The Dynamo still own his rights, but they have given him permission to train elsewhere for the remainder of the season, it is my understanding. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. He spent some time with the Union in at the end of training camp, but they have two homegrown keepers from their academy on roster that don't count against the salary cap. Andre Blake is the starter and he'll probably be the No.1 for a decade for there and Jamaica. Not sure if Jake is going to make it.
This is what really frustrates me about MLS. If you look at Philly's roster it is a murderers row of washed up players that have hung around MLS forever. Onweyu, Edu, Charlie Davies. Meanwhile good prospects like McGuire can't get a place to train.
Same thing happened to Jay DeMerit. He came out of school, there was no place for him at the Fire with a veteran stacked roster of marginal players and he was out of soccer. It took two years to get a pub league in England to look at him, but once that happened, he was in the premier league and the usmnt two seasons later.
Or worse, players like Yura Movsisyan who was the offensive strength of Salt Lake the year they won the cup but was a young player. They offered him $65,000 after the season. He said no thsnks, went to Europe and was playing Champions League two years later making $8 million a season. He is a US citizen. He grew up here. He could have been scoring goals for the US and making MLS strong. Instead, he left and scored goals for his Russian club and Armenia, where he also holds a passport. Meanwhile, Salt Lake threw money at a foreign player, Sabario, who went into decline.
UGH. I love the league, but situations like this are frustrating. Rant over.