Romain Gall, a '95 midfielder has been involved in all four goals vs the Czechs and Portugal in the Lisbon Tournament (U18s). Another match vs Hungary remains. He's signed with L'Orient in France. Does JK have this kid on his other-dimensional radar?
Not really out of nowhere - there's a >1 year old thread on him in YA. Presumably JK is paying attention to the YNT's. https://www.bigsoccer.com/community/threads/romain-gall-fc-lorient.1987843/
Is he Lorient's #10. When he gets a couple of successful games in Ligue 1 as a full time starter then we can talk about him running USMNT's midfield.
How about a couple of successful seasons? I know PME is one of BSers favorite pass times, but come on...
I'm a big fan of recognizing talent early for non qualifying caps. I personally don't need a player to be a full time starter for multiple seasons in a league like Ligue 1 to get his first full national team cap. Once he gets some starts and has some success I think its ok to look at bringing him into a camp to look at him and compare his talent to others to determine if he earns time. I do agree with the heart of his post where there seems to be a big talent there waiting to blossom. When that blossom begins to bloom its ok in my mind to bring him in. Looks like it could be in 2015/16 at age 20-21 he hopefully has that look about him to bring him to a camp.
I'd hardly call it out of nowhere, he's been involved with our youth national teams for a while. Also his club, it's not called L'Orient, it's simply Lorient.
This guy has already been my favorite national teamer for three years, I have his 2018 World Cup jersey.