Looks like he made the final cut as did Miguel Ponce and Cirilo Saucedo. Moisés Muñoz (América) Cirilo Saucedo (Xolos) Jonathan Orozco (Monterrey) Darvin Chávez (Monterrey) Leobardo López (Monterrey) Miguel Layún (América) Adrían Aldrete (América) Miguel Ponce (Chivas) Efraín Velarde (Pumas) Israel Jiménez (Tigres) Hugo Ayala (Tigres) Jair Pereira (Cruz Azul) Joel Huiqui (Monarcas) Fernando Arce (Xolos) Jorge Enríquez (Chivas) Marco Fabián (Chivas) David Cabrera (Pumas) Carlos Peña (León) Isaac Brizuela (Atlas) Rafael Márquez Lugo (Chivas) Omar Bravo (Atlas) Javier Orozco (Cruz Azul) http://www.futbolpasion.mx/index.php?seccion=noticias&fp=0&idn=12853&u=1
I forgot about Cirilo Saucedo... how many Mexican-Americans does that make at Tijuana? Herculez Gomez Joe Corona Edgar Castillo Greg Garza Alejandro Guido Stevie Rodriguez Paul Arriola Bruno Piceno Cirilo Saucedo They could almost field an all-American team... they could use some help at CB though, what's Orozco Fiscal's contract situation?
Saucedo's mother is a citizen. For her to pass citizenship down to him she would have to have meet certain residency requirements before he was born. I do not believe that has ever been confirmed for sure if he can get citizenship, but since it has not been ruled out he has been tracked on this forum as an American. US Soccer was in touch with him last summer. That article quotes him saying that he is not a citizen and it would take 5 years for him to become one. My understanding of US citizenship is that he either would be a citizen now or could not become one, although there some rules on registering his birth with the United States before he is 18 that I do not really understand as my US citizenship law knowledge comes mostly from these boards.
Yep Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the INA provided the U.S. citizen parent was physically present in the United States or one of its outlying possessions for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen, is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen, is required for physical presence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.) The U.S. citizen parent must be genetically related to the child to transmit U.S. citizenship.
Correct. I criticized that article when it came out because you are either a citizen or not. The "wait 5 year" thing didn't make sense. There really isn't a requirement to register by 18 to be a US citizen. If you qualify and your parents present evidence to the US consulate by age 18, you get a Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen (CRBA). If you wait until *after* age 18, you can't get a CRBA, but you still get a US passport. You don't lose any rights by applying after age 18. The only time age 18 comes into account is if you use the "substitution rule" where your parent is a US citizen, but didn't meet the residency rule to pass along citizenship. You can substitute your grandparent(s) eligibility if they meet the residency rule, but you have to complete the process before age 18.
I didn't realize he had played on Mexico's gold medal-winning Pan Am (U22) team in 2011 with Ricardo Bocanegra and Miguel Ángel Ponce. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_at_the_2011_Pan_American_Games_–_Men's_tournament
That's not possible, he would have been cap-tied to Mexico then. He only played in friendlies with Mexico.
No, he didn't. He was called up, but he "lost his passport" and didn't play. His Mexico appearances: August 2007 friendly v. Colombia November 2008 friendly vs. Ecuador January 2009 friendly vs. Sweden He was called up for Honduras/Costa Rica in March/April 2009 but couldn't travel due to his missing passport. He then switched a few months later and played for the US after clearance from FIFA in November 2009.
Yup. Brian Sciaretta@BrianSciaretta53m American-born midfield Isaác Brizuela from Atlas is now cap-tied to Mexico coming on as a sub in the Gold Cup. Mexico trail Panama 2-1 77th He just used us to get the call up anyway. Probably had no intention of ever playing for the US.
He had a heck of an opportunity to make a huge difference in last night's match against Panama, but their goalie made a terrific play (one of several he pulled off) and it was not to be... My guess is at least half of this Mexico squad never plays a meaningful match for El Tri after the third-place game (if there is one)... Brizuela is young, so we'll see.
I wish him the best of luck, he had to pick the country with less talent so he would have a better chance of eventually breaking into the first team
He has been called up for the friendly against South Korea (domestic squad): http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/114/mexico/2014/01/23/4565374/mexico-names-squad-for-korea-republic