MLS Supplemental Draft 2012 LiveThread
by Martin Shatzer on Jan 17, 2012 2:01 PM EST
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PrintThe 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft is today, and D.C. United possesses the 26th (second round), 45th (third round) and 64th (fourth round) selections. Considering that drafting players out of college has been the main (only?) way that United has acquired new players this offseason, I’m unnaturally excited for it.
Last year, United managed to add a solid contributor via the Supplemental Draft with the selection of forward Blake Brettschneider, who will be expected to see the field even more in 2012 given the team’s current roster. If United plays its cards right, the team might be able to add a few more key contributors today.
Simon Borg of MLSsoccer.com wrote a nice primer earlier today with a list of players who could be selected early in the Supplemental Draft, including Japanese attacking prospect Kohei Yamada, young Mexican left back Gienir Garcia, and Combine standout Aldo Paniagua. Without a pick in the first round of the Supplemental Draft, these players might be off the board before United has a chance to make any selections.
We’ll be following along via the Draft Tracker on MLSsoccer.com and discussing the picks here. United still has several needs, and could especially use more depth at every position. They could help satisfy some of those needs today.
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Seems to me
We need to stop trading draft picks, end of story. This offseason is a massive gamble we’ll find all the players we need in the transfer market, we haven’t landed a single one so far. Let’s face it, the draft and straight up swaps for players and allocation money are the only way this club can get ahead with this FO.
I dunno
The players we’ve gotten for swapping draft picks have been at least as useful as anyone we could have expected to draft at those positions. Our problem is we just haven’t held on to those players (partly because they weren’t all that good in the first place), and then we have no recourse for reloading during the drafts.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 17, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know...
I mean, at least we’re not like NYRB, who tried a few days ago to trade away a draft pick and had to be told by the League that they didn’t have any left to trade!
by VercengetorixII on Jan 17, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
There's never an "end of story" in MLS
Having one inflexible policy will cause a team a lot of problems in MLS. In fact, you could say our lack of draft picks now is in part due to the process of digging ourselves out of the pit we put ourselves in with the moves of 2008.
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
true
By “end of story,” perhaps “until Kasper and Payne are no longer destroying any chance of successful foreign transfer with poor judgment and managerial failures” would be more accurate.
That would require them not being employed. Nobody believes this will happen in the foreseeable future.
The fact that draft picks, allocation money, and international slots are all we have to trade indicates that maybe we should hold onto the the players we CAN choose without incident.
Kasper did better last season
I know it’s standard procedure for all United fans to trash Kasper, and he often deserves it, but his performance last season was a lot better than it was during the Soehn/Onalfo era. I’m hoping that the dynamic between him and Olsen is a lot more like the dynamic he had with Nowak, where a more demanding coach pushed Kasper to do a better job.
Soehn and Onalfo have the air of career assistant coaches, and that includes being the guy that backs down when push comes to shove. It’s just a theory of mine, but I think that Kasper does better when he’s not the biggest dog in the room, so to speak.
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
I'd argue
He has done better in the domestic arena with Benny at his side. Draft picks, De Ro trade, etc have been quite good, now Russell who looks like a dependable player.
But in the foreign market? Yikes. Our one foreign player from last season lost out to Ethan White very quickly. Let’s not even think about 2010. I’d love to think the FO has their mojo back under Benny, but I won’t until I see some serious improvement in terms of foreign signings, which is the last peace of the playoff puzzle IMO.
Houston used the pick they got from us to get Brian Ownby
He’s a forward from UVA, which sounds like something that would have played really well with United, but Goff notes that he wasn’t listed in MLS’s top 50 Supplemental Draft prospects. But still went 7th overall.
More importantly
Houston also picked a guy named Arreola.
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by Martin Shatzer on Jan 17, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
He's a defensive mid for New Mexico
While I’d like to see us nab a forward, or left back, someone who can challenge Morsink for depth behind Kitchen ain’t bad.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 17, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
By virtue of having a cool name and being a living human
He’s already better than Morsink
Lance Rozebetterthanmorsink
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by Martin Shatzer on Jan 17, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
Good player
Defensive midfielder, 6’1", 170 lbs. Helped New Mexico – a decent program – set the tempo of their attack from deep. Makes a lot of sense given our defensive midfield is Kitchen, King learning on the job, or friggin’ Morsink.
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
They invented being bastards
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
Further thought
The rumor that we were going to bring him here on trial in the preseason probably sealed the deal on Seattle (who had him in a Sounders-only combine last month) taking him if we left him out there.
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
Seconds after we pick him
Charles Rodriguez’s Twitter reads this: “DC UNITED DC UNITED DC UNITED DC UNITED DC UNITED”
He’s at @CROD004
by VercengetorixII on Jan 17, 2012 2:30 PM EST reply actions
Awesome
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
DCU 3rd round pick: Charles Rodriguez (center back)
6’, 183 lbs. Captained UNC-Charlotte 49ers, who made a Cinderella run to College Cup. 2nd team All-American this year. This is probably a good pick.
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DCU 4th round pick: Matthew Kuhn (midfielder)
Coming out of Drake University. Never heard of him. Bio says he’s their 3rd all-time assist man. 5’11"
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Not that worried about it
Both drafts were not going to provide us with a starter. At best, we end up with a good #3 forward that pushes Brettschneider to #4. We should be able to find a player like that from abroad, even with the low bar of recent foreign signings.
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
Meh
Right now, all of these picks seem assured of roster spots.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 17, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
Let's hope not
Unless they’re all actually good, that means we screwed up. We’ll see what the plan is once the full camp roster comes out. We’re up to 22 players that we have the rights to, plus whoever is signed, comes on trial, or comes out of the academy. My assumption is that we’ll see 1 homegrown signing, 4 signings, and 3 trialists (given the object of having 30 people in camp).
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
Charlie Davies's little brother goes to the Galaxy with the last pick
Good draft for United’s brothers. Shame we didn’t get any of them. Najar’s brother is in the Academy though, right?
2 more Najars
Cristhyan and…another one whose name escapes me. That family is saving our asses.
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by ChestRockwell on Jan 17, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Looking forward
I can’t wait to see what these guys bring at the carolina cup this year. Last year I was fooled by some of the talent we had but I hope to see some real improvement this year.
by ashevillain on Jan 17, 2012 11:28 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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