Major League Soccer Goalkeeping Crisus?
MLS GKs : All Washed Up? Climbing The Ladder takes a good look at the state of goalkeeping in the MLS today. One of the questions the US is facing is where is our next Kasey Keller? Who is our next Brad Friedel? Tim Howard seems to have started the season off well with Everton. But at best he lives up to the reputation of one of those 2. Worse, the MLS seems to be full of a lot of American goalkeepers that shouldn't be too old for a GK but seem to be losing it. Well, Tony Meola is old. It's probably time for him to hang up the boots. But guys like Scott Garlick COULD have a couple years left in him. But he seemed to be losing it last year with FC Dallas. And this year with Real Salt Lake his frequently been caught either flat footed or beat at the near post. Neither one is a good sign that he's going to be good enough to be a started next year. Where are the new young talented American goalkeepers? Is Brad Guzan over rated? Can Troy Perkins play well when he's not protected by DC United's defense? Will DJ Countess finally make it now that he's found a team in Scandanavia? And whatever happened to Adin Brown?
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what DID happen to adin brown? nice size, but often injured. good mobility, but sometimes slow. much promise, little fulfillment. it's doubtful that as frustrating as adin's career has been (or was), the person most frustrated by it has been him. the deal in which the rapids sent him to tampa looked good at the time; it's looked better with the advantage of hindsight.
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