Colorado Trades Macoumba Kandji To Houston Dynamo
by UZ on Feb 8, 2012 6:39 PM MST
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The Colorado Rapids appear to be in dealing mode this offseason, as they've now lost their second striker in only a week. After releasing Caleb Folan on mutual terms, the Rapids have traded a conditional draft pick for striker Macoumba Kandji.
Kandji was originally traded from New York for Mehdi Ballouchy in 2010, a move that turned out to be wonderful for Colorado as he ended up forcing the own goal that won the MLS Cup that same year. Before that he wasn't particularly effective, and in MLS play he remained that way after coming back from the ACL tear he suffered.
Colorado still has one target forward, their best target forward, remaining on the team in Conor Casey. It's already been stated by Paul Bravo that Casey is pretty much guaranteed to stick around simply because he can always find a way to bang home 10-15 goals per season when healthy, but this move makes it look like manager Oscar Pareja is going towards a more speed and finesse filled game overall for his 4-3-3 formation.
Here's some details on what pick the Rapids could get, tweeted by Jose de Jesus Ortiz.
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Money?
Have to think they were looking for a way to free up funds for the Argentine playmaker they are unveiling on Monday right? Also, I’ve been trying to consider what our regular starting line-up will look like in the season, if this playmaker is to be inserted immediately. Best I can come up with is:
TBD Moor Wynne Kimura
Mastroeni Larentowicz
Castrillon Mystery playmaker Cummings
Casey
This leaves Mullan and Smith on the bench, which I don’t imagine either of them would be happy about, but it seems we’ve added a ton in the midfield and that means some midfielders have to sit on the bench.
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Wallace is pretty much guaranteed to start at left back, so slot him into the TBD. That looks about right to me if we’re going with a 4-2-3-1, honestly.
The thing is, we can’t really complain about having tons of solid, starter worthy depth in the midfield considering it was our biggest issue last year. We’re pretty much one or two defensive signings and perhaps another striker signing away from having an immensely deep team. Plus guys like Smith and Mullan are getting old, and we know what happens when we try and overplay the older guys on the team! (See: Tyrone Marshall)
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by UZ on Feb 8, 2012 11:36 PM MST up reply actions
Dynam-ism
Pareja’s new system is going to give us a bit more dynamism, I think, than Smith’s. Smith’s was focused on the forwards being the offensive production house, and Pareja’s system is focusing, I believe, on a midfield offensive production house.
I expect the depth to be allocated more to midfield and defense than forward. So I expect that we’re going to see a lot of strikers departing. While depth at forward was a huge deal in Smith’s system, it doesn’t look like it’s that crucial in Pareja’s.
Oh, and hopefully Scott Palguta is next to depart for greener pastures.
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