narduch Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 50 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: There was never any doubt that Baldisimo was a domestic in MLS terms. MLS changed the rules so that anyone following the Academy -> MLS USL/Next Pro reserve team -> MLS roster pathway would be able to sign as a domestic player across the league for the duration of their career. Not what ideally would be in place but a lot better than what was happening prior to that. This rule change has removed the ability for many younger Canadian players to use this issue as a crutch for why an MLS contract wasn't obtained rather than facing the unpalatable truth that they ultimately weren't good enough. Anyone who has every played or coached the game will know how few players you run into who will ever acknowledge that last bit applies to them even when it should be obvious. The extra 7 roster slots for imports on MLS Next Pro teams that have no salary restrictions should help more players like Mo Farsi who didn't follow the favoured career trajectory hang around long enough to play their way onto the main roster even when an American team is involved. After that the ease with which players can obtain green cards in an American context helps open the door to permanent league-wide domestic status. Bootlicker mentality The Real Marc and longlugan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 On the bench tonight. beat you @narduch @El Hombre Corazon, Obinna, narduch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, Shway said: On the bench tonight. beat you @narduch @El Hombre I did have it in the Canucks Abroad thread Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 23 minutes ago, Shway said: On the bench tonight. beat you @narduch @El Hombre Too many Canadians to keep track of. narduch and king1010 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Baldisimo comes on in the 84th minute for San Jose, toontownman, NVsoccer, johnyb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Got his option picked up by San Jose for next season. Good to see. Trois Reds, NVsoccer, nolando and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 That's very surprising. He didn't play much, but he is also young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC_Hali Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Obinna said: That's very surprising. He didn't play much, but he is also young. Young homegrown (I believe?) and basically on the league minimum, so virtually risk free. Could be waived at any point in the future. Hopefully he’s shown enough to the coaching staff that he’s worth keeping around. He has the passing range but needs to develop another skillset or two to be a serviceable MLS player. Nonetheless, I’m always happy to see fringe Canadians make the cut on US MLS teams. Edited December 5, 2023 by FC_Hali Obinna, Corazon, BearcatSA and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Called into camp according to this. Though I feel something similar was reported last year and he didn’t end up going. https://manilastandard.net/sports/314279352/may-listahan-na-players-invited-to-national-training-pool-named.html narduch, NVsoccer, Corazon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinceA Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 34 minutes ago, jordan said: Called into camp according to this. Though I feel something similar was reported last year and he didn’t end up going. https://manilastandard.net/sports/314279352/may-listahan-na-players-invited-to-national-training-pool-named.html The fact they haven't called in Chung, Daniels, Metcalfe and didn't cap Matthew is still wild to me. They all would improve the team a lot in SEA Shway, NVsoccer and Corazon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 1 minute ago, VinceA said: The fact they haven't called in Chung, Daniels, Metcalfe and didn't cap Matthew is still wild to me. They all would improve the team a lot in SEA The answer to this is the same answer as to why we haven’t called Jebbison, Sigur, Mitrovic etc.We should know this better than anyone. This means they don’t want to play for them (yet). Shway, Corazon, narduch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 costarg, johnyb, aredding77 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 There was a time where I would have rued this news, but at this point I am happy for them both! narduch, rkomar, Dominic94 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, Obinna said: There was a time where I would have rued this news, but at this point I am happy for them both! Good for them. Having watched Michael with the Whitecaps for a number of years, I never thought he had the talent to crack Canada's squad. Glad he's getting a chance with the Philippines. Corazon, nolando, Dominic94 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 (edited) https://x.com/sjearthquakes/status/1767247349972406640?s=46&t=lMQn4uqKs_6YHIiAYCRZfg Edited March 11 by king1010 Obinna, NVsoccer, Dominic94 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I've probably said it here before, but if the Baldisimo brothers somehow merged into one player they could be quite an effective midfielder. Matthew is a crunching tackler and great ball winner but he lacks any creativity on the ball. Michael has great passing range and he can unlock a defense, but from the matches I've seen he is weak defensively and loses way to many physical battles. Maybe the Philipines have figured it out and playing them alongside eachother is the answer. Anyways, best of luck Corazon, NVsoccer, PiedPilko and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Yeah at this point he’s got no chance of being on our squad. Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Play international ball, and get to visit a bunch of beautiful Asian countries with your bro as your roomate? Why the hell not! Sadly the reality is it's time to move this thread. Obinna, Fresh Prince of MTL, InglewoodJack and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 How the hell did we leave Baldisimo off the squad again??? Just kidding. Happy he'll get a chance at international footy. Rep us well in the AFC, Michael! Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 5 minutes ago, Obinna said: How the hell did we leave Baldisimo off the squad again??? Just kidding. Happy he'll get a chance at international footy. Rep us well in the AFC, Michael! I am happy for both brothers here. I suspect a couple more will follow. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 10 minutes ago, BearcatSA said: I am happy for both brothers here. I suspect a couple more will follow. The other BC ballers in Metcalfe, and Chung. The Philippines is my AFC team! BearcatSA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2 minutes ago, Shway said: The other BC ballers in Metcalfe, and Chung. The Philippines is my AFC team! I was thinking specifically of those two, but more likely the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Started up front (?) for the Philippines today against Iraq in WCQ. Best of luck to him. WestHamCanadianinOxford, narduch, johnyb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 3 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Started up front (?) for the Philippines today against Iraq in WCQ. Best of luck to him. Nothing but good memories from the Filipino/as I grew up with and worked with when younger. Hopefully they can make some noise in qualifying. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soro17 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, Watchmen said: Started up front (?) for the Philippines today against Iraq in WCQ. Best of luck to him. International debut in Basra - that had to have been memorable! Alas a 1-0 loss. WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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