Luca Before You Leap: de la Torre at Celta Vigo

Are you sure that this isn't a screenshot from your Football Manager season?

 

On in the 70th minute during an EFL cup game against Bristol City. Tied 1-1. Ream started.

 

70' Fulham Sub: De La Torre replaces Edun. #FFC

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) September 21, 2016

 

Unfortunately lost, 1-2, on a 90th minute goal.

 

how did he and Ream do?

 

Starts for the U23s:

PL2: Here’s your FFC team to face Swansea > Rodák, Fossey, Davies, Sheckleford, Kavanagh, de la Torre, Kait, Edun, Humphrys, Adebayo, Walker

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) October 17, 2016

 

yanktastic!!

 

Agreed. Unfortunately, they ended up losing 2-nil.

 

Starts in U23 action:

At Fulham Motspur Park for Fulham u23 vs Newcastle u23. Fulham warming up for the game #FulhamFC pic.twitter.com/IgBCjSxTXf

— Trevor Fossey (@TrevorFossey) October 24, 2016

 

Starts for U23s:

At Telford for Wolves u23 vs Fulham u23. Looking forward to a good game #FulhamFC pic.twitter.com/5Dstv2HX7N

— Trevor Fossey (@TrevorFossey) October 31, 2016

 

Starts for U23s:

Team sheet for Fulham u23 game today pic.twitter.com/vBKY5uMmtP

— Trevor Fossey (@TrevorFossey) November 18, 2016

 

Played the full 90.

Middlesbrough U23s 1 Fulham U23s 4

http://www.mfc.co.uk/news/article/2016/boro-u23s-fulham-premier-league-2-rockliffe-park-3421822.aspx

 

On the bench for U23s:

At Craven Cottage for Premier League 2 match pic.twitter.com/kfceZrKYCA

— Trevor Fossey (@TrevorFossey) November 28, 2016

 

On the bench:

At Greenwich for Charlton u23 vs Fulham u23 in Premier League Cup, Group F @FulhamFC pic.twitter.com/AhW8fuSvC4

— Trevor Fossey (@TrevorFossey) December 5, 2016

 

Looks almost certainly he will play as a sub.

 

Starts for the U23s:

PL2: #FFC team to face Brighton: Joronen, Fossey, Davies, Kavanagh, Edun, De La Torre, Smile, Christensen, Williams, Humphrys, Woodrow.#COYW

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) December 12, 2016

 

They won 4-0. De La Torre went 90. So did Fossey for that matter.

 

Starts for the U23s:

#ffc PL2 team: Rodák, Sheckleford, Davies, Kavanagh, R. Sessegnon, de la Torre, Edun, Williams, Walker, Thorsteinsson, Humphrys

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) December 19, 2016

 

Random update- Saw Luca training in San Diego the last couple days. Must be home for a short break.

 

Shoulda snapped a creepy/blurry camera phone picture for us.

 

Starts for U23s:

Teamsheet for Fulham u23 vs Stoke u23 match in Premier League 2 Division 2 at Motspur Park #FulhamFC pic.twitter.com/pbMRnto8ij

— Trevor Fossey (@TrevorFossey) January 7, 2017

 

Starts for U23s:

PL2: #FFC face @Boro at 4pm.

Team ➡️ Joronen, S.Sessegnon, Davies, Jenz, Opoku, Smile, Kait, de la Torre, Williams, Thorsteinsson, Walker

— Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) January 23, 2017

 

How often do players who are stuck in the U-23 squad in a Championship level actually make the jump to the full team?

 

what just made me curious is Premier League 2 basically the u-23's Championship?

and do all youth/reserve teams play in their respective leagues such as a League 2 u-23 squad appearing only in fourth division reserve/youth league?

 

Here's a bit of background on the newest U23 iteration, PL2:

https://www.premierleague.com/news/58764

Theoretically, clubs could drop all the way out of League 2 and still be grandfathered into this league, but that likely wouldn't happen.

I have no idea about what's up with U23/reserves in the other English leagues.