Bouna Time Means Conway’s Is Up

By: Dave Martinez | June 29th, 2009

SBI reports Bouna Coundoul, a former starting keeper for the Rapids and keeper in Albany, has signed with the Red Bulls. Widely regarded as a promising prospect with excellent athleticism, the Senegalese native will join a team in desperate need of answers.

Of course, a goalkeeper will not be the offensive answer this team has been searching for, but Coundoul will be a steadying influence on a backline that has been hurting all year long.

The cost of bringing Bouna Time aboard is Jon Conway. Though serviceable for quite some time with the Bulls, he has not been able to regain his winning form after being suspended for violations of the league performance enhancing drug policy. Conway is by no means the root of the Bulls problems, but he does represent another hefty salary being tossed to the way side. Conway joins Pietravallo on the Bulls cut list.

Bouna Coundoul’s signing is a slight ray of sunshine in an otherwise bleak 2009. Being that he has signed on through 2012, one can make the implication that this signing is just as much about the teams present state, as it is its future.

Now the one question on my mind is when will the ax start to fall on underachieving starters? Share your thoughts.

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• Pico |  June 29th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

  
  
  

  I keep checking all the blogs waiting for similar news about Khano. We only have one more day, but if I were the RB organization I would not put the faithful fans through the ordeal of waiting another day and do the announcement today.

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• Lou |  June 29th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

  
  
  

  Good move, some idiots on soccerbyives think this was what the FO did to fix our problems when that isn’t the case at all. We need to improve at virtually every position and this acquisition in my eyes is an improvement at the goal keeper position. I would like to see cepero hold onto his starting spot at least until he does something to screw it up. For me cepero is virtually as good as bouna and while both are athletic and erratic he is still much younger. I’m still not a happy supporter yet though, for me to be happy i would need to see khano, boyens, and richards gone, and hopefully an academy player or two to replace them. I’m not going to say that i would like agoos or osorio gone, because i realize now that if it hasn’t happend yet it probibly won’t happen at least until the end of the season so why bother to get my hopes up.

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• laurie |  June 29th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

  
  
  

  Oh, I love Bouna! Ever since he stepped up in African Cup of Nations after the starting keeper, Tony Sylva, got suspended for breaking curfew, Bouna’s been on my favorites list. Do you think he’ll start over Cepero?

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• kofix5 |  June 30th, 2009 at 8:49 am

  
  
  

  I think eventually Bouna will get the start over Cepero. Cepero has been good this season but the fact is that goalkeepers tend to get better with experience. Bouna has several more years playing in MLS than Cepero and he has international experience which is invaluable. In his defense, Cepero has seen a lot of shots in the last 12 months and has shown that he can play. But ultimately, Bouna should start over Cepero in most games but I also think we will see the 2 of them share the position through the rest of the season.

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• kofix5 |  June 30th, 2009 at 8:52 am

  
  
  

  I really hope we see 2 more positions open up today. With Obster on the horizon and a couple of academy players that sound like they’re getting some good attention from the FO I think they would do well to let go a couple of players who are getting a lot more money than they are worth on the field for our team.

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• Kristina |  June 30th, 2009 at 7:07 pm

  
  
  

  i saw him after the Crew v Red Bulls match and he was doing light jogs. as a crazy Crew fan i made a reference enjoy the real grass cuz it’s the last time you will see it as a keeper. now look he’s gone.

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