masster Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 They are currently in Germany for 3 weeks training with Bayern Munich. http://www.canada.com/northshorenews/news/sports/story.html?id=e304c298-53d0-4617-a3f5-28ac4a34d32e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Well I think you'll finally start seeing some national team pool players coming out of the Vancouver area again as Thomas Niendorf has an eye for talent and the respect in Germany to get the young players a look. Good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 When they said "North Americans" i wonder if they're going to recruit some Americans as well? ...a program designed to take elite youth players from across North America and groom them into professionals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 My understanding from what people have posted here previously is they are at least looking at carribbean and central american players and were scouting in the concacaf U17 qualifiers. This is particularly interesting. "In the program's second year the players will be placed on under-19 teams in Germany and in the third year players are expected to sign a contract with a European club or return home to attend university or suit up with the Whitecaps." So it seems they will do one year in residencey, one year loaned out to youth teams in Germany, and then be expected to turn pro in Europe or with whitecaps. I assume if they turn pro in Europe, the whitecaps will get compensation. Probably not a bad business model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Oranje Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Finally, someone in Canada realizes that the real money in NA soccer is grooming young players for European professional teams. Most Brazilian professional teams would be money-losing entities if they did not have this source of revenue. Kudos to the Whitecaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 quote:Originally posted by An Observer My understanding from what people have posted here previously is they are at least looking at carribbean and central american players and were scouting in the concacaf U17 qualifiers. This is particularly interesting. "In the program's second year the players will be placed on under-19 teams in Germany and in the third year players are expected to sign a contract with a European club or return home to attend university or suit up with the Whitecaps." So it seems they will do one year in residencey, one year loaned out to youth teams in Germany, and then be expected to turn pro in Europe or with whitecaps. I assume if they turn pro in Europe, the whitecaps will get compensation. Probably not a bad business model. You are correct. At a news conference I attended earlier this summer Lenarduzzi and Thomas Niendorf said the scouting for residentcy players would begin in British Columbia and be expanded in due course across Canada. Ultimately the hope is to include the USA and the Caribbean as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Canuck Oranje Finally, someone in Canada realizes that the real money in NA soccer is grooming young players for European professional teams. Most Brazilian professional teams would be money-losing entities if they did not have this source of revenue. Kudos to the Whitecaps. Well, Toronto FC makes money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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