Snip: Later this month, he will get one step closer to his dream, as he will sign on to play with Club de Futbol (C.F.) Merida, or Venados de Merida (Merida Bucks) of the Ascenso MX league. http://haysfreepress.com/2013/06/27/former-lobo-goes-pro/#axzz2XSbC1cHS He's a '94 from Texas who played in the USSDA. http://ussda.demosphere.com/teams/27484436/27484638-27484529/20307830.html
Former Lehman soccer player Fernando Mercado (center) jumps through two defenders during a game in the 2012 Rebel Cup. Mercado will soon go pro, as he will sign a professional contract with C.F. Merida of the Ascenco MX soccer league in Mexico. (photo by Cyndy Slovak-Barton)
Very technical player. Was able to watch him at a recent Combine in Dallas put on by TopDrawerSoccer. His evaluation from that Combine is below. http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-player-profile/fernando-mercado/pid-54211/tab-combine
https://twitter.com/FernandooM_ JR.@FernandooM_Jul 13 Officially Pro! #Contract #ProLife #CFmerida #Tradition #ShavedHeads #NewFamily pic.twitter.com/SEln0vGpSU
He's at Inter Playa del Carmen now, and has been since the spring. Teammates with Ruben Luna. http://www.ligamx.net/cancha/club/142
Listed as without a club. http://www.ligabancomer.mx/cancha/jugador/104804 But his pic has him in a Mexico jersey. Did he get a YNT callup maybe? (Or maybe he just ... bought a jersey.)
Snip: Earlier this month, Garcia, a Lehman High senior, and Mercado, a Lehman graduate, were selected for a month trial by the Spanish team Real Valladolid, which plays in the Segunda Division, the second highest division to Liga BBVA in Spain. ... Mercado has joined the Real Villadoloid B team, while Garcia is a part of the club’s U-19 program. ... As members of the team on a month trial, Mercado said the club could sign them on after their trial ends, or could option them to another club. “If we don’t make it here or they don’t sell us, we have other contacts,” Mercado said. “That’s a good thing about being here and having this month. Other contacts will help us. We’ll take advantage of this time.” http://haysfreepress.com/content/reaching-their-goooaaalll-lehman-soccer-duo-hits-pitch-spain (Will start a separate thread for Garcia.)
He is back with Venados in the Ascenso MX. Started and went 65 minutes in a 1-0 home loss to Club Leon yesterday in the Copa MX. He also went 18 minutes in the league opener on the weekend.
23-year-old California native Fernando Mercado started and played 80 minutes in the midfield for second-tier Mexican side Venados FC in a 1-2 Copa MX loss to Cafetaleros de Tapachula https://t.co/ASA5qe0YkD— Yanks Abroad (@usmnt_abroad) January 24, 2018 ¡Éstos son los once venados en la cancha🦌! #VamosVenados #PrimeroSoyVenado 🔰 pic.twitter.com/NQIJj7J4jP— Venados FC 🔰 (@venadosfc) January 24, 2018
Starts in Copa MX: ¡Éstos son los once venados en la cancha 🦌! #VamosVenados #PrimeroSoyVenado 🔰 pic.twitter.com/BKxzbKIPeg— Venados FC 🔰 (@venadosfc) February 7, 2018 @bungadiri -- Let's move to YA Academy.
I checked in on a CONCACAF League game between Alajuelense and Real Estelí tonight. Lo and behold, Mercado is on the bench for Real Estelí — a Nicaraguan club.