Jordan Seabrook trial with GAIS

USL player Jordan Seabrook is currently on a trial with GAIS in swedish Allsvenskan. Apparantly his girlfriend lives in Gothenburg so he is now looking to find a club to play for in the city.

The GAIS director of sports commented:
"He has looked alright, but we don't know if anything will happen. It will be for the January transfer window if it does. We won't be making any decisions before this season is over and we know what players are leaving and what types of players we will need."

 

I stumbled across his name again today by accident while looking for other things, apparantly he has now also had a trial with FC Haka in the finnish league and played in some sort of game with them. I think another american named Paul Torres also took part. I don't know finnish so the details are a little fuzzy

 

Seems like Seabrook is now trialing with Enköpings SK who play in the third tier of swedish football. He played in a preseason 2-4 loss against AIK yesterday. The manager commented that Seabrook played well even though he was used in a role that he wasn't used to.

 

The match report on the official Enköping site has him at right midfield in their lineup.

 

Seabrook scored a goal and made an assist when Enköpings SK beat Enköpings IS 3-1. The paper say that the club hopes to finalize the squad on tuesday, so I'll guess we'll soon hear if they sign him.

 

Newspaper UNT write today that the Enköping squad is just about finalized but they have decided to keep the door open for Seabrook. They have brought him with them to their preseason training camp in Turkey where Enköping beat a turkish third division team 1-0 today. The article doesn't mention if Seabrook played in the game though.

 

I just stumbled across Jordan Seabrooks blog - oneyankabroad.blogspot.com - where he apparantly has been documenting his time trialing in first Finland and now Sweden. In his latest entry he writes that he has just signed a four month contract with Enköping.

It's not exactly next door but it's alot closer then Finland!

 

Jordan Seabrooks Enköping are newly promoted to the northern half of the third tier just like Andrew Stadlers Sandviken, however their start to the season couldn't be more different. Enköping has lost all four games so far which obviously leaves them in last place currently.

Seabrook has played in the three latest games and here's how the local newspaper has rated his performances:

Game 2, rating: 1/5
A failure. Is supposed to be a difference maker, but was invisible except for his fair hair and waving for the ball.

Game 3, rating: 2/5
Dificult to judge. Was lousy in the first half and lost the ball out of bounds at least six times. Came back strong in the second half and was really good. Still though more is demanded from a player who is supposed to be a leader in the team.

Game 4, rating: 3/5
The new signing will be important for Enköping this season and this game was no exception. He pressured Frej, stole the ball and ran past the defenders. The left back stood no chance against him.

So at least a positive trend for Seabrook, maybe a 4/5 rating in the next game?

 

Seabrook had a very nice assist last week, as can be seen in the video above. Other then that it doesn't look like things are going that well for him or Enköping in general. His playing time seems to be decreasing and Enköping are stuck in last place with only three points in the first nine games.

Game 5, rating: -
No ratings published from this game. Seabrook played the first 58 minutes.

Game 6, rating: -
Played only the last 8 minutes which was too short to receive a rating.

Game 7, rating: 2/5
"Played nearly 30 minutes but were nowhere to be seen. A flop signing?"

Game 8, rating: -
No ratings published for this game but Seabrook was taken off after 43 minutes and the manager had some tough comments on his performance afterwards: "I came close to taking him off after 30 minutes already. We can't have free passengers on the pitch".

Game 9, rating: -
Stayed on the bench throughout the game.

 

The local paper had a short talk with Seabrook after the latest game while he was eating a hamburger (yes, they were that specific). He said that he would be open to stay for the rest of the season. However at the same time the people running the club also commented that in a last attempt to avoid relegation they want to bring in semi-retired players who used to play in the top two tiers of swedish football. Unclear where they will get the money to do this considering that the manager declared in the previously posted article that the club doesn't have the economy to play in the third tier and barely even in the fourth. And finally to highlight how bleak the situation looks the paper have decided not to post player ratings for Enköping games because "it would be too harsh considering the situation of the team". They did note that Seabrook was one of the better players in the lastest game.

 

It appears Seabrook has left Enköping and signed with FC Haka in Finland.