Kenny Saief being courted by USA

From ESPN (with link to Israeli press report):

Israeli-American Kenny Saief to get U.S. national team call-up - report

I'd be interested to know further info/opinions on Saief as a player and how this story is being received in Israel. Please feel free to respond in the thread in the USA forum:

http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/kenny-saief-dual-citizen-of-the-month.2027249/

 

Here's an update, from an interview he gave a few days ago:

"I knew from someone that the United States was scouting me," Saief, 21, told American Soccer Now from Belgium. "If I get a call from the United States, I think I would probably play for them. Which team is better at football? I think the United States is better. They play almost every four years in the World Cup. As a footballer they are better, I think."

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"At the end it's my decision," Saief said. "If I would say that the best for me would be to go to the United States, for sure I would decide to go to the United States. I respect everything from my father and I loved him. Maybe he had his own plans for the future to be on the Israeli national team, but maybe I feel that I really can do it and be a national team player for the United States."​

http://www.americansoccernow.com/articles/kenny-saief-contemplating-switching-from-israel-to-u-s

 

http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/oh-my-god-kenny-saief-at-gent.2002857/page-7#post-33408564