do you know if Edwini-Bonsu is getting decent first-team minutes? if he had been playing i thought there was a chance Hart might call him up for Armenia.
He has played one game so far. He'll certainly get a few more games before the season is over, especially as soon as relegation is mathematically impossible. As for the call up - he asked not to be nominated anyway, iirc. Should be more info on the Voyageurs forums.
Canadian defender Jamaal Smith signs a one year contract with Syrianska Kerburan who play in the third tier of swedish football.
Updated April 5th, 2012 Legend Red = most recent update Blue = 2nd most recent Green = 3rd most recent Argentina Christopher Maidana - Racing Club (Argentina Primera) (1) U20 Jorge Maradona Jr. - Argentinos Juniors (Argentina Primera) (1) U20 Marco Rodrigues - Platense (Argentina Primera B Metropolitana) (3) U20 Manny Gomez - Sportivo Barracas (Argentina Primera D Metropolitana) (5) Australia Issey Nakajima-Farran - Brisbane Roar (Australian A-League) (1) Tommy Ples - Melbourne Knights (Australian Victoria State Premier League) (2) Belgium Tomasz Radzinski - Waasland-Beveren (Belgian Second Division) (2) Dwayne Dildick - KVV Coxyde (Belgian Division 3A) (3) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bobby Kajgo - FK Leotar Trebinje (Bosnian Primijer Liga) (1) Admir Salihovic - HNK Capljina (Bosnian Druga Liga) (2) Cote D'Ivoire Raheem Alibhai - ES Bingerville (Cote D'Ivoire Premiere Division) (1) Croatia Jason James - Inter Zaprešić (Croatian 1.HNL) (1) Zach Mirosevic - NK Novalja (Croatian 3.HNL) (3) Boris Gavric - NK HASK Zagreb (Croatian 3.HNL) (3) Czech Republic Niall Cousens - Slavia Praha B (Czech Divizie A) (4) El Salvador Cesar Santamaria - Once Municipal (El Salvador Primera Division) (1) Reserves England Junior Hoilett - Blackburn (English Premier League) (1) Simeon Jackson - Norwich (English Premier League) (1) Michael Nelson - Aston Villa (English Premier League) (1) U16 David Edgar - Burnley (English Championship) (2) Jaime Peters - Ipswich Town (English Championship) (2) Jordan Santiago - Cardiff City (English Championship) (2) Reserves Ethan Gage - Reading (English Championship) (2) Reserves Iain Hume - Preston North End (English League One) (3) Simon Thomas - Huddersfield Town (English League One) (3) Reserves Ross Smith - Ebbsfleet United (English Conference) (5) Phil Appiah - Eastleigh (English Conference South) (6) Elliott Godfrey - Hendon (English Isthmian Premier) (7) Finland Riley O'Neill - MyPa 47 (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Mason Trafford - IFK Mariehamn (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Abdoulaye Sylla - KuPS (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Kennedy Owusu-Ansah - FC PoPa (Finnish Ykkonen) (2) France Haidar Al-Shaibani - Nimes Olympique (France Championnat National) (3) Germany Kevin McKenna - FC Köln (German Bundesliga 1) (1) Marcel de Jong - FC Augsburg (German Bundesliga 1) (1) Rob Friend - Eintracht Frankfurt (German Bundesliga 2) (2) on loan from Hertha Berlin (German Bundesliga 1) (1) Olivier Occean - Greuther Fuerth (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Randy Edwini-Bonsu - Eintracht Brausnschweig (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Jorgo Nika - Eintracht Brausnschweig (German Bundesliga 2) (2) U19 Adam Straith - Saarbrucken (German 3.Liga) (3) on loan from Energie Cottbus (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Nikolas Ledgerwood - Wehen Wiesbaden (German 3.Liga) (3) Jonathan Bourgault - Preussen Munster (German 3.Liga) (3) Jonathan Lao - Rot-Weiss Erfurt (German 3.Liga) (3) U19 Chris Royal - Arminia Bielefeld (German 3.Liga) (3) U19 Julien Latendresse-Levesque - Energie Cottbus II (German Regionalliga North/Northeast) (4) Justin Maheu - Fortuna Dusseldorf II (German Regionalliga West) (4) Janeil Hoilett - FSV Mainz II (German Regionalliga West) (4) Maycoll Canizalez - Fortuna Koln (German Regionalliga West) (4) Devon Van Yzerloo - FC Magdeburg (German Regionalliga North) (4) U19 Alex Elliott - Sportfreunde Siegen (German Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen) (5) Mike D'Agostino - Sportfreunde Siegen (German Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen) (5) Cody Cook - FSV63 Luckenwalde (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5) Srdjan Gajac - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5) Graham Fisher - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5) Kevin Cobby - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5) Stephen Kanu Famewo - SV Meppen (German Oberliga Niedersachsen) (5) Andrew Barsalona - Eintracht Braunschweig II (German Oberliga Niedersachsen) (5) Ryan Gyaki - Rostocker FC (German Verbandsliga Mecklenburg Vorpommern) (6) Massih Wassey - Eintracht Rheine (Verbandsliga Westfalen) (6) Greece Stathis Kappos - Agios Dimitrios (Greek Gamma Ethniki South) (3) Dylan Hughes - Saronikos Aegina (Greek Gamma Ethniki South) (3) Hong Kong Michael Luk - Sun Hei (Hong Kong First Division) (1) Hungary Igor Pisanjuk - Egri FC (Hungarian NB II East) (2) Alex Schleer - FC Veszprem (Hungarian NB II West) (2) Italy Nikolas Kras - Esperia Viareggio (Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione) (3) on loan from Reggina (Italian Serie B) (2) Roberto Stillo - Paganese (Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione) (4) on loan from Genoa CFC (Italian Serie A) (1) Rocco Placentino - Perugia (Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione) (4) Marco South - Este (Italian Serie D) (5) Frank Damiano - Trento (Italian Serie D) (5) Marcel Debellis - Trento (Italian Serie D) (5) David Masciantonio - Lupa Frascati (Italian Eccellenza) (6) Jonathan Parolini - Bojano (Italian Eccellenza) (6) Steven Fronzo - Repen (Italian Eccellenza) (6) Doekele Matteo van Wieren - Prix Le Torri (Italian Promozione) (7) Ireland Victor Collins - Galway United (Irish Premier League) (1) Netherlands Atiba Hutchinson - PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie) (1) Paco Deckers - SC Heerenveen (Dutch Eredivisie) (1) U17 Andrew Ornoch - Telstar (Dutch Eerste Divisie) (2) Alex Marello - BV Veendam (Dutch Eerste Divisie) (2) Graham Ramalho - ACV Assen (Dutch Hoofdklasse) (4) New Zealand Donnie MacGregor - Otago United (New Zealand Football Championship) (1) Northern Ireland Conor Rooney - Newry City (Irish Football Association Championship 1) (2) Reserves Norway Lars Hirschfeld - Valarenga (Norwegian Tippeliga) (1) Chris Pozniak - FK Haugesund (Norwegian Tippeliga) (1) Robbie Tice - Kjelsås (Norwegian Second Division) (3) Rob Giacomi - IL Averøykameratene (Norwegian Third Division) (4) Poland Josh Gross - Górnik Zabrze (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves Patrick Majcher - Slask Wroclaw (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves Mike Krzeminski - Slask Wroclaw (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves Robert Sing - Wisla Plock (Polish II Ligi) (3) Dawid Kwiek - Resovia Rzeszow (Polish II Ligi) (3) Radoslaw Pindiur - Przebój Wolbrom (Polish III Ligi) (4) Woznik Karol - Kmita Zabierzow (Polish III Ligi) (4) Portugal Ricky Gomes - Vitoria Setubal (Portuguese Liga de Sagres) (1) U19 Pedro Pacheco - Santa Clara (Portuguese Liga de Honra) (2) Kyle Oliveira - Vitoria do Pico (Portuguese III Divisão) (4) David Dinis - Lusitania (Portuguese III Divisão) (4) Romania Milan Borjan - FC Vaslui (Romanian Ligi I) (1) on loan from Sivasspor (Turkish Super Liga) (1) Tosaint Ricketts - FC Timisoara (Romanian Ligi II) (2) Chris Suta - FC UTA Arad (Romanian Ligi II) (2) Russia Joseph DiChiara - Kryliya Sovetov (Russian Premier League) (1) Scotland Marcus Haber - St. Johnstone (Scottish Premier League) (1) Luca Gasparotto - Glasgow Rangers (Scottish Premier League) (1) U19 Serbia Milan Bozic - FK Beograd (Srpska Liga Belgrade) (3) Filip Prostran - FK Mladost Apatin (Srpska Liga Vojvodina) (3) Singapore Jordan Webb - Hougang United (Singapore S-League) (1) Sherif El-Masri - Courts Young Lions (Singapore S-League) (1) Slovakia Andrew Kliment - MFK Dolny Kubin (Slovakian First Division) (2) Spain Keven Aleman - Valladolid (Spanish Segunda Liga) (2) U19 Jaime Garcia - AD Colmenar Viejo (Spanish Tercera Division) (4) U19 Mario Fernandez - Santa Pola CF (Spanish Regional Preferente de Valencia Group 4) (5) Carlos Fernandez - Santa Pola CF (Spanish Regional Preferente de Valencia Group 4) (5) Sweden Tomer Chencinski - Orebro SK (Swedish Allsvenskan) (1) Kenny Stamatopoulos - AIK Stockholm (Swedish Allsvenskan) (1) Jamaal Smith - Syrianska IF (Swedish Division 1 Norra) (3) Vladimir Vukovic - Bodens BK (Swedish Division 2 Norrland) (4) Troy Pennycooke-Morgan - Ostersunds FK (Swedish Division 2) (4) Nima Beik - IF Haga (Swedish Division 3) (5) Damion Scott - Juventus IF (Swedish Division 4) (6) Kyle Hall - Juventus IF (Swedish Division 4) (6) Shondell Busby - Juventus IF (Swedish Division 4) (6) Switzerland Josh Simpson - Young Boys Bern (Swiss Super League) (1) Daniel Imhof - St. Gallen (Swiss Challenge League) (2) Dominic Imhof - FC Tuggen (Swiss 1. Liga Group 3) (3) Turkey Mike Klukowski - Manisaspor FC (Turkish Super Liga) (1) United States Andre Hainault - Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer) (1) Ante Jazic - Chivas USA (Major League Soccer) (1) Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake (Major League Soccer) (1) Dejan Jakovic - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1) Dwayne DeRosario - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1) Josh Janniere - Colorado Rapids (Major League Soccer) (1) Ethan Finley - Columbus Crew (Major League Soccer) (1) Babayale Sodade - Seattle Sounders (Major League Soccer) (1) Stephen Ademolu - Atlanta Silverbacks (North American Soccer League) (2) Kevin Harmse - San Antonio Scorpions (North American Soccer League) (2) Andres Arango - FC Tampa Bay (North American Soccer League) (2) Gino Mauro - Minnesota Stars (North American Soccer League) (2) Jack Stewart - Minnesota Stars (North American Soccer League) (2) Edson Edward - Puerto Rico Islanders (North American Soccer League) (2) Tyler Rosenlund - Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL Pro) (3) Mikael McNamara - Dayton Dutch Lions (USL Pro) (3) Taylor Lord - Dayton Dutch Lions (USL Pro) (3) Uruguay Andres Fresenga - Racing Club Montevideo (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Reserves Andy Correa - El Tanque Sisley (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Youth Jonathan Osorio - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Lucas Cavallini - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Tristan Grant - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Josh Portillo - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Jorge Vacani - Huracan de Paso (Uruguayan Ascenso Division) (2) ******************************************************* ******************************************************* Canadians on Trial
Ian North, an 18 year old keeper from Edmonton, has been on the bench for Deisenhofen FC in the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern (7). Also playing for their U23 and U19 teams.
Olivier is the fans' darling in Fürth (being the league top scorer) and a "local hero" now (together with his team mates).
just heard and confirmed 18 year old Vito Poletto from Calgary, Alberta has just been signed by FC Memmingen in Germany for there professional First team. Looking at the website this is going to be a very strong league for he will be playing against Bayern Munich II, FC Nurneburg II, TSV 1860 II and many other top clubs in the German league.
FC Memmingen, and the league, aren't professional. It's semi-pro to amateur, depending on the club. Bayern's and maybe Nürnberg's reserves are exceptions (1860's not, though, I'm pretty sure they got rid of all full-time players), but most teams he will play against will be far from full time.
Either way still a excellent opportunity for a young Canadian to play against teams like Bayern and Nurnberg reserves and get experience and exposure. Not many young players get that opportunity.
Updated June 15th, 2012 Legend Red = most recent update Blue = 2nd most recent Green = 3rd most recent Argentina Christopher Maidana - Racing Club (Argentina Primera) (1) U20 Marco Rodrigues - Platense (Argentina Primera B Metropolitana) (3) U20 Manny Gomez - Sportivo Barracas (Argentina Primera D Metropolitana) (5) Australia Tommy Ples - Melbourne Knights (Australian Victoria State Premier League) (2) Belgium Tomasz Radzinski - Waasland-Beveren (Belgian Second Division) (2) Dwayne Dildick - KVV Coxyde (Belgian Division 3A) (3) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bobby Kajgo - FK Leotar Trebinje (Bosnian Primijer Liga) (1) Admir Salihovic - HNK Capljina (Bosnian Druga Liga) (2) Cote D'Ivoire Raheem Alibhai - ES Bingerville (Cote D'Ivoire Premiere Division) (1) Croatia Jason James - Inter Zaprešić (Croatian 1.HNL) (1) Boris Gavric - Croatia Sesvete (Croatian 2.HNL) (2) Zach Mirosevic - NK Novalja (Croatian 3.HNL) (3) Cyprus Issey Nakajima-Farran - AEK Larnaca (Cyprus First Division) (1) Czech Republic Niall Cousens - Slavia Praha B (Czech Divizie A) (4) Denmark Tam Nsaliwa - Esbjerg (Danish First Division) (2) El Salvador Cesar Santamaria - Once Lobos (El Salvador Liga Ascenso) (2) England Simeon Jackson - Norwich (English Premier League) (1) Michael Nelson - Aston Villa (English Premier League) (1) U16 David Edgar - Burnley (English Championship) (2) Iain Hume - Preston North End (English League One) (3) Simon Thomas - Huddersfield Town (English League One) (3) Reserves Ross Smith - Ebbsfleet United (English Conference) (5) Phil Appiah - Eastleigh (English Conference South) (6) Elliott Godfrey - Hendon (English Isthmian Premier) (7) Finland Riley O'Neill - MyPa 47 (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Mason Trafford - IFK Mariehamn (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Abdoulaye Sylla - KuPS (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Frank Jonke - FF Jaro (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Kennedy Owusu-Ansah - FC SalPa (Finnish Kakkonen) (3) Massimo Mirabelli - EIF (Finnish Kakkonen) (3) France Haidar Al-Shaibani - Nimes Olympique (France Ligue 2) (2) Mikaël Cantave - FC Nantes (France Ligue 2) (2) U17 James Chalk - Paris FC Reserves (France CFA 2) (5) Germany Olivier Occean - Greuther Fuerth (German Bundesliga 1) (1) Marcel de Jong - FC Augsburg (German Bundesliga 1) (1) Kevin McKenna - FC Köln (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Rob Friend - Hertha Berlin (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Randy Edwini-Bonsu - Eintracht Brausnschweig (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Jorgo Nika - Eintracht Brausnschweig (German Bundesliga 2) (2) U19 Adam Straith - Saarbrucken (German 3.Liga) (3) Nikolas Ledgerwood - Wehen Wiesbaden (German 3.Liga) (3) Jonathan Bourgault - Preussen Munster (German 3.Liga) (3) Jonathan Lao - Rot-Weiss Erfurt (German 3.Liga) (3) U19 Chris Royal - Arminia Bielefeld (German 3.Liga) (3) U19 Julien Latendresse-Levesque - Energie Cottbus II (German Regionalliga North/Northeast) (4) Justin Maheu - Fortuna Dusseldorf II (German Regionalliga West) (4) Janeil Hoilett - FSV Mainz II (German Regionalliga West) (4) Maycoll Canizalez - Fortuna Koln (German Regionalliga West) (4) Devon Van Yzerloo - FC Magdeburg (German Regionalliga North) (4) U19 Massih Wassey - SV Waldhof Mannheim (German Regionalliga Süd) (4) Vito Poletto - FC Memmingen (German Regionalliga Bayern) (4) Alex Elliott - Sportfreunde Siegen (German Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen) (5) Mike D'Agostino - Sportfreunde Siegen (German Oberliga Nordrhein Westfalen) (5) Cody Cook - FSV63 Luckenwalde (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5) Srdjan Gajac - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5) Graham Fisher - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5) Kevin Cobby - Rot-Weiss Erfurt II (German Oberliga Northeast South) (5) Stephen Kanu Famewo - SV Meppen (German Oberliga Niedersachsen) (5) Andrew Barsalona - Eintracht Braunschweig II (German Oberliga Niedersachsen) (5) Ryan Gyaki - Rostocker FC (German Verbandsliga Mecklenburg Vorpommern) (6) Greece Stathis Kappos - Agios Dimitrios (Greek Gamma Ethniki South) (3) Dylan Hughes - Saronikos Aegina (Greek Gamma Ethniki South) (3) Hong Kong Michael Luk - Sun Hei (Hong Kong First Division) (1) Hungary Igor Pisanjuk - Egri FC (Hungarian NB II East) (2) Alex Schleer - FC Veszprem (Hungarian NB II West) (2) Italy Roberto Stillo - Genoa CFC (Italian Serie A) (1) Billy Bitihene - Brescia (Italian Serie B) (2) Youth Nikolas Kras - Reggina (Italian Serie B) (2) Marco South - Este (Italian Serie D) (5) Frank Damiano - Trento (Italian Serie D) (5) Marcel Debellis - Trento (Italian Serie D) (5) David Masciantonio - Lupa Frascati (Italian Eccellenza) (6) Jonathan Parolini - Bojano (Italian Eccellenza) (6) Steven Fronzo - Repen (Italian Eccellenza) (6) Doekele Matteo van Wieren - Prix Le Torri (Italian Promozione) (7) Ireland Victor Collins - Galway United (Irish Premier League) (1) Netherlands Atiba Hutchinson - PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie) (1) Paco Deckers - SC Heerenveen (Dutch Eredivisie) (1) U17 Andrew Ornoch - Telstar (Dutch Eerste Divisie) (2) Alex Marello - BV Veendam (Dutch Eerste Divisie) (2) Graham Ramalho - ACV Assen (Dutch Hoofdklasse) (4) New Zealand Donnie MacGregor - Otago United (New Zealand Football Championship) (1) Northern Ireland Conor Rooney - Newry City (Irish Football Association Championship 1) (2) Reserves Norway Lars Hirschfeld - Valarenga (Norwegian Tippeliga) (1) Chris Pozniak - FK Haugesund (Norwegian Tippeliga) (1) Robbie Tice - Kjelsås (Norwegian Second Division) (3) Rob Giacomi - IL Averøykameratene (Norwegian Third Division) (4) Poland Josh Gross - Górnik Zabrze (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves Patrick Majcher - Slask Wroclaw (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves Mike Krzeminski - Slask Wroclaw (Polish Ekstraklasa) (1) Reserves Robert Sing - Wisla Plock (Polish II Ligi) (3) Dawid Kwiek - Resovia Rzeszow (Polish II Ligi) (3) Radoslaw Pindiur - Przebój Wolbrom (Polish III Ligi) (4) Woznik Karol - Kmita Zabierzow (Polish III Ligi) (4) Portugal Ricky Gomes - Vitoria Setubal (Portuguese Liga de Sagres) (1) U19 Pedro Pacheco - Santa Clara (Portuguese Liga de Honra) (2) David Dinis - Lusitania (Portuguese II Divisão) (3) Kyle Oliveira - Vitoria do Pico (Portuguese III Divisão) (4) Jeffrey Pereira - GD Mealheda (Portuguese Aveiro Distrito 1ª Divisão) (5) Romania Tosaint Ricketts - FC Timisoara (Romanian Ligi II) (2) Chris Suta - FC UTA Arad (Romanian Ligi II) (2) Russia Joseph DiChiara - Kryliya Sovetov (Russian Premier League) (1) Scotland Marcus Haber - St. Johnstone (Scottish Premier League) (1) Luca Gasparotto - Glasgow Rangers (Scottish Premier League) (1) U19 Serbia Milan Bozic - FK Beograd (Srpska Liga Belgrade) (3) Filip Prostran - FK Mladost Apatin (Srpska Liga Vojvodina) (3) Singapore Jordan Webb - Hougang United (Singapore S-League) (1) Sherif El-Masri - Courts Young Lions (Singapore S-League) (1) Slovakia Andrew Kliment - MFK Dolny Kubin (Slovakian First Division) (2) Spain Keven Aleman - Valladolid (Spanish Segunda Liga) (2) U19 Jaime Garcia - AD Colmenar Viejo (Spanish Tercera Division) (4) U19 Mario Fernandez - Santa Pola CF (Spanish Regional Preferente de Valencia Group 4) (5) Carlos Fernandez - Santa Pola CF (Spanish Regional Preferente de Valencia Group 4) (5) Sweden Tomer Chencinski - Orebro SK (Swedish Allsvenskan) (1) Kenny Stamatopoulos - AIK Stockholm (Swedish Allsvenskan) (1) Jamaal Smith - Syrianska IF (Swedish Division 1 Norra) (3) Odaine Demar - Gamla Uppsala (Swedish Division 2 Norra Svealand) (4) Vladimir Vukovic - Bodens BK (Swedish Division 2 Norrland) (4) Troy Pennycooke-Morgan - Ostersunds FK (Swedish Division 2) (4) Nima Beik - IF Haga (Swedish Division 3) (5) Kyle Hall - Juventus IF (Swedish Division 4) (6) Shondell Busby - Juventus IF (Swedish Division 4) (6) Switzerland Josh Simpson - Young Boys Bern (Swiss Super League) (1) Daniel Imhof - St. Gallen (Swiss Super League) (1) Dominic Imhof - FC Tuggen (Swiss 1. Liga Group 3) (3) Turkey Milan Borjan - Sivasspor (Turkish Super Lig) (1) Mike Klukowski - Manisaspor FC (Turkish 1. Lig) (2) United States Andre Hainault - Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer) (1) Ante Jazic - Chivas USA (Major League Soccer) (1) Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake (Major League Soccer) (1) Dejan Jakovic - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1) Dwayne DeRosario - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1) Ethan Finley - Columbus Crew (Major League Soccer) (1) Babayale Sodade - Seattle Sounders (Major League Soccer) (1) Kevin Harmse - San Antonio Scorpions (North American Soccer League) (2) Andres Arango - FC Tampa Bay (North American Soccer League) (2) Gino Mauro - Minnesota Stars (North American Soccer League) (2) Jack Stewart - Fort Lauderdale Strikers (North American Soccer League) (2) Edson Edward - Puerto Rico Islanders (North American Soccer League) (2) Tyler Rosenlund - Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL Pro) (3) Mikael McNamara - Dayton Dutch Lions (USL Pro) (3) Taylor Lord - Dayton Dutch Lions (USL Pro) (3) Uruguay Andres Fresenga - Racing Club Montevideo (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Reserves Lucas Cavallini - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Reserves Jonathan Osorio - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Tristan Grant - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Josh Portillo - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Andy Correa - El Tanque Sisley (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Jorge Vacani - Huracan de Paso (Uruguayan Ascenso Division) (2) ******************************************************* ******************************************************* Canadians on Trial
Canadian Exports: Teen Piette inks at Fortuna Dusseldorf Gavin Day MLSsoccer.com June 26, 2012 It’s already been an eventful year for Canadian midfielder Samuel Piette, and a busy June has just made it a whole lot better. Fresh off earning his first senior cap for Canada in the 0-0 draw in a friendly against the United States earlier this month, Piette confirmed to MLSsoccer.com on Tuesday that he has signed his first professional contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf, who are returning to the German Bundesliga for the first time since 1997. Still just 17 years old, Piette got his first taste of Canada’s senior team when he was on the roster but was an unused substitute for February’s friendly against Armenia. He was also a part of the Canadian Under-23 side that was came within one win of qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics back in March. The deal with Düsseldorf had been expected, but when Piette was with the Canadian team earlier this month, he said it was still being worked on. Piette had been a member of the FC Metz youth program since 2009 but, due to age restrictions, had been unable to sign a professional contract with them until his 18th birthday. That rule doesn’t apply in Germany, and Piette, who doesn’t turn 18 until November, made the move to Düsseldorf. He went on trial with the club in February after taking part in his first senior national team camp prior to the friendly against Armenia in Cyprus. Canadian national team coach Stephen Hart has been clearly impressed with the youngster’s confidence and it seems Düsseldorf is of the same opinion. The Montreal-area native will feature for the same club that welcomed US U-20 starlet Villyan Bijev last season. Piette is currently on vacation but will join up with his new club prior to the start of the new Bundesliga at the end of August.
Updated July 3rd, 2012 Legend Red = most recent update Blue = 2nd most recent Green = 3rd most recent Argentina Christopher Maidana - Racing Club (Argentina Primera) (1) U20 Marco Rodrigues - Platense (Argentina Primera B Metropolitana) (3) U20 Manny Gomez - Sportivo Barracas (Argentina Primera D Metropolitana) (5) Australia Tommy Ples - Melbourne Knights (Australian Victoria State Premier League) (2) Austria Admir Salihovic - TSV Hartberg (Austrian Erste Liga) (2) Belgium Tomasz Radzinski - Waasland-Beveren (Belgian Second Division) (2) Dwayne Dildick - KVV Coxyde (Belgian Division 3A) (3) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bobby Kajgo - FK Leotar Trebinje (Bosnian Primijer Liga) (1) Cote D'Ivoire Raheem Alibhai - ES Bingerville (Cote D'Ivoire Premiere Division) (1) Croatia Jason James - Inter Zaprešić (Croatian 1.HNL) (1) Adrian Becic - Dugopolje (Croatian 2.HNL) (2) Boris Gavric - Croatia Sesvete (Croatian 2.HNL) (2) Zach Mirosevic - NK Novalja (Croatian 3.HNL) (3) Cyprus Issey Nakajima-Farran - AEK Larnaca (Cyprus First Division) (1) Denmark Tam Nsaliwa - Esbjerg (Danish First Division) (2) El Salvador Cesar Santamaria - Once Lobos (El Salvador Liga Ascenso) (2) England Simeon Jackson - Norwich (English Premier League) (1) Michael Nelson - Aston Villa (English Premier League) (1) U16 David Edgar - Burnley (English Championship) (2) Iain Hume - Preston North End (English League One) (3) Ross Smith - Ebbsfleet United (English Conference) (5) Phil Appiah - Eastleigh (English Conference South) (6) Elliott Godfrey - Hendon (English Isthmian Premier) (7) Finland Riley O'Neill - MyPa 47 (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Mason Trafford - IFK Mariehamn (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Abdoulaye Sylla - KuPS (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Frank Jonke - FF Jaro (Finnish Veikkausliiga) (1) Kennedy Owusu-Ansah - FC SalPa (Finnish Kakkonen) (3) Massimo Mirabelli - EIF (Finnish Kakkonen) (3) France Haidar Al-Shaibani - Nimes Olympique (France Ligue 2) (2) Mikaël Cantave - FC Nantes (France Ligue 2) (2) U17 James Chalk - Paris FC Reserves (France CFA 2) (5) Germany Olivier Occean - Eintracht Frankfurt (German Bundesliga 1) (1) Marcel de Jong - FC Augsburg (German Bundesliga 1) (1) Samuel Piette - Fortuna Dusseldorf (German Bundesliga 1) (1) U19 Kevin McKenna - FC Köln (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Rob Friend - Hertha Berlin (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Randy Edwini-Bonsu - Eintracht Brausnschweig (German Bundesliga 2) (2) Jorgo Nika - Eintracht Brausnschweig (German Bundesliga 2) (2) U19 Adam Straith - Saarbrucken (German 3.Liga) (3) Nikolas Ledgerwood - Wehen Wiesbaden (German 3.Liga) (3) Jonathan Bourgault - Preussen Munster (German 3.Liga) (3) Jonathan Lao - Rot-Weiss Erfurt (German 3.Liga) (3) U19 Chris Royal - Arminia Bielefeld (German 3.Liga) (3) U19 Julien Latendresse-Levesque - Energie Cottbus II (German Regionalliga North/Northeast) (4) Justin Maheu - Fortuna Dusseldorf II (German Regionalliga West) (4) Janeil Hoilett - FSV Mainz II (German Regionalliga West) (4) Maycoll Canizalez - Fortuna Koln (German Regionalliga West) (4) Devon Van Yzerloo - 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Lig) (2) United States Andre Hainault - Houston Dynamo (Major League Soccer) (1) Ante Jazic - Chivas USA (Major League Soccer) (1) Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake (Major League Soccer) (1) Dejan Jakovic - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1) Dwayne DeRosario - DC United (Major League Soccer) (1) Ethan Finley - Columbus Crew (Major League Soccer) (1) Babayale Sodade - Seattle Sounders (Major League Soccer) (1) Kevin Harmse - San Antonio Scorpions (North American Soccer League) (2) Andres Arango - FC Tampa Bay (North American Soccer League) (2) Gino Mauro - Minnesota Stars (North American Soccer League) (2) Jack Stewart - Fort Lauderdale Strikers (North American Soccer League) (2) Edson Edward - Puerto Rico Islanders (North American Soccer League) (2) Tyler Rosenlund - Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL Pro) (3) Mikael McNamara - Dayton Dutch Lions (USL Pro) (3) Taylor Lord - Dayton Dutch Lions (USL Pro) (3) Uruguay Andres Fresenga - Racing Club Montevideo (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Reserves Lucas Cavallini - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) Reserves Jonathan Osorio - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Tristan Grant - Club Nacional (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Andy Correa - El Tanque Sisley (Uruguayan Primera Division) (1) U20 Jorge Vacani - Huracan de Paso (Uruguayan Ascenso Division) (2) ******************************************************* ******************************************************* Canadians on Trial
Ian North is on the FC Deisenhofen squad for the 2012-13 season (Landesliga Sudost (6)) and played on 30 June in the exhibition game against SV Heimstetten (Regionalliga Bayern (4)) winning 4-2. He will be joined at Deisenhofen by J M Perrault who is moving from SV Dornach.
Marcus Haber has left Scotland and signed for English side Stevenage. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18738548 ) Strong rumour/speculation that JDG2 will soon be joining Swansea...the first Welsh team in the English Premier League. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18723960 )....both, his signing with Swansea and his status as a Canadian are just rumours. Speculation continues about where Hoilett will end up. Blackburn are keen to re-sign him. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18767653 ). Again, both, his signing with anyone and his status as a Canadian are just rumours.
Jonathan is currently a Dutch international. Until that status changes he will not be on the MOACA list.
Nikolas Ledgerwood leave german SV Wehen to swedish 2nd tier Hammarby. Link (in Swedish): http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/superettan/hammarby/article15110050.ab
How does it work for players like Hoilett? Born in Canada, undeclared internationally, playing abroad? Anyway, it may be moot because this latest story about his future club career also speculates on his international aspirations. http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/footba...r-open-talks-with-wanted-winger#ixzz20LwjbCP1 I understand that people move around and emigrate to different places and may have split loyalties about who they should represent. Geez, Canada of all places should get that. It is situations that lead me to believe that the future is not bright for international football - particularly in smaller footballing countries. Canadian born of Jamaican roots/heritage - harbouring ambitions to play for England! It never used to be this way, players "shopping" for countries the same way they do with clubs.
According to Transfermkt, Stephen Kanu Famewo left SV Meppen and is now with TSV Apensen, via FC08 Homburg. Apensen play in the Bezirksliga Luneburg IV. This is probably the seventh tier in German football. He is listed as a midfield player on the club website. http://tsv-apensen.de/images/fussball/1. herren.pdf