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Orlando City SC have signed Kaka
Posted on 6/19/14 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 6/19/14 at 5:46 pm
Taylor Twellman ?@TaylorTwellman 13m
Breaking News: @OrlandoCitySC have signed their 1st DP @KAKA. He will be loaned out to Sao Paolo until 2015. @MLS making moves. #WorldCup
Breaking News: @OrlandoCitySC have signed their 1st DP @KAKA. He will be loaned out to Sao Paolo until 2015. @MLS making moves. #WorldCup
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Posted on 6/19/14 at 5:49 pm to BeYou
Kaká
Posted on 6/19/14 at 5:49 pm to BeYou
moarrr old people
but good move to start a franchise off
but good move to start a franchise off
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:17 pm to StraightCashHomey21
At 32 I think it's a great acquisition. Guy is incredible.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:20 pm to SabiDojo
Is he still incredible? I've not seen him play since Madrid. He was, but is he now just fallen off so now onto MLS (not that MLS is a bad thing)
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:24 pm to Senora Ramos
Was he a little older when he broke out? I thought he was really young and would be around for a while when I first learned who he was. I feel like he was here and gone so fast.
Anyways, I'm pretty excited that he'll be in Orlando. I'll have to go catch my first ever soccer match.
Anyways, I'm pretty excited that he'll be in Orlando. I'll have to go catch my first ever soccer match.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:24 pm to Senora Ramos
How incredible does he need to be? Guillermo Schelotto left Boca (BOCA! BOCA!) in his mid thirties and went to MLS and led the league in goals.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:26 pm to SabiDojo
Total MLS ?@TotalMLS 1m
Kaka will turn 33 in 2015 #MLS season. Had 37 appearances for AC Milan last season with 9 goals and 5 assists.
Kaka will turn 33 in 2015 #MLS season. Had 37 appearances for AC Milan last season with 9 goals and 5 assists.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:28 pm to arkyhawk
I don't know. He won MVP or something. I don't really follow MLS. I should, though.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:29 pm to arkyhawk
There were a BUNCH of Orlando City shirts at the game in Jacksonville. Surprised me a bit.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:30 pm to Sheep
That's cool, though. I hope the team does well.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:32 pm to SabiDojo
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There were a BUNCH of Orlando City shirts at the game in Jacksonville. Surprised me a bit.
Was it a whole bunch of ILF and Ruckus people
Aka the Orlando city supporter groups
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:34 pm to SabiDojo
He doesn't of course. He's a big name and will draw attendance. I'm just wondering when we get to the point when we aren't a league where people go to get paid when they aren't quite ready to retire. I mean, I'll watch, just like I'll watch villa, but he wasn't fantastic at Madrid and I didn't know how much more his play may have dropped off.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:41 pm to Senora Ramos
It will be still be a league where old players go to get paid, until it rivals the competitive level of a second tier European league.
However, that doesn't define the league at all these days in the slightest. Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake played in the final last year using quality American players and a few Latin American misfits.
Tim Cahill and Robbie Keane were the best foreign DPs in the league last year. I don't think New York and LA were as excited about their marketing value as they were when Henry and Beckham signed.
However, that doesn't define the league at all these days in the slightest. Sporting KC and Real Salt Lake played in the final last year using quality American players and a few Latin American misfits.
Tim Cahill and Robbie Keane were the best foreign DPs in the league last year. I don't think New York and LA were as excited about their marketing value as they were when Henry and Beckham signed.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:42 pm to Senora Ramos
frick YEAH. Love this move.
He could have stayed at Milan. He has a connection to OCSC's owner and decided to come here instead.
It's a good thing 32 is only a retirement age after a player decides to come to MLS.
He could have stayed at Milan. He has a connection to OCSC's owner and decided to come here instead.
It's a good thing 32 is only a retirement age after a player decides to come to MLS.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:46 pm to svb
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It's a good thing 32 is only a retirement age after a player decides to come to MLS.
I mean - Robbie Keane, Tim Cahill and Henry probably had no other options - Europe or otherwise.
It was probably either bring the Geritol and denture cream to MLS or just flat out retire.
Lucky guys that they were able to dupe someone into paying them when clearly no one else would have.
Posted on 6/20/14 at 2:26 am to svb
quote:
It's a good thing 32 is only a retirement age after a player decides to come to MLS.
well he will be 33
Posted on 6/20/14 at 2:40 am to Sheep
quote:
I mean - Robbie Keane, Tim Cahill and Henry probably had no other options - Europe or otherwise.
It was probably either bring the Geritol and denture cream to MLS or just flat out retire.
Lucky guys that they were able to dupe someone into paying them when clearly no one else would have.
Its exactly why MLS gets labeled a retirement league. The older DP's get paid well over their market value by the MLS. Hell even Deuce, Omar and Bradley are paid over market value. But I can't hate on Bradley anymore after hearing his reason why he moved b/c he wanted to be the focal point of the team.
But outside that MLS is paying well over market value for these old guys.
Old Foreign guys 2014 Salaries.
Thierry Henry - $4,350,000
Robbie Keane - $4,333,333
Marco Di Vaio - $2,600,000 (This is absurd)
Tim Cahill - $3,625,000
David Villa - will be around 4-5 Million
No word on Lampard yet
These guys are not old but still paid over market value.
Jermain Defoe - $6,180,000
Obafemi Martins - $1,753,333
Pedro Morales - $1,410,900
Gilberto - $1,205,000 I have no words
Posted on 6/20/14 at 4:02 am to thenry712
quote:Henry and Beckham were marquis MLS signings with huge purses. So be it. Cahill arrived with not a lot of fanfare but for yes good money and has absolutely torn it up since. He was Red Bull's mvp last season IMO. I've enjoyed watching him totally outhustle all the young bucks in WC play.
Tim Cahill and Robbie Keane were the best foreign DPs in the league last year. I don't think New York and LA were as excited about their marketing value as they were when Henry and Beckham signed.
This post was edited on 6/20/14 at 4:31 am
Posted on 6/20/14 at 6:17 am to StraightCashHomey21
While their salaries are a bit ridiculous the MLS needs to draw more attention to itself and I think bringing these guys in is one of the key ways to do it. Nowadays it seems like homegrown teams that are not driven by a DP are winning but the only reason I even watched MLS at first was Thierry Henry and Beckham. Whatever their strategy for growing seems to work right now. Not to mention the fact that the Australian, Saudi Arabian, Qatari, etc. leagues will also pay these guys drives the prices up.
As for Kaka, he was in a bad situation this year but I think he has 2-3 decent years left.
As for Kaka, he was in a bad situation this year but I think he has 2-3 decent years left.
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