I know you didn't ask me but -- Basala seems unlikely to me. German-born with parents who are probably not American (though I don't know his/their heritage). http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...blank-at-karlsruher-sc.1974571/#post-29209484 Ebot-Etchi was listed as American on Hertha's web site for years. Unless he gave up his citizenship, or the club was wrong that whole time, I would say he is probably American. (My guess is he picked up Germany citizenship and decided not to list three.) Forbes I have had on a watchlist for years but don't know anything. Barry, that name's news to me.
Daniel Nepomuceno Navarro - a '91 - is listed as American on Soccerway. He plays for Sao Jose in Porto Alegre in the Gaucho state league. He's usually listed as Brazilian in other sites. http://us.soccerway.com/players/daniel-nepomuceno-navarro/282780/ http://www.saojose.net/site/exibir_profissional.php?id=520 http://www.ogol.com.br/jogador.php?id=392480 EDIT: Sike, he is American. He trialed with the Rapids in 2012. http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2012/01/brazilian-american-after-his-dream-play-us
Yep. I think I posted that last season but hadn't started a thread on him because he was MIA. Nice find. Seems thread-worthy...
When I was searching his name in the YA forum, I got a hit on the Tigres YA thread, which also had a '91 Daniel Navarro. He had some other different names, but could be the same guy? Or conincidence?
Either I missed it, or they added it back: http://www.transfermarkt.com/detailsuche/spielerdetail/suche It seems improved in some ways, worse in others.
Nice. I'll have to play with that a little. Still, this seems like the classic upgrade that is mostly a downgrade from a user-friendliness standpoint. Also occurred to me there should maybe be a "Resources" thread? Though this thread is not the worst home for it. We've also batted Soccer-talents around here.
Here's a Mexico-born Californian named Luis Martinez who is heading to Costa Rica: The former Lindhurst High standout and Chico State alumnus signed on to play for AD Guanacasteca, which competes in Costa Rica's second division. The second division is similar to the USL Pro league, which Sacramento Republic FC is part of, Martinez said. http://www.appeal-democrat.com/spor...cle_77c4dcb6-1d32-11e4-9b71-001a4bcf6878.html http://www.chicowildcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2368
Becker scored vs. SSV Ulm 1846 U17s on 8/30. Morris played 3 Panda Cup games for Croatia U19s over the summer, vs. host China, Brazil, and New Zealand.
Darius Motazed's club, TuS Koblenz, lists the '89 GK as German-American. http://www.tuskoblenz.de/team/showperson/team/1/pid/2608 The club could be wrong, since his college (St. Francis) lists him as Canadian. http://www.sfuathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1947
Transfermarkt says FC Bayern Alzenau's Markus-Anthony Alexander is a Yank born in '91. He is listed at the club but I don't have any firm informatoin about his being a Yank.
Transfermarkt says a '93 named Fabian Bastidas currently at River Plate Uruguay was born in Brooklyn. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fabian-bastidas/profil/spieler/340985 Appears to be a real person, if an Instagram profile is confirmation of that: http://instagram.com/titmister21/ Apparently from Florida and played for South Florida Elite. Also trained at West Ham it seems. https://ssl.demosphere.com/scripts/runisa.dll?S7.65902:gp:466253:72466+L3/+E+107+298957 http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20..._fabian-bastidas-dirk-hilyard-hollywood-hills
“I liked the Q & A session with Spector,” said Fabian Bastidas, who played for Sunrise SC in the Super Y-League last season. “I asked him how he got to where he was today. He said that he never thought he was going to be a professional soccer player until he was about my age [14].” “The best part of this trip for me so far was the chance to walk on the pitch and see the locker rooms of the first team,” said Bastidas. “It felt so good, so professional, to walk around in there and wear the same sweaters as the professional players. I felt like I was part of the West Ham team.” http://supery.uslsoccer.com/home/238756.html Transfermarkt has him playing on the left side of midfield making his 1st team debut on 9/22 vs. CA Fenix going a full 90 with a yellow in a 3-1 win. He came through Bella Vista in Uruguay, starting with their U19s before moving up to the first team in January 2013, then to River Plate in October 2013. Footballdatabase also has him as Brooklyn-born and with the 1 full game with a yellow at River Plate: http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.fabian.bastidas.244095.en.html I'm going with Yank on this one.
This fellow is now with the U19s of SV Wehen. http://www.svwehen-wiesbaden.de/78-Nachwuchs/95-Teams/99-U19.html
FuPa says Mitchell Jordan, a '95 at TSV Havelse, is a Yank. http://www.fupa.net/spieler/mitchell-jordan-476770.html http://www.tsvhavelse.de/index.php?id=mannschaft He apparently was a freshman at James Madison last year. Raised in Germany it seems, and played with youth clubs there. http://www.jmusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3297 http://issuu.com/jmusports.com/docs/2013-14jmumenssoccerguide_1955bf613ac629 Don't know for certain he's American.
From a tweet from the PDL Westchester Flames: @WFlamesUSL @USLPDL midfielder Nana-Yaw Mensah in action for Turkish club Yalovaspor pic.twitter.com/BdJxn1qlV9— Westchester Flames (@WFlamesUSL) October 24, 2014 His Flames bio doesn't list citizenship: http://www.westchesterflames.com/PDL/Roster/index_E.html But he could be this guy, from Brooklyn, who played JuCo ball at Herkimer CC: http://www.njcaa.org/colleges_colle...y=Roster&slid=9&teamid=77040&athleteid=229994 http://www.newsday.com/sports/psal-b-soccer-final-1.608154 http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=28&kulupId=3589
FuPa says a player with Hassia Bingen's B-youth team named Toren Hooks is a Yank. http://www.fupa.net/spieler/toren-hooks-501999.html Based on search results from the club site, he is at the club at present or was recently.
Dude, I gave you Dontavious Fleming and you have the gall to ask me this? These guys are real, and they are spectacular.
A few websites list a GK named William Randolph Williams as an American with Portuguese lower-division club Cova de Piedade. The club's roster page is out of date so I'm not sure about that. http://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=198809040005 http://www.covadapiedade.net/
Are Marvin Iraheta and Maikon Orellana U.S. citizens? They are both listed at Alianza at El Salvador. http://www.alianzafutbolclub.com.sv/equipo-mayor/
I was hoping to have more to say about this before posting, but a note to the club wasn't super-useful. A couple of sites (Transfermarkt, Soccer Talents) list Ashton Goetz, a '93 at Hamburger SV on the second team, as German-American. The club site doesn't say anything about it and I haven't been able to confirm myself. http://www.hsv.de/teams/hsv-ii/spieler/spielerportraits/?s1p1=7902