Kocic seemed like a good pro, but I didn’t see much potential in him to grow into being the quality of keeper we need in a backup role (especially if Perkins sneaks onto the plane to South Africa). Wicks was justly being started over him, and using an international spot on your backup keeper in MLS is a waste. There were too many good reasons to make this move from a team perspective, even if he was a good guy from a local college.

Frankly, I’m more pumped up about Ray Burse’s arrival on trial. Burse is at least as good as Wicks, and has more or less the perfect goalkeeper’s body. His arms are like Dhalsim’s in Street Fighter II. He should have been starting over worthless Dario Sala in Dallas a long time ago. From my seat as a fan, at least, I think Burse is the better keeper today when compared to Wicks, and will develop into a much better keeper. If his head is right and he doesn’t have fitness concerns, this should be a no-brainer.

To be fair, the writing was on the wall for Milos because of his awesome tennis playing.

I think Kocic was out the moment we got Perkins back - the Cronin move last year showed the FO’s feelings on Kocic, and with Hamid being the young freak that he is - Milos was never going to make the First Kick roster, even before the Cristman trade shipped an international slot.

I am curious to see whether we sign Burse or another GK to compete with Young Bill for the backup spot and keep him hungry for USOC and Reserve Team starts.

I’m also pretty stoked to see read tweets about Castillo on the wing. Here’s hoping we at least get to see Wallace at LB during the preseason.

but still. When Milo complained of the crowd being too loud, I knew he wouldn’t last.
I applaud him for his courage and help in the Open Cup and Champions League.
I hope he can find another team, he seems like a good guy, but that’s never enough obviously.

Sighhh. Good luck in the future, Milos.
I trust in DCU management that this was the right decision. We’ll see.

I’m the most bummed about this because it gets added to the long list of DCU draft busts. Spending a second round pick on a non-sure thing keeper was riskier than other choices and ultimately didn’t pay off. A GK trio of Perkins, Wicks, Hamid isn’t bad. Or Burse for Wicks. Especially if Hamid progresses to #2 next year. At this point, I’d say that the GK position is looking up, time to shift focus to the attack.

The possibility that I’ve been considering for a while now that no one else has really mentioned is that Josh Wicks could start the season on Injured Reserve. In MLS, this means that he would not be eligible to play in the first 5 league matches, but it would free up his roster slot during that time. I was initially thinking that it would be Kocic to occupy Wicks’ spot during the first 5 matches, and then he would be waived, freeing up an international roster spot to possibly use on another attacking player.

With Kocic gone now though, it could be possible that Burse is signed temporarily to be the #2, and United would get a few more weeks into the season before they would have to make a decision on whether to keep Burse or Wicks.