squizz1402635577 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Without attempting to dredge up bad memories, I thought it might be interesting to do a little thought experiment. Fans of every national team worldwide know that increased mobility and FIFA's flip-flopping eligibility rules mean that many, many soccer players are eligible for more than one national team. So the question is: Which nations would your kids be eligible for, if they became professional soccer players? This applies for sons or daughters, of course, but the MNT forum seemed like the more fitting place for it. Let's put aside the whole five-year residency thing (i.e. the rule that would potentially allow Camilo to play for us) and just focus on the "ancestral" eligibility requirements, which would cover: - the nation in which the kid is/was born - the nations in which its parents (i.e. you and your partner) were born - the nations in which its grandparents (i.e. your parents and your partner's parents) were born Feel free to answer whether you have kids or not (but can assume, with reasonable certainty, who the other parent of your theoretical kids would be, if they were to ever be born). There's no lesson to be learned from any of this; I just thought it might be an interesting exercise, given Canada's multiculturalism and trends of immigration. Anyway, I'll get things started. My kids would be eligible for... Canada, Italy and England * Note: I couldn't be bothered to delve into the intricacies of the "Home Nations Agreement", so let's just treat England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as entirely separate for the purposes of this exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Mauritius, Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeelaw Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnado1555362291 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 only Canada......few! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdroze Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Japan, England, Latvia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBeau Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWFC Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addona Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, USA, Italy, Switzerland. But he'll get disowned if he chooses anything other than Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto7 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada and Morocco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Croatia, Italy. Edit: Sorry, scratch Italy, thinking my kids great-grandparents, not grandparents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauder01 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Great White North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esco0428 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Colombia and the Philippines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerof11 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Italy and Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoalieGrey Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada and Norway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Boy Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 If we are going back to their grandparent and parent birthplaces then my kids would be eligible to play for Canada, South Africa, England, Kazakhstan and Israel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada and The Netherlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danninho Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Portugal and South Korea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toje Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Macedonia and the Czech Republic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 I would be eligible for Canada, Chile and Japan. But my kids only Canada and Chile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Only Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_mtl Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, England, Germany, Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Canada, USA, Netherlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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