With Designated Player signings and rumors running rampant, fans throughout MLS are waiting eagerly to see who, if anybody, their team may be signing this summer.
In Los Angeles there is talk of Ronaldinho, while Chicago could introduce a Mexican star like Nery Castillo tonight. New York is already basking in the glow of the Thierry Henry signing, but still preparing for another major signing. Meanwhile, things remain quiet in places such as New England, where fans are starting to get fed up with the lack of activity.
So here is the question for MLS fans. Who would you like to see your team sign? Be realistic, but share your Designated Player hopes and ideas with us.
Share your suggestions below.
Dynamo=Gringo Torres
heheheh
24 players i don’t care who but on a mls team in Atlanta.
I think the Red Bulls should be going for Ronaldinho. We keep talking about getting this #10 yet we’re not making a run for one of the greatest? He lead Serie A in assists last season and would be a tremendous draw. Most of all we would be keeping LA from getting him.
I think I want, maybe, all the Designated Players to go home? Consistent quality across an MLS squad really seems to be a great challenge without them; with DP’s it’s a joke.
MLS – run what ya brung. Old Ferrari’s on the starting line with your brother’s souped up Camaro.
“Give me your used-up pros, your poor tempered,
Your injured @$$es demanding millions fee,
The ego-ed refuse of a great team sport.
Send these, the burned-out, unmotivated to me,
I’ll coach them on retirement and mediocrity”
Ugggg……. Sky news reports Ronaldinho is staying in Milan…. Oh well
someone should pick up shabalala or for shits and giggles jong tae song. someone for the world cup
HE IS 2 OLD FOR WHAT
Riquelme 2 NE
TFC—> Carlos Ruiz and Marco Velez.
RSL—–> Alou Diarra/Hatem Ben Arfa/Yoann Gourcuff
Just read Milan is willing to talk transfer of Ronaldinho for no less then 10 mil €, and his brother already dismissed going to Brazil….. hmmm mls teams can’t pay transfer wages right , not entirely sure? Lets hope they drop him like Barca droped Henry.
I believe the Revs had a chance a couple years back to sign Pauleta. He wanted to play here because his relatives live in Fall River. Foxboro and surrounding areas have large Portuguese population and bringing top Portuguese scorer would have been huge. Kraft said no.
What they need more than a player is a soccer-specific stadium but that will never happen either.
Pato, Wilkshire, Iniesta
Seriously, the point I am trying to make is that I want Boston to have a good team. I love the natural ny-Boston rivalry. I think it’s good for the sport. Kraft just needs to keep his spending up, maybe by getting a few DPs (saying no one has won a championship with a dp is true, however with the new collective bargaining agreement you can’t use that point). By the way maybe I’m wrong and kraft is waiting to spend on players, but what would be a better time then now with all the world cup buz
Ugg I may have missed 2007, however the reason everyone say the pats were a well run organization is the fact they never had to get into a spending race with other teams in the NFL. You have a low payroll and win superbowls etc. Funny you tell me I dismiss your point on francona, which again is unrelated no matter how you twist it, but you are quick to dismiss the fact that the pats were not good till Belichick.
Kraft was lucky to get the pieces at the same time, without having to actually spend like other teams would have to. I remember the controversy with the jets, he left the jets because he didn’t have the control kraft promised him. Remember where belichick learned his trade, parcels. Look no one on here is going to say the pats are a bad team, aside from spy gate, the controversy has been pretty low.
As for bringing the dolphins winning into it, I will always be a fan (unlike most pats fans) I was happy when mr. Blockbuster sold the team, as he couldn’t run the organization, much like kraft with the revs. Kraft needs to realize that unlike football, when you underspend in soccer and other teams decide to spend, you will fall back to the bottom of the league.
I think Pat’s point is that Kraft won’t invest significant resources in the Revs. No SSS. No marquee players. The only Revs stars are those that were nobodies when they came in and came of age with the organization (Twellman, Dempsey, Noonan, Joseph), with the possible exception of Ralston. If Kraft won’t invest and you’re solely relying on Nichols’ alleged genius to be successfuly, it’s like fighting with one arm tied behind your back.
DC United- Ollie Khan, Michael Ballack, Park Ji Sun
Bruno will need the help of Robert Shapiro and F. Lee Bailey to help him get over here! 😉
Riquelme.
Martin Palermo to team up with GBS in C-Bus!
I also think that the Red Bulls should look at bringing in former Bayern Munchen Keeper Michael Rensing who is a Free Agent. Now I know the team has 2 good keepers now but with Rensing being only 26 I think this would be a great pick up. If not to the Red Bulls I really think an MLS team should look at bringing him in even though I believe he will stay in Germany.
I would have loved to see Michael Ballack go to the Red Bulls. To have him in the Red Bulls midfield and getting the ball up to Henry and Angel, the team would no doubt be the top pick to win it all. Another guy I would like to see in the MLS is Michael Owen, the guy really isnt getting any playing time at Manchester United. If I was a team like the Sounders, I would look at bringing him in and maybe having another top of the line DP there would make it easier on Ljunberg.
I agree — to a point. The reality is, though, is it’s a vicious cycle of non-starts. What I mean is the clubs are waiting on fans + advertisers, and the fans are waiting on talent. Thus, neither come.
This is where I also disagree: the poor perception of MLS is not reality. There is a Euro (er, anything non-American) mystique where unless it’s NOT American — it’s not any good.
Take any Mexican team, mid-level Euro team (like Celtic), etc. — these teams are comparable (or only slightly superior) to an MLS side, yet fans who dismiss MLS flock to stadiums to see these clubs play meaningless exhibitions.
I am no fan of the structure of the MLS, and agree that talent should improve — but I also think there’s an unfair perception that the league is weaker than it actually is…
For example, Landon Donovan. Things may change now after the World Cup, but he’s a world class player, and has been for years. Does he really put butts in seats? If his name was Landoninho, the Brazilian superstar from AC Milan (with the EXACT same talent), things of course would be different.
CNN has the trademark for Carville segments.