Stefan Vukovic Signed to Senior Team?
by Dave Rowaan on Feb 22, 2012 5:52 PM EST
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PrintEarlier today Toronto FC made a bunch of fancy updates to their site. They are certainly nice to see and on the whole they have made a number of different cosmetic improvements including a sleek new background. The biggest change though comes to the academy section of things.
Along with all the sleek and shiny cosmetic changes to that section there is now room for a lot more content surrounding the academy team. The first step to that was updating the rosters so that the site now lists all of the teams for 2012. This year Toronto FC's academy will have U19, U17, U15, U13, and U12 teams competing in various leagues. The U19 team will continue to compete in the CSL first division, and the U17 side will be in the CSL reserve division. For the other teams though there is no word yet as to where they will compete during the summer season.
The biggest thing that jumps out at you from looking at these rosters is that Stefan Vukovic's name does not appear anywhere in them. He is still young enough that he could return to play for the U19 squad in the CSL next season but his name is not there. It may be reading too much into things to assume that his exclusion from the list means that he is in the first team for the coming season, but it would be quite the glaring error for the team to have just missed his name.
In the end, Vukovic signing for the first team would not be a surprise to anyone. He won the CSL's golden boot last season, has been with the team for the entire training camp, and would provide much needed depth at forward. According to most people who I have spoken with about the player, he would have had to be a complete letdown in camp to not get signed up and with his goal in yesterday's friendly that does not seem to be the case. So take what you will from his absence on the roster but I would be willing to bet that his name will not be added to the list at any point. Instead, I expect he will be signed to a home grown contract at some point in the next two weeks.
Edit: Vukovic, along with Quillan Roberts, is now listed in the squad but the change took nearly 24 hours to make. Jackman is still not listed in any of the academy teams so make of that all what you will.
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Based on his performance last season it sounds like the first team is where he belongs at this point. Here’s hoping he earns a contract and continues to develop with the first team!
by Dave'74 on Feb 22, 2012 7:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions
More than likely he will get the call. just hope he doesn’t suffer same fate as the last academy striker we promoted, keith makubuya, who played half of the first game, and then nothing.
Unless Koevermans is injured, so hopefully not, I wouldn’t expect to see that much of him, a few sub appearances here and there maybe. He should get plenty of time in the reserve team this year, and next, and hopefully by the time koevermans is done he’ll be more than ready to step in and be the man up front.
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by Duncan Fletcher on Feb 22, 2012 8:16 PM EST reply actions
Maka was a bad situation with the team just needing one more body at the start but never really needing him on the field.
I do think that unless Maka and Cordon have improved a fair bit Vukovic could end up being ahead of them on the depth chart and basically your third choice forward after Koef and Ryan Johnson
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are you counting cordon as a forward? more of a number 10 type surely, small, frail looking but skillful.
agree vukovic probably 3rd ahead of makubuya
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by Duncan Fletcher on Feb 22, 2012 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
Cordon can play forward if need be but yes he is a bit more of a 10. My point was just looking at the other young academy guys that will be looking for minutes in the attack.
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by Dave Rowaan on Feb 23, 2012 6:24 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Have you guys heard of Tristan Jackman, on the Academy team? look for him to have a really good year this year in the CSL and potentially break out
Alex Bunbury = good. Teal Bunbury = a colour
I know of him a bit. Figure he and Hamilton are the two worth really keeping an eye on this year for the academy. Should both be to CSL players if they meet expectations
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by Dave Rowaan on Feb 23, 2012 1:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Hamilton is a stud, his potential is through the roof, he has a strong work ethic if he puts the work in mark my words he’ll be a regular in no time for the first team.
Alex Bunbury = good. Teal Bunbury = a colour
He has the frame work, no one can question that as he already looks like a grown man. He needs to work on the technical side of the game and get used to needing to rely on more than just his size and pace but that will come this season hopefully.
He is a year off now but possibly not any more than that.
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jackman is also not listed on the academy page, so if we’re going with the “that means they’re with the big club” theory, then he might be coming up as well.
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by Duncan Fletcher on Feb 23, 2012 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
interestingly enough
vukovic is now listed in the u-19 team.
fun.
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by Duncan Fletcher on Feb 23, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
Jackman is not even in Orlando though. He stayed at home and it was said that he was going to return to training with the academy side. Can’t see him being left home and then signed.
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cool. inside info, i like it.
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by Duncan Fletcher on Feb 23, 2012 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
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