Youth Player at River Plate

[MHaifa1913]

Does anyone know who 14 year old Joel Goldstein is from River Plate? He is coming to Maccabi Haifa in Israel for a trial and is highly touted.

[Leon12]

If he is highly touted he would not be going for a trial with Maccabi Haifa.

[MHaifa1913]

The scout is the one who highly toutes(sp?). Jackie Dahan is one of Maccabi Haifa's lead scouts in South America. Haifa has done very well finding talent in South America:

Roberto Colautti
Rafael Olarra
Dante Lopez (they didn't give him enough time though)
Xavier Dirceu

Besides this happens a lot. Many talented footballers would leave Argentina for Israel. Juan Pablo Sorin almost did. He was on trial at Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv. No matter how talented, most Jewish footballers have no problem playing in Israel, even if they are highly touted.

Here are some over the past couple of years:

Alexis Weisheim
Guillermo Pablo Israelevich
Fernando Feligman
Carlos Chacana

[SaturnX20]

never heard of any of the players you have mentioned...i personally dont think he is that good then, like Leon12 said: if he was highly touted he would not be going for a trial with Maccabi Haifa

[Leon12]

To be honest I've not heard of any of those players either. If this kid was genuinely highly rated then River Plate would keep him and/or he would be going to Spain or Italy.