If you’re a Red Bulls fan the above picture probably just put a tear in your eye. Jozy Altidore was a bonafide goal-scoring threat, a budding star with a limitless future. Now he’s gone to Europe.
Red Bulls fans should be used to it by now, talented players leaving and excelling elsewhere. It’s become a tradition, one that is magnified these days by the glaring lack of talent on the current Red Bulls roster. It almost seems like you can’t watch an MLS match without seeing a former MetroStar or Red Bull playing well.
With this in mind, here is the All-former Metros/Red Bulls team, made up of former players who are STILL playing first division soccer in MLS and around the world:
———–Edson Buddle—–Jozy Altidore———
——————-Amado Guevara—————–
Brad Davis—————————–Eddie Gaven
———-Ricardo Clark——Michael Bradley—-
Ramiro Corrales——————–Marvell Wynne
——————Daniel Hernandez——————
——————–Tim Howard———————-
BENCH– Zach Wells, Ezra Hendrickson, Danny O’Rourke, Jason Hernandez, Dema Kovalenko, Jaime Moreno, Sergio Galvan Rey, Ante Razov
HEAD COACH– Carlos Quieroz
ASSISTANT COACHES– Bob Bradley, Carlos Alberto Parreira
Not a bad squad is it? Slightly better than the current squad and I would have to say this group would be an MLS title favorite right about now.
Did I forget anybody? Please share your thoughts on this team and potential additions to the squad in the comments section below.
Ives, you hear anything about Inter coming to play the Red Bulls sometime in August?
Ives,
In all seriousness…
I love your site, and the great RBNY coverage. I agree with you on the bad personnel “luck”, but I really have to question your timing on this one. You know the last few weeks have been horrible around here. This is like kicking a bunch of wounded puppies.
Hate to be a spoil sport, but I think NE, Houston and Chicago’s current lineups are still strong. Its a stretch to say that team would be favored for the MLS Cup.
Houston’s current lineup (Davis, Dero, Rico, Holden) is way better across the midfield and in the back.
This might be more revealing – the Metros/NYRB ALL-MLS team.
This is what the team would look like provided the front office did nothing but draft and sign players from outside the league (letting them retire or go to play abroad as they wish).
_____________Angel_______________
_______Rojas______Guevara________
Davis_______Gaven________Richards
_________Clark__Stammler_________
____Hernandez__Parke___Wynne_____
___________Thornton______________
BENCH:
Ezra Hendrickson
John Wolyniec
Mike Magee
Danleigh Borman
Joe Vide
Sinisa Ubi
Tim Regan
Tim Ward
Mike Petke
Zach Wells
Mathis is on trial with a second-division Norwegian team. Doesn’t make the cut.
Daniel Hernandez was a good call so I’m adding him.
Mathis was in Greece last I heard, but no way he even makes the bench when you’ve got Jozy, Buddle, Moreno, and Razov.
Retired and Current metros need not apply!
Mathis is still playing somewhere right? Greece?
Does anyone actually read what Ives posts before they start posting comments? Good grief.
Posted by: SonicDeathMonkey | August 01, 2008 at 04:37 PM
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It appears that the answer is “no.”
@Chow
I totally agree, I just use to love watching Campos play GK like a Forward even if it was only for one year. But you are right Zach was the man.
Too bad I missed the fact that IVES has players who are still active (sorry I added some oldies in there)
For more depression, offsides rules has a great little tidbit on the stadium. Grab tumbler with your favorite single malt and check it out.
Ives, have you heard anything about this?
-Mike
More to the point – how many of those guys are still tormenting RBNY in the MLS? It’s not like all of them took the money and ran off to Europe. Most of them are still pretty good players somewhere in MLS.
ACTIVE PLAYERS PEOPLE. Only former Metros/Red Bulls who are STILL playing. The team is based on their current form.
@Gilly
Zach>Campos any day
Ives…No Angel, Mathis, Ramos, Djorkaeff, Jolley, Lisi, Petke and Savarese????????
Cheer up NYRB fans, there is still plenty of time left in this season to make a push for the playoffs. Things are wide open and the WEST is not that strong.
Ives – your post made me think of the FIRE players who have left
———–Ante Razov—–Josh Wolff———
——————-Hristo Stoitchkov——————-
Peter Nowak——————-DaMarcus Beasley
———-Chris Armas——Jesse Marsch——–
Ivan Guerrero———Carlos Bocanegra———Lubos Kubik
——————–Jorge Campos———————-
BENCH: Eric Wynalda, Frank Klopas, Zach Thornton, Nate Jaqua, Dema Kovalenko, Damani Ralph, Roman Kosecki, Jerzy Podbrożny
HEAD COACH: Bob Bradley
Isn’t Daniel Hernandez still playing well in Mexico?
MAMADOU DIALLO (Spelling error I’m sure)
Metros had the choice of keeping either Magee and Ricardo Clark….in hindsight, ouch.
Kerry Zavagnin probably deserves a spot on the bench.
mike magoo SHOULD be the waterboy for this team. sadly, he’s ineligible.
Mark Chung
dunivant deserves honorable mention even though he’s hurt
Does anyone actually read what Ives posts before they start posting comments? Good grief.
And yet they still would not beat the All former DC United team.
joe vide? he was just waived by san jose. i like the guy but there has to be a better former metro to on there. like Santino Quaranta or even Todd Dunivant.
Ummm Mamadou Diallo anyone? He used to be my favorite MLS player lol. Whatever happened to him?
Can’t exactly blame management for losing Howard, Bradley or Josy
And you can’t say they didn’t give Gaven (and perhaps Buddle, Carlk and maybe davis)a chance.
The big one to me is Wynne.
If we stretch the definition of “excelling elsewhere”, Joselito Vaca is part of Bolivia’s 2010 WCQ team, and Fabian Taylor is one of the leading scorers in Norway’s 2nd division 😉
To all retards,
It says former Red Bulls/Metro players that are currently playing first division football. i repeat currently playing.
Almost forgot about Jaime’s down years in early 2000’s. I’m gonna need to see a picture of him in a Metro jersey, that must look really weird.
you
suck
corrales
You forgot Eddie Pope.
Mike from Linden-
Cmon, you got Goldthwaite and we took on some of his paycheck…
Youre right, i dunno how Mo hornswaggled Wynne…
Ives,
thanks for not including Edsucko Rodriguez in that list. God knows how many nights I have gone to bed crying because of him. I still get chills when I see his name.
I don’t know what is worse. Feeling depressed after seeing your list, or feeling depressed because there is no Red Bulls game on TV this weekend. Am I a sucker for pain or what?
My bad- no retired players- I get it now
Adolfo Valencia Eduarto Hurtado
Tab Ramos Youri Djorkaeff
Roberto Donadoni Claudio Reyna
Eddie Pope Branco Alexi Lalas
Lothar Matthaus
Tony Meola
What, no Lothar Matthäus?
Where is Djorkaeff ?
once Angel leaves to play for River Plate again because he is not happy with the front office, then you can include him on this list.
I do what I can PMC. I was actually hoping some of these names would remind you of happier times. Guess not.
jose – former redbulls jose, former redbulls
i still have no clue how red bulls let wynne go
Thanks for making RBNY fans even more depressed.
no Angel?
Petke, Cornell Glen – both would fill needs right now . . .
How many of those guys are on the list for what they actually did with New York? A third? Fourth?
Thanks. I wasn’t depressed enough.
Speaking of Michael Bradley, have you heard anything about him leaving Heerenveen during the transfer window Ives?
Thoughts? No thoughts. Only tears. Especially re: Jozy, MB, Timmy, and Rico.
WOW. When you put it that way…seems like some front office mistakes have been made.
Regards,