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Rockvillejoe

12-11-2006, 07:04 PM

For all of you DC United fans, and MLS fans in general, the 17 year old disgruntled phenom will be wearing a Real Salt Lake jersey along with Nick Rimando. Farewell, #9, good luck in the land of white bread and the King family. I for one will miss his unbeliveable touch and controlof the ball, his immense energy, where at anytime he could  score from anywhere on the offensive end of the pitch.

PapaBear

12-11-2006, 07:06 PM

At least he didn't go to Manchester.

Marc with a c

12-11-2006, 07:18 PM

i guess dc had to bid him adu.     that one hurt my stomach.

johnniewalker

12-11-2006, 07:20 PM

What the hell is real salt lake?    I love america and all, but someone should tell this kid to bail.

sailor

12-11-2006, 10:33 PM

on the one hand fuck dc, so i'm glad he's not there.  on the other hand, salt lake?  is that where we want our 17 year-old phenoms to waste away?  although he IS going to be playing for his former under-17 coach, who will have more desire to showcase him than there was in dc.  the move to midfield will be interesting.

Fezticle98

12-12-2006, 12:11 AM

Might be good to get him (more) out of the spotlight for a couple years. I do hope he eventually makes it to one of the better European Leagues to hone his skills over there. I give him a couple years in SLC until he goes batshit crazy. DC United picks up another "major allocation" spot. Should be interesting to see if teams use those to hire aging, but not yet decrepit stars from the European leagues.On a side note, I had the idea of MLS teams trying to mimic European clubs' names. Real Salt Lake? What the fuck is so Royal about them? Are they the team of the king of Utah?

Rockvillejoe

12-12-2006, 05:07 AM

fezticle98 wrote:  On a side note, I had the idea of MLS teams trying to mimic European clubs' names. Real Salt Lake? What the fuck is so Royal about them? Are they the team of the king of Utah? The king of Utah is JW Marriot.... A great move for DC, as Freddy is as good as gone to Europe by the following season anyway. My older  kid played against him throughout the U-9 to U-15 years. Freddy was always a soccer diva. Phenomenal skills, dominating despite playing top youth soccer, three years above his age, but always treated like the superstar he has always perceived himself and many others to be. He never warmed up with his teammates, but would sit in a corner, listening to his walkman, then walk out onto the field right before kickoff and play well enough to win. Teams would game plan solely on stopping him, yet he would still be effective and score. He had never really been called to task until Peter Novak got a hold of him. Off the field, a very nice kid, respectful, happy, and funny, as well as a very nice mother and uncle.  One day he will thank Novak for the tough love treatment on the field. He is the real deal.

Sheeplovr

12-12-2006, 05:11 AM

i forgot he played soccor and only remembered the soup comercial

sailor

12-12-2006, 05:29 AM

fezticle98 wrote: Might be good to get him (more) out of the spotlight for a couple years. I do hope he eventually makes it to one of the better European Leagues to hone his skills over there. I give him a couple years in SLC until he goes batshit crazy. DC United picks up another "major allocation" spot. Should be interesting to see if teams use those to hire aging, but not yet decrepit stars from the European leagues.On a side note, I had the idea of MLS teams trying to mimic European clubs' names. Real Salt Lake? What the fuck is so Royal about them? Are they the team of the king of Utah?  they have a formal relationship with real madrid.  and, yes, i still think it's a silly name.

mendyweiss

12-12-2006, 05:35 AM

At least they have good soul food  restaurants in Salt Lake !!

cougarjake13

12-12-2006, 01:58 PM

bronxmarc wrote: fezticle98 wrote: Might be good to get him (more) out of the spotlight for a couple years. I do hope he eventually makes it to one of the better European Leagues to hone his skills over there. I give him a couple years in SLC until he goes batshit crazy. DC United picks up another "major allocation" spot. Should be interesting to see if teams use those to hire aging, but not yet decrepit stars from the European leagues.On a side note, I had the idea of MLS teams trying to mimic European clubs' names. Real Salt Lake? What the fuck is so Royal about them? Are they the team of the king of Utah?  they have a formal relationship with real madrid.  and, yes, i still think it's a silly name. didnt the dallas team change its name to FC dallas ???

johnniewalker

12-12-2006, 02:08 PM

cougarjake13 wrote: bronxmarc wrote: fezticle98 wrote: Might be good to get him (more) out of the spotlight for a couple years. I do hope he eventually makes it to one of the better European Leagues to hone his skills over there. I give him a couple years in SLC until he goes batshit crazy. DC United picks up another "major allocation" spot. Should be interesting to see if teams use those to hire aging, but not yet decrepit stars from the European leagues.On a side note, I had the idea of MLS teams trying to mimic European clubs' names. Real Salt Lake? What the fuck is so Royal about them? Are they the team of the king of Utah?  they have a formal relationship with real madrid. and, yes, i still think it's a silly name. didnt the dallas team change its name to FC dallas ??? I don't know what I hate worse, the New York Red Bulls, or the Columbus Crew, Real Salt Lake or that one.

Fezticle98

12-12-2006, 02:38 PM

Poor El Mudo, I bet he'll miss partying with him at UMd.I think I hate Houston Dynamo the most. The might as well start teams named Locomotiv Memphis and Red Star San Francisco.In terms of names, my favorite was the San Jose Clash, but that's only because I like the band. Plus their fan group was called the Casbah.

sailor

12-12-2006, 02:42 PM

johnniewalker wrote: cougarjake13 wrote: bronxmarc wrote: fezticle98 wrote: Might be good to get him (more) out of the spotlight for a couple years. I do hope he eventually makes it to one of the better European Leagues to hone his skills over there. I give him a couple years in SLC until he goes batshit crazy. DC United picks up another "major allocation" spot. Should be interesting to see if teams use those to hire aging, but not yet decrepit stars from the European leagues.On a side note, I had the idea of MLS teams trying to mimic European clubs' names. Real Salt Lake? What the fuck is so Royal about them? Are they the team of the king of Utah?  they have a formal relationship with real madrid. and, yes, i still think it's a silly name. didnt the dallas team change its name to FC dallas ??? I don't know what I hate worse, the New York Red Bulls, or the Columbus Crew, Real Salt Lake or that one.  fc doesn't remotely bother me, crew is ok except for the homo-erotic logo, as for the red bulls (used to have season tickets) anything is better than new york/new jersey metrostars.  no doubt.  and sadly, with the level of fan interest here, it's sort of needed to draw in the european immigrant crowd.  if that means european-type names, it's a small price to pay.  it's sad when the national team plays mexico in california and it's effectively a road game for us.  :(

cougarjake13

12-12-2006, 02:53 PM

fezticle98 wrote: Poor El Mudo, I bet he'll miss partying with him at UMd.I think I hate Houston Dynamo the most. The might as well start teams named Locomotiv Memphis and Red Star San Francisco.In terms of names, my favorite was the San Jose Clash, but that's only because I like the band. Plus their fan group was called the Casbah.hey houston dynamo is better than theire original namehouston 1842's or something