Has joined Tampines Rovers: Raspreet Sandhu has joined Tampines Rovers for our 2017 AFC Cup campaign. ... Tampines Rovers General Manager Desmund Khusnin, added “Raspreet Sandhu joining TRFC is a bit of a historic moment as Kal Sandhu, his father, used to play for Tampines Rovers and this is great for football in Singapore as it evidences the passion for football that runs through generations. Raspreet joins us on our AFC campaign. He has impressed us in trials and we hope he ends up having a long future with us”. http://tampinesroversfc.com/like-father-like-son-raspreet-sandhu/ Played at Sonoma State: http://www.sonomaseawolves.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2294 A bit more: Raspreet was born in the United States but has Singaporean heritage through his father Kalwant Sandhu, who played for Tampines Rovers too before he emigrated to America in the early 1980s. The 23-year-old is unlikely to showcase his abilities in the S.League though, as he cannot be registered after the Stags maximised their league foreign quota with Japanese winger Ryutaro Megumi, Croatian forward Ivan Dzoni and 25-year-old South Korean Son Yong Chan. ... Tampines technical director Jita Singh went one step further and claimed the American would easily be a starter for the Lions if he had citizenship. Raspreet has been on trial at Tampines since December, about the same time Jita joined the Stags. “Raspreet would be starting on the Singapore national team if he was a citizen; he has great attitude and disposition,” Jita added. http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/...gaporean-raspreet-afc-cup#T5PUWXTBfDRBPXkR.99
Oh -- this team supposedly has another Yank, Diego Silvas, on the roster. He isn't listed on the first-team roster page, though an article from last month seems to suggest he's still there and maybe he's on another squad in the organization. http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/diego-and-thomas-silvas-in-singapore.2035316/ http://www.todayonline.com/sports/brunei-dpmm-get-additional-foreign-boost-new-sleague-season
Debuted: The first US-born professional footballer to make his debut for five-times S-League champions Tampines Rovers, Raspreet had an awesome debut in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup in the 2-1 opening match win over Malaysia’s Felda United. “I must make this point clear. I admire and respect his dad (Kalwant Sandhu) because he’s been very professional in his approach to me and the club, the past four weeks, and never pushed for Raspreet to be given any favoured treatment just because Kalwant was one of the Tampines’ players in the mid-1970s.” “I have said this before. I will not pull any punches to go on record to say that Raspreet would be starting in the Singapore national team if he was a citizen. He has great attitude and disposition for a 23-year-old, rarely seen in local players.” http://www.sports247.my/v1/2017/02/raspreet-sandhus-american-dream-comes-true/