I'm sure this will bring up some questions, such as: Who? Why? Huh?The player in question is Peter Vagenas, pictured above as being much more of a badass than he actually is. The 30 year old midfielder was chosen by YOUR Seattle Sounders in last week's expansion draft as one of 10 players who will help fill out the roster. Now, as I'm aware that most of our readers have the misfortune of not knowing about the finer points of American soccer, allow me to give a simple explanation as to why Mr. Vagenas (heh heh he has a funny name heh heh) deserves your dislike.
First, stats - in 182 games in his career, he has 11 goals and 12 assists. To be fair, as a defensive midfielder, his job is primarily, uh, defensive. He's a player who does the dirty work, who is typically at his best when he is being least noticed. Problem is, the last couple years he's been easy to notice. His lack of speed and skill is increasingly obvious, and his tendancy to seemingly never advance the ball towards the opposing goal has earned him the nickname "Back-Pass Pete". But here's the big problem - last year he was on the bench for the L.A. Galaxy. Yeah, Beckham's team. The one that sucks. Worst in MLS by the end of last season. And he couldn't crack the starting eleven. His main competition was two guys who have since been cut by the L. A. Fallacy.
So why'd we pick him? Well, probably because he's inexpensive and - what's that you say, internet? Vagenas is the second most expensive player out of 10 chosen by the Sounders? Oh. Um. Well, at least he'll provide a bunch of sixth-graders with easy jokes.
Article by Ness. Moved by M-Pop for Chronological sake.
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