It appears they've signed a 20 year old named Calvin Crooks. Now the report says he was born in London but there is also an American named Calvin Crooks. The article said he spent a lot of time in America. http://guiseleyafc.co.uk/2010/12/15/possible-pitch-inspection-0900am-saturday-lions-sign-winger/ A Calvin Crooks played at FAU and was born in New Jersey...... http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/crooks_calvin00.html
Looks like its the same guy who played at FAU. His college bio which is from 2008 says he played for the USA U15 national team. He was on trial with Bradford PA back in July and played in the PDL this past season with Central Jersey Spartans. http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=72247
Could be C.J. Crooks from this roster from 2005: GOALKEEPERS (3): Jon Harris (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Josh Lambo (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Chris Miller (Garland, Texas); DEFENDERS (9): Mykell Bates (Rosevill, Calif.), Brice Carr (Mequon, Wis.), Mizuki Hamada (Cupertino, Calif.), Christian Ibeagha (Edmond, Okla.), Ian Kalis (Plano, Texas), Brandon Lee (Tenafly, N.J.), John Raley (St. Inigoes, Md.), Matthey Uy (New Hyde Park, N.Y.), Daniel Wenzel (Federal Way, Wash.); MIDFIELDERS (8): Jared Jeffrey (Dallas, Texas), David MacVane (Middle Grove, N.Y.), Norberto Ochoa (Riverside, Calif.), Yannick Salmon (Westbury, N.Y.), Brandon Tarr (Knoxville, Tenn.), Kirk Urso (Lombard, Ill.), Abraham Villon (Garden Grove, Calif.), Brandon Zimmerman (Pasco, Wash.); FORWARDS (7): Gary Andrade (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Danny Barerra (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Walter Hines (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Vincenzo Bernardo (Madison, N.J.), C.J. Crooks (West Orange, N.J.), Ellis McLaughlin (Seattle, Wash.), Sam Redmond (Arden, N.C.). Lots of interesting names there. Though, as we know, citizenship isn't required for U15 involvement because the group has no FIFA competitions. And it's still possible he was born overseas, and further possible that he was both born overseas AND a citizen nonetheless.
It probably is CJ as I've seen his name as CJ Brooks other places and the FAU bio lists West Orange, NJ as his hometown. http://www.shp.org/ftpimages/398/misc/misc_77530.pdf A picture of him at the bottom of a high school soccer camp. Made the all state team for the same high school his Senior year. He was born in the UK but I guess its possible he could have citizenship....I guess its on standby tell we find out more.
Calvin may now be at Radcliffe Borough FC, though I'm not sure he was there after the winter break. http://www.rbfc.co.uk/players.php?player_id=13077&season_id=4
The pic is from his FAU bio: "... Height / Weight: 5-6 / 175 Position: F High School:Named an ... all-state selection as a Sophomore, Junior, and Senior ...netted 63 goals and 32 assists...won state championship as a sophomore...as a senior Set[o]n Hall Prep posted a 24-1 record, won state and ranked No. 6 in the nation... Club Experience:...was starting forward for U 15 National Team...member of New Jersey State team for U13, U14, U15, U16... Personal: Goal is to play professional soccer..." Assist on 4/13: "Garforth Town 0 Salford City 2 ... Salford City finally got a long awaited victory at Garforth today, with goals from Nathan Taylor and Nathan McDonald.... A corner was played short to Calvin Crooks, whose cross was hit first time into the top right hand corner of the net by Nathan McDonald as he ghosted into the area. 2-0.": http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=1776 Did not play in their game on 4/23, however: http://www.salfordcityfc.co.uk/results-item.php?id=299 Salford City is in the bottom half of the table in the vaunted Evo-Stik North League Division One North (8th tier), in the same league as Radcliffe Borough: http://www.nonleaguelive.com/northonenorth https://twitter.com/Callyfwesh
http://www.nasl.com/article/uuid/f6...yers-highlight-2014-nasl-combine#.Ut9GMH9HaSM Bump. Crooks has been invited to the NASL's annual combine to be held UC-Irvine, January 24-26.
With Winsford United FC of England's 9th tier North West Counties Football League Premier Division- http://www.winsfordunitedfc.co.uk/players.php?player_id=13077&season_id=5#players @bungadiri - Calvin Crooks at Winsford United FC
He's apparently scheduled to attend an upcoming SoccerVisa combine, so presumably he is without a club at present.
Day two of SoccerViza combine in the books. Former #USYNT and Crystal Palace man Calvin Crooks looking super sharp.— Christopher McCollum (@CKMcCollum) November 26, 2014
Off to Iceland: BÍ/Bolungarvík hefur náð samkomulagi við Calvin Crooks um að hann leiki með liðinu nk. http://www.bibol.is/frettir/BIBolungarvik_semur_vid_enskan_bakvord/
This appears to be the same Calvin Crooks as is on season 3 of Netflix reality show "The Circle" -- here's a trailer: https://parade.com/1263212/mikebloom/the-circle-season-2-calvin-kiing-crooks-eliminated-spoilers/