Alejandro (Alex) Alcala

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  1. CreightonMCFCjoey

    Jan 30, 2007
    Omaha, NE
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    '05 left winger/central midfielder had an amazing id2 camp playing up a year. Being courted by Manchester City, a number of Liga MX side, as well as Sacramento Republic & LAFC amongst other MLS sides. One to watch
     
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  2. TarHeels17

    TarHeels17 Member+

    Jan 10, 2017
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    For posterity, you can watch videos of him here:



    The channel that made this is writhing in highlights of him. If you really want to laugh, watch the indoor soccer one. Also, I will be personally keeping a list of names of people who make that comparison.
     
  3. Anderson11

    Anderson11 Member

    Nov 23, 2012
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anyone know if he's a dual national?
     
  4. ChuckMe92

    ChuckMe92 Member+

    Jun 23, 2016
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  5. ChuckMe92

    ChuckMe92 Member+

    Jun 23, 2016
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  6. bsky22

    bsky22 Member+

    Dec 8, 2003
    New video has a little over a minute of highlights from the id2 camp (starts around 4:05). Comparing those clips vs the rest of the video makes clear he could benefit from being in a better environment on a daily basis.

     
  7. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    Kid does a fake rabona at 0:27. A legend is born!
     
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  9. Centauro del Norte

    FC Juárez
    Sep 15, 2013
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Villarreal CF
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    Seems he has just been called up by México...
     
  10. bsky22

    bsky22 Member+

    Dec 8, 2003
  11. Gacm32

    Gacm32 Member+

    Chelsea
    Switzerland
    Nov 28, 2010
    Geneva
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    He said he's willing to accept a US call-up according to the USAProspects twitter account.
     
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  12. ChuckMe92

    ChuckMe92 Member+

    Jun 23, 2016
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He'll also be joining up with the US id2 squad later this month. So this is very much in the air and will likely be for a while. But Mexico's made a good first impression: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf_o6j2g7oJ/
     
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  13. kba4life1

    kba4life1 Member+

    Jul 14, 2010
    Irvine, CA
    I might be looking too deep into things, especially while being a tremendous productive asset to work right now, but most of his social media posts are in English. Soooo....you’re telling me there’s a chance?
     
  14. Jesse Gonzalez prefers English I'm sure. Most of us (mex-ams) favor it over Spanish. As for NT...
     
  15. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Great skills and all, but anyone knows how tall are his parents?
     
  16. LOL...Americans and their athleticism.
    You play football with your feet, not your height.

    Messy is 5'7, Maradona 5'5.

    I guess you like the 6'4" of Onyewu better. I
    Or Zardes 6'2" ...Or Altidore's 6'1" .

    Man no wonder you guys are not going to the world cup and Peru is.
     
  17. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    The kid looks a foot shorter than anyone else. We might be talking about 5'0"
     
  18. He is 12, got called up to the U-15s.
    He is probably the youngest. (And yes, he is short)
     
  19. butters59

    butters59 Member+

    Feb 22, 2013
    Didn't realize he is just 12.
     
  20. bballshawn

    bballshawn Member+

    Feb 5, 2014
    Delaware
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Mexico only calling up USA based players or something lol.
     
  21. Mexico calling up Mexicans that want to play for Mexico.

    Like the great Mexican ( but Costa Rican born) singer Chavela Vargas said:
     
  22. bballshawn

    bballshawn Member+

    Feb 5, 2014
    Delaware
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    No.... he's part mexican by heritage.
     
  23. Centauro del Norte

    FC Juárez
    Sep 15, 2013
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Villarreal CF
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    His mom is not that short... I'm pretty sure he'll grow taller.. His skills compensate for his height...

    There are many examples of short players who have made it at the highest level...

    Giovinco
    Insigne
    Sánchez
    Cazorla
    Joe Allen
    Pedro
    Lanzini
    Valbuena, etc...


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  24. handballer

    handballer Member

    Pittsburgh Riverhounds, SF City
    United States
    Mar 21, 2017
    A 12 year old getting a U-15 callup? That seems pretty extraordinary.
     
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  25. Centauro del Norte

    FC Juárez
    Sep 15, 2013
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Villarreal CF
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    He turns 13 this year... bear in mind, all of them will turn 14 during the year... Alcalá is only a year younger than the rest of them...
     
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