Louicius Don Deedson at Hobro IK

I guess this confirms that he's a citizen? There had been some question about this. I'm not certain, but he may have been adopted by an American family, having come to the U.S. from Haiti.

That's the second recent snag for Hobro out of the Atlanta academy, by the way.

 

This kid is an absolute stud from what I've seen. He didn't stick in the ATL academy for whatever reason but is so much better than Jackson Conway, their current ATL2 striker. I've only seen glimpses of his game but essentially he's athletic, has great movement, with a nose for goal. Has a nice array of finishes and good foot skills to create his own chances.

With our lack of depth at striker for the next U20 cycle he needs a look. I wasn't sure if he was a citizen but apparently that's the case.

Golden ball at the US Youth Soccer National Championships this year, Best XI last year:

https://www.soccerwire.com/news/us-youth-soccer-national-championships-2019-best-xi-teams-announced/

Obligatory Youtube highlights:

 

Hobro is living out Jordan Gardner's dream

 

I was wondering what happened to Vixamar.

 

If you want to see Deedson in game state, every one of his games at the US Youth Soccer National Championships is one youtube. All the links are here: http://championships.usyouthsoccer.org/live/

The final, which KSA won 7-0, is here:

 

Damn I had been wondering what had happened to ol Deedson. I saw this on Twitter but didn’t get amped until right now because I didn’t recognize his name.

 

That was my first thought too. Seems like he had a good idea @bshredder , so much so that another Danish club decided to copy it and beat him to the punch. That's why you can't just have good cards you need to keep them close to the vest.

This is a good entrance into Europe for those who don't trust MLS still to transfer players, who want to be in the shop window, and play in a respectable 1st division against men instead of a youth program.

 

the denmark thing really does sound great in theory for our field players. hope it works in practice soon too

 

The truth is that the caliber of player that Gardner is signing is still lower than the caliber of player Hobro is signing. Maybe if Helsingor can manage a couple promotions and make the Superliga they will compete for the same players.

I think there is enough talent in the USA to go around. The challenge is scouting such a big country and correctly identifying who has the quality and mentality to make it in Europe.

Lots of people knew about Deedson; I'm really curious how the connections were made that got him to Hobro. I'm also curious if he passed up on any offers stateside to go there.

 

When Gardiner enacted that plan it was with the idea of buying a club for cheap and then rising up to the top division.

In his eyes, Helsingor probably has more potential to succeed at the top division level eventually than Hobro. It has a population 4 times as large.

But it's starting out at a disadvantage. Maybe he eventually steals those caliber players and better from Hobro. But right now they're building the rep/pipeline and will hinder this strategy for Helsingor in the interim.

As far as Deedson goes, I'd never heard of him, and I pay attention closer than I probably should.

 

I don't really think there is a lack of striker options for the next U-20 cycle. Pepi, AOC, and Kelman is a good starting point.

 

I'm just not blown away by any of those guys. Pepi is the best of them but he will be playing up a cycle. I'd trade all 3 in a heartbeat for Balogun or possibly Miljevic. I'm not necessarily saying Deedson is better but I think it's a weak position that a breakout player could make their own.

 

Balogun scores too much to fall to us. Not sure Miljesevic is #9 or that he is better than our kids. Deedson is good, the rest of our strikers not bad at all either.

 

Pepi is a top 5 senior NT prospect at any position (size, mobility, work-rate, skill), imo, and he'll be 18. I wouldn't be shocked if he were already with the seniors at this point even excluding him from u20 WC play. Sargent/Weah are fair analogs from a tools and maturity perspective.

 

On the bench. Game is in the 11th minute on ESPN+.

Så kan vi præsentere opstillingen til dagens kamp mod Brøndby IF, hvor Emmanuel Sabbi igen er med fra start. Der er kampstart kl. 18.00 #HobroIK #HOBBIF #sldk pic.twitter.com/Q5BoQ9r1Gq

— Hobro IK (@hikfodbold) August 11, 2019

 

This is very possibly Bosson Kablan Romaric, a veteran defender from the Ivory Coast.

 

Bosson Kablan Romaric is a centre back/defensive midfielder and not a striker, which was the position this mystery "Romaric" was playing for Hobro, so I highly doubt it was him... , the two other guest players were also young talents, which I suspect is also the case with this "Romaric" ... and Rayshaun McGann is a centre/left back which fit the position Rayshaun was playing for the Hobro reserves ...

 

Is he in witness protection, or something?

 

T'Markt has him as Romaric Pitroipa, of Burkina Faso.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/romar...ls/spieler/189484/saison/2019/wettbewerb/DKRE

In any case, doesn't appear to be a Yank.

 

I've seen difficulties like this with many Haitian players' names. It seems common for Haitians to have a first name that looks like a last name and a last name that looks like a first name, which for some reason confuses the people who maintain these online player databases.

 

Called up to the Haiti Nations League squad