I think there is still a chance he could play for the USA since the South American Youth Championships are not official FIFA tournaments. I know there is a player for Equatorial Guinea who played in the South American Youth Championships for Colombia yet was still allowed to play for the African side. Yimmy Bermudez is his name.
They are official CONMEBOL events. When pertaining to FIFA and the rules though... .... they are in doubt at times depending on certain cases. In addition to Bermudez, Chaco Gimenez played in a 2001 South American Youth championship for Argentina but was still allowed to play for Mexico at the senior level. So it is up to the discretion of FIFA officials and their arbitrary standards.
A year ago this would have been pretty depressing news. For whatever reason, he stunk it up in 2014. Whether he's been "found out" or just had a bad year, I guess we'll find out in 2015.
I don't think it has to do with him playing bad, I think it has more to do with others playing better than him.
The official word was that Argentina was considered a "guest squad" in the SAYC that year, because they were already qualified for the U20 WC as a host and therefore didn't have to participate. As a guest, none of their players were provisionally cap-tied. Not the most logical answer, but it's all we have to go on.
Yup. That was the FIFA fly by the seat of your pants answer as to why he was allowed to play. Very arbitrary though. Just cause they were hosts does not mean it was not an official match. It was used to calculate other teams' fates for U20 Qualifications so it is a grey area in my mind. And my Yimmy Bermudez example still has no real good answer either.
Did Bermudez have dual citizenship (or would be qualified to have it) before the youth tournament took place. There are 2 different rules, 1 if you are a dual citizen before you play in a youth tournament, and another if you become a citizen after you played in an official youth tournament.
I have a feeling Diego's going to continue to have success thanks to his ties to Uruguay, mainly more chances in leagues like Italy where US players aren't as highly rated. Good move for him, unfortunate for us....but Uruguay is hsi only realistic choice at this point. Ciao, Pibe.
Not that I know of. There is no evidence of him being eligible for both teams at the time he played for Colombia's u20 Team.
You have to wonder if this is a case of no one having complained. FIFA showed with the Chaco case that there is a very small window for filing a protest.
True. And Equatorial Guinea was recently punished for playing a Cameroon player who was not eligible... ... so it seems like they have set a precedent of either not doing their homework on this issue or (more defiantly) not caring about the rules in place at all. Either way it is quite odd to me.
Seth @SethMan31 Follow Diego Fagundez makes the final 23-man roster for Uruguay U-20s #NERevs I don't know about the reliability of that source. As we know, the second he plays for Uruguay in that event.................he'll be cap-tied to them.
He was a starter for over 1/2 the season the Rowe returned and slowly but surely, took Diego's spot. By the end of the season, he was playing little or not at all. Bottom line is - he can't beat players 1v1 and is too small.
This feels very similar to losing Andy Najar to Honduras. Like Najar, Fagundez is a very promising player and he was fabulous in 2013, but I can't blame him for not wanting to wait around for US citizenship. You win some (Fabian Johnson, Jermaine Jones, Aron Johannsson, John Brooks, Julian Green, Mix Diskerud, possibly Gedion Zelalem) and you lose some (Najar, Fagundez, Arturo Alvarez to a much lesser extent). Overall, I'd say we've done very well with getting commitments from potential dual-nationals.
He finished last year and didn't finish this year. 13 goals on 55 shots in 2427 mins in 2013. 5 from 67 shots in 2142 mins in 2014. He has always been a very peripheral player to the revs attack (fewer touches than one would expect from his position and a low pass completion %) so when he stopped finishing he was an iffy defensive player who didn't provide a lot of value to his team.
You're absolutely right. He should just ignore examples like Pele, Maradona, Iniesta, Messi, Garrincha, Best, R. Carlos, Saviola, et al.
You know you are using 50 years worth of soccer to make your point. Sure there is exceptions that come around once every 20 years but the point is those players were always the top dog in their teams not a work in progress like Fagundez.
Yes. I know that I've used 50 years of soccer to make my point. Do you realize that Cannons said that he's too small for the international game? He/She did not say Fagundez isn't good enough, smart enough, strong enough, or talented enough. Small isn't THE determining factor,.....which was my point.