RSL 2006 SuperDraft watch list

[ReAl]

Originally Posted by Stucki

,except that he played Adu, Gaven, and Freeman 90 minutes for all four games.

Yeah, Adu and Gaven really tore it up in '05.

Adu- 3 goals, 1 assist, 663 mins
Gaven- 4 goals, 1 assist, 762 mins
Peterson- 3 goals, 1 assist, 376 mins

Watson ('04)- 4 goals, 2 assists, 202 mins

[BetterThanChivas]

Originally Posted by ReAl

Yeah, Adu and Gaven really tore it up in 05.

Adu- 3 goals, 1 assist, 663 mins
Gaven- 4 goals, 1 assist, 762 mins
Peterson- 3 goals, 1 assist, 376 mins

Watson U20 career- 4 goals, 2 assists, 202 mins

Very impressive, Mr. Watson.
:signrocko

[Stucki]

Originally Posted by ReAl

Yeah, Adu and Gaven really tore it up in '05.

Adu- 3 goals, 1 assist, 663 mins
Gaven- 4 goals, 1 assist, 762 mins
Peterson- 3 goals, 1 assist, 376 mins

Watson ('04)- 4 goals, 2 assists, 202 mins

My point was that those were three MLS guys that he not only brought into camp, but played.

Aren't both Adu and Gaven mids anyway? I agree that Peterson isn't good, but that wasn't my point anyway.

[prk166]

Originally Posted by utah_heretic

One nice aspect of the Mathis/Cunningham trade is that we don't NEED to draft a top striker. drafting Wynne would go a long way towards helping our defense down the road...

I think similar comments were once made about Gbandi.

[utah_heretic]

Originally Posted by prk166

I think similar comments were once made about Gbandi.

Will Marvell pan out to be one of the next great US sentral defenders or not? Hard to say...he certainly has the physical skills, he's a player with a lot of buzz surrounding him, which amounts to a great deal of pressure...I certainly won't pretend to be able to divine his eventual impact on american soccer...What I do think is that he is blazing fast for a defender, something which certainly couldn't hurt our defense. The few times I've seen him play, I was impressed with his poise and decision making. I can't begin to imagine that I have scouted enough players to definitively say who I feel is the best defender in the draft. On some levels, drafting defenders high has been historically counterproductive. Some of the top defenders at a professional level are converted from other positions. Often defenders coming through the college systems do not have the ball skill to effectively transition to a professional level, or do not have the footspeed to match the top forwards out there.

People have said that RSL ought to be drafting somebody who they think can be a starter on the squad. The holes in RSL's line-up, however, are at A-mid and central defense. I would be shocked if anybody we could draft could start in those crucial roles by the opening game. I think we ought to be looking for somebody who could potentially start as soon as June. Otherwise we'd be putting enormous pressure on a very young player. Frankly I'd be happy if we could draft Wynne, I'd also be happy with Sacha, knowing he may not start the first year. I don't know much about Sturgis, so I'm not sure whether he's good enough to be the #2 overall pick in the draft...one thing is certain however, and that's if we'll be picking Sturgis, I'd expect RSL to gain some draft picks to allow somebody to use the second pick to take Sacha. At the moment, I'll wait for the Combine to see some of these people play against each other, while hoping that the RSL scouting staff are watching thousands of hours of film on these guys to see beyond the hype.

[SoccerPrime]

MLSnet.com's 2006 SuperDraft webpage up:
http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/mls/events/superdraft/2006/

Live on MLSnet.com and Fox Soccer Channel.

[bordelais7]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=354438&root=mls&cc=5901

Ballouchy #2?

[Deuce]

Originally Posted by bordelais7

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=354438&root=mls&cc=5901

Ballouchy #2?

Yeah it is kinda weird that Maryland are the champs yet the highest Maryland player is #5.... There is something wrong with that.

[SoccerPrime]

Wynne is amazing. And the other Generation Adidas fellas have super skillz.
But you guys are forgetting why GAs are really so popular for MLS teams.
Adidas pays their salary, not the MLS teams.
So they are essentially free.

BTW I refuse from here on out to spell ADIDAS in all lower case.

[BetterThanChivas]

3rd degree:
http://3rddegree.net/thirdindex.cfm?page=article&show=1095

A few comments

Originally Posted by 3rdDegree

Marvell Wynne, you can see why he will go at or near the top of the draft. Real pace, knows how to time his runs, just blows right by guys. He could be a touch better of a passer, but he's dang good player right now. He seems to be only playing about 85% today. I think I spot him sleeping on the bench in the second half.

I just thought this one was funny.

Originally Posted by 3rdDegree

Brian Plotkin is a freak of nature. He's a short, pasty faced, chubby cheeked, un-athletic looking slob... who will smoke you all over the field and tear your defense apart. He also played wingback in the second half to fill out the team, when he's clearly not a wingback.

Sturgis, a projected pick for RSL

Originally Posted by 3rdDegree

Nathan Sturgis came in and was Sturgis. Exactly what I expected.

I can't wait for Friday!