Post by epjr on Jan 1, 2012 19:52:46 GMT -6
Lagerway, Real Salt Lake scout Japan for talent
RSL GM says J-League full of "technical, hard-working players"
Real Salt Lake have taken their search for talent to a whole new part of the world for the club.
Early in December, general manager Garth Lagerwey journeyed to Japan for the first time to scout some J-League talent. The trip, albeit brief, was a productive one for the RSL boss.
“J-League is, I think, pretty similar to MLS,” Lagerwey reported to MLSsoccer.com this week. “It’s a league that’s full of technical, hard-working players. It’s not as physical as MLS is, but we feel like long term, it’s a league where we can draw some players from.
“We’re not going to get a center back from Japan probably – these aren’t 6-foot-4, burly athletes, but they’re technical and they’re hard-working.”
www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/31/lagerway-real-salt-lake-scout-japan-talent
RSL GM says J-League full of "technical, hard-working players"
Real Salt Lake have taken their search for talent to a whole new part of the world for the club.
Early in December, general manager Garth Lagerwey journeyed to Japan for the first time to scout some J-League talent. The trip, albeit brief, was a productive one for the RSL boss.
“J-League is, I think, pretty similar to MLS,” Lagerwey reported to MLSsoccer.com this week. “It’s a league that’s full of technical, hard-working players. It’s not as physical as MLS is, but we feel like long term, it’s a league where we can draw some players from.
“We’re not going to get a center back from Japan probably – these aren’t 6-foot-4, burly athletes, but they’re technical and they’re hard-working.”
www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/31/lagerway-real-salt-lake-scout-japan-talent