Yanks on Foreign YNTs

Perhaps, but that's a lot to pass up (and backup GKs get medals, too) for a January camp appearance.

 

I was a fan of Mexico when I first started watching soccer. All you ever see in Hispanic neighborhoods are promotional posters for El Tri. I think he was raised that way.

 

He's not a starter (or at least competing for the #1 job) because the coach is bad. The starter should be the 3rd keeper. Gonzalez and Gudino should be competing for the #1 spot. Either way, whatever country he plays for, he's going to have at least one good keeper to compete with. With Mexico, thats Gudino. With the USA, thats Horvath, possibly Steffen (depending where his game is at).

I'd prefer him to play for us because I wouldn't mind having another talented young keeper in the program, but he's not really gaining much in terms of PT and visibility by switching to the USA right now.

 

Speaking of Gonzalez, he's been called into another Mexico U23 camp:

http://miseleccion.mx/convocatoria-de-la-seleccion-nacional-de-mexico-sub-23-3/

 

FWIW, at the beginning of the FC Dallas telecast John Strong and Alexi Lalas said that they spoke to Jesse Gonzalez and Gonzalez essentially refuted Grant Wahl's report, and said he was totally committed to Mexico. Although if you heard Lalas talk about it, you got the sense that he didn't necessarily believe what Gonzalez was saying.

 

Gonzalez, it should be noted, appears to have lost his starting spot with FC Dallas to Chris Seitz.
And as far as I know, he hasn't signed a new contract with the club. I do wonder if Jesse will be leaving for a Mexican club team in the near future, a la Richard Sanchez. Surely they're interested....................

 

The guy who accepted an invitation to the US January camp is 100% committed to Mexico. Got it.

 

I think we can all understand what happened there.
Gonzalez was putting pressure on Mexico to call him up to their U23s. It worked.
And obviously, he wants to stay there now. So he's going to say that he was always 100% committed to Mexico.

 

To me, that would make no sense.

1. He's already established at FCD. Even if he's lost his spot, he's not necessarily far off that starting spot.
2. MLS (USA) has a much better track record of producing keepers than LigaMX (Mexico).
3. LigaMX is stingier with selling players to Europe, and I assume thats where he eventually wants to play.
4. If the Grant Wahl report is to be believed, wouldn't he want to distance himself further from Mexican football?
5. LigaMX is notorious about not giving young keepers a fair shot. i.e. Richard Sanchez who can't even make the bench at Tigres.

 

It might depend on what salary FCD is willing to offer versus what a Liga MX club can offer.
FCD has recently re-signed a bunch of their "core pieces" including Castillo, Diaz, Acosta, Ulloa, etc. Hedges singed a long-term deal in 2014. They also just re-upped Akindele. How much salary cap space would they be willing to fill up on Gonzalez if indeed he's now the #2 keeper behind Seitz? Spending 200k on a backup keeper ain't good cap management. Chris Seitz, by the way, just signed a new contract with FCD. I don't know how long its for, though.

FCD also has plenty of young keepers in the pipeline being Gonzalez [Two of whom have also been called up by Mexico. Avilez and Mercado. Hale and Abonce have been called up by the USYNTs]. Losing Sanchez wasn't a loss, and losing Gonzalez wouldn't be much of a loss either all things considered. I'm an FCD fan, and thus also a Gonzalez fan, but he's also a little "over-hyped" right now. He was terrible down in Houston for the 5-0 loss, he was replaced by Seitz, and FCD hasn't lost a game since. He's still got a lot of developing to do.

One might also recall that FCD used its first round pick this year on a keeper. Herman out of UW, who they like. A "behind the scenes" video of draft day indicated they were maneuvering to try to get Tarbell out of Clemson. So getting a keeper was top priority for them. Why? Interesting.................

 

It's hard to figure out from this translation, but it looks like the Mexican U15s are at the Tournament delle Nazioni in Italy and that they tied Austria 3-3 in Austria today.

Already in the second half, the Mexican team made the first adjustments and the Austrians took the field more offensive than in the first half game, a situation that would be reflected in the 40th, when the swishing scored penalty in favor of Europeans, however, a big save by Hector Holguin, Santos Laguna, prevented the fall of its frame.

Mexico started with Michael Barragan, Orlando Botello, Jair Correa, Emmanuel Haro, Ivan Hernandez, Hipólito Holguin, Pablo Lopez, Javier Medina, Ariel Ortega, Rodrigo Reyes and Aziel Torres.

http://miseleccion.mx/la-seleccion-nacional-mexico-sub-15-debuto-empate-torneo-gradisca/

Here's the Austrian confirmation:
http://sportpark-klagenfurt.at/en/general/13th-tournament-delle-nazioni-24-april-2016-2/

I knew part of the tournament was played across the border in Slovenia, but wasn't aware Austria was in the mix. Only makes it slightly confusing.

 

Mexico's U15s lost today to Japan 2-1.

Alineación México Sub-15:

1 Héctor Hipólito Holguín Pérez; 2 Michael Barragán García (14 César Mendoza Pineda); 3 Rodrigo Reyes Orozco; 4 Juan Pablo López Martínez; 6 Emmanuel Haro Gastelum; 7 Diego Medina Vázquez (20 César Espinoza Gaona); 8 Kevin Ortega Mercado (16 Andrés Tellez Licerio); 9 Iván Hernández Bañuelos (19Sebastián Martínez Vidrio); 10 Leonardo Correa Moreno (17 Luis Martínez Armas,); 11 Orlando Botello Linares (18 Lorenzo López Rodríguez); 13 Juan Antonio Ruiz Espinoza. DT. Juan Carlos Ortega

 

Noted on TV: Cristian Roldan is eligible for El Salvador and Guatemala, and is getting to the point where he's not afraid to say so #PORvSEA

— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) July 17, 2016

 

Zachary Herivaux and Derrick Etienne have been called in for Haiti. One article said it was the full NT, but CONCACAF says it is the U23s. They are facing the Argentina Olympic squad, so they might use the same U23 + overage player approach.

http://www.concacaf.com/article/etienne-driven-to-succeed-with-haiti-ny-red-bulls?sf31375766=1

http://www.thebentmusket.com/2016/7/20/12238522/zachary-herivaux-called-up-by-haitian-national-team

 

Here's the roster:
http://miseleccion.mx/convocatoria-la-snm-sub-20-encuentro-ante-la-seleccion-talentos-la-mls/

 

Herivaux & Etienne start:

11 titular de Haití: Dorleans, Aristilde, Baptiste, Pierre, Jerome, Delva, Jorbe, Herivaux, Charles, Cherenfant y Etienne. #ARGvHAI

— José Armando (@Jarm21) July 24, 2016

 

Romero and Lara start against the MLS Homegrown squad:

XI sub-20 @miseleccionmx:
Romero; Lara, Villegas, Benítez, Jáquez; Arellano, Jaimes, Escamilla, Márquez, Iniestra; Ríos.

DT: Mario Arteaga

— MLS Español (@MLSes) July 28, 2016

 

Danny Rogers started as the Ireland U21s beat Slovenia 2-0 in the Euro Championship qualifier in Waterford tonight. Harry Charsley and substitute Sean Maguire sealed an impressive win.

https://www.facebook.com/belvedere.....1472871947./1648664478716451/?type=3&theater

 

Since he's a 1996, he doesn't qualify for the newer thread, but figured I would put this in here for safe keeping:

Former FC Dallas Academy player and University of New Mexico midfielder Patrick Khouri

It should also be noted that in 2015, he represented Jamaica's U23 National team earning two caps in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where he represented Jamaica against Haiti and Santo Domingo.

http://ussocceracrossthepond.blogspot.com/2017/04/transfer-university-of-new-mexico.html?spref=tw

 

Jeremy Toljan named to the German squad for the Euro U21s:

#U21: Das ist der vorläufige Kader für die #U21EURO in Polen (16. bis 30. Juni) 🇩🇪💪⚽ #EigeneGeschichte #DFBPK pic.twitter.com/SyEKnoQQYQ

— DFB-Junioren (@DFB_Junioren) May 17, 2017

 

In a bit of a surprise, Jordie Siebatcheu was called up for the French U21s (equivalent of U23s):

Congrats to Jordan #Siebatcheu on being called up for the French U21 national team! Proof that hard work pays off 👌 #YourTalentOurProfession pic.twitter.com/OMJW7BA93D

— SEG Football (@SEG_Football) May 19, 2017