Youth Yanks Abroad, '01-'04 YOBs (and Younger): 2018/19 Thread

This was about Jake LaCava. LaCava's an '01 winger.

 

America special 🎞 Joshua Pynadath!

His path to Amsterdam...
📌 @AFCAjax
👣 @RealMadrid
👣 USA

Sit back & enjoy 👁⏩ https://t.co/tqS7jJMNdQ pic.twitter.com/Gqi0Nn7zBu

— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) January 9, 2019

 

Oh man I love that they put some CCR in the background of an American player profile, fits the California reference

 

CCR and California?

 

Weird to see both Pynadath and Lederman in the spotlight on the same day... slightly different tones though.



'We sacrificed our lives for this': How U.S. prodigy Ben Lederman's career was almost ruined at Barcelona

Where else if not California? Specifically Northern California, all around the bay area, which is where Joshua Pynadath is from (Los Altos is near San Jose)...

All four members of CCR were born in the bay area (the Fogerty brothers in Berkeley), and they met in junior high school in El Cerrito.

"Lodi" is about Lodi, CA.
"Green River" (used in this video) is about Putah Creek near Winters, CA.

Oakland CA:

Other album covers are in Berkeley (Cosmo's Factory) and Tilden Park near Berkeley (Green River)...

A google search turned this up, someone did a lot of research into it...
http://www.popspotsnyc.com/creedence/

 

Damn, roasted.

 

Well you taught me something I didn't know. Always thought they were from Louisiana. Still they play swamp rock using the guitar to make a shimmering sound reminiscent of being in the bayou. So you're correct that they chose a California band it's just that it's one that doesn't play a California sound.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTSNSIFlqY/

The player on the far left who has a bit of resemblance to Gianluca Busio is Lucas Tamarez, an '04 midfielder for Hoffenheim U15s. You can see that Hoffenheim's verified account tagged his personal, private account which displays a US flag emoji, which could well mean he has US nationality. Transfermarkt lists him with German and Italian nationalities.

 

Hype train inbound for '01 US U18 forward Charlie Kelman, who scored his first League One goal today for Southend United.

90' What a way to score your first professional goal! From the halfway line Kelman lobs the ball over Letheren.#SOUPLY (2-3)

— Southend United FC (@SUFCRootsHall) January 12, 2019

That Charlie Kelman goal is right up there with the best I've ever seen any Blues player score

— Chris Phillips (@CJPhillips1982) January 12, 2019

 

Kelman has scored his first professional goal, and in dramatic fashion no less, before any of the other England-based 2001s who have been called up by England U18s. This includes the ones who are with smaller Championship or League One clubs.

 

Is it too early to consider him for the U-20s with the WC coming up?

 

Definitely not, IMO. Getting all three or even two of Sargent, Weah, Soto is unlikely. Ferreira could be in if he gets citizenship in time, hopefully, but that's not assured. Then you've got Rennicks and Akinola, then after that we're calling in the likes of Perry (who isn't even playing for Cologne's reserves) and Becher. Kelman should get a look in a U20 camp.

David Beckham? Wayne Rooney? No, this comes from @SkyBetLeagueOne!

17-year-old @CharlieKelman0 scores from the halfway line for @SUFCRootsHall 😱#EFLonQuest at 9pm… @SUFC_fans @SUFC_History pic.twitter.com/L4STovYWSa

— Quest (@QuestTV) January 12, 2019

 

Provisionally cap tying him wouldn’t be a terrible idea, but why would Southend release him if he’s playing first team minutes?

 

I don't see why Ferreira wouldn't get it in time. Same process that Jones and Zelalem undertook. They got it in time.

I think we can get Soto, Ferreira and Rennicks released. Thats a nice mix of types of strikers. Weah and Sargent are unlikely, although they shouldn't be unlikely. Werder's season ends the 18th and the U-20 WC starts the 25th. Plenty of time for Sargent to join the U-20 team. The Scottish Cup final is the day the tournament starts, but even then, lets say Weah misses one game, I still think he's worth adding to the roster. The roster of strikers should be Sargent, Soto, Weah and maybe Ferreira.

In the event that Soto isn't released (or Ferreira doesn't get citizenship in time), there should be an '01 striker whose been integrated into the program, and could be called in for the final striker spot. Kelman, Stojanovic and Diaz would all be good options for that.

 

Well, maybe because the federal government is shut down.

 

not good enough. alot of talented depth in that age group

 

Interesting that on the back of the fact coming out FCD missed on Chris Richards they also missed on this kid. Kelman will be in the Premiere League before long.

 

I can't tell if people are being sarcastic or not right now.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

 

no idea if he's American but I know he was called up to a German U15 Camp. These U15 camps are mostly filtering as there are usually 2 friendly games in May and they call up a ton of players throughout the season. Although not making U15 is not indicative of your U16-onwards chances either.

 

But they didn't miss on Ferreira and Pepi. Can't pick everyone and whichever you don't pick may still be really good. Just shows how many good players there are in N. Texas. Now we need the rest of the country to step up.

 

It might make sense for them to get their player some exposure above league one. That might help his resale value.

 

No kidding.

I mean...……………..I have no reason not to like Charlie Kelman. I'm rooting for him. I hope he develops into Lionel Messi. But he didn't score a goal for Barcelona against Real Madrid. He scored a goal for Southend against a team in the relegation zone of English League One. What is that supposed to mean vis-a-vi FCD's evaluation of him? I don't think it really means anything.

Clubs always have difficult decisions to make with young players. You can't invest in everyone. FCD chose youngsters like Ferreira, Pomykal, Roberts, Servania, etc. as opposed to Kelman. And Kelman scoring a goal against effing Plymouth does nothing to indicate their evaluation was faulty.

To be fair as well, we don't know the story here. We don't even know if FCD had an opportunity with Kelman. Maybe he made it clear he wanted to head to England, and so FCD didn't invest in him.

 

Tell me how they missed on Richards and Kelman again.

 

Didn’t Kelman’s family move back to England for non-footballing reasons?