Justin Haak [Midfielder] [HG]

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Name: Justin Haak
Joined Club: 1/24/2019
Position: Midfielder
Number: 80

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Signed a homegrown contract with NYCFC.

Announcement: https://www.nycfc.com/post/2019/01/24/new-york-city-fc-signs-academy-product-justin-haak

MLSsoccer.com profile: https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/justin-haak

TransferMarkt profile: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/justin-haak/profil/spieler/610628

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Name: Justin Haak
Joined Club: 1/24/2019
Position: Midfielder
Number:

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Signed a homegrown contract with NYCFC.

Announcement: https://www.nycfc.com/post/2019/01/24/new-york-city-fc-signs-academy-product-justin-haak

MLSsoccer.com profile: https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/justin-haak

TransferMarkt profile: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/justin-haak/profil/spieler/610628

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Wait he's 184cm? No way. When I saw him in April I don't remember him being that tall??
 
Kids grow. Especially if you feed them. You really notice this when you have to buy them clothes.
Yeah but not like half a foot in one year? ...Come to think of it, I think I grew half a foot in half a year when I was 16.
 
Hack or Hock? I thought Hock but think PA announcer said Hack.
 
Hack or Hock? I thought Hock but think PA announcer said Hack.
I thought it was the same as "Hack" so I've been saying it that way...
https://www.howtopronounce.com/haak/

I think it is probably closer to sounding like "Hock." Language is weird, but based off the three samples I'd think it is an extended a that sounds more like the middle of "lock" or "sock" than "snack" or "back."

Anyone know the lineage of his family name? Quick search reveals it being Dutch, but I haven't seen anything cementing this information. The dual "aa" is certainly Dutch but could be Germanic as well.
 
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Hack or Hock? I thought Hock but think PA announcer said Hack.
My guess is Hock, but ever-so-slightly drawn out, based on the "aa" and figuring it's Dutch for the reasons Schwall looked up.
I also rewatched the introductory video they released in January when he signed, figuring he'd start or end it by saying something like "My name is Justin Haak and I'm proud to be a new member of NYCFC," but no. The kid talks for 3+ minutes and never introduces himself. Assuming he was at least partially scripted, I blame the club media team more than him. There's a reason for most small, old formalities and traditions. Among them: friendly, courteous people want to know how to properly say your name.
 
My guess is Hock, but ever-so-slightly drawn out, based on the "aa" and figuring it's Dutch for the reasons Schwall looked up.
I also rewatched the introductory video they released in January when he signed, figuring he'd start or end it by saying something like "My name is Justin Haak and I'm proud to be a new member of NYCFC," but no. The kid talks for 3+ minutes and never introduces himself. Assuming he was at least partially scripted, I blame the club media team more than him. There's a reason for most small, old formalities and traditions. Among them: friendly, courteous people want to know how to properly say your name.
Wouldn’t be the first time I’m wrong, but I think it’s Croatian, and if so, it’s Hock.
 
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My guess is Hock, but ever-so-slightly drawn out, based on the "aa" and figuring it's Dutch for the reasons Schwall looked up.
I also rewatched the introductory video they released in January when he signed, figuring he'd start or end it by saying something like "My name is Justin Haak and I'm proud to be a new member of NYCFC," but no. The kid talks for 3+ minutes and never introduces himself. Assuming he was at least partially scripted, I blame the club media team more than him. There's a reason for most small, old formalities and traditions. Among them: friendly, courteous people want to know how to properly say your name.
Like Hahk?
 
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I'm just guessing really, but yes, that's sort of what I thought. For all I know it's pronounced like HAKE. Or wooster.

I heard his family is originally from LYEchester. And his family lives on HUston street downtown.
 
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Wouldn’t be the first time I’m wrong, but I think it’s Croatian, and if so, it’s Hock.
We don’t double letters since each letter in a word is pronounced. So the name would be H-Ah-Ah-K. But a lot of people Americanized their names when they moved here 60+ years ago as it was recommended to ease pronunciation. Also I don’t think they were really given a choice if their names had accented letters.
Whenever you meet someone with ch at the end of their name there’s a good chance they’re Easter European. In some cases ‘ck’ as well. Bill Belichick is actually Biličić, his grandparents are Croatian.
 
We don’t double letters since each letter in a word is pronounced. So the name would be H-Ah-Ah-K. But a lot of people Americanized their names when they moved here 60+ years ago as it was recommended to ease pronunciation. Also I don’t think they were really given a choice if their names had accented letters.
Whenever you meet someone with ch at the end of their name there’s a good chance they’re Easter European. In some cases ‘ck’ as well. Bill Belichick is actually Biličić, his grandparents are Croatian.
I wish they went the lazy route and made Americans use the spelling of their OG names. The lack of accents and umlauts in american names makes me sad.
The only language that really uses the double a (aa) is Dutch.
 
I wish they went the lazy route and made Americans use the spelling of their OG names. The lack of accents and umlauts in american names makes me sad.
The only language that really uses the double a (aa) is Dutch.
Just looked it up on google and it’s Dutch, and likely refers to hook, so probable that forefathers were fishermen.
 
It all makes sense now.
He was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. What Europeans first settled in the LES? The Dutch.
When he was 10 he moved to Bushwick. Who chartered the original town of "Boswijck?" That's right, Peter Stuyvesant. Who was Dutch, and worked for the Dutch West India Company. It's all coming together now. This is the most New Yorkest kid ever.

No, I'm not being ridiculous. Why do you say that?
 
I wish they went the lazy route and made Americans use the spelling of their OG names. The lack of accents and umlauts in american names makes me sad.
The only language that really uses the double a (aa) is Dutch.

Well then if it follows the Dutch pronunciation, it's pronounced "hack!" where your mouth opens suddenly very wide to make the aa sound then quickly back down to normal size like nothing weird happened at all