Robayo speaks about his move
Rafael Robayo spoke to the Colombian media Friday to discuss his departure from Colombian club Millionairos. He said his new contract was a two year contract. The first year of the contract is a loan with the Fire holding the right to purchase the 2nd year or extend the loan.
Robayo also said the main reason he went to Chicago was for the benefit of his family. He said he wants to go someplace his family will be comfortable and will live quiet lives without much pressure.
He also mentioned that going to MLS makes it unlikely he will ever play for Colombia. He said it was unfair because of the league's improving quality, but that he would work hard so he could someday wear the Colombian shirt again.
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It's nice to see an option for next year...
if he does well, we can keep him for another year hopefully.
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I guess Columbia really hates the MLS...
As one of the commenters on the article put it: “What a pity that Montero, Castillo and Hurtado gave in to the temptation of money and being comfortable stars in a mediocre league. What conformism and what a lack of ambition…”
I don’t know anything about Columbian football, but really? Nonetheless, I’d guess that that attitude might change, with more and more Columbians coming to play here.
Yeah, I have heard that some South American leagues look at the quality of MLS as poor...
don’t see how they can continue to say that when the quality of the league is getting better and better. I don’t know a ton about some of the South American league, but I would imagine MLS has caught up and even surpassed some leagues.
Just for fun, I tweeted back and forth a week or so ago with Tommy Smyth. He is a famous Irish soccer announcer (bald headed guy with glasses). He works for ESPN, and did the World Cup. Needless to say, he know all about world soccer. I asked him to rate the talent of the MLS in terms of English soccer. Basically, the ladder would go EPL, nPower Championship, League 1, League 2, etc all the way down the ladder. He thinks we are on par with League 1, and in some cases even Championship teams. Considering how long England has had soccer, and how many levels they have, along with how new MLS is in terms of the rest of the world, I think that’s pretty good. We would have been much lower than what Tommy thought even 5 or 10 years ago.
I would have to assume that Championship/League 1 talent is better than many South American leagues. Just an interesting thought and conversation I thought I would share. I think it is just a stigma against MLS that some countries still carry. I can’t imagine many games are televised in some South American countries, so many of these fans may be going off what they hear rather than what they see.
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by Ryan Sealock on Jan 24, 2012 11:59 AM CST up reply actions
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