Falconer, Brandt tore a muscle in his groin and missed the majority of the season, only playing in 3 games. He took a medical redshirt and could come back for another fall if he wanted. However, with Brandt never getting to play for his dad, I wouldn't be surprised if he left after next fall to play for his dad with the Riverhounds. He has trained with multiple teams in the USL already and from what I know is very interested in playing professionally.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 27, 2016, 10:24:48 PM

Quote from: NCAC New England on September 27, 2016, 09:50:36 AM
3) Will most of the injured players from Wheaton (Ill) be back in the next 2-3 weeks?

This was the injury report from a Wheaton insider a week ago in this room:

Quote from: Toure87 on September 20, 2016, 11:15:44 AM
Wheaton is still not close to full health. Danny Brandt has only played 1.5 games this season due to injury. Ben Bakke, a big time player who originally came from Creighton, is also hurt. 4 year starter Reed Bartley has played only 2 games as well. Jaxon Hulse, a sophomore starter, has also been missing games. Max Carey has also been in and out of games.

Here is their appearances, as of this evening:

* Brandt has played in three of Wheaton's nine matches, starting one of them.
* Bakke has played in seven of Wheaton's nine matches, starting four of them.
* Bartley has played in five of Wheaton's nine matches, starting three of them.
* Hulse has played in five of Wheaton's nine matches, starting three of them.
* Carey has played in seven of Wheaton's nine matches, starting six of them.

Here's the situation regarding each of them in Wheaton's three most recent matches:

* Hulse and Carey started in Wheaton's 2-2 draw with Aurora a week ago yesterday, while Bartley and Bakke came in as subs. Brandt didn't play.
* In Wheaton's 1-1 draw with Benedictine last Wednesday, Bartley and Hulse started and Brandt came in as a sub. Bakke and Carey didn't play.
* Tonight, in Wheaton's 1-0 win over Lake Forest, Bartley and Carey started and Bakke came in as a sub. Brandt and Hulse didn't play.

Whether the non-starts and the DNPs are the results of ongoing injuries or of the coach's decisions is unclear. But these are the facts as they appear on the Wheaton statistics page.

Brandt did not come in as a sub in the Benedictine game. He has not played or even dressed since the Rose-Hulman game on September 3. He has been injured and has not played since. The stat on Brandt playing is wrong. According to the live feed from the game, Bakke is nursing an ankle injury.

NCAC, yes. Wheaton is still not close to full health. Danny Brandt has only played 1.5 games this season due to injury. Ben Bakke, a big time player who originally came from Creighton, is also hurt. 4 year starter Reed Bartley has played only 2 games as well. Jaxon Hulse, a sophomore starter, has also been missing games. Max Carey has also been in and out of games. If they can't get healthy by conference play, they are in trouble. Wheaton certainly needs to win their conference to get into NCAA's.

Wheaton (IL) down 6 (yes 6) starters due to injury, including Danny Brandt. If they can't get healthy by Tuesday, U Chicago is not going to be a fun match. Chicago is certainly a team that could end up in the final 4. That being said, Wheaton's opener against UT-Dallas with most starters on the field was a convincing performance.

Didnt mean to divulge too much information. Just thought some accurate information would stop all of the talking about his reasons and motives, which was getting out of hand to be honest. Also, I know he trained with both the Harrisburg City Islanders and the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers over two weeks in the spring, and the Islanders were quite keen of him. This was obviously before his dad became a USL coach. But, its hard for me to think that a kid who has professional teams taking him to train with them over their pre-seasons would ever be just a "pretty good d3 player." With a player who still has 2 seasons left, he seems to be getting as much attention as Marshall Hollingsworth, who spent a week with Toronto FC's USL team before his senior season.

 The team didnt say "no" to him. He was going to go back and one or two teammates in his class caused trouble for him, and he decided ultimately that he didn't want to go back. It was two of his classmates, not the whole team, so Brandts outlook was if that he wasn't going to go back if there was going to be any trouble with those classmates, and I know that Brandt is all good with all of his teammates now. There are no hard feelings. Also, no one knows that Brandts decision to leave Messiah was mainly because of the school. He didnt like the school or the area. And he didnt like being back home for college. It is true he wanted to go D1 to help his chances to play professionally, but the main reason he left was because of the class that graduated. Those seniors were the guys he hung out with (Thompson, Payne, Ramirez, Kovach), and he didnt think it was worth being at a school and town he didn't like when they left. That is all information I got from someone i know that is close to the Brandt family.

Shooter, this is Brandt's highlight tape from his time at Messiah. Pretty sure every comment you made about him, including him being chubby or only having one move, is nowhere near a credible comment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8MZNruHlmg