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I'm not sure because my Spanish is pathetic for someone who took 4 years in high school, but I'm pretty sure this article says that Andy Najar's dad thinks Andy is leaning towards the US because our country gave him the opportunity for a better life, supports him in the refinement of his game and wants him to play at a big club in Europe and will help him do so.

 

http://www.latribuna.hn/web2.0/?p=205112

 

From what I can glean: DC United is working hard to get Andy trials with Real Madrid and Arsenal who are both interested, Thomas Rongen and other US coaches have come to see him play and have expressed an interest, the Honduran federation called him up for a friendly v Panama but hasn't come up to see him actually play, the US has the advantage because of what they can offer in terms of player development and professional contacts abroad compared to Honduras.

 

I absolutely have never thought we had a chance. The citizenship process will take a few years and this kid is too good to keep on the sideline that long. If we pull this off though, he is every bit as talented and much more refined than a similarly aged Landon Donovan.

 

Edit - MLS Insider has a good translation:

http://mlsinsiderblog.com/?p=4094

“The coaches in the United States are seeing him. They have not called him up yet but they have him in their sights and the truth is that they are more interested in him than those from Honduras, because they come to see him play but those from his own country do not. The Honduran federation has called up him but they do not even bother coming here to see how he plays.”

“The United States has the advantage for him to play with them because they scout him regularly and in addition they [D.C. United] have him studying and they continue to prepare him in soccer. I know that Honduran fans will feel bad if he makes this decision but it is down to what he decides.”

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v South Africa.

 

GK - Guzan, Cervi

D - Agbossoumonde, Borchers, Bornstein, Goodson, Lichaj, Ream, Spector.

M - Bedoya, Carroll, Diskerud, Gaven, Pause, Rogers

F - Agudelo, Bunbury, Findley

 

Weird.

 

Bunbury peace outs Canada, eh?

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Villa get a deserved lead against United, they have showed great pace today.

 

edit 2-0 now. United have showed nothing today. Arsenal need to take advantage tomorrow.

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-That US midfield is weak, but I'm looking forward to the Boss/Ream pairing against a SA's top side.

 

-Mikey scored the second in 'Gladbach's 4-0 win over Koln today, and Stewie scored his first Prem goal in Bolton's 3-2 win over Wolves.

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And of course United draw it level at 2.

 

Lichaj gets in late for Villa.

 

Man U was due for one of those after blowing a couple games this year in similar fashion.

 

Big win for Tottenham also because they've been struggling big time recently. Plus three of their next four games are at Arsenal and vs. Liverpool and Chelsea.

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What an impressive performance from Sunderland today.

 

They took apart Chelsea 3-0 at Stamford Bridge and completely deserved the win. First goals Chelsea has given up at home in the EPL this year (had outscored opponents 17-0) and first EPL home goal since Mar. 27 in a 7-1 win over Aston Villa. They had pitched nine straight shutouts and they had scored the last 39 EPL goals at Stamford Bridge.

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Ferreira is having himself a game. A goal and a nice assist. The backline has been pretty impressive for Dallas. Dax McCarty needs to drop the facial hair thing.
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Landon was anonymous. So was Beckham. Dallas' wingers kept them pinned back and their central midfielders bossed the match. Landon has looked gassed for a solid month now and it cost them in the end. MLS is the real loser. No LA, Seattle or NY = no ratings.
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The interesting thing about FCD's dismantling of the 'Gals is that their depth is very, very suited to the CCL next season.

 

Their academy is the best in the league at this point.

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http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5764564/anguish-gale-agbossoumonde

Gale Agbossoumonde: A Cautionary Tale

Dude spurned offers from Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and Real Valladolid because he didn't want to move to Europe at 17. Told them he was signing with MLS, didn't like the money MLS offered (Of course they're cheap, duh. Get a better agent) and signed with Traffic Sports USA, a branch of a Brazilian company that buys player rights as a third party, a la the debacles with Tevez & Mascherano a few years back. Now he can't get a club to sign him. They loaned him to Braga for 6 months on a reserve deal. Within two games they signed him to the senior squad. After the loan ended they wanted to buy him outright. Unfortunately the new owners would not work with Traffic for reasons that are unclear. This senior National call up looks like a desperate attempt to instill some of the lost confidence and optimism in the kid. Get him back on track. Hopefully it works out because he looks like a real deal prospect.

 

Some immature decision making combined with some bad advice has turned into an unfortunate situation for an important player in the US' future.

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