Comments on: A Personal Tribute to Claudio Reyna

By: David Martinez

David Martinez — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:28:16 +0000

Good point Martha. And thank you for feeding my ego a little bit! lol.

Reyna even has clout overseas as a very respected product. If he were to be successful as a youth developer (which seems to be his future with RBNY) or a coach at the MLS level, I would feel Reyna would draw more consideration than Arena for coaching vacancies. Speaks volumes on his body of work.

By: martha in miami

martha in miami — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:15:46 +0000

Once again, eloquently and accurately written, you have been on the money all week! Very nice response posts, as well. I was so sad for him to go out this way, but then I read of that beautiful Italian 23 yr old player, whom had just broken into Serie A, killed on his way to his medical exam, and I see how lucky Claudio has been, to get to display his talent, on the world stage. We thank you and you make us proud Americans! He needs to gather himself, and contribute in another great way.

By: Dave Martinez

Dave Martinez — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:26:44 +0000

For those wondering about my Chivas hearsay – Ives addresses it today -

“Question: How long do the Red Bulls have the Chivas USA designated player slot for.

Answer: The popular answer is until the end of the 2009 season. I am working to get the definitive answer on that. I think it was until 2009 because after 2009 is when MLS was supposed to re-evaluate the designated player mechanism (which also means time to consider scrapping it (no way) or giving teams a second slot (possible).”

Ives is the man.

By: mike.

mike. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:00:20 +0000

Great tribute. With any luck the last couple years will be but a mere footnote in people’s recollection of a great and important career.

By: dave Martinez

dave Martinez — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:48:43 +0000

nlr – I couldn’t have said it better.

By: NoLayup Rule

NoLayup Rule — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:31:26 +0000

retirement is the hardest thing for a pro athlete to recognize the time for and also one of the most important decisions he or she can make.

its always sad to see a shell of a former athlete cling to their career.

Renya was a great footballer but his time came and went before he joined us in NY

Ill never really consider him a red bull or NY player. He’ll always be captain america but his time with this team is best forgotten

By: Dave Martinez

Dave Martinez — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:00:43 +0000

Absolutely – maybe even as a Player Union Head along with Eddie Pope. He holds alot of clout in the community – enough even to silence critics in the media for 99% of the time he was here. Hell, maybe a run at coaching. Who knows.

By: akeem

akeem — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:45:42 +0000

It really pained me to see Reyna struggled in his years at RBNY. I feel inside, he came back to the US to purport the MLS game to another level, and kept trying to play through the pain and injury to keep this goal in mind. I feel Reyna should now take the time to rest and heal and go into a strong administrative role whether in the MLS or US Soccer Federation.