Footyeh Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 11 minutes ago, BearcatSA said: Based on what I saw of his limited play with the Caps, I was surprised Metcalfe landed where he did, but I am geniunely pleased that he has been able to forge out a career in Norway Div 2 with promotion challenging sides. I agree about being surprised, but perception counts for a lot in Football. He had 20+ 1st team matches, that's enough for lots of teams to feel comfortable giving a player a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, Unnamed Trialist said: Metcalfe promoted two weeks ago with Friedrikstad and has a year on his contract. As he was a core player for them he's likely to be in Norway Elitserien next season. He took a different path of course, but in some ways it is like Adekugbe. Started off with the Caps, was a bit part player, then eventually ended up in the Elitserien while still relatively young. Not saying Metcalfe goes on to play over 40 times for Canada, or even play at all, but you never know with our lack of midfield depth right now. If he plays regularly in that division next season that perhaps puts him at a similar club level to Loturi at Ross County, or maybe even Paton (same age btw) at Motherwell. Unnamed Trialist and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 2 hours ago, Footyeh said: I agree about being surprised, but perception counts for a lot in Football. He had 20+ 1st team matches, that's enough for lots of teams to feel comfortable giving a player a chance. Hasal has 37 appearances for the 1st team in Vancouver. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 22 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Hasal has 37 appearances for the 1st team in Vancouver. I was referring to @BearcatSA suggestion of Boehmer going on loan to Sweden/Norway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Thought I had read somewhere that Hasal's advanced stats were very similar to the Japanese guy that replaced him. That's both sad and hilarious Footyeh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, narduch said: Thought I had read somewhere that Hasal's advanced stats were very similar to the Japanese guy that replaced him. That's both sad and hilarious Hasal on his day is very good, on an off day he is good for a poor mistake. Everyone forgets his big moments because of the recency of his mistakes. Yohei has also had some huge moments but he's also made his fair share of mistakes in this 2nd half of the season and is older and supposed to be more experienced, its quite funny to hear fans change their tune. I said this on this forum a year ago, look at the team Hasal had infront of him in 2022. Look at the stats of the team possession/turnovers, key areas of turnover, shots faced, instability in player selection etc. I'm sure Hasal would have loved to play with this years team. Cubas by himself at the 6 has drastically improved the team and the defenders behind him. Edited November 12, 2023 by Footyeh El Hombre, GasPed and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, narduch said: Thought I had read somewhere that Hasal's advanced stats were very similar to the Japanese guy that replaced him. That's both sad and hilarious I think Takaoka's stats took a serious hit when he was in that bad stretch of dodgy performances, so I would not be surprised at all by that. However, the best ability is availabilty, and that wasn't happening for Hasal in Vancouver. A good chance for him to start fresh. Edited November 12, 2023 by BearcatSA Footyeh and Watchmen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 Didn't realise Hasal is back in preseason with Caps. I thought he was legitimately finished with the club. https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/whitecaps-fc-confirm-preseason-roster-as-training-camp-kicks-off-at-the-marbella K Edgar, Corazon, narduch and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Time Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 10 minutes ago, nolando said: Didn't realise Hasal is back in preseason with Caps. I thought he was legitimately finished with the club. https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/whitecaps-fc-confirm-preseason-roster-as-training-camp-kicks-off-at-the-marbella Nobody stands out as a promising new guy as of yet. Will that standout be a WFC2 guy, or a new signing all together? How would Aparicio, or Musse, or Henry look in this training roster? Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Wow Lowell Wright at camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 7 hours ago, Dominic94 said: Wow Lowell Wright at camp "What about Lowell?" "Ok.. I guess all the other WC2 players are going. Let him know he can come." Lots of promising youngsters there. Hoping Wright and Coupland can make a positive impression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladroit Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 johnyb, Kadenge, Watchmen and 16 others 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Tremendous. Big chance to get back on track. Hope he can get up to speed and earn some minutes. Obinna, costarg, WestHamCanadianinOxford and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Doing his best Crepeau impression? Makes a lot of sense. Gives him the remaining of this season, as well as next season, to cement himself as the next guy behind 37-year old Hugo Lloris. The legendary French keeper has a contract until the end of this season. https://www.transfermarkt.nl/hugo-lloris/profil/spieler/17965 narduch, johnyb, NVsoccer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC_Hali Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 Good on him. Training with Lloris in South Cal certainly beats sitting on the couch! Feels like he’s been around forever but he’s still young by GK standards (24). For context, he’s the same age as Tom McGill, our current #3, who most would still very much consider a prospect. CanadaFan123, Obinna and TOcanadafan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 dos santos brings another one of his former whitecaps gks to lafc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 What I like about this most, is that LAFC wanted him and stayed patient with his recovery over the last 4-5 months. It would've been easy for them to look elsewhere or take someone who was healthy at the time. Hopefully it turns out to be a good move, good learning experience under Lloris and there will be games to play as early as this summer. nolando, InglewoodJack, toontownman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 20 hours ago, Footyeh said: What I like about this most, is that LAFC wanted him and stayed patient with his recovery over the last 4-5 months. It would've been easy for them to look elsewhere or take someone who was healthy at the time. Hopefully it turns out to be a good move, good learning experience under Lloris and there will be games to play as early as this summer. Really happy to hear this, what a guy to learn from and you know now that this is a guy they rate. No need to wait for him if them didn’t rate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 20 hours ago, Footyeh said: Hopefully it turns out to be a good move, good learning experience under Lloris and there will be games to play as early as this summer. I am very happy to see him get this opportunity. The things he needs to improve upon with which Lloris excels (playing with the ball on the deck) might not see a signicant improvement at this stage of his career, but his strengths as a shot stopper and presence in dealing with crosses make him a competitor for the number 2 vs Romero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted June 7 Author Share Posted June 7 20 hours ago, Footyeh said: What I like about this most, is that LAFC wanted him and stayed patient with his recovery over the last 4-5 months. It would've been easy for them to look elsewhere or take someone who was healthy at the time. Hopefully it turns out to be a good move, good learning experience under Lloris and there will be games to play as early as this summer. Remind me what his injury was exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 21 hours ago, Footyeh said: What I like about this most, is that LAFC wanted him and stayed patient with his recovery over the last 4-5 months. It would've been easy for them to look elsewhere or take someone who was healthy at the time. Hopefully it turns out to be a good move, good learning experience under Lloris and there will be games to play as early as this summer. Has he actually been with them for 4-5 months? He was with the Whitecaps in training camp still. Even traveled with the team to Spain. johnyb and nolando 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footyeh Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/7/2024 at 9:27 AM, Watchmen said: Has he actually been with them for 4-5 months? He was with the Whitecaps in training camp still. Even traveled with the team to Spain. He was only in Spain doing work with the medical team on his own. He's been in LA working with LAFC medical team and trainers off and on over the last 4-5 months. nolando and narduch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Made the LAFC bench for the 1st time last night in Leagues Cup. On July 15 played a Next Pro match and was MOTM according to FotMob in a 1-1 draw with Ventura County. I wonder if he gets the start Tuesday v Whitecaps Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 4 hours ago, narduch said: Made the LAFC bench for the 1st time last night in Leagues Cup. On July 15 played a Next Pro match and was MOTM according to FotMob in a 1-1 draw with Ventura County. I wonder if he gets the start Tuesday v Whitecaps Boehmer vs Hasal would seem like a definite possibility. NVsoccer, narduch and Corazon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Has the start tonight against Dallas. https://x.com/LAFC/status/1837639527747539144/photo/1 ahmedou, NVsoccer, dyslexic nam and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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