2016 Edition Salvadorans Abroad as of December 22: CONCACAF Costa Rica Lester Blanco - A.D. San Carlos Guatemala Jaime Alas - CD Municipal Kevin Santamaria - CD Suchitepequez Jose Tobar - Deportivo Mictlan Mexico - Ascenso MX Gerson Mayen - Cafetaleros de Tapachula USA - MLS Arturo Alvarez - Houston Dynamo Darwin Ceren - San Jose Earthquakes Eriq Zavaleta - Toronto FC USA - NASL Andres Flores - New York Cosmos Irvin Herrera - New York Cosmos Richard Menjivar - New York Cosmos USA - USL Tomas Granitto - Portland Timbers 2 Romilio Hernandez - Phoenix Rising FC Joaquin Rivas - Tulsa Roughnecks FC Tomas Romero - Bethlehem Steel FC Oscar Sorto - Orange County SC CONMEBOL Argentina Andres Hernandez - River Plate UEFA Iceland Derby Carrillo - IBV Pablo Punyed - KR Reykjavík Renato Punyed - IBV Portugal - LigaPro Nelson Bonilla - Oliveirense Denis Pineda - Santa Clara 2017 TRANSFERS January Andres Flores: Unattached > New York Cosmos (USA) Nelson Bonilla: Nacional (POR) > Gaziantep BB (TUR) February Junior Burgos: Unattached > Reno 1868 (USA) Irvin Herrera: Saint Louis (USA) > New York Cosmos (USA) Richard Menjivar: Unattached > New York Cosmos (USA) March Tomas Granitto: Unattached > Portland Timbers 2 (USA) Renato Punyed: High Point University (USA) > IBV (ISL) Romilio Hernandez: Unattached > Phoenix Rising (USA) May Kevin Santamaria: Unattached > CD Suchitepequez (GUA) Nelson Bonilla: Gaziantep BB (TUR) > Nacional (POR) July Gerson Mayen: Santa Tecla (SLV) > Cafetaleros de Tapachula (MEX) September Nelson Bonilla: Nacional (POR) > Oliveirense (POR) October Dustin Corea: FC Edmonton (CAN) > Unattached November Pablo Punyed: IBV (ISL) > KR Reykjavík (ISL) December Junior Burgos: Reno 1868 (USA) > Unattached Arturo Alvarez: Chicago Fire (USA) > Houston Dynamo (USA) Andres Hernandez: Santa Tecla (SLV) > River Plate (ARG) Jose Tobar: Deportivo Siquinala (GUA) > Deportivo Mictlán (GUA) Note: Salvadoran diaspora who have not been called up to La Selecta (i.e. Junior Flores, Amando Moreno and Joshua Perez etc) are all to be discussed in the Random Football Discussion thread if they are not interested in representing El Salvador.
Should update that list. The Iraq players are back with their teams in ES, Granitto is no longer a swopes player. Hopefully we can add Tamacas and Dominguez to the list soon.
http://www.elgrafico.com/2016/12/26...a-isidro-metapan-hasta-el-martes-por-la-tarde Talks about how he wentt to ES from LA, after he left his clib from lack of payment. http://www.laprensagrafica.com/Movil/2016/12/25/renderos-regresaria-al-fas# Says renderos is back after 6 months Granitto, i have no source but his twitter and the website of Swope Park Rangers. (Not on their roster.)
With the NASL collapsing I worry for Dustin he should high tail it out as soon as possible should have never left Europe.
Junior Flores signs 3 year deal with MLS and will be part of the allocation process most likely to land with Minnesota, Houston or Columbus. Getting word US's Junior Flores agreed to 3-year MLS deal. Leaving @BVB 2. Unclear if he'll arrive soon or summer. Club tbd. Crew top option— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) January 2, 2017
So we go from Iraq to Iran, Henry is on trial with Naft Tehran. #ESAMayor | Henry Hernández no se concentró con la azul porque se encuentra en Irán. ¿Qué llo llevó tan lejos? https://t.co/UQYOtXFOlw <<< pic.twitter.com/t53Rijzpx8— EL GRÁFICO (@elgraficionado) January 3, 2017
Iran is an AFC powerhouse (along with South Korea, Japan and Australia), so the Iranian league will be a much better move than to Iraq.
Does he play Winger or Holding Midfielder? Because i don't think that he will see much minutes with Houston.
This is why I didn't post the original rumours about Flores going to MLS. The rumours are just that; rumours. Scratch those rumors of US youth intl Junior Flores from BVB II coming to MLS soon. Not happening, multiple sources say. Maybe someday— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) January 4, 2017 Still hope he leaves BVB II. Should've left a year ago tbh.
Can't we have a separate thread for American Salvadorians. I know there isn't much going on in these threads these days but there info should still stay among those interested in them. Not to make to big a thing about it but this place is loaded with info about American players it doesn't need one more
We had the Salvadoran Yanks thread a few years back and that thread was quiet. There are always going to be members here who want to discuss Flores and Perez, as well as other Salvadorans-Americans. Discussion will never truly cease, so I say we might as well let people discuss them here if they want; the players in question just won't be mentioned in the official Salvadorans Abroad list. After all, the players discussed are eligible to represent El Salvador. Also, it's not like it's a regular occurrence. As for there being threads elsewhere in BS, that is true but people would clearly rather discuss it with fellow Salvadorans than with non-Salvadorans.
The most consistent poster of Salvadorian Americans is you why can't you just start your own thread for it like previous mods have done with their own personal interests. That is a subgroup not really related to this topic. The fact the Salvadorian American thread was quite should tell you something but if it's interesting to you then have at but why does it have to be here? It's annoying seeing a new post on here thinking something new has happened and it's just another Junior Flores story in this case a nonstory which again can be found in several places and though he is technically eligible to play for us several things would have to happen for that to be the case over several years so let's have some criteria for whose discussed on here as is traditionally the case. Technically you could be capped by the national team someday but the criteria has always been a bit more on point then that for a reason
Look who was the first to mention Flores ITT. It wasn't me, which shows I'm not the only one who cares. After the Salvadoran Yanks thread died, there has continued to be talks about Salvadoran-Americans (not by me) in both the Salvadorans Abroad thread and the National Team thread. Remember there was a Salvadoran-Canadian member here who briefly posted weekly updates on Zavaleta at Toronto FC. Roldan keeps getting mentioned too. Basically, if I don't discuss it, someone else will. There's the random football thread where it should be discussed but people continue to discuss it in these threads.
If that's the case just move the post to the random thoughts thread. Also tag the poster and let them know accordingly. Also post the note in the first post of the thread.
I agree with grimm you could fix that easily by moving the posts and discussion were it needs to be. There are about 8 posters if I am being generous that seem to regularly discuss American Salvadorians on here over the years so yeah you aren't the only one but that number even if we are being generous isn't enough to change the criteria of this thread
Yeah I was literally about to edit my post saying I'll move them to the random thoughts thread. Better that than telling people to stop posting about it altogether. This section is quiet enough as it is, so I think we should welcome the discussion somehow. Good idea about posting the note in OP, btw. I'm eating lunch ATM so I'll do it later.
Well let's be honest given the ineptitude of the Feds and our abroad players just not stepping up and being okay staying in mediocre leagues (NASL, USL) not much to talk about. It's disappointing but it's the truth.
Edited OP with the note. Yeah it seems people aren't interested in discussing the NASL and USL, as evident in the 2016 Edition compared to 2015 and 2014 editions; when more players were in Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe than USA. It didn't help that last year was the worst period for our NT in a while. Really could use some wins this year. Hopefully the demise of NASL means our players will play elsewhere. Honestly am not too fussed about USL because there's that chance of going to MLS. Albeit a small chance.
Our abroads is always gonna be quiet. Sadly the way it is. Our boys need to step up first, then we might get something. Side note: i think we have 3 players in our league who should be abroad but arent. Mayen, Benji, and Rugamas. The first two for obvious reasons (being the best/consistent players in the league for a year minimum, i think theyve been the better players for 3 short tournaments) and Rugamas because hes good, but iraq was a bad league to play in. He even left early because they didnt pay him.
As long as we regularly posted updates and discussions, the threads were alive without issue, despite our lack of members and players abroad to talk about. The problem now is a lack of interest due to most of our players playing in boring leagues that no one wants to follow, and our NT playing badly.
I don't think that is the whole story. There is also social media which I am sure most of us follow that makes it easier to keep track of these guys when I joined Twitter and Facebook weren't that good for keeping track of them now they are better than this place for it. Also the fed and club owners/presidents being in the dark ages even though we live in the information age. I mean we now have a player playing in the Portugués first division unfortunately it's not going great but players have gotten their own threads around here having done less in the past. I can't say I blame people for not being interested in Salvadorian football anymore things are awful and show no signs of improving
Meanwhile in record timing it didn't work out for Henry. SIN SUERTE Henry Hernández no superó pruebas en #Irán. Te contamos: https://t.co/KNBlNqAdE6 pic.twitter.com/ULGsZJurZZ— Cancha EDH (@CanchaEDH) January 5, 2017
Well, it got hard tonpost updates when there was no way to look at the leagues. Portugal and MLS amd Guatemala were easy, but Iraq and Iceland? Hell no