No threads on Landon’s Kristian Fletcher signing for Dortmund?

[Anonymous]

Interesting DC United missed out of the fees. Wonder in BSC will get something? Hopefully he goes on to have much success and make some money!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does seem likely that this was posted by a relative of young Kristian (congrats to him!) or the OP would have known that all we do around here is trash girls’ clubs, teams and coaches. The percentage of people here who care about the sport globally is tiny compared to that of people scheming for their DD’s advancement toward the college recruiting goal and leaving a trail of toxic fumes behind them.

There's instagram and twitter accounts that follow these players. A lot of local soccer players follow these accounts and are happy to see local kids do well.

Absolutely, and 100% of those local soccer players will convey their congrats and well wishes to Kristian and other successful area players via Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter or other social media platforms kids that age use. It would be beyond bizarre if any teens wanted to mark this occasion by taking to DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting DC United missed out of the fees. Wonder in BSC will get something? Hopefully he goes on to have much success and make some money!

So the way the system works right now I believe the answer is no. Because our system is pay to play the club has already been compensated (registration fees) and so the transaction is complete. There was a piece years back with Pulisic’s youth club that outlined this.

There has been some movement to change this and there was a recent court case (Deandre Yedlin’s youth club team filed a lawsuit against I believe the Sounders) but that didn’t go anywhere.

It has been a few years but I think this is still the status quo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Almost no one in this forum knows who Kristian Fletcher is, nor Bryang Kayo or any other young American playing in Europe who is less famous than Christian Pulisic or (maybe) Gio Reyna. Almost none of them could even name the homegrown teens playing for DC United. Head over to the youth national team forums on Big Soccer if you want that level of conversation.

I don’t even know who the more famous people you referenced are

[Anonymous]

Still really young but has shown enough to get signed. Now comes the next level of selection. Hopefully he works out. Dortmund has a history with American and is a seller. Will be interesting to see if other clubs start adding American more regularly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost no one in this forum knows who Kristian Fletcher is, nor Bryang Kayo or any other young American playing in Europe who is less famous than Christian Pulisic or (maybe) Gio Reyna. Almost none of them could even name the homegrown teens playing for DC United. Head over to the youth national team forums on Big Soccer if you want that level of conversation.

I don’t even know who the more famous people you referenced are

Ha! There’s no reason you should unless your kid has national team or pro ambitions. Most of us are only focusing on our own kids and their hyper-local soccer experiences here. I happen to have married into a hard-core soccer family so I’ve picked up a lot of info along the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Explain more on the passport. As long as you apply and your kid has a passport, they can trial (if requested) for these teams?

First, if you're over 18, it's different; you could potentially get a work permit or some other kind of visa to play in Europe. Under 18...in theory, you don't need the passport to *trial* (it's only a few weeks long). But you would need it to stay and join their team; so what's the point of the trial if that's not possible? It's also possible to join a European team under 18 if your parent(s) move to Europe legitimately for work (i.e. not *just* for you to play there -- hard to police). But younger players with a European passport have a lot more options and leverage than US-only players, who really only have the MLS academy/homegrown system until 18. Kristian also never joined an MLS academy, so none of them have any claim of compensation; that probably makes it simpler for a Dortmund, if they want him.

Thanks for the explanation. I thought I read on another thread that a club had to pay even if the kid is within a radius of the acadamy, for example 75 miles. Possibly they did and we just don't know the details.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It does seem likely that this was posted by a relative of young Kristian (congrats to him!) or the OP would have known that all we do around here is trash girls’ clubs, teams and coaches. The percentage of people here who care about the sport globally is tiny compared to that of people scheming for their DD’s advancement toward the college recruiting goal and leaving a trail of toxic fumes behind them.

HA! This made me lol.

[Anonymous]

My DS was the same age cohort as Gedion Zelalem and Jeremy Ebobisse back in the day. All the club/MCPS soccer kids paid attention to them, especially Gedion since he left at 16 for Arsenal. Soccer parents would always show up when their kids team was playing the Olney Rangers or WJ. I assume the same is true for kids/families who are near Kristian's age. Not sure why it would otherwise be of much interest to people outside the kid's school or club - it's becoming a more normal path now.

[Anonymous]

No one cares

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Almost no one in this forum knows who Kristian Fletcher is, nor Bryang Kayo or any other young American playing in Europe who is less famous than Christian Pulisic or (maybe) Gio Reyna. Almost none of them could even name the homegrown teens playing for DC United. Head over to the youth national team forums on Big Soccer if you want that level of conversation.

Thanks for posting about Kayo my kids played with him. Good to see him successful.

We love Kayo!! He is also a great kid with offers everywhere —awesome!!

[Anonymous]

How was he able to get a British passport?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How was he able to get a British passport?

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/report:-us-teen-signs-with-dortmund_aid50329

Not sure, maybe a grandparent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/report:-us-teen-signs-with-dortmund_aid50329

I'd note that this "article" is still based on a single tweet from over two weeks ago (by Keith Costigan), which was a correction from a previous tweet when he said it was Bayern Munich. No post from Kristian, nothing from Dortmund, nothing from any other reporter, over two weeks later. So I'd say it is far from confirmed that this has actually happened. Of course it may have, or could still -- it's not crazy, he's a great player. But moving on to critique how much (or not) people are taking note of this news seems quite premature. Is it even news yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/report:-us-teen-signs-with-dortmund_aid50329

I'd note that this "article" is still based on a single tweet from over two weeks ago (by Keith Costigan), which was a correction from a previous tweet when he said it was Bayern Munich. No post from Kristian, nothing from Dortmund, nothing from any other reporter, over two weeks later. So I'd say it is far from confirmed that this has actually happened. Of course it may have, or could still -- it's not crazy, he's a great player. But moving on to critique how much (or not) people are taking note of this news seems quite premature. Is it even news yet?

Dortmund will announce if he signs