An Observer Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Seems Dylan Hughes is no longer with SSV Jahn Regensburg (or at least no longer on their payroll). http://www.ssv-jahn.de/news.php?mid=25&id=25 And according to this article from the BBC, he was due for a trial at Wrexham but was injured... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/4734399.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Might have already been answered, but did he choose Wales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 I believe he has one U21 cap for Wales. Doubt he'll get another if he has to trial at Wrexham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodway Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Dylan is not cap-tied to anyone. He when too a U-21 camp with Wales and may have played in 1 friendly with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 He IS semi-cap-tied. He has played for Wales U-21 off the bench against Latvia in late August last year in an official UEFA match. For some reason, the Wales site did not list the roster for that match, though I have confirmed with the Latvian Football Association last winter that he had in fact played the full 90' (there are also numerous reliable media reports confirming that: sportinglife http://www.dragonsoccer.co.uk/news18082004.php http://nso.football365.co.uk/news/story_122608.shtml ) When the CSA listed him on the January U-21 preliminary tournament roster, they did so mistakenly beleiving that he had not played in that match (the CSA confirmed that initial belief to me). What happened after CSA learned that in late-January (and what Dylan or antyone on his behalf may have told the CSA at various times) I could only speculate on, but the FIFA regulations do allow a one-time switch for non-senior players before the player turns 21, and he has not so applied. There are no indications that Dylan Hughes is in fact contemplating applying for a switch befor ehe turns 21 on January 23, 2006, and all indications and reports suggest he is planning on maintaining his present official Wales status. The stuff about him supposedly wanting to stay in Germany last January for club reasons is nonsense, it is all about him wavering on his international commitments (which started with his screwing around on the 2003 WYC in UAE), to what extent I don't know. However, it is clear that his pronouncement of commitment to Canada by letter in September to Ian Kennet posted here: http://www.canadian-soccer.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4691&SearchTerms=,Hughes was clearly Whoregreaves-standard poppy-cock. The full story will probably never be known. However, there is room for a little bit of truth here... though don't shoot the messenger! I for one am tired of this whole thing, but I'm also wary of allowing any continuing myths to fester, there is too much of this in Canadian soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxG Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Never trust a kid who wears mesh tank tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted August 16, 2005 Author Share Posted August 16, 2005 I am pretty sure the Latvia match was a friendly and not an official UEFA qualifier which means that Hughes is not captied to Wales anymore than he would be to Canada as he has played numerous friendlies for us including one against the U.S. last December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Not to say that young Dylan won't develop into a good player in the future, but we are talking about someone cut from Kaiserslautern before making a mark in the reserves, signing with a third division team, and now has left (reason unknown). As it stands, we currently should not be too concerned. Not when we have youngsters his age and younger playing at higher levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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