Cuauhtemoc Blanco will play home games in a stadium that shares his name, if all the necessary paperwork goes through.
Blanco is reportedly close to joining Puebla, who plays home games in Estadio Cuauhtemoc. Blanco will reportedly join the team immediately on a short-term loan and will head back to MLS on March 15.
Puebla officials said they've discussed ways around the rule that limits players to two teams per year, as Blanco has already played for both Chicago and Santos Laguna in the last several months. Puebla is battling relegation and needs all the points they can get to stay in the top flight. If Blanco is around for only a short period of time they would likely be fine with that.
Still, for Chicago and MLS it seems this is yet another risky move. Blanco has done well to stay injury free since joining MLS and during his stints with Santos and El Tri in that span but this is a move that could put Blanco in harm's way.
If anything, though, it should make the Mexican league more interesting for both MLS and Chicago fans.
Showing posts with label Puebla. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Puebla. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Davino to Puebla
Duilio Davino was a bust with FC Dallas and the team and player parted ways following his one unproductive season in Major League Soccer.
But he still has some gas in his tank, enough to land a job in Mexico. Davino joined Puebla with a little more than one week left before the start of the Clausura 2009 season.
Puebla isn't exactly a luxurious club. In fact, for Davino this represents a new challenge. Puebla is on the brink of relegation and needs to piece together a strong campaign just to stay in the Mexican First Division.
It will be interesting to see how Davino handles action in the first division again. He seemed overmatched at times in MLS, not being able to handle the speed of some opposing forwards. If he's the player he was for FC Dallas, Puebla will struggle. If he can recapture some of his form from... oh, well, you have to go way back to a find a time when Davino was actually productive... so maybe 2005, 2006?... then Puebla will at least have a player who has won a Mexican league title and has been on successful clubs before, which could help in their fight against relegation.
But he still has some gas in his tank, enough to land a job in Mexico. Davino joined Puebla with a little more than one week left before the start of the Clausura 2009 season.
Puebla isn't exactly a luxurious club. In fact, for Davino this represents a new challenge. Puebla is on the brink of relegation and needs to piece together a strong campaign just to stay in the Mexican First Division.
It will be interesting to see how Davino handles action in the first division again. He seemed overmatched at times in MLS, not being able to handle the speed of some opposing forwards. If he's the player he was for FC Dallas, Puebla will struggle. If he can recapture some of his form from... oh, well, you have to go way back to a find a time when Davino was actually productive... so maybe 2005, 2006?... then Puebla will at least have a player who has won a Mexican league title and has been on successful clubs before, which could help in their fight against relegation.
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