NYCFC Academy - General Discussion

[SoupInNYC]

#NYCFC Academy boys Will Sands, Kwaku Owusu, Andres Jasson, Veljko Petkovic, and Will Citron put work in with the first team today ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/NYlCPddaAV

— New York City FC (@newyorkcityfc) June 8, 2017

James Sands will also join NYCFC on a daily basis as the club reported earlier so he can train with the first team before the U17 World Cup in India in October.

I haven't paid a whole ton of attention to the academy players, but the Oswusu and Jasson names seem new to me. I've obviously heard of Sands and Petkovic and Citron are familiar names as I believe they've been high performers.

Anyone know anything on the other two?

 

[mgarbowski]

Wait, Sands has a twin brother in the academy? I presume everyone realized this but me. Or maybe not, because it seems odd I never notice it being remarked upon. Do we need to make Will an offer to convince James to sign? Is Will any good? Have there been any stupid twin jokes I missed?

ETA: Apparently remarked upon in a short series of posts in February. Yes, there were dumb twin memes, of which I approve.

 

[Kjbert]

Will is a prospect in his own right. Will play professionally one day.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Wait, Sands has a twin brother in the academy? I presume everyone realized this but me. Or maybe not, because it seems odd I never notice it being remarked upon. Do we need to make Will an offer to convince James to sign? Is Will any good? Have there been any stupid twin jokes I missed?

ETA: Apparently remarked upon in a short series of posts in February. Yes, there were dumb twin memes, of which I approve.

Well done to cure your own problem here.

But yeah, everyone but you knew this.

And I am not sure Kjbert is right in his assessment of Sands the lesser.

 

[mgarbowski]

Well done to cure your own problem here.

But yeah, everyone but you knew this.

And I am not sure Kjbert is right in his assessment of Sands the lesser.

It took a short while because searching for "Sands" and "Will" is useless because the latter is a short, common word. Then I realized "twin" should work, which won't catch any discussion of Will on his own, but did catch the only discussion of the twins as twins.
And I'm still surprised that was the only one. We're moderately obsessed with one of them, twins are inherently odd and funny, and we have managed so far not to beat this to death.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

twins are inherently odd and funny

Not since Danny and Arnie ran it into the ground.

 

[Sabo]

Wait, Sands has a twin brother in the academy? I presume everyone realized this but me. Or maybe not, because it seems odd I never notice it being remarked upon. Do we need to make Will an offer to convince James to sign? Is Will any good? Have there been any stupid twin jokes I missed?

ETA: Apparently remarked upon in a short series of posts in February. Yes, there were dumb twin memes, of which I approve.

Will Sands has scored for the US Youth National Team.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Will Sands has scored for the US Youth National Team.

So did Bradley and Altidore, and we see how they turned out.

This joke brought to you by my attempts to continue trolling Gotham Gator

 

[Gotham Gator]

 

[Kjbert]

Even Chris Wondoloski finishes that.

 

[Kjbert]

Well done to cure your own problem here.

But yeah, everyone but you knew this.

And I am not sure Kjbert is right in his assessment of Sands the lesser.

Never said who he would play professionally for

 

[Gotham Gator]

Even Chris Wondoloski finishes that.

Not everyone makes the run.

Not everyone makes the headed pass.

And no, not everyone finishes that - not at a full sprint while needing that extension.

 

[Kjbert]

Not everyone makes the run.

Not everyone makes the headed pass.

And no, not everyone finishes that - not at a full sprint while needing that extension.

I was kidding. Don't get your Michael Bradley panties in a bunch

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Fell in love with Bradley after than goal. He's unfortunately broken my heart since then. Slowly. I think he's only good when he's the best player on the pitch. If that makes sense.

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

Must watch

MiB follow U14 @NYCFC and @ussoccer_ynt defender Prince on a 2.5 hour trip to training to chase his @MLS dream. @adidassoccer (Film 1 of 2) pic.twitter.com/KPxLP4jZpC

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) June 23, 2017

 

[LionNYC]

http://www.laliga.es/en/laliga-prom...acional-laliga-promises-nueva-jersey/calendar

U12s lost 1-0 to Barcelona and 2-0 to Benfica.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Must watch

MiB follow U14 @NYCFC and @ussoccer_ynt defender Prince on a 2.5 hour trip to training to chase his @MLS dream. @adidassoccer (Film 1 of 2) pic.twitter.com/KPxLP4jZpC

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) June 23, 2017

Man oh man, that is a good video.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Apparently, our u16s lost 0-1 to Crew academy in the DA playoffs. Based on this highlight package, we were dominant. Gio had a first half PK saved.

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Must watch

MiB follow U14 @NYCFC and @ussoccer_ynt defender Prince on a 2.5 hour trip to training to chase his @MLS dream. @adidassoccer (Film 1 of 2) pic.twitter.com/KPxLP4jZpC

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) June 23, 2017

What a smart and inspirational young fellow. A little dusty in here.

 

[SanBartG]

Man oh man, that is a good video.

Kid is less than half my age and I look up to him.