Youth Yanks Abroad, '97-'00 YOBs: 2018/19 Thread

One of last seasons revelations is back on the bench for FCN after a long injury absence- Jonathan Amon. #USMNT https://t.co/IdIGtUHyV7

— Joe Gould (@twelfthyank) August 12, 2018

 

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79' Jonathan Amon skal på banen til sin sæsondebut. Ud går Mathias Rasmussen #AaBFCN 0-0

— FC Nordsjælland 🐯 (@FCNordsjaelland) August 12, 2018

 

Can we please get an injury free season from Amon and Taitague.

 

Tim Weah scored an ugly ugly goal today lol

 

U.S. U-20 central defender Chris Richards starters for Bayern Munich's U-19 team today which defeated Ingolstadt 3-1.

— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) August 15, 2018

 

Back to earth.

Glad he started and is playing.

 

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The tweet above was Pulskamp announcing his signing with Bournemouth.

http://www.americansoccernow.com/ar...he-expense-of-rsl-rooney-magnificent-and-more

 

Put it on the board.....................YES!

Goal!! US U-20 winger Jonathan Amon scores for Nordsjaelland but FCN trailing Partizan Beograd 5-3 on aggregate in the 81st minute of the 2nd leg of its Europa League qualifier

— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) August 16, 2018

 

If you were to ask me which one of our highest profile youth yanks abroad might disappear over the next 3 years, I might vote for Nick. Just cannot seem to stay healthy.

Schalke on '99 Nick Taitague 'was back in training, suffered a blow during the week. It is important to wait with him.'

😑https://t.co/5fG5cbYaW4

— Joey (@USAprospects) August 16, 2018

 

Nick is healthy today. He's on the bench. Point taken though.

 

Is Haji Wright still high profile? Because I think he’ll be fighting for an mls contract here in a year or two

 

Former academy player Christian Cappis trialing overseas https://t.co/SeOkyObo2L pic.twitter.com/8COEZNP9Bf

— ProSoccerUSA.com (@ProSoccerUSAcom) August 17, 2018

Couple points from the article: MLS has ruled that Cappis isn't eligible for a HG contract w/ FCD. Houston owns his rights. He played well during his trial at Bayern and ended up training w/ the first team by the end. His agent is in negotiations to possibly sign there, meanwhile he has more trials planned around Europe. There's some other stuff in the piece worth reading as well.

 

Great article and hope he does well. He obviously has the confidence and belief in himself and it will turn out to be a huge benefit to him that he was not able to sign with FC Dallas. If he would have signed with FCD he would have been sitting the bench for two years and playing USL3. If he signs in Europe, particularly with Bayern, its a whole different world. Good for him.

 

That is absolutely scandalous.

Richards is eligible (and can have the rules of when he can sign broken for him), but Cappis isn't because of where he grew up? That is punishing the player, and another one of these weird rules that makes MLS look like an amateur league.

I don't even want Cappis to sign with Dallas. He'd probably be another "Good week at practice. Close to making the 18" type of player, but if he wants to sign there, he should be able to. MLS has some real nerve to allow this guy to sign with Dallas academy a year ago, and then tell him that he's ineligible to sign with their first team a year later. Amateur league soccer.

 

It's beyond scandalous. I question the legality of it.

Imagine if what college you could go to or what law firm you were able to work at is dictated by your parents' zip code.

This is one of the root examples of why MLS as set up is anti-development and anti-American. When FCD wants to sign a foreigner, his parents zip code does not matter.

 

How is it in any way illegal?

 

His right to work is being infringed. In fact it's being flat out barred in this case. There's no draft for these kids, unlike other sports, so he in theory should be free to play for whomever just as you would be to go work for whoever will hire you and that you choose as well. In this case he's not free to choose any other option but Houston. MLS is picking and choosing as far as free agency goes. A kid from North Carolina has free movement. A kid from Lubbock has free movement. A kid from Houston, or Dallas, Atlanta, or Seattle, etc does not.

I don't know the specific laws, I'm not a lawyer but this is the antitheses of the commerce clause, right to work, and free association that are the hallmarks of American employment rights.

 

Fine with FCD not being able to sign Cappos to a HGP deal with Ll the benefits that come with a HGP deal, but if FCD wants to sign Cappis to a regular contract they should have that right.

I assume he could sign with FCD USL.

 

No it is not. He's free to sign with anyone in the world. If he chooses to sign with MLS then his contract will clearly be spelled out as such. Fraser vs MLS already established that MLS is a single entity and that there was plenty of domestic and international competition for soccer players. In other words you sign with the league, not the team. If he wants to sign with another team or league there is no barrier in his way.

 

Which begs the question has Houston Dynamo shown any interest in signing him? If Dynamo don't want to sign him, they should let him sign wherever he wants, in the MLS. A right of first refusal seems like a more equitable way to work it for the player and the team.

 

Even this is questionable. Why did he sign with their academy if he was not going to be able to sign a homegrown contract? Don't you think he was under the impression that he would be able to? If he wasn't, FC Dallas or MLS should've alerted him of this beforehand.