Hopefully This is the right place to seek facts/opinions about a possible future USMNT star? from http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=317263&cc=5901 "Shevchenko married American model Kristen Pazik in Washington last July, and the couple have a child, Jordan, born three weeks ago and named after a certain former superstar basketball player." 1. Is Jordan a boy or girl? 2. Is Jordan born in the USA/otherwise granted citizenship? 3. How likely that Andrei & Kristen might settle in the USA in the future? 4. Please don't mock me.
I think this would get kinda of sticky wouldn't it. Being Ukrainain, that would mean Sheva stays as a Ukrainian citizen. The country does not allow a person to be in possession of two passports. So the kid would be half American, half Ukrainian, but only have one passport (American). Unless Sheva decided that he wanted to relinquish his ties to the country he would get a US passport, but at his age and with the WC looming, he wouldn't possibly conceive this. Andriy could decide to settle in the US, but he would have to get a Visa because he can't become an American/Ukrainian due to the laws on forbidden dual-nationality in the country of Ukraine despite marrying an American. But no doubt, he will be given some sort of special case being an idol in his homeland.
I heard Andrei is going to be George Weah's partner up top for the Metros next year (Roberto Baggio will provide depth off the bench).
Announcer: Klinnsman weaves right and plays it ahead for Shevchenko, Shevchenko slips it through to Weah, Weah shoots and scores!! The USA take a 1-0 lead here in the 2022 World Cup!!
Tangent... Since Shevchenko is cap-tied to Ukraine, wouldn't he only ever be eligible for them even if he no longer held their passport? What is the ruling on cap-tied players that are no longer citizens (passport-holders) of that country?
if your born in the US then your automatically a US citizen no matter where your parents are from or live. So it doesn't matter. But even if the kid was born elsewhere, with his or her mother being an american they could play for the US.
The little tyke can hold dual-citizenship. Ukranian due to his father, US due to his mother. He is entitled to American citizenship seeing as his mother is an American.
We really ought to pressure FIFA into starting a U-7 WC, which binds all its players to represent their countries for life..... Imagine the wide net of players the US could pull
No, you are not 'automatically' a citizen. You have to claim it first. Normally this is a distinction without a difference, but the way things currently stand in Ukraine, claiming US citizenship will cost you your Ukranian citizenship.
In that case, he would not be eligible for anyone, since you must also hold a passprt for the country for which you want to play. However, there's a caveat, as FIFA makes an exception for some political circumstances. But I don't know the precise requirements.
I'll withhold judgement until the child is walking. Then, in nursery school, after he's knocked some other kid's blocks with his instep will I start discussing him with the reverence of Ricketts or Enochs or other vapor-studs! By the way, I think it's "Trevor" Garciappara-Hamm not Hamm-Garciappara.
They have an Italian version of GQ? Isn't that kind of like having Olive Gardens in Italy? Do they have Taco Bell in Mexico?
Let's just say I ran a google image search and that was the only safe for work image that came up. The fact that it had her husband only was coincidental.