Trent Alexander-Arnold at Liverpool

Discussion in 'Yanks Abroad' started by ShaftBrewer, Apr 3, 2018.

  1. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    They're going to advance out of their spectacularly bad group with 6 points and a GD of 0 (2-goal wins v. Tunisia and Panama, 4-goal loss to Belgium), maybe win a Round of 16 game against the Group H winners (Poland or Colombia), and then get ********ing smoked by Germany in the quarterfinals.
     
  2. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Not that he was ever gonna play for the USMNT, but TAA official became cap-tied to England today when he played for them against Belgium.

    Kid did pretty well, too.
     
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  3. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    He played like a starter. England are lucky. Another Liverpool boy to aide their country.
     
  4. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    He did some good soccer things today.
     
  5. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm going to add this here because an MIB interview can stir up some interest:



    Late in the interview, he says his mom is American, but never says he is an American or has a US passport. That's in keeping with the previous explanation that his Nan moved to the US and married an American, but that his mother was born & raised in the UK. Assuming mom never lived the required 5 years in the US before he was born, she doesn't pass along US citizenship. The only way to do that would have been for them to move to the US before he was 18 and he would have become a US citizen on the spot. But now, all she can do is sponsor him for a Green Card and he'd have to go through the naturalization process while living part of the time in the US.

    So, only in the most stretched definition of the term would he have been "eligible" for the USMNT.
     
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  6. bshredder

    bshredder BigSoccer Supporter

    Feb 23, 1999
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Danny Potts X2
     

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