http://shamrockrovers.ie Former Nc state defender Nate Weiss who accroding to the coaches at NC state is playing third division in Spain for a lower team of RCD Mallorca, was on trial with top flight Irish side Shamrock Rovers this past week, and was aparently doing very well from what the website says. Hebroke his nose in a trial game against Kildare county and now must wait untill the signing window opens again. Rovers have said that they are waiting on the results of his injury untill they ask him back again.
Thanks, that's an interesting one. He's a 1987 defender from Florida who transfered to Stetson and was listed as junior for the 2007 season. But he played two years at N.C. State, so maybe he's out of eligibility. Stetson bio: http://www.gohatters.com/ViewArticl...&DB_OEM_ID=14600&ATCLID=1179694&Q_SEASON=2007
I don't understand where this came from. All of a sudden this kid is playing in spain and now going to sign first division in Ireland? He was never on any websites for Americans playing abroad. Anyone know anything about it?
If he was playing college ball in the fall and has recently gone overseas, I'm sure he's one of many guys who have gone abroad to lower divisions we don't (yet, I hope) know about. And if he was playing in the Spanish third division, there's even more reason to have not yet found out what's up. By the way, nobody named Weiss was listed as having appeared in the 2/8/08 Rovers/Kildare game according to the club's match report -- though this may imply that he was unnamed as a trialist: 1 Karl Coleman 2 Ger O'Brien 3 Pat Flynn 4 Daragh Maguire 5 Barry Ferguson 6 Danny O'Connor 7 Eric McGill 8 Stephen Rice 9 Eoin Doyle 10 Dessie Baker 11 Sean O'Connor Substitutes Used: 13 14 15 16 Keith O'Neill 17 Dave Tyrell 18 Robbie Creevy 19 Chris Mulhall 20 Ross Moran 21 John Martin No mention of a broken nose either. Link: http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/2008_08_Feb_vKildare.php Looking for more.
Weiss' club Arenal is actually in the Fifth Division which is called the Regional Preferente. His club was in the playoffs for promotion to the Fourth Division (known as the Tercera), but lost in the playoffs. Based on the fact that there are (120 teams in the First 3 divisions and 384 teams in the Tercera) it is safe to say that Arenal does not pay its players, so that is why he would be ELATED to go to Ireland..
I personally know two guys that left UNC at played a season in the Oberliga without a word of mention on Yanks-Abroad.com or this board. This type of thing is much more common than you think. FYI both of them are back in the states and have taken up real jobs after earning in the 15k range for their first and only pro season.
Nate and UD Arenal won promotion this past season, but it looks like he may be moving on. Seems he's currently on trial with Irish second division team Monaghan United.
http://www.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=9691&typ=1 Nate Weiss is currently on a trial at Djurgårdens IF, from the Swedish Allsvenska.
Update on Weiss from Y-A.com. Apparently a move to Serbia fell through and he went back to Sweden and signed with a "third division club". Unfortunately, he's referring to the Swedish Division Three, which is the fifth level of Swedish football. It sounds like he's hoping to hook on with a bigger club in Sweden.
I really hope the kid makes it. I was a coaching in the NC area when he played for NC state, and he works harder than any kid I've ever seen. I remember hearing from the coaching staff at State that he was in Turkey doing preseason with a Serbian club, and that he was signed already...
http://sophialaktaren.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/en-provspelande-amerikan/ I just googled to see how he was doing...does anyone who speaks swedish know what this says? THANKS
Mr. Weiss is back in Israel again for the second time trying to get a deal with a team (last year he trialled with Hapoel Kiryat Shmona). I find it unbelievable given his inability to crack a real European team that he keeps trialling with clubs in Israel's highest tier. I think that he should try for the second division like Bryan Gerzicich did. Now Gerzicich is in the top league because his club got promoted. Anyway, Nate arrived today and is trialling with Hapoel Beersheba, the club that Ryan Adeleye is contracted to. http://www.one.co.il/Article/145482.html (in Hebrew) http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3786826,00.html (in Hebrew)
I know Nate Weiss from his time in Florida and I still keep in touch every so often. He did ok in Ireland with Longford Town and used that to get a trial in Sweden with DIF who loved him. They were in the middle of the season and couldn't get him approved by their board to get him a visa in time for the season so I think he just played with Orebro because he was running low on funds. Visa issues have been a big problem in breaking in with Europe but it hasn't an issue in Israel which is why he is there again. Things seem to be progressing well in Israel as his current trial has been extended because the team is seriously interested in signing him. As another poster mentioned, he's one of the most dedicated and intense guys I know and he has made himself into a serious player by sheer force of will (I used to be faster and stronger than him back in the day!) so I hope something works out for him. Somebody keep this updated if they hear anything about him getting signed.
Weiss has not impressed at Hapoel Beersheba according to all the reports. Here is another one: מסיקה יחליף את הרוש בהגנה מול מכבי חיפה (in Hebrew) I suggest that if you are in touch with him, he should aim for a club in a lower division and work his way up.
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3789638,00.html On October 13, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, played city rivals Maccabi in a friendly in front of 500 supporters. Weiss went 30 disappointing minutes for Hapoel before the club decided to release him. No idea if he went anywhere from there.
נתנאל וייס נחת למבחנים בהפועל רמת גן (in Hebrew) One It seems that Mr. Weiss has made aliyah (immigration for those qualifying for the Law of Return) to Israel and is on trial at Hapoel Ramat Gan. So he seems keen on latching on to a club in Israel and doesn't seem to be leaving.
El El Netanel (in Hebrew) Ma'ariv Interesting article about Nate Weiss. Use Google Translate. It talks about his whole career thusfar.
Just spoke to Nate Weiss and he signed a contract in the highest Latvian league with FK Jelgava (www.fkjelgava.lv). He told me that there were some second-division Israeli teams interested but that they were not ready to sign him and he got a guarenteed offer from a Latvian team that scouted him when he was in Sweden. I can't tell you too much else as google translator doesn't do the best job with Latvian to Englsih. Nate seemed pretty pleased to be playing on a European club and to be playing regularly again. I hope he brought his long underwear as we natives of Florida think it is cold when it is less than 10 degrees celsius. I haven't been to Latvia, but if it is the same as Sweden then he's probably neck deep in snow and freezing his balls off! Good luck Nate!
http://www.fkjelgava.lv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=218&Itemid=1 Jelgava were just promoted to the Latvian top flight for this season.