2012 MLS Supplemental Draft: Dynamo Select Five Players
by Zach Woosley on Jan 17, 2012 1:50 PM CST
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MLS lives by a simple creed, there is no such thing as too many drafts. Thus today we had our fourth draft of the off-season with the 2012 Supplemental Draft. This is essentially rounds 3-7 of the SuperDraft but in the interest of time, money and general interest, it's been split off in to its own event.
Here's the important thing to understand about this draft. There are some solid young players available so with the right attitude and work ethic, first rounders can definitely make the team. After that, it's just as hit or miss as the lower rounds of any other professional sports draft. Many a great MLS player has been selected in the later rounds of drafts, including Geoff Cameron and Brian Ching, so anything is possible. Plus, Dominic Kinnear is quite good at finding diamonds in the rough, so don't be shocked if a name or two from this draft sticks around.
With those details aside, it's time to take a look at what the Dynamo did in today's draft:
1st Round - 7th Pick Overall: Brian Ownby, Midfielder/Forward - University of Virginia
Ownby is a 6-0, 160 lb. forward from Glen Allen, VA. 2011 All-ACC Second Team, played in 18 matches with 12 starts. Represented the United States at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup. Ownby's stock was hurt by injury issues, could be a real steal for the Dynamo.
1st Round - 12th Pick Overall: Karo Okiomah, Forward, High Point University
Okiomah is a 6-2, 185 lb. forward from Austin, TX. Named second-team All-Big South and to the Big South All-Tournament Team. Played in 20 games with 19 starts in 2011, finishing second on the team with seven goals and three assists. He's a speed guy, so that's always worth a look. It's just a question of if he can handle playing at a MLS level.
1st Round - 18th Pick Overall: Eder Arreola, Forward/Midfielder, UCLA
Arreola is a 5-6, 150 lb. midfielder from Chino Hills, CA. 2011 First Team All-PAC 12, played 23 matches (16 starts) and scoring three goals. Member of the U.S. Under-20, Under-18 and Under-17 National Teams. Played for the U.S. at the 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championships
3rd Round - 56th Pick Overall: Phillip Aseweh, Midfielder/Forward, Liberty
Asweh is a 6-0, 155 forward from Navrongo, Ghana
4th Round - 75th Pick Overall: Daniel Roberts, Midfielder, UNC-Wilmington
Roberts is a 6-1, 170 lb. midfielder from Sugar Land, TX. He was born in Reading, England and participated in the Dynamo's Development Program, so the team is clearly familiar with him at some level.
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Roster Limit is 30, Dynamo currently have 23 players + 5 drafted today.
Players 1-20 count against the salary cap
Players 21-30 do not count against the salary cap (max 10, called Off-Budget Players)
Players 1-24 must earn a minimum of $42k, players 25-30 must earn a minimum of $32.6k
(Any player making $32,600 must be under the age 25)
Clubs may elect to leave up to two of these roster spots (25-30) vacant and use $35,000 for each empty spot as allocation money.
Clubs may sign up to two Home Grown Players to Generation adidas contracts.
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by Zach Woosley on Jan 17, 2012 9:42 PM CST up reply actions
Thanks
I’m glad someone knows because wow…
so then we have 2 spots open, eh? Hmm, perhaps these spots are open for Dom & Canetti’s off-season signings? We’ll see
Essentially yes, but it’s all a little tricky and confusing when it comes to where the players fit on the designation list. I’m doing some work on it now and hope for a post today.
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by Zach Woosley on Jan 18, 2012 10:35 AM CST up reply actions
Heck...
This beats bringing in a half-dozen anonymous trialists like we do every January/February. If just one of these guys sticks, it’ll be worth it.
And that midfield-plus goal from Roberts was indeed fun. I am wondering though, why draft him? Can’t we slap a Home Grown Player tag on him?
"We don't care who finishes second." -- Celtic's Peter Lowrie
That would be nice
Right now we have a good lineup and some good depth. If just one works out, as you said, it will contribute to that depth. I think you or Michael_D (the D stands for Dixon) said that there is no such thing as too much depth.
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Et tu?
So you’ve joined the Dark Side of Martek & playtherapy? I stand alone…;-)
But yes, it does beg the question of why can’t we tag him as homegrown? I actually remember reading about him (Roberts) and if memory serves, it was all good stuff. Hey, as Ginge pointed out we got Cameron & Ching from the depths of the draft so you never know..and Dom is a master of getting the most out of his talent
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my guess is the dynamo declined to sign him as a homegrown player, thus why he was eligible for the draft (and making him available to anyone). Houston probably would’ve just passed on the last pick, but decided to give a hometown player a chance
by Futbol anonymous on Jan 18, 2012 1:17 PM CST up reply actions
Dynamo could have signed Roberts but I was told that they weren’t confident enough about him. When their final draft pick came up, he was there and there wasn’t another player Kinnear was interested in, so they went with a known entity.
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by Zach Woosley on Jan 19, 2012 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
My guess he didn’t qualify for home grown tag b/c he was on of our first academy signings in 07 and then went off to college is 08, so he probably didn’t play enough games, just a guess though
Could very well be true
considering all the recent chatter and angst over homegrown players and what-not, it’d be wise to brush up the rules regarding this, though it requires knowledge of Aramaic and alchemy to fully understand it. :)
But yeah, that could very well be why…it’d be nice if we could, though
I could see two of these guys sticking on...
I could see Arreola and one of other first rounders providing some much needed depth. Who knows, especially with one of our best (Cameron) coming from the 3rd round.
Eder Arreola review
my biased view on arreola as a UCLA fan:
not a great speed guy but good technical skills – passing, ball handling, taking guys on the dribble. Like most supplemental players, not sure if he will be able to improve his game enough to make it in MLS. Certainly worth a roster slot and a year’s worth of reserve games. If he improves enough during the season he could earn the job of late game offensive sub in last 5-10 minutes of games if u are down a goal.
obligatory arreola goal highlight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5vFOazWVn8
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by johnjahafanclub on Jan 17, 2012 4:41 PM CST reply actions
Hey
I’m liking the kid already..he seems genuinely psyched about being picked and ready to toss on the Orange. Then again, I suppose I would be too if I just were picked by a great MLS club :)
But all in all, we definitely need those things: passing, ball-handling and taking guys on the dribble. Speed is always great but even if he has decent-to-good speed its a bonus at this point. We need solid depth and he sounds like it…I’m not sure what his ceiling is but he seems to have the desire, so we’ll see what happens
Show me da bucks
While this is good, we still desperately need 1) a proven goal scorer at high levels of play (at least MLS levels) and 2) a CAM.
More than anything, we need $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to allow Cannetti to do his friggin job!!!
Hmmm
will a promise of more money do? Almost as good as those credit card offers you get in the mail about being pre-qualified
And for better or worse, we’ll keep going the 99c Store route (Central America & Caribbean) until we get new owners
RM is our #2 need imo
what about a right sided midfielder that can actually cross the ball?
Why do no one ever mention Right Midfield as need? i really think that is a big need, guess i am missing something
Perhaps
I speak for myself but what we noticed last year was the “lopsided” point of attack, namely from the left. For me, I say #1 is CAM because it takes pressure off having good wing play since the CAM can distribute the ball either left or right or forward, thereby forcing the opposing defense to pick their poison, so to speak. If we have a great LM (Davis) and another one on the right but not really anyone in the middle (I love Camargo but he still tends to play more CM/DM than CAM) then its easy to cut the wings off and force the ball into the middle. But all that being said, yes, RM could easily be #2 or 2a (for me, its a toss-up between RM and FW)
Not only that, I’m hoping someone not named Watson will step up to the plate and own the RM spot (Cruz, Dixon)
well said
i hope i never have to see Watson put the orange on again, i wrote him off when he didn’t even hustle when he came on as a late sub @ Vancouver and his man scored the only goal
but it looks like cruz isn’t coming back which i am fine with, i hope dixon is ready… but i guess we can always put left footed colin clark on the right…
Guh
exactly…look, I understand why we got Watson and yes, he has potential…but at this point he’s expecting DP pay (which Martek hilariously has noted) and he plays like a bat-sh** reserve player. The experiment is over and time to cut him loose and look elsewhere. Yes, the Cruz situation is dicey because of his GA contract which needs to be re-negotiated…I’d hate to lose him but at this point it is what it is. Clark did an admirable job last season until he went all “Lost” on us at the end of the season…I honestly don’t even know what his status is. Technically, yes, he could start for us (assuming Cruz doesn’t sign) and Dixon could be the understudy, but that’s assuming Clark is alive. The RM spot is the “other” elephant in the room, and it will become even more tricky if we can’t sort out Cruz’ contract
I think you guys view RM very different than I do
Because of the quality of play and service on the left side, we saw the RM tend to move in more towards the box when the ball was served or crossed in from the LM position. Taking the onus off Davis to help alleviate the flow does not HAVE to go through the RM position as if it were a RW. I feel MORE confident in having a player at RM who can get the ball distributed up the middle, just simply because it could help to get the ball to the forwards more.
Essentially, you’d pull from the right side of the field to overload the left side, which is kind of what we did last season. The big difference will be having a central midfield who can take some of the pressure off Davis, and help free him for the actual attack.
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Yes and no
I suppose what we’re talking about is the role of the RM on this team, and the value of it. To me part of the problem from last year was our dependency on the left-sided delivery which effectively creates a bottleneck: if there is no delivery (eg, the defense cuts it off) then there goes your main attacking option. To me, having 3 points of attack (left, middle, right) gives far more trouble to an opposing defense because if you cut off the left, we can play the ball to the middle or switch to the right and reset the attack. And honestly, if we had an RB that could make overlapping runs while the RM moves to the middle that would help, but unfortunately the only one who could do that (HRH) isn’t there yet.
Your last bit I completely agree with, and while Camargo has been a blessing in the middle he still has some hesitance in terms of accepting the role of being the facilitator in the middle
Comparison
Watson can kiss my @** before he gets DP money. Who does he think he is???? He just reminded me of the poor pick ups Liverpool did. Getting Downing was the biggest upset…getting payed that much money for little output is horrible. Same with Watson, getting that much money by proving nothing and belonging in our reserve team is not fair. He and Taylor should switch salary because Taylor HAS done something productive. I just think Watson doesn’t fit our system and formation. Look at when we had him. NOTHING well was produced, but when Camargo came in he did answer the one thing that Watson didnt provide and that is great passing and holding the ball well. Can we just trade Watson to the L’Impact and get our captain back? :( I don’t like Watson and I just don’t want him in our colors at this point
by RedAce on Jan 18, 2012 8:01 PM CST via Android app up reply actions
Karo
Karo seems to have the biggest upside. He was top of the combine in most athletic measurables. So we know his upside, now whats his downside?
If it just experience and learning the game (making runs, positioning, etc) then he could be a steal. If it is his ball skills and he has the touch of many other raw athlete types we have seen (thing marvell wynne), then he wont make the cut.
Exactly
he could be Oduro 2.0, which I really hope isn’t the case…he does seem VERY athletic and to be honest I was very intrigued that we snagged him. The question is, will he be a project that never comes to fruition or could he be someone we’re whispering in anticipation about in 2013 to crack the starting XI or at least a super-sub.
I’m really trying not to view with Orange-tinted glasses but I think Dom & Canetti did some A & solid B+ work in both drafts because there’s a very good chance at least 2-3 guys we picked up could be contributors by the end of next season
Highlights
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWWjhvti2sE>
He looks very speedy, but he flops too much and can be easily dispossessed.
Not to troll, but...
Oduro did score 12 goals last year. I know, I know, I’m sure he blew 100, but we didn’t have any two players with that kind of output. So if Karo is like 2011 Oduro 2.0, I’d take him, especially as a supp. pick.
As an aside, what is with our scrub MLS forwards blossoming after they leave (Wondo, Oduro)?
by BerlinTexas on Jan 18, 2012 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
Classic case
of the ex- who you split with and suddenly gets their life together. :)
But nevertheless we both agree that as a supplemental pick Karo could being a massive steal…actually any of these guys could, but it depends on their ceiling and desire. We’ll find that out hopefully this season
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