Pedro Soma in Spain

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Sharing that Soma scored today for the U19s, he played fellow American Bruno Klimek (born in Miami + has played for Poland U16 and U17) and I've heard they both played really well. So a cool matchup abroad!

Here's a great picture of them together from Bruno

Huge matchup in Spain today with two big time American prospects playing each other 👀🇺🇸

Miami-born GK Bruno Klimek (’07) and MF Pedro Soma (’06) both played fantastic, with Soma scoring a goal as well ⚽️⁰⁰

Here they are - shoutout to @brunoklimek1 for the awesome pic! pic.twitter.com/ZQOZFC6EBQ

— USA Ballers Abroad ⚽️ (@USBallersAbroad) April 21, 2024

 

Finished up the Division de Honor (U19) season over the weekend with a start and 5-0 win. Also has made 10 first team apps

Here's a recent clip of him vs Espanyol

Pedro Soma 🇺🇸 ('06) & Cornella U19s finished their Division de Honor season with a 5-0 win this weekend

In addition to his 10 first team apps, he started all 18 games he played with the U19s

He also started in USA U19's win vs England in March

Here's a recent clip vs Espanyol pic.twitter.com/a4I9blWrRo

— USA Ballers Abroad ⚽️ (@USBallersAbroad) May 5, 2024

 

Pedro Soma getting some minutes with the 1st team vs CD Lugo

⏱️ 69’ | 3️⃣-1️⃣ | 🔄 Doble canvi a la @ue_cornella:

➡️ Tejada
➡️ Pedro Soma

⬅️ Teddy
⬅️ Clau Mendes #LugoCornellà 🟢 pic.twitter.com/Jnt8E6vdQb

— UE Cornellà 💚 (@ue_cornella) May 11, 2024

 

Pedro Soma started and played all 90 minutes with the 1st team vs CD Leonesa.

👥 𝐗𝐈 #UECornellà

#️⃣⚽ #CornellàCultural #PrimeraFederación 🟢 pic.twitter.com/1c6kFywHgq

— UE Cornellà 💚 (@ue_cornella) May 18, 2024

 

Transfermarkt shows his contract expiring June 30th, which is also his 18th birthday. One to monitor this summer.

 

Another start for Pedro Soma with Cornella’s first team.

👥 𝐗𝐈 #UECornellà

#️⃣⚽ #FuenlaCornellà #PrimeraFederación 🟢 pic.twitter.com/049Yev7YtB

— UE Cornellà 💚 (@ue_cornella) May 25, 2024

 

Transfermarkt says he's out of contract at Cornella and without a club as of July 1.

 

Pedro Soma scores in extra time and converts his penalty to help UE Cornellà move on in the Copa Federación! Huge performance from the 18 year old! https://t.co/Vtc8iqdaCd

— USMNT Report 🇺🇸🇹🇷 (@USMNTReport) August 17, 2024

 

Hopefully, Pedro Soma gets a transfer soon!

 

Contract now runs through 6/30/25 according to Transfermarkt…but who knows if that’s true.

He’s a tidy player, and I’d think a worthwhile flyer for a bigger club this summer. Some of the luster would be lost if he spends the year in the 4th division.

 

Pedro Soma starts and plays 90.

Pedro Soma starts and goes 90 again for the Cornellà first team, as they pick up 0 points away. https://t.co/N1ZyYRZLLU

— USMNT Report 🇺🇸🇹🇷 (@USMNTReport) August 25, 2024

 

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41044027/barcelona-sign-usa-youth-international-pedro-soma

No mention of loan in this article but then again they also missed the fact he played with U20's in qualifying

 

I was about to ask the same thing. Pretty unusual for a 3rd division player to go on loan to Barcelona. Would hope it's a full transfer.

 

Cornella are a smaller club within Catalonia; it isn't all that unusual for "youts" to start at Cornella, and then end up at a bigger club, such as Barca or [historically] Espanyol as they develop. Or, for Barca to loan players TO smaller clubs in Catalonia as well.

Jordi Alba started at Barca, before going to Cornella, and then Valencia and back to Barca, for example.

Adrian Gill was at Cornella before joining Barca's youth setup as well.

 

Pedro Soma training with 1st team today.

Pedro Soma training with the first team this morning during the international break. Versatile defender Landry Farré another from the 2007 gen (Lamine, Cubarsí, Bernal) another involved https://t.co/3sY1KVIVgD

— Samuel Marsden (@samuelmarsden) September 3, 2024

 

Pedro Soma training with 1st team today again.

ℹ️ El Barça vuelve a los entrenamientos, ya pensando en el partido ante el Girona. Ansu Fati completa parte de la sesión con el grupo. También se ejercitan con el primer equipo Landry Farré, Trilli, Pedro Soma y Juan Hernández. (Foto de archivo) pic.twitter.com/ZFsGMIGlmY

— Guillem Borràs Pérez (@Guillembp01) September 9, 2024

 

It is like with Figueroa at Liverpool (who trained with the first team over the weekend), I am not sure what a first team roster for training looks like at really big clubs during international breaks.

Liverpool had 20 players called up for international duty. Barcelona had 11 players called up and six players not called up due to injury.

 

Sadly not large enough to include me even on the list of alternates.

 

I think De La Fuente was getting time with the main team in situations like this too.