Jose Martinez was initially referred to as a project by Sporting Director Ernst Tanner when he was signed in the offseason, but after six matches for the Philadelphia Union the more appropriate word for the 26-year-old Venezuelan is weapon.
Though he’s been shown yellow cards in four of his six matches for the Union and sat out a one-game suspension after the MLS Disciplinary Committee weighed in on a challenge that earned him a yellow against Inter Miami, he’s also helped cement the midfield for head coach Jim Curtin.
He’s on his way to becoming for Jim Curtin what Brazilian midfielder Casemiro is for Real Madrid.