Youth Yanks Abroad, ‘01-‘04 YOBs (and younger): 2020/21 thread

I think to some degree Reynolds' representation is to blame for this season.
It was reported in the Italian press that Roma wanted to loan him out at the start of the season. Reynolds and his representation rejected that opportunity, and wanted to fight for playing time at Roma instead. So.......................

https://romapress.net/despite-loan-interest-reynolds-focused-on-roma/

 

Could he have? I remember there being one smaller club being mentioned, a club that acts as a conduit for Juventus to store players. Thats the only smaller option I remember, and it was probably Juventus doing the financing of that, and paying a bigger fee and salary than a team like Lorient would.

 

With a good agent? Sure.

And he could have taken a loan at the beginning of the season, as Clint notes.

 

Roma hiring a different manager would have helped as well.

 

*whispers* doesnt pepi have some of the same agent concerns that reynolds did

 

Reynolds agency has a lot more clients and is definitely bigger https://www.transfermarkt.us/mega-sports-management/beraterfirma/berater/6271

Pepi’s not so much https://www.transfermarkt.us/starting-xi-player-management/beraterfirma/berater/5754

I’ve googled them to and not been able to find much at all.

 

guess less agent more dad for reynolds tbh

 

Pepi's agent also has Slonina, let's hope that the agent learns something here.

 

I think it’s not insignificant that they have a newer agent that doesn’t have many clients, but I also think looking at the contracts those guys got in MLS suggests this guy has some idea what he’s doing. That doesn’t mean he’s handling this transfer situation well, but I don’t think he’s shown to be incompetent as an agent so far for these kids.

 

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Indeed. I think his agent has done just about everything right so far. Ricardo Pepi is 18 and currently gets $271k/year guaranteed compensation on his contract. I don't know when Ricardo started with this agency, but his timeline has worked perfectly. Now he's set up for a lucrative overseas move in January.

I can't imagine there's another 2003 that's close to Pepi's salary.
Current Philadelphia thread-eligible youngsters for comparison.....

Leon Flach: $224k
Paxton Aaronson: $92k
Quinn Sullivan: $67k
Jack McGlynn: $78k
Brandon Craig: $78k
Nathan Harriel: $88k

 

For those that are curious, Pepi got paid $271k in guaranteed compensation this year. That's much more than most MLS 18 year olds though less than the contracts that slightly older guys like Pomykal or Ferreira have.

We don't know if it has escalators, and it probably does. If Dallas got him to sign a 5 year deal for $271k/year, that's not a great deal for Pepi. But I'd be surprised if it doesn't rapidly escalate.

 

Nico Carrera was on the bench for Holstein Kiel, but didn't get into the game.
In bigger news, Tomkinson is on the bench for Norwich today!! Pro debuts for both seem close.

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— 🇺🇸 ⚽ east (@eastdeflection) December 11, 2021

 

'03 CB Eric Kinzner has been training at Pachuca in Mexico. You can see it on his Instagram and also confirmed by a Tacoma Defiance source. Definitely would be an unusual move, if it happens.

 

Some news items missed recently.

News of transfer interest for Johnny

Mason Judge (‘02) moves to 1860 Munich II

https://www.transfermarkt.us/mason-judge/profil/spieler/504151

 

Sure, there are many leagues in Spain. And that's what actually his boss said about all that "However, executive director of football Paulo Bracks dismissed these stories as “irresponsible news,” “a great irresponsibility,” and “a web of lies.”

 

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'02 Maximilian Dietz made his pro debut yesterday for SC Freiburg II in the 3. Liga. The New York-born defensive mid was an unused sub for the US at the last U17 World Cup. https://t.co/lMP1NnBSJk

— ChuckMe92 Soccer (@ChuckMe92Soccer) December 13, 2021

US U20 midfielder Rokas Pukstas scored a first half hat-trick for the U19s of Hajduk Split before being subbed out. He has been a regular for their youth side along with training stints and friendly minutes for their senior side.https://t.co/UBKM38hxlZ

— ChuckMe92 Soccer (@ChuckMe92Soccer) December 13, 2021

 

Will we get a de Vries debut today?

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Busio, Tessmann, and Jack de Vries (19 y/o on loan from Philly) all on the Venezia bench for their Coppa Italia match against of Serie B!

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American attacker Jack de Vries, 19, has stepped on for his first team debut.

76’ | Venezia 2-1 Ternana#VeneziaTernana

— Venezia FC (@VeneziaFC_EN) December 14, 2021

 

No Sargent today, young American central defender Jonathan Tomkinson, 19, is on the bench for Norwich
- in other news, Norwich is dealing with COVID issues and is missing a bunch of players https://t.co/0tcVad639d

— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) December 14, 2021

 

This kinda confirms the eye test. Good at carrying/dribbling while passing leaves a bit to be desired. Sometimes holds the ball a tad too long and dribbles into two players. Also passes up 1v1s occasionally with a cutback and back pass.

— Daniel (@DanielSmith1022) December 15, 2021