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Flying Kiwis.


Detroit City FC @DetroitCityFC

Big game from your Man of the Match, Deklan Wynne!

He was everywhere for Le Rouge tonight, including on the score sheet as he tallied his first goal for Detroit City!
#DCTID

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The Deklan Wynne comeback arc is one of my favourite happenings in NZ football at the moment. Detroit City seem like a really cool team and if Deklan keeps performing he could seriously compete with De Vries and Sutton for that All Whites back-up LB spot
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The Deklan Wynne comeback arc is one of my favourite happenings in NZ football at the moment. Detroit City seem like a really cool team and if Deklan keeps performing he could seriously compete with De Vries and Sutton for that All Whites back-up LB spot

Agree Detroit City seems a good story with passionate fans. And nice to see Wynne hopefully revitalising his career

But Hay ain’t picking guys from the USL (except Collier & N Boxall who were both playing elsewhere last season). USL level is questionable so if likes of Wynne are looking to be serious AWs contenders, likely need to move elsewhere 
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Wynne starting as Detroit (3rd) host New York RB II (13th), in USL East.
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Full game Wynne in a 2-0 win over New York RB II.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/04/30/united-states/mls-reserve-league/detroit-city/new-york-rb-ii/3728567/

Detroit go top of USL Eastern Conference for now, but 2 teams they overtake into 1st - Louisville City & Pittsburgh Riverhounds - play each other later today.
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Detroit City (2nd USL East) travel to FC Tulsa (9th East).
Wynne starting.

Edit - Wynne 87 mins in a 3-1 loss. Detroit stay 3rd for now.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/05/08/united-states/mls-reserve-league/tulsa-roughnecks/detroit-city/3728581/ 

Detroit have drawn fellow USL team Louisville City (1st in the East) in US Open Cup next week. Round of 32.
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Detroit City (3rd in the East) host fellow USL team Louisville City (1st in the East) in the US Open Cup, round of 32.
Wynne starting

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/05/11/united-states/us-open-cup/detroit-city/louisville-city/3782744/

Edit - Is 1-1 end of NT. Louisville already used all 5 subs, but Detroit haven't made one it seems before end NT.

Edit 2- went to ET (1-1) and then pens. Unfortunately Detroit lose the shootout 4-2, and are knocked out of the Cup. Full game Wynne, who wasn't a pen taker.





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Detroit City (3rd in the East) host Loudoun United (10th in the East).
Wynne starting.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/05/15/united-states/mls-reserve-league/detroit-city/loudoun-united/3728594/

Edit - a 4-2 win for Detroit. Full game & yellow for Wynne. Detroit stay 3rd.


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Detroit City (3rd, USL East) travel to Miami FC (7th)
Wynne starting

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/05/19/united-states/mls-reserve-league/usa-miami-fc/detroit-city/3728599/

Edit - subbed off at 86 mins in a 1-1 draw. Should have kept him on. Detroit up 1-0 when he came off, conceding in the 95th min. They drop to 4th in the USL East.
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Detroit City (4th in the East)) host Atlanta II (12th) in the USL
Wynne starting

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/05/22/united-states/mls-reserve-league/detroit-city/atlanta-united-2/3728607/

Edit - full game in a 3-1 win. Assist for the first goal. Detroit up to 2nd, on same points as 1st placed Louisville City, but inferior GD.

Match highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKyGM1eDfD0


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Tidy little assist from Wynne, his 3rd of the season to go with his lone goal.

Finishes 1-1 between Detroit and the Riverhounds.
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Detroit (3rd in the East) host Sacramento (7th in the USL West)
Wynne starting.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/12/united-states/mls-reserve-league/detroit-city/sacramento-republic/3728650/

Edit - 81 mins in a 0-2 loss. Same score when he came off. Detroit down to 4th
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Wynne starting, and has a fellow Kiwi on the field as Detroit City (4th USL East) host El Paso Locomotive (5th USL West).

Matt Conger is the ref!!  What's he doing in the US?
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/18/united-states/mls-reserve-league/detroit-city/el-paso-locomotive/3728665/

Edit is 1-1 at HT. 
Edit 2 - Finishes 1-1. Full games Wynne & presumably Conger.

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Wynne starting, and has a fellow Kiwi on the field as Detroit City (4th USL East) host El Paso Locomotive (5th USL West).

Matt Conger is the ref!!  What's he doing in the US?
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/18/united-states/mls-reserve-league/detroit-city/el-paso-locomotive/3728665/

Edit is 1-1 at HT. 
Edit 2 - Finishes 1-1. Full games Wynne & presumably Conger.

 
Conger has an American accent, so I assume it’s just a case of having gone back home, after a few years down here.
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Full game & a yellow for Wynne in a 2-0 loss.

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Trip to Sin City for Wynne as Detroit (4th in the USL East) travel to Las Vegas Lights (7th in the West).
Wynne starting

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Wynne with the assist in a 1-0 win in Vegas. Full game.
Detroit stay 4th in the East.
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From Flying Kiwis, his assist from the weekend.

Also going good in the USL: Detroit City FC. They won 1-0 away to Las Vegas Lights this week with a 63rd minute goal for Connor Rutz... set up by Deklan Wynne.
Fourth assist of the season for Dekkers, to go with one goal.

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Another assist (more Wynne's left foot shot redirected in) as Detroit lead 1-0 at HT.

Edit - finished 1-1. Full game Wynne & Detroit stay 4th.

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Yet another assist as Detroit lead 1-0 after 30 mins. Has been a bit of an assist king of late.

Edit - finished 1-0 to Detroit, who somehow drop to one place to 5th, USL East.

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Yet another assist as Detroit lead 1-0 after 30 mins. Has been a bit of an assist king of late.




6 assists to go with his 1 goal so far this season. Fantastic to see him getting regular game time  after 2 years without kicking a ball in anger.

In his past 36 games with both OKC (14) and now Detroit (22) he has 1 goal and 10 assists!
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Lad can certainly find his man on the cross ❌
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The Deklan redemption arc is in full swing 😍 😍. Hopefully he can stay consistent for the next season or two with Detroit and then push on to finally succeed in the MLS.
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When’s the squad for September announced?
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When’s the squad for September announced?

Presumably about 1st-2nd week of September.
If de Vries's Varnamo were in a relegation dogfight, might be worth leaving him in Sweden to concentrate on his club and have a look at Wynne. Likely playing at a higher level than Dalton Wilkins in Danish 3rd tier.

Also I'd say no guarantee Empoli won't try to stop Cacace, travelling all the way downunder for 2 friendlies. When Libby could be trying to nail down the starting spot.

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Libby will be fine. He will fly business... it will be nice.

Clubs in top flights are use to players balancing international and club football. You have to be, otherwise these players won't look at you.
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Libby will be fine. He will fly business... it will be nice.

Clubs in top flights are use to players balancing international and club football. You have to be, otherwise these players won't look at you.

Libby & Kirwan both skipped the January FIFA window of friendlies. Maybe Garbett as well?? Part of a deal Hay cut with their Italian clubs. Hay said sometime around that time, that the Italian club directors were the most difficult to deal with.

All Empoli have to say to Cacace - is you travel all the way downunder, and the next 2 Serie A games post the window we won't start you in that LB role, giving his rival the chance of a free run. Not saying they will do it, but you wouldn't put it past them. Club verus country little squabbles are a constant in international football, especially for what clubs see as meaningless friendlies. Empoli won't give a stuff that an actual big AWs game in NZ is rare as hens teeth.

Again not saying it will happen, but something to be mindful of.


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Libby will be fine. He will fly business... it will be nice.

Clubs in top flights are use to players balancing international and club football. You have to be, otherwise these players won't look at you.

Libby & Kirwan both skipped the January FIFA window of friendlies. Maybe Garbett as well?? Part of a deal Hay cut with their Italian clubs. Hay said sometime around that time, that the Italian club directors were the most difficult to deal with.

All Empoli have to say to Cacace - is you travel all the way downunder, and the next 2 Serie A games post the window we won't start you in that LB role, giving his rival the chance of a free run. Not saying they will do it, but you wouldn't put it past them. Club verus country little squabbles are a constant in international football, especially for what clubs see as meaningless friendlies. Empoli won't give a stuff that an actual big AWs game in NZ is rare as hens teeth.

Again not saying it will happen, but something to be mindful of.


 
January was a bit exceptional tbf, it wasn’t a UEFA window, just for the other confederations as they needed to catch up on qualifiers, we just used it as we missed 18 months or so. Kirwan and Garbett were both available all other windows, and their’s was probably negotiated to allow them to be there for the PNG game outside the window. Cacace was also still at St Truiden at the time the squad for January window was named (he moved on deadline day to Empoli), and Belgium played through that window so understandable they wanted to keep him for the game.

I’d be surprised if the clubs didn’t release players, they’re obligated to do so, and also it would antagonise the players if they didn’t release them. In Wynne’s case, I don’t think USL stops for the window, but I’m certain Detroit would be stoked to see a guy get called up so they wouldn’t stop him at all. It’s just up to whether Hay wants him or De Vries (or Wilkins) backing up, or possibly (unfairly) views him as a relic of Hudson that we’ve moved past.
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I guess we will see. As I say something just to be mindful of.

Sutton will also be in the picture. Even Mcgarry if he becomes a regular starter at the Jets.

LB one position with plenty of depth behind Cacace, if Libby out on his own somewhat.
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Monterey Bay (13th USL West) host Detroit City (5th in the East).
Assist king Wynne starts.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2022/07/17/united-states/mls-reserve-league/monterey-bay/detroit-city/3728730/

Edit - finishes 0-0 in California. Full game Wynne. Detroit stay 5th in the East.
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Ya boi scores the winner in a 2-1 win! 
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Ya boi scores the winner in a 2-1 win! 

Bit an accolade to pick up. Must help his chances of a MLS outfit or two looking at him.

When the @USLChampionship Mid-Season Defender of the Year........... 


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Mid-season defender of the year!

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Ya boi scores the winner in a 2-1 win! 

Bit an accolade to pick up. Must help his chances of a MLS outfit or two looking at him.

When the @USLChampionship Mid-Season Defender of the Year........... 



Bahaha, beat me to it by 7 seconds! 🤝
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Ya boi scores the winner in a 2-1 win! 

Actually game will still going when you posted that. Done it before myself.
Finished a 2-2 draw, New Mexico with a 92nd min equaliser.

But good signs for Wynne. With de Vries having done his ACL, backup LB to Libby for the Socceroos is wide open. Wynne, Wilkins & Sutton. Even Mcgarry.

But with ALM still in pre season mode by late Sept, might be a battle between Wilkins & Wynne.

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