And so comes to an end the 2012 Major League Soccer Combine.
Now comes the draft, which is only two days away. Who will the winners be? I don't think there
will be any clear winners as drafts are a gamble to begin with at least as far as I'm
concerned.
Over at ESPN LA Scott French brings us up to speed on UC Irvine midfielder Miguel
Ibarra.
Another month has come and gone and so it's time for another WCR Monthly International RPI
Rankings. With all of the matches in September, I was expecting a lot of movement. I guess there
was quite a bit but nothing as significant as I had expected. The most movement occurred with clubs
in UEFA.
Sad news for the Rossoneri as Andrea Pirlo who served their club so brilliantly for ten
seasons is moving on to Juventus. His Milan contract expires on June 30th and he's accepted a three
year contract to play for the Bianconeri.
Pirlo was one of the catalysts of the Milan attack who could change the outcome in a stroke with
a deceptively struck pile driver, wickedly curling free kick, or a perfectly timed long ball.
Recently, I looked at every team from the past five years in my April 1 column on the subject. I've
since gone back and done it for every year and every team, though I'm still not 100% sure that I
got every single nationality change. At least those from American to foreign, and vice versa.
There's Arturo Alvarez, Jeff Cunningham, Taylor Graham, Pablo Mastroeni, and Preki.
