Wednesday, September 30, 2009
RailHawks' Daniel Paladini makes USL-1 first team, hopes to train overseas in off-season
The RailHawks' stellar midfielder Daniel Paladini was named to the All-League USL First Division's first team, the USL announced today.
Yesterday, the RailHawks' defender Mark Schulte was named to the second team.
Here's the complete first team:
- GK: Steve Cronin (Portland Timbers)
- D: Nelson Akwari (Charleston Battery)
- D: Cristian Arrieta (Puerto Rico Islanders)
- D: Matt Bobo (Charleston Battery)
- D: David Hayes (Portland Timbers)
- M: Daniel Paladini (Carolina RailHawks)
- M: Ryan Pore (Portland Timbers)
- M: Ricardo Sanchez (Minnesota Thunder)
- F: Charles Gbeke (Vancouver Whitecaps)
- F: Mandjou Keita (Portland Timbers)
- F: Johnny Menyongar (Rochester Rhinos)
Last night, I posted a forecast of this first team. I got eight (or maybe 7.5) of 11 correct, including the 4-3-3 formation, but my three misses were all RailHawks-related: Cronin was named, not Caleb Patterson-Sewell; two Charleston Battery defenders were named instead of one-plus-Jeremy Tolleson; and finally, Paladini instead of Gregory Richardson. No complaints on the last one—Richardson put up juicier numbers and would have been a league POY candidate had he been in Cary for a full 30 games, but Paladini was the man in the middle all season long and was voted most valuable RailHawk by his teammates.
After Sunday's season-ending draw versus Vancouver, I spoke to both honorees about their off-seasons plans. Paladini said he hopes to do some training overseas while Schulte dropped a hint about considering retirement. Congratulations to both, and let's look forward to having them back in orange next spring.
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[...] Daniel Paladini, who was voted team MVP and was selected to the USL All-League first team, is a free agent who has obvious market value after a stellar season. “We clearly want Daniel [...]
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