Alejandro Bedoya signs with swedish Örebro SK

Obrien started at Ajax on some great teams.
Beasley made the champs league semi under hiddink at psv.
Gibbs started at feyenoord when he was injured.
Bradley scored 20 goals as a midfielder as heverneen.
Nothing to sneeze at.

But we seem to had hit a dry patch w young players. Plus this is also the reputation of the Dutch league as a feeder for the bigger leagues in Europe.

 

The minimum salary of ~500k for a foreign player (non-EU) plays a part.

 

Now that is very interesting. That is obviously a huge commitment. Thanks for that bit of knowledge.

 

On the other hand, I wonder if the fact that Ale was an injury replacement would hurt him in an appeal. It's a little more difficult to argue that someone is expected to be a big factor going forward when he initially wasn't even included in your 23-man roster (recognizing that there were some politics at play from many angles here).

 

This plus it takes 5 years of residence to get dutch citizenship and I'm pretty sure Holland doesn't allow dual citizenship. Anyone who wants dutch citizenship will have to renounce any other citizenships in order to become a naturalized dutch citizen.

This is assuming a player would want dutch/EU citizenship if they did then Belgium or Poland would be a better option. The minimum salary is a big factor.

As for England he still isn't close to the 75%, he didn't play in the WC and I'm not sure if he played in qualifying. Although depending on his involvement the next couple of years it could happen.

Sweden requires 5 years of residence for naturalization, Bedoya's been there since 2009 but obviously seems to be leaving so it doesn't really matter.

I don't know if he's good enough for Spain but with a Colombian passport he could get Spanish citizenship in 2 years. It may be possible for an English team to sign him and immediatly loan him to Spain for 2 years. It's pretty common but its mostly happening with 18-20 year olds, not 24 year olds.

 

what is the rule for EU passport if a US player married a European

 

Not that there are offers, but he should look to France.

 

If she's an EU citizen, you get that countires version of a greencard, and residency status, unless you have a criminal(requirements vary), without any problems, and the same rights while traveling as other EU citizens get when traveling within the EU. After a certain period of time, and needing to learn the language of course, you can apply for the citizenship test. My fiance is an EU citizen.

 

First off, let me note that some folks seem to have forgotten a couple of little players named Earnie Stewart and Gregg Berhalter that were developed in the Eredivisie.

What's more, you can't just look at the straight number and compare it to leagues where 30 Americans have gone.

Stewart, Berhalter, O'Brien, Bradley, Beasley, Nguyen, Kazlauskas, David Johnson

I didn't count Rogers because he lit out really fast and didn't come near seeing development through there. Take out Bease because he was largely already developed. So you have seven guys listed with the chance to develop there. Looking from a USMNT standpoint, from that group we got two all-timers (though one had his career cut short by injuries), another possible all-timer and a solid longtime defender.

Out of seven players there, that is quite a haul. If anyone can think of another league that develops at that rate per chance, I'd love to hear of it.

These days, the real stumbling blocks are the minimum salary/economy. Dutch clubs have no shortage of much cheaper players that may be better. They need to really believe in a non-EU player to bring them in.

What needs to happen is more players under 21 (for whom the minimum salary is more like 200 grand a year) need to get themselves there instead of overshooting to places like... say... Benfica, Hamburg or Villarreal (clears throat) where often they don't even get to play their proper top positions. The common occurence of coaching changes make it all even harder to get a foothold.

Bradley is a really great example to follow, but the players need to insist on it.

Okay, you are technically correct about the dual citizenship bit, you have kinda run past the issue for most of these guys.

You can get a Dutch passport without becoming a full citizen that has shed original citizenship - which essentially makes you a category of "citizen".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_passport#Types_of_passports

The Dutch have no problem with people holding two passports.

 

There were also a few Canadians (also North Americans) like Will Johnson and Rob Friend (both Heerenveen).

 

Jonathan de Guzman too

 

Ugh, it seems like Rangers is getting back into the chase and Brugge is dropping back for now. The SPL would not be the optimal destination (IMO)

http://www.noshortcorners.com/2011/06/first-half.html

 

It'll pay well.

 

It better have top class health care.

 

Anyone with any skill should stay out of Scotland. Horrible move if he goes to Rangers.

 

Really excited to see which club picks him up this summer.

 

I hope he goes to Holland.

 

agreed +1

 

AZ Alkmaar?

 

Seltzer update:

 

About the Swedish transfer window, has it changed since Davies went to Sochaux? His move was announced on July 10th according to wiki, so I'm assuming a Bedoya move could happen now with the paperwork completed on August 1st.

 

Well... they can strike and announce an agreed deal beforehand, but it can't go through until August 1st.

 

Exactly... in any case, in Europe you can buy/sell players whenever you want, but the players can only move to other clubs when the transfer window is open., unless they are free agents, handed a free transfer outside the transfer window, then they can also sign with a new team outside the transfer windows.

So if a club fail to sign a contract before the transfer window is closed, then they can still buy the player, but have to wait until the next transfer window for the player to actually join and play the club.
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Recent example: the Chicago Fire sold Gaston Puerari to Atlas at a time when the MLS transfer window was closed, but the Mexican transfer window was open.