19 comments

1. mike Says:
   Posted on October 29, 2009 at 9:16 pm

2. id rather have guys playing in mls instead of denmark or any other league that isnt epl, serie a, la liga, bundesliga, or ligue 1.

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3. sa Says:
   Posted on October 29, 2009 at 9:55 pm

4. or turkish superliga or all the other leagues that are better

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5. Jason Says:
   Posted on October 30, 2009 at 9:55 am

6. He’d be an allocation pick, so FCD would have to trade to get up to #1 on the allocation list.

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7. Sounders Fan Says:
   Posted on October 30, 2009 at 11:47 am

8. This was just a matter of time…

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9. Austin Says:
   Posted on October 30, 2009 at 6:24 pm

10. he went to a vietnamese club a year ago after randers in denmark b/c vietnam is his heritage, he played out of his mind there and was invited to a 3 month trial with arsenal by wenger b/c that vietnamese team is a feeder team of arsenal…..he is probably trying to find more competition since the v-league is so easy

    and to answer your question MLSR, he is coming from a league that he just kicked ass in so i definately wouldnt say he cant handle it and i DEFINATELY wouldnt categorize the vietnamese league above MLS

    anyways, philadelphia,LA, or chicago should try him…..Dallas will try and they have a good chance of getting him, but i cant see why they would want him with the centre mid depth they already have

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11. d Says:
    Posted on October 30, 2009 at 7:22 pm

12. I think the Vietnamese club offered A LOT of money to him to play. He is a good player with speed reminds me of charlie davies before he started to put it together. Talent and potential but never quite sure if he’s going to find it.

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13. morgan Says:
    Posted on October 30, 2009 at 8:11 pm

14. San Jose would be interested.

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15. afrim Says:
    Posted on October 30, 2009 at 11:33 pm

16. Vietnam? serioulsy dude?

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17. Supsam Says:
    Posted on October 31, 2009 at 4:13 pm

18. Ive been a big Lee Nguyen fan since he is the only asian american in the Nats pool. If only Guus Hiddink didnt leave PSV Eindenhoven so early then we would have had a more finished product in Lee.He wasnt really getting paid that much in Vietnam (like $250-300K base salary) but if you know the vietnamese, things written on paper dont mean squat so im sure there were other things “under the table”. He flat out dominated that league (13 total goals, 16 assists in 24 appearances). If Wenger was interested in him it must mean alot and how he rates him granted arsenal didnt offer him a contract but still, it is indeed an honor. I would be stoked if MLS (most preferbly the quakes) signs him but he is at the mercy of the allocation process. Does anyone know the allocation standings?

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19. Supsam Says:
    Posted on October 31, 2009 at 4:26 pm

20. never mind, i just realized that the allocation order resets after every season. So, it would look like this (barring any trades)

    1) Philly
    2) New York
    3) Earthquakes
    4) KC
    5) Dallas
    6) Toronto
    7) DC
    Colorado
    9-15) based on how they do in playoffs

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21. Sounders Fan Says:
    Posted on November 1, 2009 at 12:53 am

22. The next player Philly signs will be the first…their FO really needs to get their stuff together, ASAP.

    Why isn’t anyone covering this? Sons of Ben, Who Are Ya?!?

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23. vic Says:
    Posted on November 1, 2009 at 2:18 am

24. supsam,
    brian ching? is that name european? what am i missing here ?

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25. austin Says:
    Posted on November 1, 2009 at 11:09 am

26. vic, ching is hawaiin…

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27. vic Says:
    Posted on November 2, 2009 at 12:06 am

28. wiki page says ching is half hawaiin and half chinese

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29. Richard Says:
    Posted on November 3, 2009 at 2:51 pm

30. Asian American footballers (mono- and multiracial a.k.a. “hapas”)

    the GOOD: Lee Nguyen, Brian Ching, Liz Fair, Tiffany Roberts, Alex Yi

    the BAD: Duke Hashimoto, Natasha Kai, James Riley

    the UGLY: Steve Shak, Ryan Caugherty

    P.S. – Someone should do some research on current multiracial Asian footballers from South and Central America, and the Caribbean (e.g. Gonzalo Choy Gonzalez, Paulo Nagamura, Mark Chung, Deco)

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31. Richard Says:
    Posted on November 4, 2009 at 2:32 am

32. ooops…I meant Lorrie Fair (not to be confused with the singer Liz Phair)

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33. Supsam Says:
    Posted on November 5, 2009 at 7:41 pm

34. haha oops! I forgot about Ching! Sometimes he is so invisible in games that i forget he plays for the Nats

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35. MJ Says:
    Posted on November 5, 2009 at 9:06 pm

36. pff san jose

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37. ISC Says:
    Posted on November 9, 2009 at 5:38 pm

38. He has been playing indoor and kicking some ass and scoring a lot of goals.

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