Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA Well, he was overdrafted - but still looks like a pretty decent return on the pick they've given up, although it is not in Burch's favor that he was Sampson's big catch and Yallop was so quick to ditch him.
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA He looked okay in the 10 minutes he was on the pitch against RSL last week. Don't think too much about Yallop dropping him - Frankie's clearing house to make room for his new Canadian buddies. Plus, if he was listed as a Forward (which I didn't know, I thought he was a midfielder), that would have put him in with Gomez Wolyniec Donovan (some of the time, it's not quite clear yet) Gordon (who also is not long for this world) Glen Enfield Kirk (who's also playing mid right now, but. . .)
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA I've never rated Burch much as a forward, but he's a big guy with good feet and decent vision. We've now got the forward combo that won the College Cup
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA Jeff W. implied on "the other forum" that there is another announcement to come tomorrow.
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA It has to be Coiner. Sigi has previously talked to him, his club team released him from his contract so he's free to sign before the secondary window opens on August 15, and he's American so they don't have to wait for any Visa issues.
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA Not exactly earthshattering, but still Sigi is doing what he can to address the problem. And, as Fid said, this was a pretty good deal in terms of value, especially considering Burch is listed as a development playeer. We probably won't have to worry about chemistry up front if we go with the Burch-Garey combo. On another note, Fid, if Coiner is a slam dunk, who's getting bounced off the roster? The obvious choice is Becerra, but is there a chance one of the bigger fish could get released?
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA Do we know much about this Coiner? My brief research shows he is in the Regionalliga in Germany, what kind of standard is that (say in comparison to the English leagues)?
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA Nobody, he'll take the place of one of the "season ending injury" guys. Hejduk, Busch, or Walker. Also in the Dispatch this morning.
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA hehe, i just made a post the other day about the two more or less local (if gaven is "local" to new york, when hes really philly, these kids are local to us) kids (burch and pore) in the forwards thread. interesting. honestly ive never seen either play. as for coiner, i hope that if thomas can come in and be one of the better players, then coiner should as well.
Re: Crew acquires Burch from LA This is my hope as well. And I think the fact that Burch has played extensively with Garey probably made it a little easier to pull the trigger. Eberson, eh? Anybody know anything about him?
There's actually a Yanks Abroad interview from awhile back done with Ian Joy during which he mentions both Ryan Coiner and Jacob Thomas as being quality American attackers in the Regionalliga. Interesting that both would end up here. Any idea on whether the signings are discoveries or did we use some allocation money??
Burch is a Cincinnati Turpin boy. Where's Eggy when you need him. Also, according to the Disgrace today, Gaudette is healthy and the indoor soccer guy, whatever his name was, is history.
Don't forget that Ian Joy also played here, albeit very briefly. IIRC, the Crew cut him loose during preseason. I believe his name was Dominik Dontletthedoorhityawherethegoodlordsplitya. Tho I could be wrong. If Gaudette is healthy, that means we should have some real competition for the #1 spot now.
hey, Dom was a nice guy and supposedly a good keeper. Plus, we might want to keep him around, who knows what could happen to our spinal-tap drummer-esque keepers...
It's sad that this has to be said by Sigi - "I don’t know what move will solve our problems," Schmid said. "What will solve them are guys shooting. We were looking at other options, but they dried up. I do think (Coiner) is better in the air than the other forwards that we have, and I know he will shoot."
BTW, some nice quotes from Burch in the Dispatch... Always like to have kids who want to pull on the shirt.
hell yeah. and maybe he and Garey can start together up top and he can put some wind into Garey's sails. Then start Gaven and Seb as attacking mids, put Virtuoso on the wing, and woo-hoo! Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaal!