Mondragon's Cryptic Tweets Hint Toward Juan Pablo Angel Joining The Union
by Scott Kessler on Aug 14, 2011 12:46 PM EDT
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Faryd Mondragon set off a roller coaster of emotions for Philadelphia Union fans on Twitter when the starting goalkeeper tweeted about his "brother," Juan Pablo Angel.
The 40-year-old received a flurry of reactionary tweets from fans, as he said it'd fulfill a dream to play with Angel.
What a dream come true will be to have my "brother" Juan Pablo Angel to play for the Philadelphia Union, he will fit perfectly in our Team!!
Speculation from around the country began, with writers and fans alike passing around the tweet and wondering if Mondragon meant 'will' or 'would' in the tweet, considering the Spanish version used 'would.' Some outlets immediately picked up on Mondragon's words, going so far as to say that he stated that Angel would be coming to Philadelphia.
Mondragon's follow up tweet seemed to dispel the previous tweet's ambiguousness, but not for everyone.
Its just a personal wish, just saying, you never know!!! DOOP!!!
Some fans were thinking consipracy after the tweet was sent out, saying that perhaps the team asked Mondragon to clarify as to hide what the team's actions are to be. Another tweet by Mondragon certainly didn't do anything to correct them on their theories.
Sorry its all I CAN tell right now!!!
Then Mondragon replied to a fan with the following, using "will" again instead of "would:
@tonygravato i am convinced that the @sonsofben will love him since day1 they r the best and most passionate fans from all the league! DOOP!
The international transfer window for MLS ends today, but the window for movement within the USA and Canada is open for another month. However, the Los Angeles Galaxy need to move Angel to make room for possible new designated player Robbie Keane.
Most interesting in the relationship between Mondragon and Angel, other than Angel having been on the Union's radar since before the season started, is that the Union originally met with Mondragon because of Angel. When the Union went to talk to Angel during the re-entry draft process, Mondragon was over Angel's house. Soon thereafter, Mondragon was out of contract at FC Koln, a team in the German Bundesliga, and the Union were having him put his signature on a contract.
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Their relationship is nothing new
I believe Mondragon is the godfather of JPA’s kids, or it’s the other way around, I can’t remember.
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His relevant Spanish tweets through Google Translate
It would be a dream come true to have my “brother” Juan Pablo Angel playing for the Philadelphia Union, fit perfectly into our team!
It would be a dream come true to have my “brother” @JUANPABLOANGEL playing for the Philadelphia Union, fit perfectly into our team!
Seeing as English is not Mondragon’s first language and Spanish is, I think the computer translation provides us with a more relevant translation of what he is actually trying to communicate. I think all of his "will"s are supposed to be "would"s.
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That being said
It is not out of the realm of possibilities that JPA does join the Union. All I’m saying is I just don’t think Faryd Mondragon is trying to take a job away from Jonathan Tannenwald.
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I actually like Angel, a lot, and I was kinda hoping the Union would pick him up at the beginning of the season, when he instead moved to LA. Veteran forward seems to be a logical place for the team to look, but now that we have Paunovic and his game has been picking up impressively the last few games, I have to wonder if maybe we filled that need and don’t have to pay the big money for Angel – even if he does accept a big pay cut, which seems likely wherever he goes. If we did pick him up, I have to think he would start for us, and there’d be a lot of pressure for him to produce the goals right away. What does everyone else think?
Obviously it would be nice to grab someone through trade that has more future. But…I think we need another striker to help push McInerney back to the bench. I think a JPA/Mwanga rotation would work well at this point. You have to hope that LeToux comes around, and perhaps you could use McInerney to spell LeToux if necessary.
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