Toronto FC announced Thursday they have acquired midfielder Jacob Peterson from the Colorado Rapids in exchange for allocation money. Per league and team policies financial terms were not available.
“This is a player that Preki has been wanting for some time,” said director of soccer Mo Johnston. “We’re looking forward to bringing him into camp and getting him working with the rest of the players.”
Peterson, 23, was the Rapids’ first pick of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft, (2nd Round, 21st overall) and made his professional debut playing 21 minutes on April 8, 2006 against the Columbus Crew. After establishing himself into the first team in his first season with the club, he was named the team’s “Rookie of the Year”. In the 2009 MLS season the midfielder appeared in 23 games with Colorado, making 12 starts and adding two goals and two assists. He missed the last month of the regular season due to injury.
This is a bit of a head scratcher. Peterson is a wing player, which we all know Toronto needs, but he's a wing player that blew his knee out in the final month of the 2009 season. In Colorado it was expected that he might not be ready to play until August. Rapids' fans are suggesting that he's a player that can run really, really fast but can't actually play soccer.
That seems to contradict the information in the press release, which suggests that he'll be in Toronto on Feb. 1 for camp. "Peterson will be in Toronto for the start of pre-season on February 1st," is how it's worded, which, actually, doesn't say anything about him being in Toronto to play at the pre-season camp, does it? Someone stand outside Gate 4 to see if he's limping.
It's also surprising that TFC is using allocation and adding another international spot without first dropping one. That must mean that there is someone going out the door to open up the spot and to cover Peterson's salary. He made a base of $100,000, with a potential of $118,750 last year.
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so kind of like marvell wynne?
I don't like this, Marvell Wynne with a bum knee!!!
Rollins...find any 4th division Cambodian footie to watch yet???
I guess time will tell. The report, according to the words of MoJo, says that Preki specifically wanted him. I think that (if he is fit to play) that he has been signed from a team standpoint, as opposed to a positional standpoint. Preki loves hardwork, which breeds compeitition. Maybe this kid has that spark to light under the asses of the established mid to have them perform that much harder.
The idea that bringing in Peterson means dropping someone else would be based on last year's roster size, which has yet to be determined for 2010.
Evaluating the Peterson acquisition all depends on perspective. Is he the replacement for Amado Guevara? Then it's a bad move. Is he the replacement for Lesley Fellinga? Then he looks like an upgrade. In for Pablo Vitti? He will benefit from lower expectations than a flashy Argentinian and he did score the same amount of goals in 09. So that may be a lateral move in talent and a saving in salary.
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