Elliot Collier (San Diego Loyal | USA)

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Big time player. 🇳🇿🏆

New Zealand international and @USLChampionship Final winner Elliot Collier signs with SD Loyal.

📄 https://t.co/jJkUVzLSk5 pic.twitter.com/3Gu3u7W8t3

— San Diego Loyal (@SanDiegoLoyal) December 27, 2022

They love a Kiwi down San Diego ways don't they? 

Hopefully he can pick up the form from early on from the season just gone. Hopefully those niggly injuries don't hamper him too much either.

San Diego host Phoenix Rising.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2023/03/19/united-states/mls-reserve-league/san-diego-loyal/arizona-united/4015614/

Kyle Adams starting (so presumably will be the last guy to arrive for the AWs) & Collier on the bench for San Diego.

A 3-0 win. Collier on at 63 mins (1-0) and provides 2 assists for last 2 goals!

Full game Adams.

Assist # 1

Welcome back to the league, Ronaldo Damus! 🙌

The 2021 Championship Final MVP doubled @SanDiegoLoyal's lead with a fantastic strike from outside the box! #SDvPHX pic.twitter.com/ujOyLoPRrQ

— USL Championship (@USLChampionship) March 19, 2023

Assist # 2

Tuck that away @BlakeBodily! pic.twitter.com/Tgp8RbBuP6

— San Diego Loyal (@SanDiegoLoyal) March 19, 2023

Quality little flick for that 3rd goal to find the run of his team mate.
That'll do his confidence a world of good.

Nice little ground San Diego have. Funny one Collier. With his size it all just seems target man, but he's really a futsal footballer playing on grass.

If he could ever somehow score regularly a decent level, he's be a very handy AW. But that's it he just doesn't score goals it seems above this USL level.

I like to see him in AWs squads think he offers bit more in creativity department then like of Mata and maybe Waine. 

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I like to see him in AWs squads think he offers bit more in creativity department then like of Mata and maybe Waine. 

He's a winger. We have plenty of those. But we urgently need to develop striker backups to Wood. 

Mata gets his chance this window alongside Greive. Lets see how he goes. He's started the season well in Ireland, and if continues that form will go on the radar of League One/Two clubs in the UK. Hopefully he learns a bit off the Woodsman next few days. Get the feeling Waine learns a heap off Wood every time the AWs go into camp.

 

San Diego (1st USL West) sans Kyle Adams travel to Sacramento (4th).

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2023/03/26/united-states/mls-reserve-league/sacramento-republic/san-diego-loyal/4015618/

Collier a full game in a 1-0 loss. I'm sure he & the team will be happy for Adams with his AWs debut today.