http://njmg.typepad.com/sbi/2007/05/breaking_news_a.html No news on where yet, but he's signed an agent and will be looking to sign a deal with a team this off season. Who is he? And, more on him (from 2005): So, early days yet, but it looks like he's got a lot of "potential", and will be making the jump, sharpish. Curious to see where he goes. And, there are times when I think St. Benedict's is a better producer of talent than Bradenton, but anyway.
Colombian born, huh? This seems pretty easy for really talented Latino kids. Two years in a Spanish soccer academy, followed by a Spanish passport and then the whole world is open to him.
I've asked this before but can't remember. This guy is yet another budding star that we are going to lose because he doesn't have citizenship, right?
Sounds like some serious negligence on the part of his parents. Does anyone have any idea how long it may take now that he has just applied? And will the fact that he has lived here for so long already (over 15 years) make the process move any quicker?
Normally takes a couple of years. I'm not sure whether his lengthy residence will help or not. It shouldn't matter that much, though, as I believe our youth teams have called in people in his situation in the past (not yet citizens but applying) and he'll really need to be focusing on his club status over the next year. Hopefully he's one for the next U-20 cycle.
Angulo was discussed at some length in this Ferrari YNT thread: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=463695 Galarcep has been following him for some time. See http://njmg.typepad.com/sbi/2007/01/your_questions_.html "I {IG} have seen him {Ferrari} play and he is certainly a technical skilled target forward but the kid is still very raw. In my opinion Jose Angulo, St. Benedict's Prep's leading scorer this year, is considerably better than Ferrari. and IG's lengthy Angulo bio {Nov 2005} http://www.northjersey.com/page.php...lRUV5eTY4MTI3NDYmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2 the latter courtesy of Manoa:
Galarcep states that more details will be made availabe this morning, including which teams are interested in him. Anyone know where we can read it? Will it be in his blog?
Maybe so, but if you have a green card and you 'reside' abroad, they make you give the green card back. Happened to my wife. The green card is for foreign 'residents.'
The poster who was quoted above (Manoa) stated that he applied for citizenship a year and a half ago. It would be interesting to know what point the process is currently at.
Sounds like another one bites the dust. Someone should put together an all "doesn't want to play for the US but could/can't because of lack of citizenship team. I'm sure that would burn and frustrate quite a few.
Mention of clubs here: Angulo's representatives have already been in contact with team officials from Italian squads AS Roma and Lazio, German teams Hannover 96 and Armenia Bielefeld and English power Arsenal. Also: Before he heads to Europe, the Colombian-born striker will spend some time training with the Red Bulls. The training stint will allow him to test himself against professional players as well as prepare him for potential tryouts in Europe. "I just want to get on the field and start playing and being in a professional environment," said Angulo, a green card holder in the process of securing his U.S. citizenship. "I want to start working toward getting on the national team." Link: http://www.northjersey.com/page.php...lRUV5eTcxMzU0MzQmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2
He ain't an immigrant in my book. Been here since 2 years old, spent his entire soccer life in the U.S. He should be a citizen, if he's good enough he should be in the national pool, and in my mind he's a world apart from some 12 year old kid who arrives on these shores already a largely finished soccer product.
I know what you're saying, but as an immigrant myself...that's the definition of being an immigrant. I moved here when I was two, and became a naturalized citizen when my parents became citizens...but I'm still an immigrant.
Exactly. I was just thinking about his situation compared to that of Feilhaber, who came to the U.S. a 6 year old. Anyone know when he got his citizenship? I would imagine that his parents started the process a bit sooner...
I'm not speaking of legal or even a spiritual sense of immigrant, purely a soccer sense. Somebody who arrived here at 2 years old had his soccer 100% formed in America.
My kid plays soccer with boys who eat mangos dipped in cayenne pepper, and who speak no English at home. That makes them immigrants, then? They were born in Chicago, Illinois.
General description. Could be used for Rossi playing for Italy, sure. At any rate, I think we can all agree that this young man developed his soccer talent in the U.S., has lived almost his entire life in the U.S., and is more properly a USMNT candidate than a Colombian NT candidate. Correct?