YNT-eligible lower division-pro players ('01-younger): 2022-23 Offseason thread

Discussion in 'Youth National Teams' started by Dave Marino-Nachison, Oct 20, 2022.

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  1. Dave Marino-Nachison

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    #1 Dave Marino-Nachison, Oct 20, 2022
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  4. Dave Marino-Nachison

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    #4 Dave Marino-Nachison, Oct 25, 2022
    USL-2 Knoxville plans to step up to USL-1 in 2023, per a league announcement, playing at UT's Lady Vols stadium. The league continues to have a strong focus on the Southeastern states.
     
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  5. Dave Marino-Nachison

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    #5 Dave Marino-Nachison, Oct 28, 2022
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    El Paso Locomotive FC reached a landmark moment in club history on Thursday as it announced the signing of Academy products Diego Abarca and Joel Maldonado to their first professional contracts for the 2023 USL Championship season.
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    https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1245402
     
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  6. ussoccer97531

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  7. don Lamb

    don Lamb Member+

    mine
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    Aug 31, 2017
    #7 don Lamb, Oct 28, 2022
    Based on transfermarkt, looks like Seattle signed Kitahara today.

    Between Atencio, Leyva, Vargas, and Kitahara, their homegrown depth at DM is stupid.
     
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  8. Balerion

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    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
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  10. Dave Marino-Nachison

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  11. NoHammiesAltidore

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    United States
    Jun 28, 2019
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #11 NoHammiesAltidore, Nov 13, 2022
  12. TheFalseNine

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    Arsenal
    United States
    Jul 15, 2014
    Norman, Okla.
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #12 TheFalseNine, Nov 16, 2022
    Glad my Energy are returning to USL-C for 2023! Mostly a rhetorical question--since I don't believe even the club has a good answer at this point--but I wonder if they will bring all of the academy operations under one roof and integrate, with a clear path to the first team?
     
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  13. NoHammiesAltidore

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    United States
    Jun 28, 2019
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #13 NoHammiesAltidore, Dec 8, 2022
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    Real Monarchs' Christian Nydegger is going on a mission trip and will likely be out of the game for 2 years.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck7BccXOS9n/

    '03 Raymond Drai is out of contract with RNYFC; he's apparently trialing in Europe.
     
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  14. ussoccer97531

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    #14 ussoccer97531, Dec 8, 2022
    Is Nydegger the first pro player to take a Mormon mission during their career?
     
  15. NoHammiesAltidore

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    Jun 28, 2019
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #15 NoHammiesAltidore, Dec 8, 2022
    It's the first I've heard of during a pro career, I know of at least one player who did one during college and later went pro.
     
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  16. irondeepbicycle

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    Jul 31, 2017
    #16 irondeepbicycle, Dec 8, 2022
    I can think of a lot of non-soccer examples of guys who did this (typically during/before playing in college) but can't think of any pro soccer players.

    I don't know anything about Christian in particular but I grew up in a heavily Mormon area and played sports in high school, and did have some teammates who played sports professionally. This can be a very difficult decision for a young athlete.

    Typically a Mormon boy would serve a mission at age 18, and Christian is a bit older than that. That could indicate that he wanted to delay the decision a bit to fulfill his dream of playing professionally, as well as gauge if he had a realistic shot at playing at a high level. That's fairly common for young Mormon athletes.

    As RSL's academy has produced more professional-level players from Utah I wouldn't be surprised to see other athletes do this as well. But I would also guess that it'd mostly be kids who aren't top-level prospects - Taylor and Zach Booth are Mormon, for example, but neither are likely to serve a mission.
     
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  17. gogorath

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    May 12, 2019
    #17 gogorath, Dec 8, 2022
    I'm not sure if Ryan Hollingshead is Mormon, but he took a year off to do Church-related volunteer work before starting in MLS.
     
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  18. butters59

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    #18 butters59, Dec 8, 2022
    Don't think so. He was helping his brother to build a church, doesn't look like Mormon mission.
     
  19. NoHammiesAltidore

    NoHammiesAltidore Member

    United States
    Jun 28, 2019
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #19 NoHammiesAltidore, Dec 13, 2022
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  20. Dave Marino-Nachison

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    #20 Dave Marino-Nachison, Dec 13, 2022
    Bryant's one of those guys who's been around so long, and with so little hype in a relative sense, that it's easy to forget he's still YNT eligible. I happened to watch him with Richmond in a game late this past season and while it was a somewhat-unusual contest -- I believe they were playing up a man when I tuned in -- they were basically letting Bryant sit deep and pull the strings. That's not necessarily something you'd expect to see a young American get to do, even in a lower U.S. pro division.
     
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  21. ChuckMe92

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    Jun 23, 2016
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  22. Balerion

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    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
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    United States
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  23. Balerion

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  24. Balerion

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  25. NoHammiesAltidore

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    United States
    Jun 28, 2019
    Nat'l Team:
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    #25 NoHammiesAltidore, Dec 25, 2022
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    CV Fuego signed '03 David Diaz to a pro deal after being on an academy deal and heading to CSU Northridge during the 2022 season. He had 2 goals and 3 assists in 900 mins during his college career.
     
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