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I got too busy to update this properly for season 2 so I will catch up y'all on the last 2 seasons.
In the 2nd season the team moved to Rouen, France and has built a beautiful new stadium which now has seating for 31,000 with a current expansion set to bring it up to the size of Stamford Bridge by mid season. This hard work was done to allow for a top flight football academy to be built with all facilities reaching lvl 7. The first players from the new academy will arrive in time for season 5.
In season 2 Olympique Rouen got a really tough league draw. OR finished in 2nd place with an impressive record of 22-3-1 but fell just short of repeating as league champions.
Our first entry into the Champions League also saw heartbreak as a great run ended with a CL finals loss 2-1 to a slight underdog.
However the season did not end without silverware as the team took home an impressive 2nd straight Cup championship in stunning fashion.
The highlight of the team was the explosion of 19 year old striker Mikkel Sorenson who signed late last season but had seen minimal playing time previously. He won the starting job in the pre season and notched 39 goals, 12 assists, and was MoM 6 times in all competitions.
There was a lot of change over in the roster in the off season. The team invested heavily in young talent and grew the overall team value to a whopping $65M. Here is the roster for season 2.
1. Mikkel Sorenson, 19, ST, Denmark 7*
2. Nikola Dimitrijevic, 18, CB, Serbia 7*
3. Sebastian Rocha, 19, LW/AM, Chile 6* (led the team with 36 assists and 57 goals produced)
4. Wilson Sanchez, 19, ST, Columbia 6* (24G 9A)
5. Raul Mesias, 25, DM/WB, Spain 7* (24G 5A)
6. Omar Cardenes, 18, RW, USA, 6* (19G 9A) The first homegrown prospect in franchise history!!
7. Jason Goller, 18, CB, Scotland 6* (Highest avg rating among defenders)
8. Dor Zilberman, 21, LB, Israel 6* (2G)
9. Francesco Contigiani, 23, LW, Italy 7* (9G 4A)
10. Daniel Lehner, 23, ST, Germany 6* (12G 6A 4MoM) Lost his job to Sanchez part way into the season)
11. Nathaniel Van Praag, 18, GK, Netherlands 6* (Had an up and down year)
12. Aaron Pugliese, 24, DM, Italy (4G 2MoM)
13. Petr Havlik, 21, RB, Czech Rep 6* (RB was a problem all season)
14. Lucas Dubeau, 18, CM, France 6* (2G) Never lived up to huge price tag)
15. A. De Silva Pereira, 18, CM, Brazil, 6* (Also flopped and earned little game time)
16. Shunya Kinjo, 19, AM, Japan (2G 1A)
17. Milos Todorovic, 18, WB, Serbia (2G)
The overall failure to find productive players at CM, RB, and GK were disappointing but didn't stop Les Coqs Gaulois from having a very great season and capturing their 3rd major trophy in 2 seasons.
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