Callum Stretch at Aston Villa

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  1. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    He's a '99 defender/midfielder who was previously with LA Galaxy's academy.

    http://www.lagalaxy.com/academy/bios/Callum-Stretch

    He was recently called into the U-18 NT.

    http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/36-players-called-into-us-u18-mnt-camp_aid38715

    DEFENDERS (11): Jose Alfaro Jr. (Monarcas Morelia; West Chicago, Ill.), Corey Anton (FC Kaiserslautern; Wollstein, Germany), McKay Eves (RSL Arizona; Casa Grande, Ariz.), Christopher Grey (San Jose Earthquakes; San Jose, Calif.), Harold Hanson (FC Golden State; Ontario, Calif.), Mark McKenzie (Philadelphia Union; Bear, Del.), Alessandro Milesi (Shattuck-St. Mary’s; Fairbault, Minn.), Matthew Real (Philadelphia Union; Drexel Hill. Pa.), Samual Rogers (Seattle Sounders; Seattle, Wash.), Callum Stretch (Aston Villa FC; Encino, Calif.), Carson Vom Steeg (Real So Cal; Santa Barbara, Calif.)

    He was called into a previous U-18 camp last July where they listed him as "unattached".

    http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2015/07/28/10/40/150728-u18mnt-heads-to-open-nordic-cup

    DEFENDERS (6): Jordi Avila (Kendall SC; Hialeah Gardens, Fla.), Calvin Aroh (New England Revolution; Glastonbury, Conn.), Daniel Jones (New England Revolution; West Hartford, Conn.), Aedan Stanley (St. Louis Scott Gallagher Missouri; Columbia, Ill.), Callum Stretch (Unattached; Encino, Calif.), Carson Vom Steeg (Real So Cal; Santa Barbara, Calif.)
     
  2. joseph_beq

    joseph_beq Member

    Nov 21, 2015
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What's his potential? Haven't heard much about him.
     
  3. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club...spects:-u18-mnt-defender-joins-villa_aid39546

    U.S. U18 Men’s National Team defender Callum Stretch has a new home. The 16-year-old, who has dual citizenship with the U.S. and the United Kingdom, inked a two-year contract with Aston Villa last month.

    “When I first went over to the UK I played with Tottenham Hotspurs U15 team. There I had a week trial and played against Ipswich,” Stretch told TopDrawerSoccer when asked how he ended up at Aston Villa. “I felt that I did well and the coaching staff seemed to agree by inviting me back. When I returned back to LA to figure out what would be the best plan moving forward, it was during that period that some of the coaching staff had left Spurs and moved on to Villa. That's why when I was ready to return back to England, I was asked to go there for trials.”
     
  4. ChuckMe92

    ChuckMe92 Member+

    Jun 23, 2016
    Columbus, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  5. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    He's not playing, at all. Listed at the club with the U-18's, but hasn't even made the bench yet this season. Last season he played in two games. Maybe he's injured?
     
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  6. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. DC_Dave

    DC_Dave Member+

    DC United
    United States
    May 16, 2017
  8. DC_Dave

    DC_Dave Member+

    DC United
    United States
    May 16, 2017
    Calum went 90 picked up a yellow as Aston Villa U18 lose 2 - 3 at home to Swansea U18 in the U18 Premier League (South)
     
  9. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
  10. DC_Dave

    DC_Dave Member+

    DC United
    United States
    May 16, 2017
    That was in November ??????
     
  11. DC_Dave

    DC_Dave Member+

    DC United
    United States
    May 16, 2017
    Starts on the bench today for Aston Villa U18 in an FA Youth Cup match at Bury
     
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  12. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  13. Gorky

    Gorky Member+

    Jul 28, 2006
    NYC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Does he have a British passport?
     
  14. Balerion

    Balerion Member+

    Aug 5, 2006
    Roslindale, MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I believe anybody named "Callum" is issued a UK passport at birth.
     
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  15. Winoman

    Winoman Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De!

    Jul 26, 2000
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ...as is anyone named Wilberforce.
     
  16. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    He's now at IU. He tells a bit of his story here:

    In January, Stretch entered his name into the transfer portal, and within days, nearly 30 schools reached out to the coveted transfer — including IU.

    “The best form of knowing is playing against someone,” IU head coach Todd Yeagley said. “And he, after playing against us and watching our team, he said this really fits the way he likes to play and the DNA of our team.”

    All it took was a single official visit to Bloomington and an understanding of the elite defenders such as Jack Maher and Grant Lillard that have passed through IU’s historic program, for Stretch to choose the Hoosiers.

    By mid-March, his transfer papers were filed and his name etched in as Maher’s successor at IU.​

    https://www.idsnews.com/article/2020/04/into-the-deep-end-callum-stretchs-journey-to-iu-mens-soccer
     
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  17. Dough Boy

    Dough Boy Member

    Sep 27, 2014

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