Carlo Costly to Dynamo

Finally! Thanks for the scoop!

Here is an article from a Honduran news site. What’s important to note is that Costly was released by Atlas’ new coach Ruben Omar Romano and is now teamless. having read other statements made by him with regard to this move though, it seems he is still somewhat tied to Atlas, however they are obviously more than willing to let him go.

http://www.latribuna.hn/2011/08/03/tecnico-del-houston-dynamo-quiere-en-sus-filas-a-costly/

the most imprtant paragraphs

Durante el pasado mes de junio y cuando se disputaba la Copa Oro, representantes del jugador y del Dynamo, se reunieron en Houston, sin embargo, en aquella oportunidad no llegaron a ningún acuerdo, ya que el delantero "catracho" tenía contrato con el Atlas, pero días después el nuevo entrenador de ese equipo mexicano, Rubén Omar Romano, lo descartó.

translation: during this past june, while Costly was playing in the Gold Cup, his representatives met with the Dynamo reps in Houston. However, they could not come to an agreement as Costly was an Atla player. However, Ruben Omar Romano, the new coach of Atlas released Costly from the team, leaving him essentially teamless.

Tal y como lo informa Chron.com, el tiempo será vital para la contratación de Costly, ya que actualmente está sin equipo, aunque ayer, fue convocado para integrar la selección hondureña, que jugará un amistoso el próximo 10 de agosto ante su similar de Venezuela, en Fort Lauderdale, Estados Unidos.

translation: According to Chron.com, this is the perfect time to sign him considering he is currently without a team. Despite that, he was called to the Honduran national team for a friendly against Venezuela in Fort Lauderdale, USA.

Another article with him quoted from yesterday:
http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2011/08/02/carlos-costly-se-presento-en-atlas-para-arreglar-su-finiquito

"Si he escuchado esa oferta sobre Houston Dynamo pero todavía no hay nada concreto, no me ha platicado nada la directiva de Atlas, estamos arreglando el asunto del contrato que tengo aquí con ellos, se ha estado negociando y esperemos que salga algo", comentó el hondureño. Carlos Costly – August 2, 2011 (yesterday)

“I have heard about the offer from Houston Dynamo but it is still not concrete as I have not heard anything from the Atlas Front Office. We (Atlas and Costly) have been working on the issue of my current contract with Atlas, negotiations have been ongoing and we are waiting for the result.”

So he still had 6 months on his contract when they released him so im assuming the negotiations are for final compensation and termination fees or whatever. basically cutting the final strings before he can walk away.

pretty reassuring, what does everyone think? He should be reasonably fit and I truly think he can score more than 5 goals in these last 12 or so games. Ive seen a lot of him in WC qualifying and Gold cup and he is actually pretty sick compared to Garey or Weaver.

I know we still have a HUGE HOLE at CAM but I still think this is a very positive move. He is also definitely faster than Weaver, Garey, Bruin, and Ching. he is 29, left footed and a good finisher with his head and has a dangerous left footed shot from outside the box.

At 6 foot 3 i think this guy pretty much seals Weaver’s fate, or Garey’s

It’ll be there.

Always happy to do my part. This blog is truly a labor of love.

I suspect we make some moves within MLS soon. such as getting trading Weaver or Garey for some allocation money to ease the “Costly” signing (too easy).

Another thing to take away is that we are signing a quality player for non DP money, that leads me to believe that we are going to spend big on a CAM.

I wish we could have swung De Ro back to Houston during this crazy shuffle he has had this season.