How would people feel if Francisco Mendoza played for the US? He has represented Mexico at the u-17 level but claims he would play for the US and looks like a very promising talent at only 22 years of age. He gains US citizenship within the next six months and has been great so far for Chivas USA. I mostly want to know if anybody here thinks he has the potential to play for the US Nats. This has been mentioned before but i thought i would refresh it after seeing his play lately.
If he can play I wouldn't mind seeing him. It would be sweet to shove it at the "Mexico is in your blood" crowd
How can he gain citizenship if he's been here 3 years? I thought it was either 5 or 10 years to become a citizen. He might become a resident
Did he play for Mexico U-17 in official matches? If so, he is cap-tied, because he was not also eligible to play for the US when he did, and is over the age limit for changing nationalities. However, if he played only friendlies for Mexico U-17, then he can play for the US.
1. Under current FIFA rules, he's tied to Mexico if he played in official U-17 matches. 2. If he were a right wing, I'd be very, very interested in the kid. Since he's a left wing, well, he's a nice player, but he's not as good as Beasley or Convey or even Mapp.
Given that the odds of him becoming a US citizen before he's 30 are pretty slim, I think this is a moot point.
What a bunch of sorry azzes.....Why do we give up so fast ....? Are we admitting our lack of capacity to develop top class soccer players... why?....Hey here is a suggestion..... lets give citizenship to all the Brazilian players that are not in the national team. They can play for US
I don't like naturalizing players JUST for the sake of playing for the National Team. Mastro,Adu,and Feilhaber are completely different stories though...
Mastro, (move to USA 4 years old) Adu (7 years old) and Feilhaber ( 6 years old ) so all this boys learn to play soccer here in USA They are American products develop by the American system so lets keep the bull together....
Many people do not like foreign players on our team because the incidious comment made by the international media about American soccer ....Personally I would like to have all 100 USA born players
I know they were all raised here and learned to play here...that's why I said they're different stories.
If Mendoza really is going to get citizenship in the next six months, then his application has been in the works for quite a while - and if he sincerely wants to represent the United States, I certainly wouldn't be averse to giving him the chance. Of course, it also represents yet another bit of irony about the Chivas USA organization, in that what started out as an idea for a farm club for Chivas might end up sending a promising young Mexican player to the USMNT (thus keeping him from ever playing for Chivas de Guadalajara due to their Mexican-only policy) first! That, on top of finding success on the field only after dropping the idea of using a primarily Mexican team...
Let me get my new 18 volts cordless drill....May be we can make them understand I do not know what is going on but what it is happeing with our scout system ? There are no more American born teen ages able to play with our mayor teams in MLS ?