The Alex Mighten stuff is now all over social media... I'm sure all going back to that Daily Mail article. But then again just because the Daily Mail is a scummy tabloid doesn't mean they don't break real soccer news. 19-year-old Alex Mighten, winger at Nottingham Forest, is reportedly set to commit his international future to the USMNT, after having talks with Gregg Berhalter.He has played for England at every level from U15s to U20s. [DailyMail] pic.twitter.com/OAeQqCZAxy— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) November 8, 2021 Alex has chosen to play for USA national team after speaking to head coach Gregg Berhalter.He also notified the FA & U20 England coach Andy Edwards. Nottingham Forest's Alex Mighten set to commit his future to the USA?? https://t.co/0iEbRNL4jy via @MailOnline— Grant (@Grantnffc1) November 8, 2021 Also working for the Daily Mail is a steady job even if you want to be a paperback writer....
The Guatemalan league also has the highest salaries in Central America that's why you see many Honduras and Costa Ricans play in Guatemala. Heck we even have seven Mexican coaches in Guatemala plus Toluca legend José Saturnino Cardozo with C.S.D. Municipal.
Interesting post -- luck is also a factor in all of this, especially when we're talking such fine margins in relative soccer success terms
🌍 𝐒𝐞́𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 Félicitations à @nolan_mbemba (🇨🇬), Abdoullah Ba (🇫🇷 U19), Thierno Baldé (🇫🇷 U20) et Amir Richardson (🇫🇷 U20) pour leurs convocations en équipe nationale ! 👏 pic.twitter.com/q9CT4pUUVv— Havre Athletic Club ⚽️ (@HAC_Foot) November 9, 2021 Amir Richardson with France's u-20's, last international window he was with Morocco's u-23 he's got options, hopefully we have reached out to him
Good article about dual national recruiting https://www.espn.com/soccer/united-...ntensified-by-recruiting-dual-national-talent
Wow. Micheal Ray Richardson. That dude was a serious baller. Had a nice career in the NBA before drug issues and then went to play Europe. He went to the University of Montana. Probably the best athlete ever to attend that university. Here are a couple of interesting facts from Wikipedia: "The New York Knicks drafted Richardson with the fourth overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft, and he was billed as "the next Walt Frazier." Two picks later, the Boston Celtics drafted future Hall of Famer Larry Bird. In his second year, Richardson became the third player in NBA history (Slick Watts – 1976,[11] Don Buse – 1977)[12] to lead the league in both assists (10.1) and steals (3.2), setting the Knicks' franchise records in both categories. He also recorded 18 triple-doubles, the second-most in franchise history."
He got like 20' just now in a big loss vs Brazil. Definitely something there...I doubt we're first choice though
Alan Soñora: "If they call me from the United States, I would play for that National Team" https://t.co/NSWj5s2q3n— Justin Moran (@kickswish) November 10, 2021
US are pretty stacked at young cms. Argentina have 3 players under 25 who have gotten starts at cm/dm in the Top-5*. The US have 5. Musah will shortly make it 6.. If Sonora were a dmid he'd have more of a chance. I'd like to see him brought in to compete there, if he is not competitive at the 8. * source = Whoscored
Indeed. We're stacked in terms of numbers, and that's with de la Torre, Mihailovic, and others not getting into the squad. Reyna isn't with the group. Ledezma is back training again, and hopefully Pomykal is back on a positive trajectory. Caden Clark is on his way to Europe. The young Philly CMs are charging hard. The list goes on. ....................but there should be a friendly for which we can take a look at Sonora. Give him a chance to prove he's better.
I don't know. I don't feel great about our depth at the #8 position. Musah and McKennie are good, and it seems like Busio is really raising his game, though he has yet to have a signature performance with the USMNT (other than maybe Martinique, but does that count?). But after that, I feel like we some minimally adequate MLS vets like Lletget and Roldan and then a bunch of younger guys who are question marks...De la Torre, Pomykal, Clark, etc. I'm not opposed to looking at Mihailovic and Ledezma, but I think they fit better as wingers in our system. So, I'd favor adding Soñora to that group of younger question marks and hope that by increasing the numbers, we get a couple more to break through at higher levels.
Leandro Soria On Saturday, 8 days after turning 17, NYC-born winger Leandro Soria made his debut in Argentina's Primera with Godoy Cruz. With the great @ArchBell translating, I spoke with Soria about his rise to the 1st team & his hopes for a U.S. U-20 call-up. For ASN https://t.co/laeinQgkrp— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) November 11, 2021
I didn’t realize just how central to Mexico recruiting Dennis te Kloese was. He’s the guy who went to Santa Rosa and talked Jonathan Gonzalez and family into switching. He’s probably a factor in why Galaxy dual nats lean toward El Tri.
It definitely doesn't help for sure and we'd be much better off if he ends up going to Feyenoord who have been rumored to have interest. This is an older article but has alot more about his role/involvement while at FMF https://www.theringer.com/soccer/20...ual-national-jonathan-gonzalez-efrain-alvarez
One thing you learn about Jonathan from the Gomez family blog is how important his uncle is. His uncle is based in Mexico City. Our first family trip to San Sebastián to visit Real Sociedad with @jonathang_42 and @Chesare_Gomez. Nos la pasamos super. https://t.co/9pGNdOGI0q— Germán Gómez (@gerraze) November 5, 2021
Dual nat courtesy of MLS 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 https://t.co/YwVBrQd96q— Jesus Ferreira (@Jesusfcd27) November 13, 2021
Just going to take a moment to revel in the fact we won 3 dual national battles with guys who despite not being able to legally drink in the USA are all already general consensus best XI players (Dest, Musah, Pepi). Feels good.
I do think Julian Araujo should be in contention for playing time in Mexico's squad sooner rather than later.
And the one cap does not have to be a qualifier. The December friendly for instance would also count.