Alamo’s Developmental Contract Protects My Maternal Area

We all know my thoughts on supplemental draft picks and trialists by now, right? In a nutshell, for any newcomers:

Supplemental draft picks and trialists must be treated like chickens until, and unless, they are officially signed. Giving them names and allowing oneself to get attached is just asking for a ferocious pain in one’s maternal area.

I know it’s not pretty or happy, and I don’t feel good about it. But sports is a cold, hard world.

Alas, I broke my own rule when I read the story of supplemental draft pick Charles Alamo, the goalkeeper who immediately quit his job and drove straight to LA so he could get in some practice with his college coach. This let him come into training fit and ready to play, which showed a high degree of motivation and desire to play for this team.

My first thought was, “How dedicated. How professional. The team could use that.”

And my second thought was, “Oh. Crap. Now the chicken’s got a name.”

Obviously when I heard about the injury last Friday, I expected the worst. That injury being “a torn meniscus and a sprained medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his right knee.” Not what you want to hear when your team is looking for goalkeepers in the short term. He won’t be able to play for months, possibly not for the entire season. I wouldn’t have been at all surpised to hear that the Galaxy had said, “Bye bye, Chas! It’s been fun! Hope your enjoyed your trip to Hawaii!”

(Admit it. That’s what you expected too, right?)

Well, we were wrong. Mr. Alamo has been offered, and has accepted, a developmental contract with the team.

And my maternal area survives intact for at least one more day.

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Category: 2008 preseason, Player News, Preparing for 2008