Draper too, if you count the qualification rounds.
Tyler Boyd - USA (Nashville SC | USA)
Okay cool. Hopefully Trabzonspor's appeal fails, and Beşiktaş can progress through UCL qualifying to the real thing.
Always interesting to see a 'Kiwi' in the UCL. Would be 2nd Nix alumni after Singh.
Just an update on this - CAS rejected Trabzonspor's appeal, so Besiktas will enter the Champions League qualifying rounds in the non-champions pathway.
Beşiktaş have drawn Greek side PAOK, in UCL 2nd qualifying round.
Looks a single leg only knock out fixture, hosted by PAOK, next week 25th August.
Loser to enter the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path).
Subbed at HT (only sub made) with Beşiktaş 3-1 down against Greek side PAOK, in UCL 2nd qualifying round knockout tie.
Same score still at 70 mins, so Beşiktaş look like going out early and into the Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path).
Finished 3-1 to PAOK.
As noted by RR elsewhere injured.
https://sbisoccer.com/2020/09/boyd-suffers-pcl-injury-with-besiktas
Hopefully fit for that mooted Euro USA verus Euro AWs game if it happens. That would be interesting!
Boyd with his sleeve tatts scores, as Beşiktaş (3rd last season) begin their new campaign with a 3-1 win at Trabzonspor (2nd last season).
A very nice strike. He was subbed off at 81 mins with Beşiktaş 3-0 up.
This 2nd video, shows that actually without a deflection, shot may have gone wide!
This 2nd video, shows that actually without a deflection, shot may have gone wide!
struggling to see any deflection there. looks like a great shot to me.
great shot, defender gets a head to it, which, if anythign lifts the ball but certainly doesnt bend it towards goal - was always going in
Looks like Boyd has finally settled into his new club. He took a while and took plenty of flack from the clubs supporters but he has come good. Will be interesting to follow his progress this season with the USA.
Looks like Boyd has finally settled into his new club. He took a while and took plenty of flack from the clubs supporters but he has come good. Will be interesting to follow his progress this season with the USA.
Game before a qualifier against PAOK he was subbed off at HT. I imagine Turkish football supporters to be a pretty volatile lot. As a player you would need a thick skin. One minute the rooster, next just a feather duster.
But yeah hopefully that mooted Euro AWs v Euro USA happens. That would be interesting.
Full game & a yellow in a 1-1 draw verus Antalyaspor.
Host Pjinaker's Rio Ave in the Europa League later this week.
Reports from Turkey say he has been frozen out, as his club now has too many visa players
Boyd has a legal contract for another few years. They can only get rid of him by finding another club who will buy him....and most Western Europe clubs have closed their transfer window or they could pay him out of his contract. Which would be very expensive.
I think this is more about clubs feeling the economic strain due to Covid. Clubs all over Europe are really hurting. No crowd revenue, no season ticket sales, no hospitality revenue, huge drop off in merchandise sales and lower sponsorship. It’s the perfect storm. Add to problem is that broadcasters are in trouble as well and in some countries are wanting to renegotiate the broadcasting arrangements. Boyd is an expensive import so it’s not surprising they may want him out.
Guess he has been re-registered, he has been named in the squad for this weekends game.
Reports overnight that he is gonna be loaned out to another club.
Besiktas' Tyler Boyd will join Turkish side Sivasspor on loan for the rest of the season, several outlets reported Sunday. #USMNT https://t.co/SXKzSpYLZA
— SBI Soccer (@SBISoccer) January 31, 2021
Bought on at 55 mins in a 0-0 draw with BB Erzurumspor (18th).
His first playing time since 5th October ie 4 months out.
Sivasspor 14th
Starts but subbed at HT, in a 4-1 win at his old club Ankaragücü (2nd last).
Sivasspor (11th) up 1-0 when he came off.
Scored against Galatasaray last week, first goal for his new club.
Be interesting to see if he gets picked for USA who play in some March friendlies, against Jamaica (Germany) & Nth Ireland (Belfast).
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2021/03/20/turkey/super-lig/goztepe-as-izmir/sivasspor/3353060/
Earlier last week was not included in a USA side of predominantly Europe based players, that will play friendlies against Jamaica (Austria) and Northern Ireland (Belfast).
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2021/03/17/united-states-mens-national-team-name-26-player-roster-friendlies-vs-jamaica
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2021/04/07/turkey/super-lig/antalyaspor/sivasspor/3353080/
Be interesting to know if he wasn't picked for those Euro based USA friendlies in March, or if he wasn't available.
... Just kidding 😂😂
Great to see him bang a few goals in!
His parent club Beşiktaş, are just one win away from clinching the title.
Dramatic finish to the Turkish season with Boyd's parent club Beşiktaş (84 pts & +45 GD) pipping Galatasaray (84 pts & +44 GD) for the title by a season GD of 1 goal!!
Beşiktaş so nearly slipped up at season end, losing 2 of their last 3 games.
Fenerbahçe (3rd, 82 pts) only just behind the big 2.
Since Boyd was on loan from Beşiktaş and played 4 games with one goal, at the start of the season for the league winners, I guess he gets a winner's medal. His loan deal is due to finish July this year.
Who knows what next for Boyd. Pretty disrupted season for him (mix of injury & moving between clubs) with only 18 games in total, from a possible 40. From memory, was rumours of a move to the MLS last year??
https://us.soccerway.com/players/tyler-boyd/215116/
https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2021/05/berhalter-calls-27-players-for-usmnt-camp-ahead-of-friendly-against-no-13-ranked-switzerland
Following game in Gallen, US travel to Denver for Concacaf Nations League semi against Honduras. Mexico and Costa Rica will square off in the other semi, with the winners competing for the inaugural Concacaf Nations League title.
For what it's worth in these Covid muddled availability times, Boyd last played for the US in November 2019. USMNT have played 7 games since then. Make that 10 by early June.
On the US national team front, he might struggle to make that team also. All the big hitters in the US squad in his position (Pulisic, Reyna, Weah, Aaronson and Musah) are younger and at better clubs (Chelsea, Dortmund, Lille, RB Salzburg and Valencia). He’s ‘94 born, and those guys are ‘98-‘02 born, so there’s quite an age gap for those players to develop further away from him. He looks to have become a fringe international, and I reckon he’s unlikely to make a 2022 World Cup squad, should they manage to qualify this time.
If the All Whites qualified, I wonder if he’d regret changing, because all he really has are a couple Nations’ League bench appearances, and a Gold Cup where he played against Guyana and Trinidad in the group stage, before not playing the semifinal or the final in which they lost to Mexico. Is that really any better than playing against the Solomon Islands or PNG?
Have to admit, I do feel some schadenfreude when he doesn’t make their squads though, and I can’t imagine I’m the only one.
But he made a decision that he felt was the best for him at the time. He's made his bed.
Re USMNT selection or lack thereof, coochiee is 100% correct - he made his choice, and he gets to live with that decision.
His choice. I mean the All Whites haven’t played so. And I’d rather he was out of the tent than being a disruptive influence.
I think I was annoyed when he left the Phoenix, but he’s had a reasonable club career compared to a few. I don’t think we’re desperate for him to be in the AWs and he doesn’t want to so fairs fair. Play Just or McCowwatt or some other talent with Singh and Wood.
The interesting question for me is would we want him back at the Nix? Don’t think he should yet, or that he wants to, but I guess your vote would be no? Would he be better than Robbie Kruse?
I’d definitely take him back at the Phoenix, and I reckon he’d be one of the best players in the league, he’s become a lot more refined and battled to make his spot in decent European leagues. Kruse is broken and has always been injury prone, I reckon Boyd would do better. Trouble is, I don’t think Boyd would want to come back to the A League at all, let alone at this stage of his career
On the US national team front, he might struggle to make that team also. All the big hitters in the US squad in his position (Pulisic, Reyna, Weah, Aaronson and Musah) are younger and at better clubs (Chelsea, Dortmund, Lille, RB Salzburg and Valencia). He’s ‘94 born, and those guys are ‘98-‘02 born, so there’s quite an age gap for those players to develop further away from him. He looks to have become a fringe international, and I reckon he’s unlikely to make a 2022 World Cup squad, should they manage to qualify this time.
If the All Whites qualified, I wonder if he’d regret changing, because all he really has are a couple Nations’ League bench appearances, and a Gold Cup where he played against Guyana and Trinidad in the group stage, before not playing the semifinal or the final in which they lost to Mexico. Is that really any better than playing against the Solomon Islands or PNG?
Have to admit, I do feel some schadenfreude when he doesn’t make their squads though, and I can’t imagine I’m the only one.
His choice. I mean the All Whites haven’t played so. And I’d rather he was out of the tent than being a disruptive influence.
I think I was annoyed when he left the Phoenix, but he’s had a reasonable club career compared to a few. I don’t think we’re desperate for him to be in the AWs and he doesn’t want to so fairs fair. Play Just or McCowwatt or some other talent with Singh and Wood.
The interesting question for me is would we want him back at the Nix? Don’t think he should yet, or that he wants to, but I guess your vote would be no? Would he be better than Robbie Kruse?
Why would he ever come back to the A League, let alone the Nix?
He's put together a very good club career to date, especially considering he left the Nix as a young fringe player. Sure very disappointing he's turned down the AWs (who he would still walk into), but have to give him credit as to where he's got to now on the books of Beşiktaş - Turkish champions. Nothing has been easy for him.
If ever Europe doesn't work out for Boyd, MLS would be his obvious destination. Compared to A League - higher quality, greater profile, bigger wages, and keeps him at least on radar of US selection.
🔥 ÖZEL HABER | Tyler Boyd, Çaykur Rizespor'da!
— Orta Çizgi (@ortacizgicom) August 19, 2021
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https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/caykur-rizespor/3064
He has missed selection for USMNT who have 3 World Cup CONCACAF qualifiers from next week.
https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2021/08/usmnt-september-2022-concacaf-world-cup-qualifying-roster
Slim chance you'd think yes at the moment, with him seemingly well out of the USNMT picture. Club & national career having gone downhill somewhat.
Unused sub overnight as Rizespor lose 0-1 in Turkish Cup to 3rd tier side Ankaraspor. Rizespor will be busy focused on trying to avoid relegation. Bottom of Süper Lig 14 games, into the 38 game season. Boyd 11 games with 9 starts, no goals.
Low point being sent off 12 mins in, against Champness's Giresunspor (and likely relegation rivals) back in mid Oct. Joey C scoring his first late act Giresunspor goal in that one.
This is Boyd's 4th Süper Lig club in Turkey, and to be fair at two of those Ankaragücü (6 SL goals, now down in the Turkish 2nd tier) & Sivasspor (5 SL Goals, loaned there from Besiktas) he's done well and been a key player. Hence why Besiktas signed him. And from memory was then, with his club career doing well, he switched national camps.
https://us.soccerway.com/players/tyler-boyd/215116/
Though their switches away from NZ were both hugely disappointing, like Stensness don't really wish him any ill wind. If they don't feel 'Kiwi' enough it's hard to change that feeling. Plus when Boyd switched the AWs weren't even playing, let alone tracking along nicely like they are now.
But looks likely the 26 yr old may one day regret his decision to switch nationalities. There are alot of other ex Ole boys now in the AWs setup, incl longtime mate Thomas. There would certainly be an irony if they were at Qatar, having beaten that CONCACAF playoff team and he wasn't.
Credit where it is due, he's gone to Portugal initially and since carved out a good career already, by Kiwi standards pretty much on his own. Seems focused & determined, so he might get back to Besiktas level you never know. But at 26, time not on his side.