![]() The Mutiny's 2-6-1 record is embarrassing for a team that was supposed to have enough veteran talent and depth to be one of Major League Soccer's elite. Just when you think it can't get any worse, things like this happen. "I think it just opens our eyes to what's going on around here. It was a heat of the battle type thing, but what he did was totally uncalled for. I don't expect one, and I won't give one either. "It's just been swept under the rug, basically," Quill said. Quill said he has moved on, although he hasn't spoken with Valderrama and likely never will. You have an argument and then you move on with it." Instead, the season has headed south fast because of injuries and bad chemistry. He was brought in to guide a strong team to an MLS Cup championship. The father figure in this family feud is Mondelo. Diallo has missed five games because of red cards and disciplinary suspensions. The ball is in your court.Forward Mamadou Diallo is serving the final game of a three-game suspension for trying to fight a fan May 12 at Colorado. Are you hearing that, Carlos Johnson? You will need three red cards in 196 minutes to match it. Back to Brazil it was, first as a player, then as a coach. Needless to say, Gilmar was quickly sent packing after the season. And yes, Johnson would have the record if only MLS games are considered. (Branco, for those wondering: one every 365. That is one red card every 197.5 minutes. ![]() Two in 395 minutes: one, in a Merconrote tournament game against Millonarios after elbowing an opponent, the other in a playoff match against the Galaxy after a tackle on Cobi Jones. He was pretty terrible, playing in only eight games, starting three, and registering two assists. Gilmar did not play will with Faria or anyone else. Who better than a former Sakiewicz player with MLS experience to join the ranks! And he would play well with striker Rodrigo Faria because "both are Brazilians"! (We wish we made that last one up. With mid-season injury replacement Roy Myers suffering a season-long injury himself, Metro was desperate. He returned to his homeland, and would not have had a chance for a return to MLS if not for a chance meeting in 2001 with the same Sakiewicz in an airport. This obscure Brazilian (full name Gilmar Antonio Minelli Batista) played for Nick Sakiewicz's Tampa Bay Mutiny in 19, and did not do too poorly, scoring 12 goals in 30 league and playoff games. Is that enough of a hint? That's right, Gilmar is Metro's all-time record-holder for red cards per minute of play. In fact, for a short time last season, it was taken away by Carlos Johnson. While Caccavale's record is hard to break (one goal in one minute will do it), Gilmar's is a tad more attainable. Remarkable in its obscurity, pointless in its entirety. That one goal per two minutes (extrapolated, 45(!) goals per game) that stands not only as a Metro, but an MLS record. Not much of a career, but Caccavale will always have that one goal. He would try out with DC Scum and have a stint with Real Maryland of the USL afterward. Caccavale would never play in MLS again, cut after the season, apparently to return to college. In injury time, Caccavale received a pass from Sinisa Ubiparipovic, and sent it through traffic and into the Crew net. Metro was already up 3:0 on Columbus, so Bruce Arena inserted the attacking midfielder to give him his first taste of MLS action in the 88th minute. At the time, he must have not had a clue what lied ahead: a remarkably short yet remarkably productive MLS career.Ĭaccavale's Metro debut came on May 19th, 2007. Sal Caccavale was drafted in 2007 out of American University in the 19th pick of the now-defunct Supplemental Draft. ![]() It's not often that we profile Metro record-holders in Osbcure Metro Files, but today is one of these days. Obscure Metro Files: Sal Caccavale and Gilmar Obscure Metro Files: Sal Caccavale and Gilmar - MetroStars / Red Bull New York - Major League Soccer ![]()
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