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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And your player card will be worked out by the USSF and the receiving federation in what is called the Transfer Matching System (TMS) which is managed by FIFA.  It requires the transferring club and receiving club to submit documents and verifications into one system.  This is separate from immigration which is what a lot of people mix up.  Of course the things are related because immigration forms will need to support your transfer and your qualifications for one of the exceptions if under 18. Unless TMS approves the transfer, you will not get your player card.  It is that simple.  This process also takes some time.  For instance, you can't apply (and by that I mean the receiving club not you individually) in say September and realistically expect to get your card in September.  2-3 months is about the average but it all depends on the federation, the clubs, the workload at FIFA etc.  this means that if you do transfer, you have to be smart about when you start the process.  If you want to suit up in the fall, you need to start the process in late spring or very early summer (may).  This timing element is where many Americans make their mistakes in Europe.  Not just timing of the application but also the timing of their trials.  For instance, you can't start your trials in the summer expecting to be in the roster in fall.  The TMS application needs to start in the spring but you will have needed to solidify your club and offer way before then which will require trials in the winter through early spring because clubs have to sort their squads and the needs for the teams and whether you fit.  And your will need your immigration forms to prove why you're in the target country which also takes time. 
And whether you fit in a roster will mean that you are a top 3 or 4 player on the team you want to be on.  The reason for this is simple, there are too many local talents to give a spot to you on the bottom of the roster.  There are tons of kids who can just make the roster locally.  You have to be exceptional to make the roster from America to surpass the local talents.  [/quote]

Bag of nonsense [/quote]

And this post was written by someone who will never be at a European club.  [/quote]

More nonsense [/quote]

What is written is 100 percent accurate about the transfer process.  We have friends who have actually done this and explained the exact same process.  Our understanding is that these rules are in place and were developed by FIFA to protect minors post tons of abuses of transfer rules of very young children from third world countries and abandonment of these children when they didn't work out at whatever clubs they went to. When you start talking about international football, you're talking at a different level than the US.  It's big business and much more sophisticated than our system.  To just dismiss this as nonsense is probably one of the weirdest posts I've seen on here to be honest because it is so far from the truth.  The complexity of the unknown is scary to people I guess.  [/quote]

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