FC Dallas News Update 1/6

by Daniel Robertson on Jan 6, 2012 2:00 PM CST

Oscar Pareja was confirmed as the head coach of the Colorado Rapids yesterday. The Rapids website has a video interview with Oscar as well as reaction from former FCD player Drew Moor....This is going to be a tough one to get used to.

“I am honored to join such a great organization like the Colorado Rapids, and want to thank everyone at Kroenke Sports & Entertainment for the opportunity.” said Pareja. “This is a dream come true, and I am excited to get started at the Player Combine this weekend and the SuperDraft next week. We already have a great team and everyone is optimistic about what we can achieve this season and beyond. I also want to express my most sincere thanks and gratitude to Clark and Dan Hunt and everyone at the FC Dallas organization, who have all played a huge part in my career and life since 1998.”

3rd Degree caught up with Oscar to get some final words with him.

“I have mixed feelings of course. I really love it here, but I’m really excited for this opportunity,” Pareja said today by phone, “it’s a great chance to see if we can make it happen. “

“It’s hard to find the right moment sometimes. It’s always been for me about taking steps in the right direction and at the right time. I’ve had other offers and turned them down because it wasn’t the right time.”

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Back to some better news now and the newest FC Dallas signing, Blas Perez, is being hailed as the answer for FCD at forward.

“Blas has been a player that has had our interest for years,” manager Schellas Hyndman told MLSsoccer.com on Wednesday. “We’ve had him on our Discovery List since I’ve been here for three-and-a-half years.”

Though the club has had interest in Peréz in the past, his contract, which was owned by Mexican side Tigres UANL, contained a costly buyout clause and loan fee, which FC Dallas wanted no part of.

Todd Date has some thoughts on the Blas Perez signing, including the sentiment that the announcement of the signing was mishandled in the presentation to the hispanic media.

With the Cowboys’ season now over, the Rangers about a month before the start of spring training, and the Mavericks no longer having a Latin player, the local Latin media are looking for stories.

One spot on the team that was left vacant by Pareja's leaving, reserve team coach, has already been filled by Marco Ferruzzi, a great hire and a guy that is really becoming a big part of this organization.

“We are very happy to have Marco as our reserve coach for the coming season,” said FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman. “He has worked very hard and continues to grow to become an outstanding coach in MLS. He has earned the opportunity to be the FC Dallas Reserve coach through his hard work and his knowledge of the FC Dallas way.”

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IMO, this is a huge blow to FC Dallas. Oscar is a huge reason the FCD Academy has been successful as it has. No offense to Marco, but he ain’t no Oscar. The real knock below the belt is that he’s going to the Colorado f*cking Rapids. Of all places to go, did it have to be Colorado? I don’t think I could handle losing to Oscar in the playoffs (and we all know we will – there’s some sort of post-season curse)

by mudpoet on Jan 6, 2012 5:41 PM CST reply actions

One more thing...

That picture of Papi holding up a Rapids scarf with a smile makes me sick to my stomach

by mudpoet on Jan 6, 2012 5:43 PM CST reply actions

Hakuna Matata

Organizations that have talent and develop that talent into greatness will eventually see that talent take the next step to challenge itself…it’s part of what drove that talent to become great in the first place.

Whether on the field, roaming the sidelines or behind a desk in the front office…showing that this is an organization that helps people reach that next level will continue to attract talent.

Good luck, Oscar!

by jyj on Jan 6, 2012 7:32 PM CST reply actions

yeah, Todd could have handled that topic a little more gracefully.

one more reason I spend my time here rather than there.

Anyway – the loss of Oscar deserves to be mentioned with the same emphasis as the loss of John, if not more so. This is a loss that affects FCD now, and in both the near and long-term future. To be blunt – it’s a full-blown catastrophe…and that is no disparagement on Marco, but as mudpoet noted – Oscar was just that influential in the development of this team. That said, I doubt Marco has been sitting around with blinders on these past years, so I suspect he embraced some of the same connections in Central and South America that Oscar did. I sure hope so at least.

Sackcloth and ashes – thanks for all you’ve done Oscar, we’ll never forget you. Best of luck against 17 (and 17 only :-) other teams in this league, and wherever else your travels may take you. It’s actually a shame now that Colorado also bombed out of the CCL…would have loved to see Oscar run his new team deep into that tournament.

DallasTilIDie
MAJ, USA
stuck in Afghanistan, a long long way from the stadium formerly known as Pizza Hut Park

by DallasTilIDie on Jan 7, 2012 7:01 AM CST reply actions