| BraveNewWorld said: Is the roster any good? http://www.nycfc.com/players (Mix Diskerud isn't listed on the site yet.) What age do soccer players begin to breakdown? Does David Beckham know what he's talking about here? http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/story/1770788/david-beckham-says-mls-salary-cap-needs-to-goreport Manchester City are majority owners of NYC. Will Manchester use this to abuse and screw over NYC? |
1 - For playing ML, yes it's good. It isn't an European or Latin America level roster, tough. They have some interesting youg guys and the more experienced Lampard and Villa that will make a lot of difference.
2 - It varies, but is around 40 years. It depends on the position too. A wing-back is the guy that runs the longest distances during a match and usually have to run the entire field in a single play, so he will have problems with age earlier. A center forward can stay close to the opponents goal and just move in that tiny area waiting a chance, so he can play until an older age.
3 - Yes, he does. The current cap (the maximum per player, I'm not even talking about the team's cap) is crap. A new talented player in Brazil or Argentina will be paid more than that and probably move to an European team for much more. An experienced player will get more than that in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, maybe Mexico, England, Germany, Russia, France, Portugal, Spain, etc. When Seedorf left Milan, he came to Botafogo in Brazil and was paid way more than that. In Latin America some players are closer to the MLS team cap than to the regular player cap! In major EU leagues a top player or a simply good one can get more than the current team cap.
4 - Don't think so. They can use it as a B team, sending new talents that need experience and probably older guys that won't play in their main team anymore. I see that as a big advantage for NYC, since these new talents would be generally held by their original team with iron clads until they got a contract with a good salary and ended up sold for a big team. It's good to note that most Manchester City players are way, way, over the NYC budget, so they won't "steal" any player and will probably provide new talents and older experienced guys, and that's great.
Remember, new talented guys (like Neymar some years ago before all the fame) are great. You get some years of a guy that in 5 years may be one of the most exoensive players in the world and would be totally out of your reach. But you need some experienced players too. Of course, they aren't the athletes they used to be, but in harder competitions the new guys usually suffer with the pressure and you need an experienced guy that won't be affected by it.
