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#16
Posted 06 July 2018 - 07:53 PM
RIP Guillermo Romulo, Alexander Francis Orig, Celenio Eleazar, and my Mom, Resurreccion Eleazar.
RIP Cesar Castello, Mike Vallo, Glenn Stampiglia, Bob Paquette, and Warren Lee
#17
Posted 06 July 2018 - 08:53 PM
Club is where you play at the highest level you can. The country you play for is different. The one you choose matters. That said, I have nothing against Rossi and would welcome him with open arms if he was healthy. Unfortunately for him, that hasnt been the case since 2014.I get being pissed at Rossi, but realistically he was trying to play at the highest level that he could.
He's 31 and his career in the top leagues in Europe is effectively over. I could see him being content finishing his career here.
I havent seen him play at all though, so I cant speak to if he can still play at an MLS level or has followed the aging curve of Shaun Wright Phillips.
#18
Posted 06 July 2018 - 10:32 PM
He woulnd't be a terrible low-end TAM signing, but come on. This is a SWP, MLS 2015 level signing, and I think we're better than that.
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#19
Posted 06 July 2018 - 10:55 PM
and SWP was paid $100k that season. this is worse than Dilly Duka
RIP Guillermo Romulo, Alexander Francis Orig, Celenio Eleazar, and my Mom, Resurreccion Eleazar.
RIP Cesar Castello, Mike Vallo, Glenn Stampiglia, Bob Paquette, and Warren Lee
#20
Posted 07 July 2018 - 06:33 AM
5 year plan
#21
Posted 07 July 2018 - 06:36 AM
And Olsen didn't turn DC into a bunch of whining, diving.. oh, nevermind
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#22
Posted 07 July 2018 - 06:37 AM
I was about to say, doesn't he do this every summer?
#23
Posted 07 July 2018 - 09:45 AM
Club is where you play at the highest level you can. The country you play for is different. The one you choose matters. That said, I have nothing against Rossi and would welcome him with open arms if he was healthy. Unfortunately for him, that hasnt been the case since 2014.
Lots of guys pick their national team strategically. Jones, Chandler, and others play for the US because they weren't good enough for Germany. Same with Sam and Ghana/England.
conversely, Juan De Guzman picked Netherlands over Canada because he wanted to play in bigger tournaments with higher stakes.
#24
Posted 07 July 2018 - 10:00 AM
He lives in North Haledon the last time I checked ...
Perhaps this comes off stranger than you intended.
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#25
Posted 07 July 2018 - 10:07 AM
i dont see him as a guy that will be able to press. didnt he lose most of his speed? does he have any speed?
#26
Posted 07 July 2018 - 10:56 AM
I doubt that Hamlett/Armas are really interested in Rossi, but he's available on a free and would be the backup to BWP that we all want, assuming he's willing to play that role.
#27
Posted 07 July 2018 - 11:12 AM
Traitor ? Can't believe this argument still has a breath.
12 fucking years old he leaves for the Italy, where his parents are off the boat from none the less, goes to Parma and Man Utd on a school boy contract but it's Clifton youth football which developed him and where his heart should be ? Retarded.
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#28
Posted 07 July 2018 - 02:21 PM
Jones, Chandler, and Sam couldnt play for their birth country. Thats different than Rossis situation. Canada never makes the World Cup. The US has made every World Cup Italy has since Rossi has chosen who to play for.Lots of guys pick their national team strategically. Jones, Chandler, and others play for the US because they weren't good enough for Germany. Same with Sam and Ghana/England.
conversely, Juan De Guzman picked Netherlands over Canada because he wanted to play in bigger tournaments with higher stakes.
I wouldnt call Rossi a traitor, he had every right and reason to choose Italy over the US. That said, Im not calling him a local kid because he lived here until he 12 and then choose a non-US country to represent. His choice was a clear statement he feels Italian, not American.Traitor ? Can't believe this argument still has a breath.
12 fucking years old he leaves for the Italy, where his parents are off the boat from none the less, goes to Parma and Man Utd on a school boy contract but it's Clifton youth football which developed him and where his heart should be ? Retarded.
#29
Posted 07 July 2018 - 02:28 PM
His choice was a clear statement he feels Italian, not American.
The choice which country to play for is binary; how people feel is a lot more nuanced. He may feel Italian or he may have made that choice (in part or fully) because of career/NT success considerations. He could also easily still think of NJ as home.
#30
Posted 07 July 2018 - 02:40 PM
Perhaps this comes off stranger than you intended.
Haha. I see that. Frieslander lives right down the street from him and we haven't talked in a while.
And Olsen didn't turn DC into a bunch of whining, diving.. oh, nevermind
-MetroSquard
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