Big Changes for our Goats

The number of players on our roster seems to keep getting smaller and smaller. Coach Robin Fraser confirmed that Costa Rican Defender Michael Umaña will no longer be playing for our Goats. Actually, he has already been signed to Comunicaciones, a team in Guatemala. Along with the loss Umaña; the Goats have also let go of Marcos Mondaini, Sergio Arias, and Victor Estupiñán.

 

Goats let go of Umaña, Mondaini, Arias, and Estupiñán

Goats let go of Umaña, Mondaini, Arias, and Estupiñán

 
Mondaini will be going to Emelec in Ecuador. Arias has gone back to Mexico but not to Guadalajara, he will be going to Irapuato in the Mexican Second Division. And Estupiñán has still not been picked up by anyone. However, it is rumored that he will be going to Ecuador. 

With these losses it seems that Fraser is stripping our team down to the bare bones. The team is in a state of rebuilding. However, this puts the Goats down to a few players still on the roster. That is of course including the other losses this offseason the total at this point is 13 players that have been let go since November:

 

F Justin Braun (11/23: trade to Montreal)

M Gerson Mayen (11/23: trade to Montreal)

D Zarek Valentin (11/23: expansion draft)

M Paulo Nagamura (11/29: trade to Sporting KC)

D Andrew Boyens (12/12: Re-Entry Stage 2/LA Galaxy)

F Chukwudi Chujindu (12/12: option declined)

M Simon Elliott (12/12: out of contract)

G Zach Thornton (12/12: option declined)

D Mariano Trujillo (12/12: option declined)

D Michael Umaña (1/2: free/Comunicaciones)

F Marcos Mondaini (1/4: loan option declined)

G Sergio Arias (1/4: loan option declined)

F Víctor Estupiñán (1/4: option declined)

 

With these loses our Goats gained a few players who will be key to the 2012 Season:

M Ryan Smith (11/21: trade from Sporting KC)

D James Riley (11/23: from Seattle, via trade from Montreal)

M Arturo Alvarez (12/5: Re-Entry Stage 1/RSL)

M Oswaldo Minda (12/21: SD Quito)

 

It is also known that Chivas USA signed a new player but has not released his name. Jose Domene(@domene) tweeted today,

 ”Just signed a new player. Waiting for Physicals and MLS approval. Tune in to @cdchivasusa for the announcement soon” 

I guess we just need to be on the lookout for news about our club since new news is not normally posted on their main website.

 

What do you guys thing of the changes that are being made?

Is this Robins way of cleaning house? Do our goats have something big planned before our Home Opener against the Eastern Conference Champions the Houston Dynamo?

 

Read the MLS article here

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/01/04/chivas-usa-part-ways-umana-three-others

http://www.mlssoccer.com/offseason-transactions/2011-12

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One Response to “Big Changes for our Goats”

  1. Commander #00 Says:
    January 6th, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    Troopers,

    I see Robin’s clean house approach and of course, our team is decimated to say the least, but I also see that we have wasted draft picks as we lost Valentin because we did not protect him and we lost Estupinan (he was not given a fair chance to prove himself, courtesy of Robin Fraser.)
    We lost two promissing youngsters and got nothing in return.

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