Jordan Schevchenko?

Discussion in 'USA Men' started by akhman, Dec 2, 2004.

  1. aorig

    aorig New Member

    Jul 29, 2002
    It sounds to me as if the little kid is not supposed to be a soccer player, but rather a basketball player maybe?
     
  2. USvsIRELAND

    USvsIRELAND Member+

    Jul 19, 2004
    ATL
    Cap Him!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  3. Tmagic77

    Tmagic77 Member+

    Feb 10, 2003
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Thanks Captain Obvious.
     
  4. ddw31089

    ddw31089 New Member

    Jun 14, 2004
    Gothenburg, Sweden
    Actually, usually the way it works is that you would get a passport from each country, but after reaching a certain age (often 18) you need to choose which country you want to become a permanent citizen of. The age of the decision is often around 18 cause a kid can't really make an educated decision on which passport they want to hold.

    This applies for certain countries, which allow you to carry only one passport (i.e. Ukraine). So if the kid does actually manage to be good at soccer then he will be open to playing for the US until he makes a decision around 18 (assuming Ukraine doesn't change their existing rules, which they likely will).
     
  5. Stan Collins

    Stan Collins Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
    Silver Spring, MD
    You're right. My best friend in high school was half-Spanish, and that's exactly how it worked.
     
  6. Spartak

    Spartak Member

    Nov 6, 1999
    Philly
    Club:
    AC Milan
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This kid will also have Italian citizenship since he was born there and will probably grow up there as well. But he will be no Andriy Shevchenko because what makes Sheva great is his super powers that were attained from the radioactivity surrounding Chernobyl.
     
  7. jec1

    jec1 Member

    Sporting Clube de Portugal
    Portugal
    Aug 27, 2004
    Los Angeles ATM
    Club:
    Sporting CP Lisbon
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    congrats! schevy having a little kid and winning the fifa palyer of the year in the same year what an accomplisment. :D
     
  8. Dave Brull

    Dave Brull Member

    Mar 9, 2001
    Mayfield Hts, Ohio
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Actually, the US is one of the few, if only nations, that grants automatic citizenship to anyone born on its soil. Most other nations do not and the baby takes the nationality of the parents.
     
  9. akhman

    akhman Member

    Jun 27, 2001
    Hyde Park, MA
    Not to mention we don't know where the baby was born, right? The article says they were married in the US.

    By the time the kid is playing real soccer, Sheva will probably have retired from Pro Soccer, no?. SO the real question is, where will the Schevchenko family settle down: Italy or America?

    (I'm betting against the Ukraine... probbly not up to snuff for an American Supermodel)

    Spartak: How come Chernobyl gave Sheva superpowers but all I got was Thyroid Cancer?!?!
     
  10. appoo

    appoo Member+

    Jul 30, 2001
    USA
    I think its 16 in the country
     
  11. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Shevchenko says Berlusconi will be godfather to his son

    Ukrainian forward Andriy Shevchenko says he plans to take up an offer from Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to become his son's godfather. European player of the year Shevchenko added on Tuesday that he and his U.S.-born wife had agreed to baptise their children, alternatively, as Catholics and as Orthodox, the majority faith in ex-Soviet Ukraine.
    http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-shevchenko_picture&prov=reuters&type=lgns
     
  12. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    correct
     
  13. WHOLMAN2

    WHOLMAN2 New Member

    Dec 4, 2000
    Lahs Angeleez
    Futbolistically speaking, Jordan is able to have US citizenship from Mom while getting a Euro passport through Dad.

    Then again, the level of talent in the US twenty years from now may be exponentially higher that Jordan may not get a sniff with the Stars & Stripes.
     
  14. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are you sure the Ukraine is in the EU?

    People often confuse UEFA with the EU. Two different things.
     
  15. woodwork

    woodwork Member

    Feb 29, 2000
    Ukraine is currently not in the EU, but they want to be in the long term.
     
  16. mattjo

    mattjo Member+

    Feb 3, 2001
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That is not true. People in various countries frequently come to US Embassies to apply for tourist visas, and are surprised to learn that they are US citizens and therefore, do not qualify for tourist visas, but rather US passports. It has nothing to do with a claim. Children of diplomats, etc, are exempted from this provision.

    Also, just because his mother is a US citizen does not mean the child is automatically entitled to US citzenship. If the mother received her US citizenship through a US parent and has not lived in the US for a certain period of time (currently, I believe it is 2 years), the child is not eligible for citizenship. However, if the mother has spent more than 2 years of her life in the US, citizenship is transferred to her children.
     
  17. Achtung

    Achtung Member

    Jul 19, 2002
    Chicago
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Or, y'know, maybe the kid will just suck.



    Or be a spoiled prima donna.

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