MLS shock the world with another huge signing

I dont know about you but i never saw this one coming ......

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=-B6ucoSoIy4

Guy:Incognito

"He's a legend".:)

Internet and international sources = youtube

CHD

Yanks :rolleyes:

Mr Alan

who is it, cant view in work

zAbbo

Mr Alan wrote: »

who is it, cant view in work

Zidane

Guy:Incognito

Mr Alan wrote: »

who is it, cant view in work

The best player ever, he's a legend, a legend, a legend. Scored the best goal EVER, against Manchester.



Why, it's Darren Huckerby.

Rolandinho signed for Milan too apparently.

CHD

heres the video

pvt.joker

"according to the internet" hahahah

Huckerby sounds embarassed by it all tbh,

zAbbo

In fairness, his is a scorer of great goals

What a carcrash interview

The ManU goal was this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX4-uif7g7g

Bounty Hunter

that is Hilarious, "The Legend of Darren Huckerby... Scored the best goal ever...according to the Intnet...LEGEND!" how did Huckerby not crack up seriously.

Mushy

Thats one of the funniest interviews I've seen in a long time. Trying to describe Norwich for the Americans...kensutz will be outraged:P

_blank_

Embarrassing.

Karmafaerie

Well if it's according to the internet, then he really must be the best.:p

tribulus

Was he ever even capped at senior international level?

Guy:Incognito

tribulus wrote: »

Was he ever even capped at senior international level?

No. He got a B cap though.

Charlie

On a more serious note, anyone else think that the MLS is becoming quite an attractive place to wind down ones carear.

Most teams are based in nice cities, and the season is played when the weather is beautiful. The money is probably as good if not better than what you'd get off a Championship side, plus you become a very big fish in a small pond for a season or two.

If I was a pro, I would certainly favour playing in San Jose than in Burnley.

Guy:Incognito

charlie mchugh wrote: »

On a more serious note, anyone else think that the MLS is becoming quite an attractive place to wind down ones carear.

Most teams are based in nice cities, and the season is played when the weather is beautiful. The money is probably as good if not better than what you'd get off a Championship side, plus you become a very big fish in a small pond for a season or two.

If I was a pro, I would certainly favour playing in San Jose than in Burnley.

I did a quick google and a couple of links gave Freddy Adu's money at around $300,000 rising to $550,000 with bonuses etc. That works out around £5,000 a week at a generous exchange rate. If thats what the top lads are on it doesnt bode too well for average players.

leninbenjamin

Stekelly wrote: »

I did a quick google and a couple of links gave Freddy Adu's money at around $300,000 rising to $550,000 with bonuses etc. That works out around £5,000 a week at a generous exchange rate. If thats what the top lads are on it doesnt bode too well for average players.

they are tight indeed, but well willing to pay for some higher status players

http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/mls/top-10-mls-salaries-in-2008.html

It’s that time of year again, when the MLS Players Union releases the annual salaries of every player in a big long list. Some of the numbers are very very big, some of them are very very small. It seems almost inconceivable that David Beckham ($6.5m) and Kansas City keeper Boris Pardo ($12,900) play in the same league.

It’s true that MLS only pays the first $415,000 of that (it is $415,00 now, right?) But that still means Becks is earning 32 times more than Pardo from MLS, and over 500 times more than Pardo total. Certainly they don’t eat at the same restaurants.


The Players Union likely releases the list to highlight such mind boggling disparities. As league revenue increases the salary cap could be raised further, but there’s no guarantee that any salary cap increase will be evenly distributed. More likely the extra money will go towards extra high profile players. Soccer by Ives even suggests the Union might need to stand up to MLS in order to bring about a higher basic salary for the non-susperstar players.

Until that happens, here are the Top 10 earners (by guaranteed salary as opposed to base salary) in MLS 2008:

1. David Beckham, LA Galaxy, $6.5 million
2. Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Chicago Fire, $2.7 million
3. Marcelo Gallardo, DC United, $1.9 million
4. Juan Pablo Angel, New York Red Bulls, $1.6 million
5. Claudio Reyna, New York Red Bulls, $1.25 million
6. Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy, $900,000
7. Carlos Ruiz, LA Galaxy, $460,000
8. Christian Gomez, Colorado Rapids, $430,000
9. Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Columbus Crew, $425,000
10. Dulio Davino, FC Dallas, $400,000

It should be noted that not all players salaries were finalized in time to make the list. For example, Claudio Lopez is probably making bank as Kansas City’s Designated Player so would definitely make the top 10. If anyone knows Lopez’s actual salary, please do tell in the comments.

There are also a plenty of bargains on the list, as spotted by Soccer Insider. Brad Guzan is good value at $104,000 a year (he’ll earn about 10 times that amount when he finally moves to Europe,) Juan Toja is worth more than his $150,000 and the pace of Dane Richards is an absolute steal at $33,000. Meanwhile, Jozey Altidore’s agent needs to do some renegotiating, because the future of the American national team has to be worth more than $128,333 a year. Credit to Altidore for not kicking up a fuss though.

Here’s what that looked like in 2007:

1. David Beckham, LA Galaxy, $6.5 million
2. Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Chicago Fire, $2.7 million
3. Juan Pablo Angel, New York Red Bulls, $1.6 million
4. Claudio Reyna, New York Red Bulls, $1.25
4. Landon Donovan, LA Galaxy, $900,000
5. Eddie Johnson, Kansas City Wizards, $875,000
6. Freddy Adu, Real Salt Lake, $550,000
7. Carlos Ruiz, FC Dallas, $435,000
8. Clint Mathis, New York Red Bulls, $410,000
9. Taylor Twellman, New England Revolution, $350,000
10. Carl Robinson, Toronto FC, $315,000

And here’s what it looked like in 2006:

1. Juan Francisco Palencia, Chivas USA, $1,360,000
2. Landon Donovan, Los Angeles, $900,000
3. Eddie Johnson, Kansas City, $875,000
4. Juan Pablo Garcia, Chivas USA, $624,260
5. Freddy Adu, D.C. United, $550,000
6. Josh Wolff, Kansas City, $420,357
7. Clint Mathis, Colorado, $410,000
8. Eddie Pope, Real Salt Lake, $394,688
9. Tony Sanneh, Chicago, $365,000
10. Carlos Ruiz, FC Dallas, $360,00

and it's increasing all the time.

Galvasean

ROFL
"Have you a celebrity girlfriend, someone we can help promote?"
Poor aul Hucks looks a bit bemused by it all.

Best of luck to him. TBH I'd say he'll probably make more of an impact (on the field) than Beckham.

Charlie

Galvasean wrote: »

ROFL
"Have you a celebrity girlfriend, someone we can help promote?"
Poor aul Hucks looks a bit bemused by it all.

Best of luck to him. TBH I'd say he'll probably make more of an impact (on the field) than Beckham.

Well in fairness, he is a bit f a tubby bastid so it would be no surprise.

Xavi6

Ah lay off poor Dazza. Loved him when he played for City. Admittedly he was a poor man's Bellamy but he also gave 100% for us.

applehunter

Quote..

"When you go on the internet......"

lol:D

Cringe .......................................................Cringe...............................Cringe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kmart6

Fucking americans!!!!!:rolleyes:

CHD

charlie mchugh wrote: »

On a more serious note, anyone else think that the MLS is becoming quite an attractive place to wind down ones carear.

Most teams are based in nice cities, and the season is played when the weather is beautiful. The money is probably as good if not better than what you'd get off a Championship side, plus you become a very big fish in a small pond for a season or two.

If I was a pro, I would certainly favour playing in San Jose than in Burnley.

Looks like it is.Was it not like this before in like the 70's?

gustavo

kmart6 wrote: »

Fucking americans!!!!!:rolleyes:

LOL yea those crazy foreigners

carlop

americans and football just dont go well together

Charlie

carlop wrote: »

americans and football just dont go well together

tut tut sir

Jam-Fly

Just came across this now, thought I'd bump it for anyone who missed it, because it's well worth a look!

Jesus, what an interview, several classics in there.

Legend mentioned 4 times in the first 30 seconds.

"When you go on the innernet, he is a terrific star"

LOL, what does that even mean?

"I understand when you left, there was a big deal over there, they had numerous tributes to you, putting modesty aside could you explain to our American audience"




"According to the internet"

According to the internet, Huckerby scored a goal against Manchester which was the greatest goal ever..

right....


"Do you cum...are you a married man, do you have a famous girlfriend, anyone we could help promote"


"The big soccer story tonight, Rolendinho has signed for AC Milan"



God, I thought the American soccer sterotype was a bit over hyped...apparently not. Utterly clueless

Chardee MacDennis

so should we bump other stuff people may have missed, coz that could take a while...