Players confirmed 2018 Season playing abroad Kevin Santamaría - Suchitepéquez (Guatemala) Odir Flores - Guastatoya (Guatemala) Jaime Alas - Municipal (Guatemala) Darwin Ceren - San Jose Earthquakes (USA) Arturo Alvarez - Houston Dynamo (USA) Pablo Punyed - Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (Iceland) Derby Castillo - Iprottabandalag Vestmannaeyja (Iceland) Dennis Pineda - Santa Clara (portugal) Players that played abroad 2017 but no confirmation whether they will continue abroad or domestically Nelson Bonilla Dustin Corea Richard Menjivar Andres Flores Players rumoured to play abroad, but not confirmed and should be taken with a grain of salt Narciso Orellana Rodolfo Zelaya
Salvadorans Abroad as of December 28, 2018: AFC Thailand Nelson Bonilla - Bangkok United CONMEBOL Paraguay Bryan Tamacas - Sportivo Luqueño CONCACAF Guatemala Jaime Alas - CD Municipal Josue Odir Flores - Coban Imperial Alexander Larin - Comunicaciones Edgardo Mira - Deportivo Chiantla Kevin Santamaria - CD Suchitepequez USA - MLS Darwin Ceren - Houston Dynamo Andres Flores - Portland Timbers USA - USL Nelson Blanco - North Carolina FC Juan Herrera-Perla - Las Vegas Lights Richard Menjivar - Penn FC Joaquin Rivas - Saint Louis FC Christian Rodriguez - Tulsa Roughnecks FC Tomas Romero - Bethlehem Steel FC UEFA Iceland Derby Carrillo - IBV Pablo Punyed - KR Reykjavík Portugal Denis Pineda - Santa Clara 2018 TRANSFERS: January Nelson Bonilla: Oliveirense (POR) > Sukhothai FC (THA) Christian Rodriguez: CD FAS (SLV) > Tulsa Roughnecks (KSA) Darwin Ceren: San Jose Earthquakes (USA) > Houston Dynamo (USA) Andres Flores: New York Cosmos (USA) > Portland Timbers (USA) February Lester Blanco: Audaz (SLV) > Liga de Loja (ECU) March Tomas Granitto: Portland Timbers 2 (USA) > Miami United (USA) Jose Tobar: Deportivo Mictlan (GUA) > Unattached Dustin Corea: FC Edmonton (CAN) > Miami FC (USA) Richard Menjivar: New York Cosmos (USA) - Penn FC (USA) Renato Punyed: IBV (ISL) > Sortland IL (NOR) May: Oscar Sorto: Orange County SC (USA) > Unattached Léster Blanco: Liga de Loja (ECU) > Unattached Alexander Larin: Alianza FC (SLV) > Comunicaciones (GUA) August: Roberto Dominguez: Santa Tecla (SLV) > Vancouver Whitecaps (CAN) October: Nelson Bonilla: Sukhothai FC (THA) > Bangkok United (THA) December: Joaquin Rivas: Tulsa Roughnecks FC (USA) > Saint Louis FC (USA) Bryan Tamacas: Santa Tecla (SLV) > Sportivo Luqueño (PAR)
Blanco isn’t in Costa Rica anymore. Herrera is being loaned to fas from Saint Louis. In fact all the Cosmo guys are no longer with them since the NASL is pretty much dead. Mayen is going back to Tecla Zavaleta isn’t really a player for this thread
So Nelson is on the move he is headed to Thailand club not known yet. 948214798965129216 is not a valid tweet id He would have been better served staying in the smaller European leagues, soon we will see him back in El Salvador.
@Grimmjow316 @slaminsams I included Zavaleta because last year he decided to switch over to ES a la Sorto, though he seems to have changed his mind again for the time being, so idk. Didn't realise Blanco, Herrera and Mayen all returned to ES. Interested to see what happens to NASL; AFAIK it's not officially gone.
I think you meant that first comment to @Blue_nation724 I didn’t say anything about Zavaleta. But while we are on the subject it felt like a cocktease tbh to see if the US would bite. As for the others Lester club was relegated so no reason to keep him so he had been back in El Salvador for a while. Herrera was just a recent acquisition for FAS to play this new season, Mayen the same the club he was with didn’t make the liguilla plus he wasn’t starting so he figures eeh.
If true and I were Fito I would make the jump usually clubs from that region pay pretty well. Alianza FC espera que el equipo árabe haga la oferta formal por este jugador: https://t.co/WUXjlRY0Kj— EL GRÁFICO (@elgraficionado) January 3, 2018
In a way, USMNT not making the WC can be a curse. No doubt they will want to cleanout the USMNT and go with fresh faces. This would mean the Salvi American players like Perez, Flores, Moreno and Zavaleta etc will now fight even harder to earn a spot in USMNT going forward, whereas they would have been excluded if USA went to 2018 WC hence might’ve switched to ES. If that makes sense. Regarding Bonilla, facking lol if he actually moves to a Thai club. South East Asia is where A-League players go to end their careers when they’re in their 30’s. Fito to Saudi Arabia wouldn’t be the worst move in the world, on the other hand. That $$$ though.
At this point given Fito is almost hitting 30 I’m okay with going for the payday if it is presented to him that is.
So Lisandro Pohl confirmed that Al Raed of saudi arabia are interested in Rodolfo Zelaya External Links: https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Equipo-arabe-interesado-en-Fito-Zelaya-20180102-0005.html Looks like our players have in interest in heaidng to ASIA
Sigh Nelson Bonilla signed with Sukhothai of Thailand External Links: http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/435650/nelson-bonilla-jugara-en-tailandia/ This move makes no sense whatsoeve, at least with Zelaya he is going to one of the more competitive league in Asia. Thailand league is not that strong. I would have preferred he went to Alianza as exchange for Zelaya possibly fgoing to saudi arabia. Probably top ten in worst move and that's saying something (Rafael Burgos, Andres Flores, etc) While I think its all but confirmed Zelaya going to Saudia Arabia as he did not appear on Alianza recent players list in 2018 and news article are appearing in Saudi Arabia stating its all btu confirmed. http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/435672/rodolfo-zelaya-se-marchara-a-arabia-saudita/
Alianza saying it isn’t true I hate Pohl, a plague to ES soccer. Nelson chasing $? Either way, we have again lost the credibility in our ST positions.
You know for as mad as we get that these guys aren’t getting opportunities, Clubs sure love to completely just shut those windows of opportunity and blow up bridges before the first thing even crosses.
This becomes a worse look for Alianza saying there was no offer when... إدارة نادي #الرائد تتعاقد مع اللاعب الدولي السلفادوري رودلفو زيلايا لاعب فريق اليانزا السلفادوري السابق،لتمثيل الفريق الأول لكرة القدم،وسيصل اللاعب غداً السبت إلى مملكة البحرين لإنهاء إجراءات دخوله للسعودية. pic.twitter.com/LjtqEmskpH— نادي الرائد السعودي (@alraedclub) January 5, 2018 welcome to alraed 🇾🇪@FitoZelaya22 pic.twitter.com/sGLQUqU7oh— نادي الرائد السعودي (@alraedclub) January 5, 2018
This a shambles, I feel like every player need to now have stioulated in their contracts, that contract could be ended if they recieve a better opportunity abroad (Like I wouldn't mind seeing Zelaya in Saudi Arabia - I mean he is not getting younger and Saudi Arabia is not a bad league)
It’s not official that the NASL is dead but as of right now they are down to three teams Jacksonville, Miami and NY cosmos that haven’t said they are either moving to another league or disbanding. With Puerto Rico still not announced so it is possible if they by some miracle can put a team together they would make it four surviving teams. They have some teams from the NPSL which is an amateur league possibly coming up and two teams in California that were supposed to join but all those new teams haven’t announced signings of either players or coaches. It is hard to see how the NASL can pull it off as of now they haven’t been sanctioned as a D2 league and teams keep leaving or folding. Today Indy Eleven said they will join the USL and Jacksonville has an announcement planned tomorro. Regardless of wether or not the NASL survives another year the guys should look to another league. Most are so far but it makes me wonder what is keeping the last few from doing so
The owners of our leagues have held back many of our players going abroad. It is ridiculous that Alianza have held back Zelaya just because they do not have an ‘adequate replacement’. They just released 2 young strikers, and they don’t seem to wanna use their bench. And on Narciso’s case, they said they want to keep him for SCCL, but don’t they have Rivera, Portillo, or Rivera?!? Ridiculous!
I think it’s that mentality again. Why were they there in the first place. As of now we only have ruso and menjivar there. Would honestly assume that they can find something else. A couple of the Cosmos players have already signed elsewhere. They should jump ship ASAP.
According to Transfermarkt and his Twitter, Pablo Punyed has joined another Icelandic club; KR Reykjavíkur (KR for short) on a three year deal. I’m not sure if his brother Renato is still at IBV.