I'll start over. Sorry. To get into Europe, you need a passport from over there or a track record with your national team I thought?
Is it different for U-18?
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I'll start over. Sorry. To get into Europe, you need a passport from over there or a track record with your national team I thought?
Is it different for U-18?
That is just before 18. He will be able to work pretty much anywhere in the EU outside of the UK once he is 18. What some players have done is sign pre-contractual agreements where they join once they're 18. It also usually entails them training with the club's academy and playing in an unofficial youth matches. The most prominent example I can think of for the US is Joshua Perez at Fiorentina. He stayed in Europe from 16 to 18 for 6 months at a time, would come back to the states for a month, then go back to Fiorentina. He then signed an official pro contract at 18.
If it's not the UK (really, I should say England), work permits aren't nearly so difficult to come by. That's why Germany is the big draw. It suits Americans well culturally and is pretty much the number 2 league Americans watch. On top of that, it's the most progressive league in Europe in how it approaches the game (no coincidence that Garber is tight with their leadership) and most aggressive about wanting Americans to succeed there.
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Per NYCFC's snapchat: Academy players, or players around that age, are at training with the first team and Vieira.
Except for or including the most important one and his brother? Aren't they both based in Florida?
Yes
What was the big announcement this week from MLS regarding Homegrowns and the Residency Program?
If they aren't there, then it seems the training sessions Sands was involved in can be used as a barometer for how the other players stack up/respond to the sessions.
I'd like to think that dabbing in a team social media photo sets a player back from their first team debut by at least a season.
I really hope we'll get to see an inside training video from this session. I just want to see the reactions from the kids playing with Villa, Pirlo, etc. and being coached by Vieira.
Pretty awesome that they're bringing some kids in. They need to in order to fill in those missing spots from international duty players.
Hmm, Gio Reyna looks different than the other US/NYCFC photos we've seen of him...
Two thoughts. First, it seems obvious the club is doing everything it can to woo this kid and his parents. The video, the invite to camp, the way Vieira was treating him in the video, they all show the team is making an all-out effort. While this makes it troubling that he hasn't signed it is also clear that he is fond of the team and has already made an emotial bond to it. He might go overseas if there's an opportunity, but if he signs or ever plays in the US he wants NYCFC.
Second, damn he's young. I know he's 16, and I saw videos of him playing. But sitting in the studio is a whole 'nother thing. Damn he's young.
Girls Academy tryouts starting up next week, being held at Orangeburg:
http://www.nycfc.com/post/2017/03/13/girls-academy-trial-dates-announced
http://www.nycfc.com/post/2017/03/13/girls-academy-trial-dates-announced
Lots of goodies today from Academy TV
4-0 final
4-0 final
Great result, but I can do without Gio's victory celebration. 15yo kids don't need to dance by the corner flag - CFG should be teaching them to be classy instead of showboating.
