Kiwi Players Elsewhere

Kiwis in the USL Leagues | USA

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12 May 23:57 · edited 13 May 01:25 · History
Collier off the bench at 57 mins (1-1) as Indy Eleven win 3-1.

As YH posted in the Herdman thread, he had an assist & goal for Whitecaps II in a 4-3 win. Linder off at 38 mins (2-2).
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14 May 22:53 · edited 15 May 03:53 · History
Bidois on the bench for Loudoun. No Zwetsloot.

Edit - Bidois on at 88 mins (1-0) in a 2-0 loss.
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17 May 01:51
USL

Colorado Springs (9th in the West) host new USL club Rhode Island (10th in the East)
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/05/18/united-states/mls-reserve-league/colorado-springs/rhode-island/4284882/

Musa last featured in a 0-2 loss to Sacramento on April 6th. When he was dragged off at HT with 2 team mates. Never great for that to happen as a CB, and you ain't injured?? CS with a back 3/5 that day. Lately it seems to have been a big 4.

That was 7 matches ago, and Moose hasn't made a match day squad since. So either injured or completely out a favour. Colorado S have a new young 37 yr old coach from Ireland this season.

I'm guessing at age 32, and with alot of injuries the last few seasons, Musa's not really on Auckland FC's radar.
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18 May 02:05 · edited 18 May 02:51 · History
Colorado S won 2-1. No Musa
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18 May 13:29 · edited 18 May 13:29 · History
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19 May 00:31 · edited 19 May 00:32 · History
Collier on the pine for Indy Eleven who lead 4-0 at 60 mins.

As per YH's post, Bidois with an early goal for Loudon. 
Now 2-0 at 60 mins, with Trevor Zwetslott coming on at HT, as a CB - but then unfortunately he himself is replaced 9 mins later. The guy can't catch a break.
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19 May 00:33
Haha, Jesus wept at this one.

Trevor Zwetsloot subs on at H/T, and picks up an early yellow card in the second half. Makes a semi rash challenge moments later  (avoids a second booking) gets subbed off at 54 minutes (!) with his replacement getting an assist with his first touch 30 seconds later. 😂
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19 May 02:00 · edited 19 May 04:29 · History
Collier on at 64 mins (4-0) in a 4-1 win for Indy Eleven.

Bidois full game that early goal for Loudon, in a 3-0 win. 
As above by YH Trevor Zwetsloot with his odd 9 min cameo for Loudon at replacement CB. I see that the ref sent off a Monterry player in the first half (2 yellows) so maybe the Loudon coach, thought the ref was card happy & Zwetsloot high risk!

Kyle Adams full game & a yellow for Louisville in a 2-2 draw in Las Vegas
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20 May 23:42 · edited 22 May 02:24 · History
US Open Cup Round of 16

Bidois's Loudoun with a juicy tie away at MLS big boys LAFC (5th in the West).
LAFC with likes of Hugo Lloris, and MLS legend 39 yr old Kei Kamara, so a cool experience for Bidois.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/05/22/united-states/us-open-cup/los-angeles-fc/loudoun-united/4356637/

Collier's Indy Eleven host fellow USL side Detroit City
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/05/23/united-states/us-open-cup/indy-eleven/detroit-city/4356638/
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22 May 02:23
Bidois back to the bench, as Loudoun try to upset LAFC in California. 
No Zwetsloot in match day squad, who may have ruined his chances of a longer term deal in the previous game. He's only on a short term 25 day contract.


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22 May 11:47
Bidois on at 66 mins (3-0) in a 3-0 loss. So a good runaround against a MLS side.

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25 May 04:41 · edited 25 May 23:04 · History
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25 May 23:11 · edited 26 May 02:08 · History
Adams off at 62 mins for Louisville City (double change) in a 0-0 draw. Unusual to see him subbed off.

Collier on the bench for Indy Eleven. 
Edit - Collier on at 61 mins (1-1) in a 2-1 win

Bidois starts for Loudoun. No Zwetsloot 
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26 May 06:03 · edited 26 May 06:45 · History
Loudoun with a good 2-0 win on the road. Bidios off at 56 mins (1-0).
He must be on the fringes of selection for Paris.
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27 May 02:13
Full game Herdman in a 1-0 win.
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29 May 23:16 · edited 30 May 03:28 · History
No Adams for Louisville. Presumably injured. Did go off at 62 mins in the last game.

Edit - Louisville City win 5-1
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02 Jun 00:00 · edited 02 Jun 03:46 · History
Bidois starting as Loudoun lead 2-0 in the first half. No Zwetsloot 
Edit - Bidois off at 91 mins in a 3-0 win. 
Wonder if he is a chance for the Olympics. Looks like Jesse Randsall is. And others like Lachlan Bayliss also in the mix

Collier on the bench for Indy Eleven.
Edit - Collier on at 68 mins (2-1), in a 2-1 win

No Adams for Louisville 
Edit - Louisville City win 2-1

No Musa in a 1-0 win for Colorado Springs
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02 Jun 06:02 · edited 02 Jun 06:44 · History
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LeBron James taking an interest in the USL Championship & Loudoun United?  

Whowouldathunkit? Look who gets a sneaky appearance in the screengrab too. 😎

Just did a quick read through the thread. The goalscorer Robby Dambrot, his father coached LeBron in high school basketball. Small world.

Bidois definitely in the hunt for an Olympic shout. Another strong game - better passing than in the past couple of weeks, and a couple of good chances and opportunities worked. 

He's definitely benefitting from consistently playing first team football.
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02 Jun 23:55 · edited 02 Jun 23:58 · History
MLS Next Pro

Is 1-1 at HT between Whitecaps II (9th in the West) and  San Jose Earthquakes II (8th).

Both Finn Linder (at LB) and Herdman starting for Caps II.
19 yr old Aussie RB Giuseppe Bovalina (ex Adelaide) also playing for Caps II. Bovalina has so far played 3 MLS games for the Whitecaps first team, off the bench.
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03 Jun 00:32 · edited 03 Jun 00:59 · History
Herdman with a goal for Caps II, who lead 2-1, with 20 mins to go.

Edit - Herdman a brace in a 3-1 win. Looks like full games him & Linder.
Bovalina 77 mins.

Herdman's going to the Olympics but is he also going to Vanuatu with the All Whites?

Team(s) must be announced next few days you'd think.
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08 Jun 23:41 · edited 09 Jun 09:00 · History
Adams a full game for Louisville in a 2-1 win.

Still no Musa for Colorado Springs in a 1-1 draw. 24 yr old Zach Duncan (ex Glory) started for Memphis.
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09 Jun 22:46
Collier on the pine for Indy Eleven.


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09 Jun 22:57
I wondered if Auckland might be taking a look at him. He was a fringe MLS player for a while so he's clearly got skill, he just hasn't nailed down a starting spot.
You cant just pick and choose which laws to follow. Sure Id like to tape a baseball game without the express written consent of major league baseball, but thats just not the way it works.-Hank Hill
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09 Jun 23:45
Doesn't score enough goals. He got 1 goal in 54 MLS games (14 starts). And from memory the goal was on debut with an element of luck, scruffed shot or something from memory.
https://us.soccerway.com/players/elliott-collier/280341/

If he's only a bench player now in the USL at age 29, hard to see him being much of a success in the ALM. Better to go for younger attacking players like Randall, Luis Toomey, Liam Gillion and some top imports. Or other Kiwis like Greive, De Jong etc. Even Logan Rogerson if he's having 2nd thoughts about his move to Armenia.

Kyle Adams would be the most suitable AFC pickup from the USL I reckon.


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09 Jun 23:55
I get that, but I always think of the Smeltz example. He was not lighting up a weaker league but then hit the ground running in the A-League.

Also, 54 matches and 14 starts sounds respectable but I'd be interested to know what that translates to in terms of minutes. I remember when he was still in the MLS and I was keeping tabs to see if he played, and often when he was subbed on it was only for a few minutes at a time.
You cant just pick and choose which laws to follow. Sure Id like to tape a baseball game without the express written consent of major league baseball, but thats just not the way it works.-Hank Hill
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10 Jun 00:52
All the info you want is in this link.
https://us.soccerway.com/players/elliott-collier/280341/

I can remember him getting 2-3 gilt edged chances over various MLS games, in his time at Chicago, and he failed to take them. Was frustrating, and really explains why is now totally out of the AWs picture, and a USL bench player. Was surprising really that Chicago held onto him as long as they did. 

Big boy, with really handy futsal skills. But not enough goals or assists.

His one & only MLS goal.
https://www.chicagofirefc.com/video/goal-collier-gets-his-first-professional-goal-and-levels-the-score-5753441549001#highlights-chicago-fire-fc-vs-real-salt-lake-april-20-2024
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10 Jun 00:57 · edited 10 Jun 02:17 · History
Collier on at 80 mins (1-0) for Indy Eleven in a 1-0 win at Birmingham Legion

MLS Next Pro
Finn Linder (CB) starts as Vancouver II (7th) host LAFC II (5th).

No Jay Herdman. He could be back training with the first team, with MLS playing through the June FIFA window, and some players heading off to their national teams.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/10/united-states/mls-next-pro/whitecaps-fc-ii/los-angeles-ii/4320589/

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10 Jun 03:40
Linder a full game in a 4-0 win. 

Caps II play again in a few days so be interesting to see if Herdman plays in that game, with the senior MLS side playing again this weekend.

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14 Jun 00:19
Herdman & Linder both start for Whitecaps II.

A young 20 yr Canadian midfielder has been signed to a short term senior MLS from Caps II team. Disappointing for Herdman maybe, being overlooked this time, with the senior team likely missing a few players over this FIFA window.
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