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I said the deal hadn't yet been confirmed, but it had been. My apologies. However, Schelotto was NOT signed using a designated player slot, so he doesn't belong on this page. Che84 01:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The majority of the article lists the players who were or still are designated players. If you remove that text, the lede is just the right length.
Besides, what do suggest we add to fill it out? Counts? Something else? -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 16:46, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
An editor has twice deleted the Past Designated Players section in the past couple of months without discussing. I prefer we retain the table. If other agree or disagree, please chime in. Barryjjoyce ( talk) 03:37, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
Tupelo (I think you and Deathgripz are the same): I'll start with the predictable response of any wiki editor who is behind on the "vote" tally: it's not a vote. With that out of the way, my preference would be for the article to keep some information about past designated players. I understand your concern that a complete list is hard to maintain; I recognize that may become even harder over time. Additionally, some of these DPs didn't last long in MLS and didn't do much while they were here. Perhaps one concept is to make this not an exhaustive list, but a more select list focused on DPs who have made significant contributions to their team or to the league — such as Beckham, Henry, Donovan, Blanco, etc. I'll draw up a firmer proposal/illustration over the weekend, post it here, and give you and other editors an opportunity to comment. In the meantime, please leave the complete list of past DPs up there, as I'll be using that information towards this project. And thanks for re-starting this dialogue. Barryjjoyce ( talk) 01:34, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
The table below provides a suggested format for recording the most significant designated players in MLS history. This table shows 2014. I've selected the five highest paid players, which is an objective criteria for inclusion. If people like this format, we could generate similar tables for each year since 2007. If people have a better idea on how to present the most significant DPs that have played in MLS, I'm all ears.
Player | Guaranteed Compensation |
MLS team | 2014 season accomplishments |
National team | Transferred from |
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Clint Dempsey | $6.7m | Seattle Sounders | 15 goals | ![]() |
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Michael Bradley | $6.5m | Toronto FC | ![]() |
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Jermaine Defoe | $6.2m | Toronto FC | 11 goals | ![]() |
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Landon Donovan | $4.6m | LA Galaxy | MLS Best XI, 19 assists | ![]() |
N/A |
Robbie Keane | $4.5m | LA Galaxy | MLS MVP, 19 goals | ![]() |
N/A |
Walter: The table above is for one year only (2014), which is why Beckham is not there; I had envisioned a separate table for each year.
Below is another way of presenting info on key past DPs. This table a row for each year, instead of separate year-by-year tables. I think I prefer this method. Thoughts?
Year | Highest paid players | MLS Best XI | Most goals | Most assists | Other accolades |
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2013 |
Clint Dempsey ($5.0m) Thierry Henry ($4.4m) |
Robbie Keane Marco Di Vaio Tim Cahill Diego Valeri |
Marco Di Vaio (20) | Diego Valeri (13) | |
2014 |
Clint Dempsey ($6.7m) Michael Bradley ($6.5m) |
Landon Donovan |
Robbie Keane (19) Clint Dempsey (15) |
Landon Donovan (19) | Robbie Keane (MLS MVP) |
Barryjjoyce ( talk) 00:50, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
It's not clearly spelled out what the current rules are. It would be helpful if there was a single paragraph explaining what the current rule entails. Hack ( talk) 05:34, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
I really like this most recent change regarding sorting past designated players by team, but it leaves a lot of white space and it makes the article feel unnecessarily long. Should these boxes be collapsed? It won't eliminate the white space problem, but it will shorten the article. Jay eyem ( talk) 22:25, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
I think it would be very helpful to add an age column. in the current designated players section. to track the average age of the designated players and to perhaps see trends in age of designated players over time, as recently since Atlanta United the Age of DP signings has been going down. Midgetman433 ( talk) 15:39, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
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I said the deal hadn't yet been confirmed, but it had been. My apologies. However, Schelotto was NOT signed using a designated player slot, so he doesn't belong on this page. Che84 01:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The majority of the article lists the players who were or still are designated players. If you remove that text, the lede is just the right length.
Besides, what do suggest we add to fill it out? Counts? Something else? -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 16:46, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
An editor has twice deleted the Past Designated Players section in the past couple of months without discussing. I prefer we retain the table. If other agree or disagree, please chime in. Barryjjoyce ( talk) 03:37, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
Tupelo (I think you and Deathgripz are the same): I'll start with the predictable response of any wiki editor who is behind on the "vote" tally: it's not a vote. With that out of the way, my preference would be for the article to keep some information about past designated players. I understand your concern that a complete list is hard to maintain; I recognize that may become even harder over time. Additionally, some of these DPs didn't last long in MLS and didn't do much while they were here. Perhaps one concept is to make this not an exhaustive list, but a more select list focused on DPs who have made significant contributions to their team or to the league — such as Beckham, Henry, Donovan, Blanco, etc. I'll draw up a firmer proposal/illustration over the weekend, post it here, and give you and other editors an opportunity to comment. In the meantime, please leave the complete list of past DPs up there, as I'll be using that information towards this project. And thanks for re-starting this dialogue. Barryjjoyce ( talk) 01:34, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
The table below provides a suggested format for recording the most significant designated players in MLS history. This table shows 2014. I've selected the five highest paid players, which is an objective criteria for inclusion. If people like this format, we could generate similar tables for each year since 2007. If people have a better idea on how to present the most significant DPs that have played in MLS, I'm all ears.
Player | Guaranteed Compensation |
MLS team | 2014 season accomplishments |
National team | Transferred from |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clint Dempsey | $6.7m | Seattle Sounders | 15 goals | ![]() |
![]() |
Michael Bradley | $6.5m | Toronto FC | ![]() |
![]() | |
Jermaine Defoe | $6.2m | Toronto FC | 11 goals | ![]() |
![]() |
Landon Donovan | $4.6m | LA Galaxy | MLS Best XI, 19 assists | ![]() |
N/A |
Robbie Keane | $4.5m | LA Galaxy | MLS MVP, 19 goals | ![]() |
N/A |
Walter: The table above is for one year only (2014), which is why Beckham is not there; I had envisioned a separate table for each year.
Below is another way of presenting info on key past DPs. This table a row for each year, instead of separate year-by-year tables. I think I prefer this method. Thoughts?
Year | Highest paid players | MLS Best XI | Most goals | Most assists | Other accolades |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 |
Clint Dempsey ($5.0m) Thierry Henry ($4.4m) |
Robbie Keane Marco Di Vaio Tim Cahill Diego Valeri |
Marco Di Vaio (20) | Diego Valeri (13) | |
2014 |
Clint Dempsey ($6.7m) Michael Bradley ($6.5m) |
Landon Donovan |
Robbie Keane (19) Clint Dempsey (15) |
Landon Donovan (19) | Robbie Keane (MLS MVP) |
Barryjjoyce ( talk) 00:50, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
It's not clearly spelled out what the current rules are. It would be helpful if there was a single paragraph explaining what the current rule entails. Hack ( talk) 05:34, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
I really like this most recent change regarding sorting past designated players by team, but it leaves a lot of white space and it makes the article feel unnecessarily long. Should these boxes be collapsed? It won't eliminate the white space problem, but it will shorten the article. Jay eyem ( talk) 22:25, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
I think it would be very helpful to add an age column. in the current designated players section. to track the average age of the designated players and to perhaps see trends in age of designated players over time, as recently since Atlanta United the Age of DP signings has been going down. Midgetman433 ( talk) 15:39, 16 December 2018 (UTC)