Ryan Pore Invited to Montreal Impact Camp

No big surprise here, but it looks like Ryan Pore has been invited to the Montreal Impact's camp to see if he'd fit in with the team next year.

This is not big surprise, obviously. Pore went to Montreal in the summer and proceeded to play in 11 games (10 starts) and score 7 goals with 1 assist. Pretty damn impressive!

If Ryan Pore is left unprotected during the expansion draft (which he will be) I expect he'll probably be taken by Montreal.

7 months ago Geoff Gibson 9 comments 0 recs |

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I wonder what it is

about his play style that made him so effective in the USL Timbers but so ineffective with the MLS Timbers? It always seemed to me that he just wasn’t quite athletic enough to keep up with the speed and physicality of the play. Ryan, I hope you find success with the Impact next year (assuming we don’t protect him).

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by TheNoPoFuzz on Oct 10, 2011 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

I think he is a good player

But your probably right about the athletic part. There is definately a difference between the MLS and USL. He is skilled enough to do well in the USL, but just couldn’t cut it in the MLS. If i was montreal no matter how well he has done for you, I would look at his history in actual MLS games and that might scare me away from taking him.

What I’m really wondering though is who we protect, and who we leave open to be picked up by montreal.

by Kazper on Oct 10, 2011 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions

The good thing about this years Expansion draft

Is the fact that if the rules are the same as it was for Philly and Seattle, Montreal will only be able to take 1 player from each team so if they like Pore and take him good for us.

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by Ryan Gates on Oct 10, 2011 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought in the last draft each team was able to lose 2 players before being excluded

by Kazper on Oct 11, 2011 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions

In the last draft there were two teams drafting, in this draft there is only one

by pdb on Oct 12, 2011 6:49 AM PDT up reply actions

In any sport

the difference between a high minor league player and a consistent-yet-not-superstar major league player comes down to one of a few things:

1. Speed
2. Size
3. Reflexes/reactions

In Pore’s case, he struggles a bit with #1 and #3. The game moves faster in MLS than in USL, and for whatever reason Pore couldn’t cope with that, and it won’t get better as he gets older.

by pdb on Oct 10, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

*comes down to a few things

by pdb on Oct 10, 2011 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

good for him

I liked him a lot last season, and was a little disappointed that he didnt make the transition successfully.

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by Sean in Vancouver on Oct 10, 2011 1:33 PM PDT reply actions

Agreed.

Although we also used him out of position quite a bit. Spencer was fond of bringing him in as a forward, although his few forays on the wings in MLS did not exactly inspire either.

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by William Conwell on Oct 10, 2011 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions