Andrew Jean-Baptiste in Canada

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  1. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  2. sidefootsitter

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    Oct 14, 2004
  3. Jgco

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    Jul 14, 2011
    You've slightly underfaced him there, it's actually the 5th tier of Spanish football! Huge difference I know ;)
     
  4. Balerion

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    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, I believe it's the sixth. The league promotes into a league which promotes into the Tercera Division -- which despite the name is the fourth level.


    EDIT: This may not be true until next season - it seems that Spanish Wikipedia jumped the gun on a reorganization of local Andalusian leagues that may be implemented next season.

    Anyway, it's a low level.
     
  5. sidefootsitter

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    Oct 14, 2004
    He counts as a "local", so it's something.
     
  6. deuteronomy

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    Angkor Siem Reap FC
    United States
    Aug 12, 2008
    at the pitch
    Club:
    Siem Reap Angkor FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Props to AJB for rolling the dice over there.

    A shame it is such a low level.
     
  7. BostonRed

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    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    Clear: @BissarnaFotboll bring in national team player Andrew Jean-Baptiste. http://www.sn.se/sport/1.4277819-bissarna-varvar-in-landslagsman… @Ettanfotboll

    That's Nyköpings BIS in Sweden's Division 1, which is, of course, the 3rd tier.

    @bungadiri @Friedel'sAccent -- Let's update title to
    Andrew Jean-Baptiste at Nyköpings BIS
     
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  8. lime

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    May 18, 2016
    Teammates with Romain Gall, putting perhaps the two most French-sounding American soccer names on the same team.
     
  9. sidefootsitter

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    Oct 14, 2004
    What about Francois de Paris, who was capped a couple of times during the Bora Milutinovic era?
     
  10. BostonRed

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  11. gunnerfan7

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    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jul 22, 2012
    Santa Cruz, California
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    His 2000th? Gotta be some kinda record...;)
     
  12. Borrachin

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    Feb 28, 2006
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They are like the Mexican Peso, each goal counts for 100, it is really his 20th goal!:D
     
  13. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    The ones he scored in the 26 years before he was born should certainly count more.
     
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  14. BostonRed

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    Oct 9, 2011
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    New England Revolution
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    United States
    He picked up a couple of goals with Haiti in their Gold Cup qualification matches this past weekend.

    Interview:
    http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/55/m...e-after?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

    "Our vice president of the federation included me as part of the core guys of this national team and going on further in the future," Jean-Baptiste said. "I mean, with that being said, when I heard him say that I had a warm feeling in my heart to be considered as a core guy for your country. I think it means a lot, it’s definitely a step forward."

    Haiti now awaits the fifth-place team from the Copa Centroamericana for a two-legged playoff to decide which team will move into this summer's Gold Cup. Jean-Baptiste hopes to be part of that squad as well, saying he's working on his Creole and French to better integrate with a group where he already feels welcome.

    "For the most part, my Creole is good when we’re talking about football. That’s where my Creole is at its prime. As far as day-to-day conversations, that’s where it has limitations. I can pick up little conversation at the table with teammates and get a few chuckles but whenever they go into the full dialects back at home that’s where I’m a little bit out of it. Only in time, I’ll be a part of it. Even so, a lot of those guys speak English," he said. "That language barrier is not ever something that keeps us apart or separates us, and that’s the part I like about our team"
     
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  15. BostonRed

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    @ajeanbaptiste92 nod in a free kick.
     
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  17. BostonRed

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    Oct 9, 2011
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  18. BostonRed

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  20. Gorky

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    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
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    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's not Alfred Koroma, is it?
     
  21. ArsenalMetro

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