Wakeforest22890
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http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/071013aaa.html
He was at Wake for a year. Tough loss for the team moving forward.
He was at Wake for a year. Tough loss for the team moving forward.
It's not altogether surprising since (IIRC) he came up through the DC United academy.
It's not altogether surprising since (IIRC) he came up through the DC United academy.
Yep, he had to, that's the only way DC would be able to sign him right now. Otherwise he would have had to go through the draft. It's the risk of signing MLS Academy players now; they are generally higher quality talents, but they can get signed by their parent team at any time. With DC looking to go young, I'd keep an eye on what Jalen Robinson is up to as well.
Yep, he had to, that's the only way DC would be able to sign him right now. Otherwise he would have had to go through the draft. It's the risk of signing MLS Academy players now; they are generally higher quality talents, but they can get signed by their parent team at any time. With DC looking to go young, I'd keep an eye on what Jalen Robinson is up to as well.
So then our soccer program has officially had one more one and done than our basketball program ever has. Funny that this is the lead-in on WakeForestSports.com. Based on everything Wellman and [Redacted] have said we should be deeply ashamed, instead we're trumpeting it.
Basketball BS aside, congrats. I assume this is a pretty big fucking deal.
The Homegrown tag gets slapped on them after they've been in the academy for a certain amount of years, correct? Or does the team have to choose to apply the Homegrown label?
I'm assuming the teams can only sign their "homegrown" guys at any time, not just any guy that's spent time in the academy.
I thought Jalen Robinson was the one that everyone said college was going to be detrimental to his development and shouldn't go.
I think it's technically supposed to be 2 years, but I'm sure there are ways around that rule. Columbus couldn't just sign any random off your roster though, there has to be some pre-college connection. Since the homegrowns are roster exempt, more and more are getting signed every year. Sucks for you guys that it happened now and not in the spring though.
Yeah, the timing issue is something that might need to be addressed by the NCAA.
What is the best guess of the offer that he can't refuse?
The median MLS salary is about $100K; he will be on the low end of that. Also, what does this mean for his playing time as a pro. DC United sucks, but would it be expected that he is going to now play for them? If not, is he placed on a developmental team? That sounds less than ideal, and hard to understand how that would be a better developmental enviroment that playing on the highest level of NCAA soccer. Soccer is not my bag, but have a hard time seeing how this makes sense financially or developmentally.
What is the best guess of the offer that he can't refuse?
The median MLS salary is about $100K; he will be on the low end of that. Also, what does this mean for his playing time as a pro. DC United sucks, but would it be expected that he is going to now play for them? If not, is he placed on a developmental team? That sounds less than ideal, and hard to understand how that would be a better developmental enviroment that playing on the highest level of NCAA soccer. Soccer is not my bag, but have a hard time seeing how this makes sense financially or developmentally.