Aaron Horton at SV Weil (Germany)

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  1. Smithsoccer1721

    Smithsoccer1721 Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
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    Columbus Crew
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    United States
    Aaron Horton of the Columbus Crew is on trial at an unnamed club in Bosnia. Horton has had little chance of playing time since signing as the Crew's first homegrown signing.

    http://www.thecrew.com/news/2013/01/qa-mccullers-addresses-roster-rumors
     
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  2. prowazekii

    prowazekii Member

    Jun 21, 2008
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  3. Smithsoccer1721

    Smithsoccer1721 Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Middle of the Table
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    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't want to say this isn't true but I am wondering because only yesterday Mark McCullers said he is on trial and they will see if it will work out. Then the next day they say its official? I am just wondering if some of the verbage got mixed up with either the first or second report.
     
  4. braun

    braun Red Card

    Feb 22, 2001
    metro Boston
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    Don't hunk he is Jewish but an amazing opportunity to play in the boondocks.
     
  5. MHaifa1913

    MHaifa1913 Moderator
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    Metro
    United States
    Dec 21, 1998
    New York, NY, USA
    Club:
    Maccabi Haifa FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I don't understand this post but, there has never been a large Jewish community in Sarajevo. Even pre-World War II.
     
  6. magic journey

    magic journey Member+

    Feb 20, 2010
    from there to Bursaspor or Eskisehirspor :p

    ps:

    these two club is very good on scout Balkans country. aspecialy Bosnian league.


    backc to the main title;

    i hope he do well in his journey.
     
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  7. iamalfred

    iamalfred Member+

    Aug 15, 2010
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  8. iamalfred

    iamalfred Member+

    Aug 15, 2010
    Horton played the first half tonight for Hammarby in a preseason game against third tier club IK Sirius. The result was 0-0 at halftime when he left the game but Hammarby eventually ended up winning 1-0.

    Looking through comments after the game, the positives seem to be that he is very fast and one poster kind of described his style as a "Charlie Davies-light". It doesn't sound like Horton made much of a lasting impression beyond that though, which probably isn't too surprising. One fan even went as far as writing that it felt like Hammarby were playing with only ten men in the first half because Horton had such a small impact on the game.
     
  9. iamalfred

    iamalfred Member+

    Aug 15, 2010
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    Horton has returned to the USA. The Hammarby director of sports comments:

    "He looked ok, didn't make a fool out of himself in any way. A fast forward with some good qualities, a good guy. But he won't be coming with us to the Cyprus training camp."
     
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  10. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    A frank assessment of Horton by Brian Bliss, whose Crew have released him:

    Coach Robert Warzycha criticized Horton’s professionalism after the 2012 season, and the Crew explored several loan options. The winter saw unsuccessful trials with FK Sarajevo in Bosnia and Hammarby in Sweden before Horton was loaned to the Los Angeles Blues of United Soccer Leagues Pro division, where he made three starts in five appearances this year.

    “He came in as a 19-year-old with high expectations and probably never reached that lofty goal that he had and we had as a homegrown,” Bliss said. “You can go club to club and find numerous guys it doesn’t work out for. We wish him the best and give him a chance to go taste it somewhere else, and hopefully he can find that because he’s got some tools.”
    http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2013/10/30/homegrown-player-horton-cut.html

    Perhaps he'll try his luck abroad again.
     
  11. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
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    Jun 9, 1999
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