Is this the best place for this? Not sure, but figured I'd start one here. There is already a "Yanks on Foreign YNTs" thread in the YNT forum, so maybe this fits better elsewhere. Anyway, I'm open to suggestions. Seems like there should be a catchall thread for Americans who play for foreign teams but may not also be YAs for club purposes... The Philippine team has never been shy about suiting up Yanks, but two recently announced players seem like good catches: Demetrius Omphroy and Matthew Uy. http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/08/29/2-booters-join-azkals/ Omphroy, who has been mentioned in the YA forum in the past by way of a youth stint in Portugal, appears to be a without a club after leaving Toronto FC. He's also apparently played Panamania YNTs as well as ours. Uy, for his part, has a long U.S. YNT history.
They actually have quite a few guys. Lexton Moy, Jason Sabio, OJ Porteria, Josh Boone, Anton del Rosario, Joshua Beloya and Nate Burkey. OJ Porteria was a member of the US U-18 a few years ago.
Here's an interesting one: Former YNT standout Nick Millington now plays for Guyana. http://www.elonphoenix.com/news/2012/8/23/MSOC_0823123433.aspx
The Philippines won the 2012 Philppine Peace Cup with several Americans on the squad. Most natably Matthew Uy won an award as the best midfielder in the tournament. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor...ss-chinese-taipei-for-first-crown-in-99-years
Looks like A.J. DeLaGarza is going to play with Guam in the East Asian Cup: http://www.starsandstripesfc.com/us...3559796/a-j-delagarza-usa-guam-cap-tie-galaxy It won't cap-tie him to Guam though.
Am I missing something? Are you talking about Yanks who are eligible for and indeed play for other NTs? If so, the obvious and noteworthy cases are Giuseppe Rossi for Italy, Neven Subotic for Serbia, Steven Purdy for El Salvador, Wil Johnson for Canada, Brede Hangeland for Norway.
To clarify, he is playing in the qualifiers for the East Asian Cup, hence why it won't be cap tieing He'll join a fellow MLS'er in Ryan Guy on the team.
Here's a piece on Porteria: http://bonginvirginia.blogspot.com/2012/10/virginia-teen-strikes-for-ph-azkals.html
That part of the url, "bonginvirginia", had me going for a second. I didn't know if I should move away, or try to move closer!
Tweet from the SoccerInsider: Hearing Portland Timbers' Bright Dike (U.S. born) called up by Nigeria for Wednesday friendly vs Venezuela in Miami Another US-based friendly. Honduras-Peru are playing in Houston as well.
According to this article, the Philippines came to California in 2011 for a tryout camp for the NT: http://www.inquirer.net/sports/articles/Daly-City-park-Azkals-newest-field-of-dreams.html It's mentioned elsewhere, but Aly Borromeo is the Filipino team captain.
Yes. They were supposed to have another one in Virginia but it didn't materialize. The US has the largest concentration of Filipinos outside of the Philippines so its NT is bound to have quite a few Americans.
Dike did end up starting in last night's Nigerian friendly against Venezuela. Here's an article talking about his enthusiasm for the Super Eagles: http://www.completesportsnigeria.co...dike-i-want-to-play-in-2013-afcon-for-nigeria
Here's an article with some info on a few American players on the Guam NT -- what they call the "Matao": http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/in...day-in-harmon&catid=38:sports-news&Itemid=152 Among others, that's Ryan Guy wearing #13 in the front row.
This article from last week says former MLS and YNT player Fuad Ibrahim has been called up by Ethiopia along with another player based in the States, a guy named Abraham Girmay. http://www.mtnfootball.com/africa/a...ethiopia-call-up-second-usa-based-player.html Here's an article calling this squad a "shadow" team -- in essence, a second squad. http://www.capitalethiopia.com/inde...ethiopia-in-cecafa-&catid=42:sports&Itemid=41 It also says Girmay plays for a college here. Can't find anything about him.
Ives Galarcep @SoccerByIves Former U.S. Under-17 & U-20 forward Fuad Ibrahim (most recently w/NASL Minnesota) has been named to Ethiopia's African Cup of Nations Squad Since he played for the US squad in 2007 U17 WC, I would assume he has filed his one time switch.
Liviu Bird liviubird Portland Timbers' Bright Dike not in Nigeria's team for Africa Cup of Nations (via@ColinUdoh). Still, impressive improvement in last year.
This is what I could come up with after a quick search: Alvarez, Arturo El Salvador Beloya, Joshua Philippines Beresford, Brandon Guyana Boone, Josh Philippines Borromeo, Aly Philippines Burkey, Nate Philippines Carrillo, Derby El Salvador (training camp) Ceus, Steward Haiti Dike, Bright Nigeria Glinton, Duane Turks and Caicos Islands Glinton, Gavin Turks and Caicos Islands Hangeland, Brede Norway Ibrahim, Fuad Ethiopia Jarun, Omar Palestine Jimenez, Ernesto Dominican Republic Johannsson, Aron Iceland (youth) Johnson, Wil Canada Mayen, Gerson El Salvador (training camp) Millington, Nick Guyana Moy, Lexton Philippines Nimo, Alex Liberia Nusum, John Barry Bermuda Omphroy, Demetrius Philippines Porteria, OJ Philippines Purdy, Steve El Salvador Randolph, Darren Ireland Rodrigues, JP Guyana del Rosario, Anton Philippines Rossi, Giuseppe Italy Sabio, Jason Philippines Smeltz, Shane New Zealand Subotic, Neven Serbia Toure, Ansu Liberia Uy, Matthew Philippines I discounted players from Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the NMI and the USVI since everyone those teams dress would qualify for the USNT anyways. I know there are two Argentinian brothers and some Japanese youth players with American ties, but I can't remember their names.
Some more guys: Espinoza, Roger Honduras Sodade, Babayele Canada (youth) Wallace, Rodney Costa Rica Frei Steffan Switzerland (youth) Walker, Amani Jamaica (youth)
Lynden Gooch is playing for Ireland's U18 team http://www.rokerreport.com/2012/11/...tars-called-by-ireland-including-lynden-gooch