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[quote=Nova2Euro][quote=Anonymous]Hello.  Army family.  Spent time in Germany.  I believe you have to have US soccer ‘release’ your DC to play in Europe.  Too many foreign kids signing crappy deals.  You will be able to join the team without release letter but child won’t be able to play in a game.  Happened to a friend of mine - really took the fun out of it.  Please work while in US to get this letter - he had to wait more than a year to get it when overseas.[/quote]

This is a thing, but I don't think it is because of foreign kids signing crappy deals. But yes, we had to wait about 3 months for our kids' "player passports" to get released and then get them registered here. And I believe that the club has to do that admin work through the national federation; it's not something you can jumpstart.

Edit: Which, by the way, is another reason to look at the 2nd- and 3rd-tier clubs. Not only will they provide a better opportunity for your kids to acclimate to the local football environment, they're also more likely to be willing to do the work to get your kid registered.

We had some local issues as well. In order to register the kids, we had to provide letters from my employer that I was legit working here, from the school that they were legit attending, and a copy of our housing lease. And even then each club was only allowed one non-EU player. In other words, lots of time when my kids were training but not playing, and yes, it got frustrating. [/quote]

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