Devante Parker at 1. FSV Mainz 05

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  1. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax

    Actually, Shawn was called up in August and turned it down for some reason.
     
  2. icebreaker

    icebreaker Member+

    Mar 22, 2011
    Club:
    FC Nürnberg
    According to Seltzer, who made numerous mistakes in his article. Parker never declined a call- up. Check the last posts on the Gedion Zelalem thread.
     
  3. smithfan

    smithfan Member+

    Aug 14, 2005
    Waimoana
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    That is impossible, because Germany's U21 didn't have a single game in August.
     
  4. LouisZ

    LouisZ Member+

    Oct 14, 2010
    Southern California-USA
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm concern too. I think the better one is Devante, he is not the fastest one of the two but he seems to play with more purpose/deliberation.
     
  5. (TxT)

    (TxT) Member+

    Jun 9, 2004
    Tampa, FL
    Nat'l Team:
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    For a long time it looked like the younger DeGuzman had made a bad choice in picking the Netherlands over Canada. He really didn't start playing for the senior national team until about a year or so ago despite being committed to them for about 7 years.

    This stuff is such a crapshoot. For all we know Teal Bunbury may be a starter for the USMNT in Russia in 2018. The more the merrier I say!
     
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  6. USAMEX10

    USAMEX10 Member+

    Sep 24, 2010
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Ya players fluctuate in development all the time usually unpredictable how much they'll improve or regress. The more good qualities a player has the higher chance they'll be good. Bunbury on the wing is intriguing he might have better tools there to contribute on the national team.
     
  7. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
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    New York Red Bulls
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  8. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    #108 afgrijselijkheid, Sep 22, 2014
    Last edited: Sep 22, 2014

    Right. They had a game on September 5 & 9, with the actual call-up coming in August. And there was a German article at the time that said Parker and another player turned down this call-up, I am trying to find it again. It did not give a reason, but I assumed he was preferring to focus on the depth chart fight at his new club.
     
  9. icebreaker

    icebreaker Member+

    Mar 22, 2011
    Club:
    FC Nürnberg
    I can't find anything in the German press at all and Smithfan knows extremely much about German youth football, so I trust his/her opinion on it.

    Parker was called up in August 2013, together with Geis, and both then had to decline the call up because of injuries. Perhaps that is what you are thinking off?
     
  10. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  11. bmo180

    bmo180 Member+

    Jan 25, 2012
    Is that good or bad?
     
  12. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's not a good grade (1 best 5 worst) but kicker grades aren't very accurate, especially in the 3rd division. He has a 2, 3, and 4 grades for his 3 games in 3. Liga.
     
  13. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax

    Anything is possible, because I could not find the article I read. I am fairly sure it was last month, not last year on the dateline, and I do not recall Geis as being the other player. But maybe I just remembered wrong. It happens.
     
  14. Zak1FCK

    Zak1FCK Member+

    Aug 23, 2005
    Milwaukee
    Club:
    FC Kaiserslautern
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Slightly below average.
     
  15. Testudo

    Testudo Member+

    Jan 29, 1999
    Arlington, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Assists in consecutive reserve (3.Liga) games on 9/19 vs. Dynamo Dresden and 9/23 vs. Preussen Muenster.
     
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  16. smithfan

    smithfan Member+

    Aug 14, 2005
    Waimoana
    Club:
    Borussia Dortmund
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    He's in the German squad for the U19 Euro Qualification.
     
  17. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
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    Makes sense for him. He can always switch over to the US if thats what he wants. Zelalem wouldn't have been able to switch over to the US had he accepted the call up to the German U-17 team for the Euro U-17 qualification.
     
  18. Bruce S

    Bruce S Member+

    Sep 10, 1999
    You sure? After playing an official game?
     
  19. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Not at the senior level, but I believe he can play in the Euro U-19's, and then switch to the USA.
     
  20. Lothar

    Lothar Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Tuscaloosa
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don't forget that Fabian Johnson won the 2009 UEFA U-21 championship with a German team featuring Neuer, Boateng, Hummels, Oezil, Hoewedes, Schmelzer, Khedira, etc. And of course he now plays for us.
     
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  21. jakepc42

    jakepc42 Member+

    Mar 26, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Its been said over and over but what an incredible team.
     
  22. Mario Balotelli

    Mario Balotelli Member+

    United States
    Feb 28, 2012
    Club:
    Manchester City FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Came on as a sub at halftime and scored the lone goal for Germany's u19 team as they took a 5-1 beating at the hands of Austria. o_O
     
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  23. Sifrit

    Sifrit Member

    Mar 15, 2014
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    Embarrassing result. That was the final game of the first qualifying round for the U19 Euro next summer. The team was already through to the next round (the elite round) by winning the first two games of this mini tournament in Latvia. Looks like they couldn't care less anymore. Hope the coach has some serious words with these players.
     
  24. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    If so, he should try using them before the game next time. ;)
     
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  25. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yes, the one-time switch is required when a player, who holds more than one citizenship, plays in an official competitive youth match and then wants to switch to his other nationality. Only playing in youth or NT friendlies does not require a one time switch.

    Both Aron Johannsson and Fabian Johnson, for example, played competitive UEFA youth matches and had to file the switch to the US.
     

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