narduch Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Not in the line up today for Minnesota. Listed ad out a few days with a Hamstring injury on Fotmob johnyb, costarg, dyslexic nam and 2 others 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 (edited) On 8/24/2024 at 6:10 PM, narduch said: Not in the line up today for Minnesota. Listed ad out a few days with a Hamstring injury on Fotmob 2 hours ago, narduch said: Oluwaseyi is probably our too. Didn't play on the weekend You may be right. I had missed the timeline announcement on that one. https://www.twincities.com/2024/08/06/minnesota-united-striker-tani-oluwaseyi-expected-out-one-month/ Three to five weeks. That would put his return at between now and the date of the Mexico friendly. Borderline at best. Edited August 27 by Olympique_de_Marseille ahmedou and MtlMario 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 "I'm still available Canada Soccer!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 2 hours ago, ahmedou said: "I'm still available Canada Soccer!" Officially available for Canada Soccer. He's on the CANMNT roster for September 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 (edited) First minutes back since his injury? Didn't look at his best (which is logical) but not bad. Edited September 7 by Olympique_de_Marseille ahmedou, johnyb and Shway 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 4 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: First minutes back since his injury? Didn't look at his best (which is logical) but not bad. He played 28 minutes last Saturday Olympique_de_Marseille and ahmedou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 11 minutes ago, narduch said: He played 28 minutes last Saturday On 8/31/2024 at 9:55 PM, narduch said: Oluwaseyi on the bench https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2024/matches/sjvsmin-08-31-2024/feed My bad! I missed that. narduch and ahmedou 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 16 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2024/matches/sjvsmin-08-31-2024/feed My bad! I missed that. Your point still stands, he didn't look good....or look better than Larin. He either plays small (was second to a lot of balls) or it was just a rough day but almost had a goal on the last play of the game to beat Ream with ease. ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 I felt he played really well. A little rough around the edges but very effective player dyslexic nam, Corazon, sebdeserio and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Keep in mind that the momentum kinda shifted after the offside goal 😄 when he came on and we didn't dominate the way we did in the first half. But he has to score if he wants to start. ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted Friday at 11:52 AM Share Posted Friday at 11:52 AM Being linked to a move to an Israeli club. Not a fan of this. Corazon, Unnamed Trialist, jordan and 5 others 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted Friday at 12:48 PM Share Posted Friday at 12:48 PM 44 minutes ago, narduch said: Being linked to a move to an Israeli club. Not a fan of this. Yeah, they have a bit of European pedigree but I doubt the league is above the level of play in MLS. Looks like they are in Europa Conference League qualification so there is some prospect of European footy but that doesn't seem like a huge incentive. May be a better European gateway though. But I always recognize that these guys have to go where the money is. It is easy to get lost in the romanticism of challenges and opportunities but if someone offered to increase your wages by $100k+ for a couple of years, it would be a no-brainer. That is a massive difference in financial wherewithal for someone who doesn't have a lot of financial security. It looks like Tani is currently on $90k per year, so the dude should get paid if and when he can. ahmedou, Acid-Tone, Unnamed Trialist and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted Friday at 01:17 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:17 PM 1 hour ago, narduch said: Being linked to a move to an Israeli club. Not a fan of this. Tani NO DeRo_Is_King and ahmedou 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted Friday at 01:20 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:20 PM Just now, InglewoodJack said: Tani NO He reminds me in a some ways of Tosaint Ricketts, and this move somehow as well. Surely MLS overall has to be a better and more competitive league than Israel overall, no? ahmedou and Obinna 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted Friday at 01:29 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:29 PM 36 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: But I always recognize that these guys have to go where the money is. It is easy to get lost in the romanticism of challenges and opportunities but if someone offered to increase your wages by $100k+ for a couple of years, it would be a no-brainer. That is what a "professional" is and should be, a mercenary. The "romanticism" is for the "marks". ahmedou and YorkRegionFan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted Friday at 01:48 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:48 PM 25 minutes ago, nolando said: He reminds me in a some ways of Tosaint Ricketts, and this move somehow as well. Surely MLS overall has to be a better and more competitive league than Israel overall, no? It is, I can’t imagine the salary being too good to turn down, and if he is going somewhere purely to get paid, which is fair, it’s hard for me to imagine not a single team in KSA or UAE wanting his services and willing to overpay him for them. The article is in Hebrew and my browser won’t translate, so I can’t read what it actually says. Is this an actual rumour or did the press just make the connection because he’s replacing another former MLS guy? ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted Friday at 02:02 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:02 PM 12 minutes ago, InglewoodJack said: It is, I can’t imagine the salary being too good to turn down, and if he is going somewhere purely to get paid, which is fair, it’s hard for me to imagine not a single team in KSA or UAE wanting his services and willing to overpay him for them. The article is in Hebrew and my browser won’t translate, so I can’t read what it actually says. Is this an actual rumour or did the press just make the connection because he’s replacing another former MLS guy? This is the best I can get: First publication: Maccabi Haifa is looking for a replacement for Frantezadi Piero and has signed the striker of Minnesota and the Canadian national team, Tani Olvasaye, who scored eight goals this season and added four assists in MLS. The interesting statistic is that he did this in just 828 minutes, so he is effectively involved in a goal every 69 minutes. The 24-year-old striker was born in Nigeria, but came to Canada at a young age where he developed as a footballer. He also made eight appearances for the Canadian national team, and a little over two years ago he was drafted by Minnesota. A season before that, he played for San Antonio from the minor league and scored 16 goals in the league and added seven assists in 25 appearances. He is considered a physical player, tall At 1.88m, he has a good head game and in terms of speed he is better than the departed Franzi Piero. ahmedou and YorkRegionFan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted Friday at 02:05 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:05 PM According to Google the transfer window in Israel closes on September 18. So perhaps this story has legs. ahmedou and Unnamed Trialist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted Friday at 02:08 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:08 PM Maccabi Haifa is one of the stronger teams in Israel. They're playing European competitions "abroad", mostly in Hungary but other Eastern European sites. Obviously it can't be the most comfortable place to be right now. Still, it's a good league to jump off from, though usually it'd mean going to Greece or Switzerland, Austria. Rare that you'd transfer better. So I say if you can go to one of those directly it skips a step. I'm sure his agent is getting interest from those leagues too. Israeli football is doing well lately, with the u-20s coming third in the WC, the seniors in top tier of Nations League (vs France, Italy, Belgium, terrible, likely they'll drop to B tier), so the young talent is being scouted more intensely. More eyes on the league. YorkRegionFan and ahmedou 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou Posted Friday at 02:13 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:13 PM Please tell me this a April fool... Please tell me yes... Please Tani no... Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted Friday at 02:13 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:13 PM 3 minutes ago, narduch said: he has a good head game Pause ahmedou, narduch, Olympique_de_Marseille and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted Friday at 02:14 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:14 PM (edited) .......... Edited Friday at 02:15 PM by narduch Olympique_de_Marseille and ahmedou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted Friday at 02:20 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:20 PM That article says he's signed already but there's no news on the club site or twitter. So better to reserve judgement pending confirmation. ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted Friday at 02:21 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:21 PM 19 minutes ago, narduch said: This is the best I can get: First publication: Maccabi Haifa is looking for a replacement for Frantezadi Piero and has signed the striker of Minnesota and the Canadian national team, Tani Olvasaye, who scored eight goals this season and added four assists in MLS. The interesting statistic is that he did this in just 828 minutes, so he is effectively involved in a goal every 69 minutes. The 24-year-old striker was born in Nigeria, but came to Canada at a young age where he developed as a footballer. He also made eight appearances for the Canadian national team, and a little over two years ago he was drafted by Minnesota. A season before that, he played for San Antonio from the minor league and scored 16 goals in the league and added seven assists in 25 appearances. He is considered a physical player, tall At 1.88m, he has a good head game and in terms of speed he is better than the departed Franzi Piero. To engage with this more seriously though, the translation makes it seem like a done deal? Though when I name search him up on Twitter, no other Israeli sources make mention of it, so assume this is similar to any of the Jonathan David rumours of this team or that team liking him. Macabbi fans are all up in his IG comments though. ahmedou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Marc Posted Friday at 02:22 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:22 PM (edited) I like this a lot. Aside from the "do you want to live there ... right now?" factor, this is an excellent semi step up. Oluwaseyi is fairly green and has never played outside the US. He's not going to go to a top Euro league and unlikely to go to a top club in a second rate Euro league like Turkey or Switzerland or Belgium. This is a chance to ease into playing in a foreign country where English is extremely common, the lifestyle is excellent, the level of play is just enough of a step but not huge, the club is big (he's not their only hope so less pressure), the pay is better, good club infrastructure, and there is European competition and European exposure. What's not to like? I'd jump at this. Edited Friday at 02:25 PM by The Real Marc masster, ahmedou and Obinna 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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