move to Spain lower tiers over MLS. It's closer to home for him.

Yes, the futsal games would captie Mlah. Farsi's futsal games were both friendlies so still eligible for the switch (plus was under 21). For Mlah (and also Loic Kwemi) they played in an official continental tournament, which locks them in.

As of July 23 Club Total U-21 Minutes Pacific FC - 14 2,554 (--) York United FC - 15 1,865 (+91) Valour FC - 15 1,434 (+22)* Forge FC - 14 1,236 (+162) Vancouver FC - 15 1,167 (+97) Cavalry FC - 15 900 (+25) Atlético Ottawa - 15 778 (+122) Halifax Wanderers FC -13 345 (+8) Valour played TWO games since last update. Pacific did not play.

I'm super impressed. I didn't watch the friendlies besides highlights because of work, but I was super impressed by the Copa games. I was not expecting them to go toe toe with some of those teams. Dominating Uruguay especially and being competitive with Argentina, especially that we had multiple decent scoring opportunities. We just need to work on our finishing across the board.

Well, since he didn't play at the Copa, he can still technically play for us. June 11, 2025 is the date he can join us (three years after his last cap, since he hasn't hit the magical #4 yet) if he doesn't earn another cap with Mexico. But do we even want him at this point after that letter he wrote saying he wants Mexico?

Former Atletico #1 overall pick Ze Cunha is playing with Des Moines Menace in USL2 https://www.menacesoccer.com/2024roster

As of July 15 (Valour and HFX did not play this past weekend) Club Total U-21 Minutes Pacific FC - 14 2,554 (+181) York United FC - 14 1,774 (+118) Valour FC - 13 1,412 (-) Forge FC - 13 1,074 (+92) Vancouver FC -14 1,070 (+147) Cavalry FC - 14 875 (+69) Atlético Ottawa - 14 656 (+104) Halifax Wanderers FC -12 337 (-) At the halfway point for most clubs. Ottawa and HFX well off the expected pace. Pace numbers 12 games - 857 minutes 13 games - 929 minutes 14 games - 1000 minutes

If only they had a solid American coach who had been interested in the job a few months ago like Jesse Marsch and hired him instead of making him join a rival after making him feel disrespected.

Club Total U-21 Minutes Pacific FC-13 2,373 (+286) York United FC-13 1,656 (+197) Valour FC-13 1,412 (+29) Forge FC -12 982 (+91) Vancouver FC-13 923 (+163) Cavalry FC-13 806 (+115) Atlético Ottawa-13 552 (+45) Halifax Wanderers FC-12 337 (+9)

They can go back and forth between Forge and Sigma

Club Total U-21 Minutes Pacific FC -12 2,087 (+90) York United FC -12 1,459 (+196) Valour FC -12 1,383 (+120) Forge FC - 11 891 (+96) Vancouver FC -12 760 (+20) Cavalry FC -12 691 (+91) Atlético Ottawa -12 507 (+61) Halifax Wanderers FC -11 328 (+11)

It's also smaller rosters with only 18 instead of the usual 23/26. For the alternates, I know they said they wanted multi-positional players in case of injuries, so I can understand how they had to make some tough cuts and probably decided to focus on experience with the limited spots