RBNY’s Angel Gets His Work Visa

By: Laurie | May 7th, 2007

Damn. I was really hoping RBNY’s Juan Pablo Angel’s work visa would come in on Wednesday — just a little too late for Tuesday’s LA Galaxy – RBNY US Open Cup qualifier.

No such luck. Ives Galarcep reports that Angel is now legal and ready to play.

He looks as good as you would expect, deadly in the air, fast, a blistering finisher and very good with the ball at his feet. The team played full-sided today so it provided the first glimpse of a Red Bulls attack with Angel and I have to say that it was pretty impressive after watching him for two days.

Yeah. Great.

Of course, there’s a chance that New York may not want to risk playing Angel in an Open Cup game and will instead choose to save him for the weekend game against the Colorado Rapids. I’d be good with that. But LA Soccer News says:

Angel’s debut will likely be against the Galaxy. In what role, however, remains to be seen.

Hey, Mr. Arena? I think the role of benchwarmer would be best for us all, okay?

I guess the question for both teams is how seriously to take the Open Cup. On the one hand, silverware is silverware, and it would be nice to end the season with something. And it would be pretty embarrassing for the Galaxy to not even MAKE the cup, which will be the result if we lose tomorrow.

On the other hand though, don’t we really need to focus our energies where they’ll count?

I’m very curious as to who we’ll see playing tomorrow. On both teams.

(Personal note: I’m traveling all day tomorrow and will be out of town into early next week. I’ll have a computer but I’m not sure about a reliable internet connection, so my posting may be sporadic. On the positive side, this Saturday’s game appears to be one of the .003% of the Galaxy’s games available on MLSnet, so I think I may be able to see it! Color me happy. I’ll be back to normal next Tuesday.)

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Martha

RBNY put out a press release today announcing he'll make his debut this weekend at home, so you escape that danger. There is, however, still the marauding Cletus to deal with, so don't relax just yet.
Ian

Frankly, as I have no allegiances in this game, and he's the newest star striker in the league, I hope he lights you up. But I don't think he will - not so soon. We'll see.
Kenny

Looks like I might get a look at this guy tomorrow. I just hope he will be a bench warmer tomorrow. Because if not...

We still win! 2-1.
Inara47

I saw Angel play last year (before he fell out of favor), and despite what irate Villa fans say, I think he's a good player who has a lot to offer. It was a really good move on RBNY to bring him in, because he has a lot of experience that he can share with the rest of the team.

I can't wait to see him in action, even if its only a cup game.