Kristian Fletcher at Swansea City (olf DC United)

https://www.hudl.com/profile/13533403/Kristian-Fletcher

Dominated with 26 goals and led his team to a state title. Highlights don't look half bad either.

 

Does he go to private school? I don't recognize the HS he played against.

 

Generally speaking, IIRC Landon competes in high-level non-Catholic private school competition.

 

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Might be Munich bound

 

Landon is in fact a private school in Bethesda, MD. It’s known more for lacrosse.

 

BvB bound. Anyone have insight here? Position and/or player comparison? Thx

 

Here's a recent game if you're interested. I don't really see it but i've been wrong before:

 

Yeah, I didn't see it either, but then, I didn't see Scally's potential either.

 

FWIW, the Washington Post named him its fall HS player of the year, noting:

He is expected to pursue professional opportunities in Europe next season.​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/12/14/fall-all-met-2021/

(Virginia public schools play soccer in the spring.)

 

Good to hear. FWIW I graduated from Landon ~20 years ago and played under the current coach. He told our alumni email group Fletcher is the type of player most coaches will never get the chance to experience no matter how long you do it. Said without question the most talented and complete player at his age he had ever seen. The level of completion is just average though in the IAC so it’s good that he’s developing elsewhere now. As someone already mentioned, Landon is a lacrosse (and football/hockey) centered school.

 

It seems at least moderately interesting that, if he is in fact negotiating in some way with DC United, that DCU is now led on the field by Rooney, who of course has deep connections to Manchester United, where Fletcher spent some time. You might see a guy like Rooney having a high-profile youth signing on his to-do list.

 

Smart move

 

Fletcher is a very, very, very talented player and the upside is huge.

Signing with a look towards getting MLS minutes far before he’d get Euro minutes makes tons of sense for him, that is as long as DC United handles him well…

 

So I guess this is a trial (mostly in training) for a free transfer thru a mutual ownership group:

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Anyone know how he got the UK passport? Bio says he was born in MD

 

"he actually holds a British passport, making a move to Europe much easier"

https://the18.com/en/soccer-news/who-is-kristian-fletcher-soccer-borussia-dortmund-signing-american