Excited to announce that I will be going overseas to play pro for FC Nantes. Thank to everyone that have helped me make this possible pic.twitter.com/SQZEpWOBmT— Ish (@IshIsmael9) June 18, 2018 Here's his Hudl page http://www.my.hudl.com/profile/5668805/Ismael-Ido According to this site, he had 8 goals and 4 assists in his junior year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/allmetsports/blake/ismael-ido/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c0257d4cc1cb He's also seemingly grown a lot in a year as he was listed at 5 ft 5 and is now 5 ft8.
That's an interesting one. How is Nantes scouting non-YNT, non-DA players in the States? Not saying that's a bad thing, and it is the DC area, where things like this have happened before. Just ... interesting. Here's some French coverage that mostly says what's already said here, but ... in French. https://www.butfootballclub.fr/ligu...-recrue-inattendue-sannonce-chez-les-canaris/ For the record, seems to be a '99. His high school plays in Montgomery County, Md., which is something of a soccer hotbed.
recent MoCo players include Gedion Zelalem, Jeremy Ebobisse, Collin Martin, Joe Gyau, Rodney Wallace and Freddy Adu
His twitter says born July 15 so if he's a 99 he'd by 7/15/99. That means he's 18 about to turn 19 so he can move without EU passport.
Apparently he wasn't at FC Nantes, but rather La Mellinet de Nantes, which Google describes as "traditional community based football club with youth & senior teams plus chip shop & meeting room." Seen multiple links with him there including as recently as late April. https://coorner.fr/2019/04/28/regional-3-journee-19/