His agent hints Balogun will stay with England: https://soccernet.ng/2023/02/folari...country-ligue-1-top-scorer-may-represent.html ” Balogun knows the English set up are aware of him, and his goal still remains breaking into the senior team within the next two years. It is achievable because he is on track. It all begins from the summer when his club future will be sorted at Arsenal”, according to the agent, who was cited by owngoalnigeria. (Note that the Nigerian football press can be fairly unreliable).
New LB 📌 #TriNat Jaheim Headley 🇺🇸🏴🇯🇲 made his debut for the Huddersfield Town senior team today, subbing on in the 64th minute. Usually plays left back but can play LM and RB too. (s/o to @ChuckMe92Soccer for calling it out earlier) #USMNT 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/fJz3pir8u4— 🇺🇸 USMNTvsHaters (@USMNTvsHaters) February 8, 2023
Isais "I'm not committed to anyone right now.I'm just focused on my club right now, doing things right. Whatever comes, I'll see what happens."- Mauricio Isais on playing for 🇲🇽 or 🇺🇸#USMNT #ElTri pic.twitter.com/GNDzmkiU3p— Edgar Moreno 🇺🇸🇲🇽 (@ConcacafEdgar) February 9, 2023
I haven't seen him play at all, but given that the competition for backup LB is wide open, it seems like he's worth a call-up as a 21-year-old starter for a good Liga MX team.
#2 target after Balogun Amir Richardson vs Sochaux 2/11/23 pic.twitter.com/C1sqFv0WI6— Kranks (@dis_possessed) February 11, 2023
Dual nat who could play for the US Balogun and dual nat who can no longer play for the US Jens Cajuste had two of the four goals against EPB and Troyes 1624791646008213506 is not a valid tweet id
The top two goal-scorers in Ligue 1 were born in the US (Balogun and David). Both have very little connection to the US, though. Born in the US to non-American parents and then quickly moved away. So with players like that we take what we can get. Keep calling, keep trying...............and see. Cajuste met none of the requirements to play for the US under the old FIFA system. Neither Jens, nor either of his parents, or any of his grandparents were born in the United States while Cajuste himself had not lived in the United States for two consecutive years. He wasn't eligible, but Berhalter talked to him anyway to gauge the situation. His connection to the states was actually stronger than either Balogun or David. They were eligible as they were born in the states, but Jens wasn't. If he hadn't gotten himself cap-tied to Sweden under the old system, he may have become eligible under the new system. Moot point, though.
Seems there is a bit of controversy in Honduras around Keyrol's appearance (and provisional cap-tie) with the US U17s: https://www.deportestvc.com/jorge-claros-estaria-de-regreso-real-espana-de-liga-nacional-2023-02-12 After Maynor Figueroa's son scored his first official goal with the United States under 17s, in the Concacaf World Cup, engineer Salvador Nasralla shared a message about the Liverpool player." I don't blame him, I tell you, what happens is that of course you would like to play in the land where your father was born, but in the long run what matters is the nationality of your parents; you can choose if you are Honduran," he said live along with Ponce Morazán. "They attacked him when he was old and everything because in Honduras you can be corrupt, a thief, a drug trafficker, a money launderer, whatever you want and they don't tell you anything, but you're old, that's the big problem in Honduras," he lamented.
Former USYNTer is making the rounds. Kaile Auvray's international journey:-Guadeloupe U15 friendlies at 2019 U15 CONCACAF C'ship-USA U17 friendlies in 2020-France U17 camps in 2021-Trinidad senior camp in Dec 2022-Saint Martin senior friendly debut in Jan 2023Not provisionally tied.https://t.co/gRlN764ZJy— ChuckMe92 Soccer (@ChuckMe92Soccer) February 14, 2023
Not sure it works like that, but if they came together I'd say sure as long as the proper paperwork was filled... at least until 2024 lol Should the USMNT hire Thierry Henry as coach to complete the recruitment of Folarin Balogun? 👀🤔 #USMNT 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/g9jMbv4xdc— 🇺🇸 USMNTvsHaters (@USMNTvsHaters) February 16, 2023
Haven't watched him for even a minute but that probably puts him outside the top half dozen or so American strikers... Maurice Malone (22) 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 has gone under the radarIn the Austrian Bundesliga 🇦🇹 this season he has- 15 games- 7 Goals- 5 assists He remains #USMNT eligible & open for a call up. pic.twitter.com/EekGF5FLoZ— Edgar Moreno 🇺🇸🇲🇽 (@ConcacafEdgar) February 18, 2023
Another left back, Jaheim Headley Headley goal pic.twitter.com/0003noIvs1— Htafc Dream𝕏 (@HtafcDream) February 18, 2023 Brilliant first touch and clinical finish. Another Olympic eligible player at LB. Headley, Isais, Tolkin, Lund, JoGo & Wiley are all interesting options. https://t.co/D9CVlcpDva— Marcus Chairez (@chai_asc) February 18, 2023
If he were to play for Saint Martin in a competitive match, would he be cap-tied? I think I remember either Martinique or Guadeloupe at some point being allowed to use a player who was cap-tied to France, but I may be mistaken.
Since it's not a FIFA member, he can never be cap-tied to St. Martin. If he gets cap-tied with one of the other countries, then he can't appear for St. Martin in a Concacaf competition that goes by FIFA rules. The event you are probably thinking about is when Florent Malouda played for French Guiana in the 2017 Gold Cup. He was already cap-tied to France and the tournament was being played under FIFA eligibility rules, even for the non-FIFA members. He could have played for French Guiana at nearly any other time, but he wasn't eligible in this tournament. They forfeited the match he played in. https://www.wakingthered.com/2017/7...acaf-2017-disqualified-french-guiana-honduras
I just remembered who it was. It wasn't Malouda. It was Jocelyn Angloma, who played for France at Euro 92 and 96 and then came out of retirement to play for Guadeloupe at the 2007 Gold Cup. Of course, FIFA's rules on cap-tying have changed several times since then.
Here we go again... According to TUDN, new México head coach Diego Cocca has reached out to Alejandro Zendejas to play for El Tri.Zendejas, 24, made his debut with the USMNT last month. He would need to file one-time switch to play for México. https://t.co/XzNX3SKEMq— Anthony (@AnthonyKyaw) February 21, 2023 (I don't see Zendejas switching if the US keeps calling him up)
Sources tell me Jonathan Gomez is set to be called up in March by the USMNT Under 20 squad for the 2023 U-20 World Cup.Mexico didn’t qualify for the tournament after failing to reach the semifinals during CONCACAF qualifiers, hurting their chances to secure the dual-nat player.— Lizzy Becherano (@lizzy_becherano) February 21, 2023 To clarify: he is set to be called up to the last training camp ahead of the U-20 World Cup in March, & make the final roster in the Summer.— Lizzy Becherano (@lizzy_becherano) February 21, 2023
Notably in the Stewart interview he noted that Hudson was trying to meet with Balogun while in Europe but that they couldn’t quite make it work.
Could quite make it work stopping in for a coffee or meeting in a hotel lobby for 30 minutes? Seems unlikely given both their schedules and Hudson's ability to go anywhere at a moment's notice in service of the federation...