Yeah, agree. If anything, we're bringing the floor up. If Muller and Payne are playing FB, I don't have to ever see Nally at FB again lol. I'm not mad at strengthening our depth and giving the players at the bottom competition to earn a start, or even the sub spot. For a while now, we've had some deep depth stick around a bit too long imo...
The small rosters make it difficult to carry enough reserves to really “compete” one against the other, and the (at least until recently) low cap meant that once past the starters you could afford to have quality not playing regularly…
Plus I suspect the Wilkinson and her assistant Norris don’t have much confidence in the quality of the reserves. So they don’t get minutes, and can’t improve.
I’m hoping that changes under the new regime, natch…
The 2022 USC season ended in November 2022, so perhaps she wasn't playing soccer until she signed with PSG in July 2023. Or maybe she practiced with the USC team in spring 2023 (this typically includes some friendlies/scrimmages against other colleges), not being sure what she was doing next, and decided to jump ship when the PSG offer arrived in the summer. She could well have needed to finish her degree that spring (2023) also.
It’s pretty common for players to finish their studies before starting
Jessie Fleming signed in July
Bunny Shaw signed in June
I wouldn’t read anything into it. Also, from what I can see … she never applied for the NWSL draft. Lots of players who have signed directly in Europe.
Interesting. Her Wiki page says 2022. If she really was there until June ‘23 that closes the odd gap.
Yeah, this is kind of a win-win. PSG gets minutes for someone who’d be a depth piece there and we get a possible RB either-starter-or-backup we need.
My guess is she’s got to be at least NWSL-replacement-level good. PSG wouldn’t have bothered even as a reserve if not. Worth a shot, at least.
Yeah, agree. If anything, we're bringing the floor up. If Muller and Payne are playing FB, I don't have to ever see Nally at FB again lol. I'm not mad at strengthening our depth and giving the players at the bottom competition to earn a start, or even the sub spot. For a while now, we've had some deep depth stick around a bit too long imo...
The small rosters make it difficult to carry enough reserves to really “compete” one against the other, and the (at least until recently) low cap meant that once past the starters you could afford to have quality not playing regularly…
Plus I suspect the Wilkinson and her assistant Norris don’t have much confidence in the quality of the reserves. So they don’t get minutes, and can’t improve.
I’m hoping that changes under the new regime, natch…
The 2022 USC season ended in November 2022, so perhaps she wasn't playing soccer until she signed with PSG in July 2023. Or maybe she practiced with the USC team in spring 2023 (this typically includes some friendlies/scrimmages against other colleges), not being sure what she was doing next, and decided to jump ship when the PSG offer arrived in the summer. She could well have needed to finish her degree that spring (2023) also.
It’s pretty common for players to finish their studies before starting
Jessie Fleming signed in July
Bunny Shaw signed in June
I wouldn’t read anything into it. Also, from what I can see … she never applied for the NWSL draft. Lots of players who have signed directly in Europe.