Big D Soccer: Bobby Warshaw Should Contribute To FC Dallas’ Young Core
By Daniel Robertson
I think FC Dallas did well for themselves. Picking at #17 it’s going to be tough to find a starting quality player so FC Dallas chose Bobby Warshaw, a guy that can play at both center back and defensive midfield, who was the captain of Stanford so you assume he’s good in the locker room and from all reports I’ve read he’s a talented passer of the ball which fits well in FCD’s system. With five homegrown players (one defender, three midfielders, two forwards) now on the roster, Dallas has plenty of young talent they can work on developing, Warshaw is a pick that can likely contribute this season with the Open Cup and Champions League added to a busy 2011 schedule. The other two guys we’ll just have to wait and see on.
Big winner: I really liked what New England did in the draft getting Soares and McCarthy, two physically big players who can step in and play right away while in Perry and Kinne they got two workmanlike forwards who seem to always flourish under Steve Nicol’s system.
Didn't do enough: I really didn’t like what Vancouver did with their picks. Salgado and Nanchoff are two high risk, high reward picks and while they could turn out to be stars in the league, as an expansion team I think they would’ve been better served to take a Perry Kitchen and Jalil Anibaba, two players who can make significant contributions from day one.
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