TennZip Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 http://section215.com/2017/01/23/philadelphia-union-look-to-aquire-the-rights-for-adam-najem/ You can not ask for a better first paragraph....where Akron....is described as the holy grail of college soccer development What I’m referring to is the Philadelphia Union’s recruitment of homegrown player Adam Najem. For those who don’t know, Najem is a highly rated member of the New York Red Bull’s academy who has graduated from Akron, the holy grail of college soccer development. Having produced talents such as DeAndre Yedlin, Perry Kitchen, Darlington Nagbe, and Will Trapp among others, Najem is in good company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted January 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 This was embedded in that last link. Couldn't help but bring this up by itself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted January 24, 2017 Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Out of likes for the day. So many good memories. Thanks, Adam. We will never forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted January 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 I love these references to our Alma Mater as well as this great Zips Mens Soccer alum... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted January 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2017 Appears to not be a done deal, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/soccer/20170125_Roster_in_flux_as_Union_begin_training.html article from the Philadelphia Daily News Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 http://www.delcotimes.com/sports/20170124/union-camp-opens-with-veteran-onyewu-hopefuls-on-hand lots of quotes about Adam in article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 AN10 Junior year highlights... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted January 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Nothing definitive yet... Report: Philadelphia Union hopes to have "final news" on Adam Najem this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Sounding good for Adam. Jim Curtin is Union Head Coach. I wish they would finalize a deal already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted February 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 Kudos again to TennZip for pointing me to this article...http://www.phillysoccerpage.net/2017/02/03/transcript-jim-curtins-preseason-conference-call/comment-page-1/ On Adam Najem Yeah, he’s been excellent in training. He gets goals and assists, which I already knew about — you just have to look at his statistics to know that he can do that. He’s shown in the short time with us that he can do that at the MLS level. He’s been very strong in each and every training session, and actually has an ability to cover more ground and do the defensive work that we ask our no. 10 to do, even more so than I anticipated. So, high on him, hopefully, we’ll see what’s coming in the next couple of days. Adam has done everything to show very well, has made it clear that he wants to be a Philadelphia Union player just by being here. Hopefully something can come of that in the coming days. But I’ve been very impressed. Good kid, humble kid, quiet, incredible work rate and ability around the goal to score and set up goals that is special. Guys that are in our league who’s not the biggest, you think of a Mauro Diaz — I think I described him at dinner the other day as a Mauro Diaz-Benny Feilhaber combo. Again, that’s getting ahead of ourselves, but you can kind of think of the attributes of those two guys with the similar size to a Diaz, for a young kid. Again, don’t say I’m calling him the next Mauro Diaz, because that’s a little fast. But he’s done very well, and for the people who maybe don’t know what he’s about, that would be a comp of skill sets that I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2017/02/08/philadelphia-union-acquire-midfielder-adam-najem congratulations to Adam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted February 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2017/02/08/get-know-adam-najem Najem played all four seasons at Akron, competing in 89 games for the Zips and accumulating 95 points during his career. In every season, the Zips made the NCAA tournament; its best run being the team’s College Cup semifinal appearance in 2015. Najem was named to the All-MAC First Team every season at Akron, and also received First-Team NSCAA Academic All-American honors in 2015 and 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/20170207hgdc56 has a quote from Adam....thanking UA and a quote from coach Embick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 28 minutes ago, TennZip said: http://www.gozips.com/sports/msoc/2016-17/releases/20170207hgdc56 has a quote from Adam....thanking UA and a quote from coach Embick ⚽️❤AN10‼ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 nice article from the Philadelphia Daily news http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/thegoalkeeper/Union-sign-midfielder-Adam-Najem-from-New-York-Red-Bulls-academy.html "He's an intelligent, humble, quiet kid, but when he gets on the field, I would say he makes a lot of noise, especially around the goal," Union manager Jim Curtin said. "He's a guy who can play a final pass, scores a lot of goals in practice, scored a lot of goals in college as well. He has that skill set that you can't always teach or coach - some guys just have a knack around the goal." "I'm not a guy who cares too much about size," Curtin said. "I'm more concerned with a guy who sees the game a little different. He sees it one and two passes ahead, so he sees where the next ball should go at all times [and] is aware in tight spaces." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fknbuflobo Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 #zipforever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted February 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 2 hours ago, TennZip said: nice article from the Philadelphia Daily news http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/thegoalkeeper/Union-sign-midfielder-Adam-Najem-from-New-York-Red-Bulls-academy.html "He's an intelligent, humble, quiet kid, but when he gets on the field, I would say he makes a lot of noise, especially around the goal," Union manager Jim Curtin said. "He's a guy who can play a final pass, scores a lot of goals in practice, scored a lot of goals in college as well. He has that skill set that you can't always teach or coach - some guys just have a knack around the goal." "I'm not a guy who cares too much about size," Curtin said. "I'm more concerned with a guy who sees the game a little different. He sees it one and two passes ahead, so he sees where the next ball should go at all times [and] is aware in tight spaces." Did you catch the link at the end of the article? The first such deal was done in 2011...referring to Caleb Porter trading fro Bryan Gallego's HG rights, also from NYRB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 43 minutes ago, Zip_ME87 said: Did you catch the link at the end of the article? The first such deal was done in 2011...referring to Caleb Porter trading fro Bryan Gallego's HG rights, also from NYRB. hopefully, Adam will make the NYRB pay for the cheapskate ways... they have not been kind to Akron alums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 http://phillysportsnetwork.com/2017/02/10/process-2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 40 minutes ago, TennZip said: http://phillysportsnetwork.com/2017/02/10/process-2/ Nice find @TennZip ...The actual transaction for Najem looks like this: New York Red Bulls trade the Right of First Refusal to Adam Najem to Philadelphia. The Union traded their 2018 Natural 2nd Round SuperDraft pick to New York Red Bulls. The Union traded away their second round pick of next years draft, for a potential top ten pick from this past draft had Najem entered. This is incredibly smart on the parts of Earnie Stewart and Chris Albright. These two have totally revamped this team. This signing is essentially the Union getting a top ten first round draft pick. Which is monumental, especially since Philly didn’t have a first round pick this past draft. The Najem deal is the icing on the cake for an offseason full of smart moves. let’s look at some of the newest signings accolades. ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyfan34 Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 Najem gets his first MLS action 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TennZip Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 Jonathan Lewis shows his class 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted April 15, 2017 Report Share Posted April 15, 2017 https://www.philadelphiaunion.com/post/2017/04/14/adam-najem-making-his-mls-debut-its-dream-come-true AN24 in front of the microphone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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