What Dempsey Meant to Davies

The Boston Globe's Frank Dell'Appa produced another write-up for the Charlie Davies beat (the youngster headed to Sweden's Hammarby IF). Fun as all the details about salary are to read, it's a quote in the lower third of this article that raises one of the central questions to Major League Soccer's future:

"'One of the concerns was that [Davies] would be locked into the MLS for six years," [Boston College coach Ed] Kelly said."

Is this the Clint Dempsey "situation" rearing its head? It certainly wouldn't surprise me, though it sounds like there were more factors in play. After all, Davies plays in the Revolution's backyard, which considerably ups the chance of him getting wind of Dempsey's thwarted attempts to leave MLS. Could this have played a role in Cam Weaver's decision to try Norway? Did MLS scouts (is there such an animal?) or coaches even notice Weaver? Those are big, big questions, all of them.

Anyway, Dell'Appa's got a pretty interesting article there. And do note the way Davies path crosses that of one Freddie Adu.

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