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Red Bulls sign Hot as Homegrown Player

Sacir Hot (ISIPhotos.com) 

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In the same month that the New York Red Bulls signed Maryland standout Matt Kassel to a Homegrown Player contract, the club has now added the first defender from its academy to the senior team.

The Red Bulls have signed U.S. Under-20 national team defender Sacir Hot to a Homegrown Player contract, sources told SBI on Friday. Hot becomes the fourth Homegrown Player signed by New York since the Homegrown Player system was started by Major League Soccer.

Hot was regarded as one of the top defensive prospects in college soccer, and left Boston College after two seasons. He had recently been on trials in Germany with Borussia Moenchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund, but the 19-year-old Fair Lawn, New Jersey native ultimately settled on the club who's academy he had developed in.

What do you think of this development? Excited to see a talented young defender added to the squad?

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  1. man having that name must make you so confused with the ladies…girl comes up to sacir, your Hot? Sacir: Oh why thanks i know i am sexy Girl: no i meant…is ur name hot, im looking for a mr hot…

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  2. worthless Scandinavians? technically they haven’t signed any Scandinavians except Solli. but im going to assume u mean Lindpere. so if ure calling Lindpere a worthless scandinavian then u have absolutely ZERO idea what ur talking about. and im just gonna end that discussion right there.

    also, Solli and Rodgers have yet to play a second of soccer with NY. how are they worthless? bc u read rodger’s wiki page and his stats werent that exciting for ur preference of a league 1 striker? neither were Joel’s when he signed. meanwhile Solli has 40 caps for the 12th ranked country in the world in the toughest confederation. still say hes worthless?

    and we couldn’t sign Duke even though we tried, but i still think Tchani was the better choice and hes worked out well for us instead.

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  3. I don’t know what he’s like as a player and how he’d fit in–I can’t comment on that. But it’s a good thing when teams are adding talent from their academies.

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  4. Much to your surprise, goalkeeping was not the reason we did not get the cup… making us nervous? yes, BuonaTime was legendary at giving us all a scare, but he was ultimately a revelation between the sticks last season.

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  5. yes! now the Red Bulls can stop signing washed up League one strikers and worthless scandinavians. Plus they need to get rid of Miller, hes garbage.

    If the Red Bulls would have signed Duka they could of actually been close to having a strong team made up of homegrown players. This is how a MLS should operate with academy players.

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  6. Nice to see NY doing things the right way. Provides cover in a position in which it’s not desperately needed but is really nice.

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  7. We don’t need a “world-class” striker. I’m sure you don’t think that the only way we can win the league is by signing Carlos Tevez or someone of that caliber. League One isn’t as terrible as people make it out to be. Give Rodgers a chance.

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  8. Yes! Good news. I’ve liked all the offseason moves that NY has made EXCEPT Luke Rodgers coming in. We need another world-class striker.

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  9. From his comments earlier on MLSSoccer, it appears that his heart was with playing for the Red Bulls and NY. Not certain he even had the chops for BMG or Dortmund. But no biggie, as he appeared to have a strong desire to play in front of his hometown fans anyways.

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  10. to me it seems obvious that MLS will simply pick NASL and USL of all their top teams and (IMO) start a MLS.2 at some point in the near future (near meaning we are expanding 1 team a year or so).

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  11. Best news ever! Yoohoo! I might make it to some reserve games now. On a seperate issue can any speak to maybe now that D2 have lost sanction, is there a partner maybe in the works with MLS team and some of these D2 teams.

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