Aside from the Detroit City FC’s first team’s sweeping all six points, the other big news of the weekend was the departure of DCFC midfielder Ali Coote.
Immediately after Le Rouge’s 2-0 victory over the Charleston Battery, the Detroit News’ Nolan Bianchi tweeted that Coote is “no longer with the Club” and that the “two parties broke it off on good terms as Coote has interest from a club in Ireland.”
Additionally, the term “sold” was used by a source concerning Ali’s departure, however, initial chatter by Bianchi and on Twitter seems to indicate that the midfielder is currently without a club but generating interest from teams across the pond.
Last week, we made inquiries with the club about Coote and his noticeable absence from the team and were told that “for the first time in the USL era, we are carrying enough players that not every player needs to travel to every match, which is a nice luxury.”
As far as any compensation for Coote’s departure, we may have to end up waiting on an official announcement from the Club to fill in some of those details.
Coote was one of the higher-profile signings for Detroit City FC this past winter signing a two-year deal with the club coming over from Bohemian FC in Ireland. He was also a main fixture in DCFC’s early season success forming a pretty formidable trio with Maxi Rodriguez and Elvis Amoh.
Unfortunately, a lengthy injury to Amoh in April seemingly upended that early season success for Coote becoming less of a fixture in the starting XI and eventually to the point of being left off the match-day roster entirely. Coote’s final appearance for City came on June 1 as a sub in the 62′ in a 3-2 road loss to Orange County.
UPDATE: Things are “still in motion” with Ali Coote
According to sources with Detroit City FC, no official announcement regarding the departure of Ali Coote is anticipated until “Wednesday at the earliest, as things are still in motion.”
