Reports are coming out of Central America tonight that Amado Guevara is set to leave Toronto FC in order to return to his native Honduras. Numerous reports in Latin American publications claim that the mercurial midfielder is about to sign a two year deal to play for CD Motagua. An uncredited quote apparently from Guevara states "I'm excited, it's what I expected. I come to retire in Motagua, that was my big dream." Wow, shoot for the stars there dreamer.
The fact that this has come out of the Honduran blue is mildly surprising but Guevara's possible departure from TFC is not. The writing was on the wall the day that Preki was announced as manager. Preki already dispatched Guevara once and the new manager's body language showed no great affection towards the former MLS MVP. It would be hard for Preki to start off fresh with a moody elephant in the room.
Guevara has been an enigma with TFC. Flashes of dominance and a deft scoring touch have always been marred by an on-field air of petulance and a lack of desire. Many times when the Reds' have been screaming for a veteran to take control of a game, Guevara was barely visible. A new era is beginning in TFC's midfield and perhaps this move will turn out to be addition by subtraction.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
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Interesting perspective. Motagua is Guevara's hometown club, of course he wants to retire there. Did you ridicule de Guzman when he left Europe for his "hometown" club of TFC?
ReplyDeleteAlways interesting to hear supporters talk about a player's 'on-field air of petulance and lack of desire". Guevara brought quality to the squad, but the media's love of portraying him as a locker room problem seems to have corrupted many fans views of Guevara. Let's remember Preki suffered (and continues to) from all those charateristics negatively attributed to Guevara.
Guevara is the most skillful TFC player, if he leaves it is the team's loss. A good coach knows how tomanage personalities, if Preki is not capable of this..the team will suffer due to his inability to manage players.
I wish he would just retired in general.
ReplyDeleteI am a Guevara fan. I would say in those moments when you say he was invisible, I'd say he was having to track further and further back. A back four that had trouble moving the ball meant that Carl Robinson would be drawn back to be the outlet and Guevara would seek to link up with him. When he had the ball at last at his feet, you could forget any options on the wings.Talk about starting off with a disadvantage. Amado was making something from nothing over and over.
ReplyDeleteI will miss him and wish him well.
I agree with some of the article. There's a reason Guevara has been at 4 clubs in 4 years.
ReplyDeleteThose are fair critiques Anon 7:40 and stillkicking. Perhaps I shouldn't have dismissed Guevara's want to play at home, I just feel that he is still at a level too high as a pro footballer for Honduran domestic league.
ReplyDeletePerhaps this also touches on stillkicking's critique - I just feel that Guevara is capable of so much more, both now and during his time at TFC. He is a very talented player but I'm not sure if Toronto ever got to see his full potential on a regular basis. Maybe he could have shone with more talent around him but he needed to step up more often.
Either way, Guevara would have been a wash in 2010 what with his World Cup adventure on the way. On to bigger and better things for TFC hopefully. Adios Amado - Vive la Reds!