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Boyd set to join Rapid Vienna

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Terrence Boyd has made an impressive start to his U.S. national team career, and now his recent success appears to have translated into a move that could offer him a considerable boost in playing time.

Boyd is set to join Austrian club Rapid Vienna via transfer from Borussia Dortmund, according to an announcement made on the club website on Monday. The transfer, which will include the signing of a three-year deal, will be finalized pending a physical Boyd will take after returning from U.S. national team duty.

Boyd, 21, was a star on the Borussia Dortmund reserve team, scoring 20 goals in the German fourth division with the reserve side. Now he joins a Rapid Vienna team that is poised to compete in the Europa League next season, a club that should offer him steady playing time.

What do you think of this news? Glad to see Boyd will be moving somewhere for steady playing time next season? Think he should have stayed at Dortmund?

Share your thoughts below.

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  1. not sure who said anything about MLS. But thanks for the comment, that was very thoughtful and added a lot to the conversation. I didn’t say he was going to start, but thought even being on the bench and a sub (probably playing in cup competitions) in the BL, which is better than the Austrian league would be a decent move. That said, a loan would be more desirable for me bc it opens the door to come back after one season and get real playing time in the almighty and powerful BL.

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  2. I was once a star for a YMCA team! Nothing wrong with being a star in a less competitive league.

    I was top 3 player in my district. Sure, it was only 3 blocks, but still, a tooop 3 beast. 😉

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  3. You have no clue of What you are talking about, just another person who watches the BPL all day and then believe he is a Wiz at soccer. MLS is better then AUSTRIA.

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  4. Bradley went to Herenveen which wasn’t topflight if I’m not mistaken. I did forget Ream and Joe Cannon, who was with Lens in Ligue 1 for a season.

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  5. Brian McBride – Fulham
    Simon Elliott – Fulham
    Eddie Johnson – Fulham
    Tim Howard – Man U
    Clint Dempsey – Fulham
    Landon Donovan – Bayern Leverkusen/Everton (loan)
    David Becckham – AC Milan (loan)
    DeMarcus Beasely – PSV Eindhoven
    Brad Guzan – Aston Villa? I think…
    Carlos Bocanegra – Fulham
    Maurice Edu – Rangers
    Freddy Adu – Benfica
    Stuart Holden – Bolton
    Tony Sanneh – Hertha Berlin
    Ricardo Clark – Eintracht Frankfurt
    Jozy Altidore – Villareal
    Brad Friedel – Liverpool

    That’s a start… I’m sure I’m missing some Bundesliga guys…

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  6. This is from the USSF website. You don’t suppose Andreas had anything to with this do you?

    “Andreas Herzog joins the coaching staff of the U.S. Men’s National Team after an accomplished career at the club and international level. In addition to his assistant coaching duties on the field, the most-capped player in Austrian history will serve as the USA’s primary liaison to players, coaches and clubs in Europe.

    Herzog enjoyed an 18-year professional career that spanned three leagues in Europe and the United States. Beginning his playing days at Rapid Vienna, he moved on to eight seasons in the German Bundesliga that were highlighted by a UEFA Cup championship in 1996 with Bayern Munich, where he played alongside Jurgen Klinsmann. He spent his final season as a professional in 2004 playing for the LA Galaxy in MLS.

    Making 103 appearances for Austria and scoring 26 goals from his central midfield position, Herzog is a two-time World Cup veteran. Featuring against the United States in Austria’s 2-1 victory in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, he went on to convert a penalty against Italy in France ’98.

    Herzog served as an assistant coach for the Austria National Team for two years before assuming the role of head coach of the Austria U-21 National Team in 2009. ”

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  7. Twon,

    Almost Nothing.

    Moving to a foreign country and failing is not always because you are not a good enough player.

    Sometimes it is as simple as the player can’t adjust to a new environment. It happens all the time. See Landon Donovan. When he “failed” at Leverkusen, he had
    plenty of talent. He just wasn’t able to adjust and play like he could

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  8. Flushed is a little harsh but we should never forget this is a business and Boyd is basically livestock.

    Dortmund are still a “selling” club.

    A guy like Boyd had x amount of time to make a certain impression. At this point he’s not good enough to displace Dortmund’s first choice strike force and if he can’t do that and spends the upcoming season sitting around his value will decline.

    Dortmund look at Boyd like he is a 2012 model car that is taking up valuable inventory space on their car lot. They have to move it before the value dips below the cost of the inventory space it is taking up.

    Hence the “invoice price” deal on Boyd.

    The other thing is we do not know what Dortmund’s other,younger,18-20 year old, strikers look like. Its a young man’s game and Boyd is getting old.

    Different clubs have different philosophies on loans but you would think that if they thought he was that good they would have loaned him out by now.

    Boyd is a very high energy kind of guy but, based on the admittedly small sample size of his USMNT games, he has a lot to learn and regular playing time,at a level higher than where he is now, can only benefit him.

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  9. Vast difference in MLS and Austrian league. How many mls players go to the EPL, bundesliga, la liga, etc… i’d venture to say 5 in the past 4 or 5 years. Austrian league, a heck of a lot more, I mean exponentially more. MLS, no matter how you want to put it, is not a good league, it’s getting better, but it’s no where near ANY of the leagues in Europe, heck, it’s no where near any of the league south of the border.

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  10. It was Sir Alex Ferguson who once said that goalscorers need to score goals to gain confidence.

    He was referring to RVN who was a pretty fair goalscorer.

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  11. Dude the league is 16 years old, and nearly folded less than a decade ago. In a couple years the league will have twenty teams, youth academies are just starting to produce young talent (hamid, najar … just from one club). Furthermore, the developing scouting pipelines to bring more young south and central Americans into the league. Attendance continues to grow and nearly every team has soccer specific stadium. In my opinion, that amazing progress for a “teenage” league.

    Sure, we have a few rich owners who could probably afford better players if the salary cap rules were loosened. That said, I would much rather have slower, sustainable growth that promotes competitive balance (i.e. NFL) than a system which allows the richest cities/owners/teams to dominate year in and year out.

    When you have some legitimate criticism I’ll gladly hear it. However, if your just going to rant and provide blankets statements of hate then do it to somewhere else.

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  12. Define “better”.

    Boskovic and Salihi played together there. They had more success there. How do we interpret that?

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  13. I’m not “projecting” anything. I’m saying he didn’t look ready for the primetime in “a few minutes” of play during 3 separate games and 60 minutes of play during another. Saying I’m excited for his development is a far cry from projecting a career based on his first games…but his first 4 games are the best thing we have to base where he is at this moment.

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  14. Also young idiot, MLS don’t lose to Mexican teams 8-1. Its when MLS goes to Mexico, they struggled. However so does the USMNT, the USMNT/MLS recorded in Mexico is bad. However when RSL went to the finals VS Moneterey, They lost 1-0 not 8-1.

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  15. First You mention Mexico, Mexico is a top 12 league in the world, look at their youth teams and their national team. Second MLS has academies started two years ago, its growing. Next lets get to your main problem, Don Garber. Don Garber has work in the NFL offices. A NFL that makes 12 billion a year. Don knows how to build a league and is the reason the league has continued for 16 years. The reason MLS doesn’t have a free agency, is because having a single format at this time, again notice I used at this time, will make the league lose money and fold. So how do you build a league and have goals to became one of the best leagues? well, you build it slowly and steady. Eric Wynalda, wants a MLS coaching job and is upset. Eric Wyanlda has no experience in building a league or in league offices. You talk about how MLS is a “Mickey Mouse league”, yet how is it one of the worst MLS defenders, Tim Ream goes into the BPL and look like a world beater OR Stuart Holden starting in houston before going to the BPL. Maybe MLS isn’t so “Mickey Mouse” as you put it.

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  16. lol at you MLS homers/moles that think MLS is better than the Austrian league. When was the last time an Austrian team was dominated 8-1 by a Mexican team? Boyd is going to a historic club with a great reputation so he will develop by leaps and bounds. You MLS moles/homers that think MLS is better than European leagues need to wake up fast! Don Garbage and his policies are ruining the league with restrictive contracts, no free agency, severely overvaluing players in the transfer market, not selling anyone unless team abroad overpays significantly, and the piss poor development.

    go google Eric Wynalda NSCAA to learn the truth about the mickey mouse league. They need to improve, they f*cked over Le Toux and many other players.

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  17. WTF are you talking about, the top two leading scores came to MLS and failed, WTF does that say about the Austrian league?

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  18. There’s already evidence of this mentality: Dortmund recently bought Marco Reus from Borrusia Mönchengladbach for 17.5 million euros.

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  19. yes, as a club, Vienna is probably better than most in MLS, but through and through, the league is weak, evidenced by the fact that the powerhouse of the league is only in the Europa League

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  20. First you call me an idiot, yet WTF is spund, Really? Second, yes true value, Ream had a terrible season in MLS. NYRB got 3M for a defender that didn’t have a good season. Usually clubs around the world,not just MLS, put worth on players. If they believe their player is worth more, they will hold out till they get what they fill is market value.

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  21. Hamdi Salihi was the leading scorer in Austria last year,Branko Boskovic was also a leading scorer in Austria a few years back before coming to MLS. Boskovic has done nothing for DC United and Salihi looks poor as well for DC united.Both played for the team Boyd is heading to.

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  22. “He would be a starter or the 3rd forward for any team and would play in some big games in MLS” and that’s the problem with your stupid league called MLS.No competition and I’m not going to even comment on that “and hopefully CCL and friendlies”.

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