United Fills a Developmental Slot
Today is the MLS roster freeze deadline, and D.C. United has made a move -- trading a conditional pick in the 2008 draft to Chicago or F Jerson Monteiro. Some of you may remember him ...
This year, Monteiro has seen time in five League matches (one start), notching a goal in 154 minutes on the pitch. His lone goal came against D.C., when United topped Chicago 3-1 on June 16 at RFK Stadium.
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Also, here's Monteiro's bio. No mention of whether Jerson enjoys watching La Liga ...
By Jon DeNunzio |
September 14, 2007; 5:05 PM ET
D.C. United
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Posted by: Matt L | September 14, 2007 5:27 PM
Hm, if nothing else Fredmillio will have a new audience for their Portuguese-language jokes.
Posted by: edgeonyou | September 14, 2007 5:32 PM
any idea what type of forward is this guy? or what other forward in the league would this guy compare too as far as style?
Posted by: ruscien | September 14, 2007 5:36 PM
Haha, fantastic! Go Blazers!
Now DC United has 2 players from my undergrad (Burch, Mediate) and now this guy from my grad school.
Posted by: Colm | September 14, 2007 5:54 PM
Saw Montreiro at Combine and he was on TV last year. He's a big, fast, strong forward.
If he can't play up top, I wouldn't mind seeing him converted to a defender.
Posted by: JSF | September 14, 2007 6:16 PM
If he can cross maybe he'll be the heir-apparent for Namoff.
Posted by: AlecW81 | September 14, 2007 8:45 PM
As far as developmental roster pickups go, this is a pretty nice move, actually. Not everyone can be a Marc Burch pickup, but I like it.
Posted by: Goose | September 15, 2007 12:45 AM
Chicago drafted him thinking he'd either supplant Calen Carr in their forward rotation or become a serviceable right midfielder. The midfield plan kind of fell apart because Chicago plays a 352 (from what I've seen, he's too attack-minded to play wide in that). The fact that he couldn't outdo Carr is either due to him being no good or Chicago having entirely too much confidence in Carr, who is not very good.
Hopefully, it's the latter.
Posted by: Chest Rockwell | September 15, 2007 12:46 AM
By the way, is there some reason they call it the "Superdraft?" Does that mean there's a "Little sh!t draft" too?
Excuse me while I get started on my Portuguese lessons.
Posted by: Mitch | September 15, 2007 7:19 AM
Mitch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdraft
Goff, I ran into some people like that when I was in Lyon for the US-Brazil Confederations Cup match. After going out to dinner that night, there were tons of Americans out, who had just come over to follow the team.
Posted by: RK | September 15, 2007 11:12 AM
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