Roster Cleanup

Back in August (the 8th to be exact) the Alamo City Soccer Club announced the signings of Nelson Valdez and Hercules Gomez with the subsequent releases of Vincent Nogueria and Darwin Ceren.

The league informed the club that Hercules Gomez wasn't available for selection as he signed with the league after the start of Week 22 gameplay.  Curious, the club inquired as to how the Gunners were able to sign Jordi Quintilla, who had also signed after the start of Week 22 (the day before Gomez was signed in fact).  Alamo City never received clarification and Quintilla remained on the Gunners roster while Gomez was not made available to the Battle.

The matter was never resolved.

In the interest of fair play to the draft, off-season dealings, and possible expansion clubs Alamo City is announcing that Darwin Ceren has been released as the 2nd part of the Nelson Valdez transaction.

Alamo City's official roster:

Obafemi Martins(SEA)  
Mauro Diaz(DAL)  
Giovani Dos Santos(LAG)  
Krisztain Nemeth(SKC)  
Vincent Nogueira(PHI)  
Adam Kwarasey(POR)  
Frank Lampard(NYC)  
Dilly Duka(MON)  
Nelson Valdez(SEA)  
Tim Melia(SKC)  
Anatolo Abang(NYR)  
Thomas McNamara(NYC)   
Marco Delgado(TOR)  
Sebastian Jaime(RSL)  
Mike Grella(NYR)

German Tour Kicks Off With Record Setting Draw

It's a good thing for the rest of the BSL Clubs that Alamo City missed the post-season by the narrowest of margins.  Having missed out on both the Major's Cup and the Playoffs, the Battle turned their attention to Germany.  The club has embarked on a tour that will see them play some of the best clubs in the world.  It started with perhaps the best, as they faced Bayern Munich.  The match turned out to be an instant classic as the clubs drew 8-8 in regulation with Alamo City taking the honors in the PK shootout 7-5 (number of players scoring).

Oba was welcomed back in great fashion as he hit a brace (2G) to match Thomas McNamara (G,A) and Adam Kwarasey (CS, SP) with getting two scores on the board.  Mike Grella (A), Krisztian Nemeth (A), Giovani Dos Santos (A) and newly signed Nelson Valdez (G) also got on the board.

The club will face Wolfsburg next weekend.

- FC DALLAS has won the brass canon this season, edging out Alamo City by 3pts ...


- Looming over the club is the cloudy player acquisition decisions that have seen their inquiries go unanswered on a player ruling.  Hopefully the club can focus on the German tour and gel over the next few weeks in order to head into 2016 on a positive note.

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Alamo City drops Vincent Nogueria and Darwin Ceren and adds Nelson Valdez and Herculez Gomez