Dub Narcotic Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) Scored again tonight, it was a U.S. Open Cup game, but against Houston. Deserves his own thread. Early career Born in Canada before his family moved to the Denver area at a young age, Akindele grew up in Thornton, Colorado. A standout for Northglenn High School, he turned down an offer to join the Colorado Rapids academy at the age of 17, preferring to focus on academics. Akindele played four years of college soccer at the Colorado School of Mines, where he became the school’s all-time goals leader with 76 goals scored , and was a four time All-American. He ranked second in the nation in goals scored in 2012 with 22 and was named a First Team NSCAA All-American and the 2012 RMAC Offensive Player of the Year for his efforts. Also an NSCAA First Team All-American and the RMAC Freshman of the Year in 2010, Akindele was the first player in the history of his school’s conference to score three consecutive hat tricks. Akindele also made a single appearance for USL PDL club Real Colorado Foxes in 2013. FC Dallas On January 16, 2014, Akindele was drafted in the first round (6th overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas, becoming the highest-highest-drafted Division II player in MLS history. Akindele made his professional debut in a 2-3 loss against Seattle Sounders FC on April 12, 2014. International Akindele attended a youth training camp of the Canadian youth national team in 2009 and played for Canada's u-17 national team. Edited June 25, 2014 by Dub Narcotic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaliam Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 He's certainly done more to deserve a one-over by Floro than many others who've been called up in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footscray Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I just wonder if he has interest, I know the nats could use him but he has spent way more of his life in the states than Canada. Gotta think if they even talk to him he'll pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 He had played with Canada's U17 team before and I recall reading something about his college coach trying to get the CMNT attention for him so I imagine there is at least some interest. I also don't imagine he'd be on the US' radar so I don't see why he wouldn't play for Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 If he is interested in playing for Canada he should be called up asap. He has pace and good offensive skills unlike.....well, all of our other players. shamrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Pretty sure, while not ruling out Canada he has spoken about playing for Nigeria. Sure I read somewhere he felt unwanted by Canada and snubbed over the past couple of years. Will have to do some digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 Scored again. He may be in line for a U.S. call at this rate. Hopefully somebody from the CSA is on top of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One American Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Among young MLS aspirants, I would guess he is behind McInerney, Neagle, Amarkiwa, and Zardes at the moment, although that could change. The problem with right wing is that our wings are likely to be inundated with young guys soon. Surely it's not out of the question that he could play for the US, and a callup is even more possible. That said, it would take improvement. And Canada would be a good option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Well if interested in Nigeria he can forget about that with the Sanctions by FIFA so Canada would be a good option. Lets grab him before the Yanks do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Well if interested in Nigeria he can forget about that with the Sanctions by FIFA so Canada would be a good option. Lets grab him before the Yanks do. Sanctions have already been lifted already (yes, it was very short lived). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I tweeted at Tesho and asked for his thoughts on playing for Canada, he favorited my tweet but didn't reply. Seems like he does this every time someone tweets at him about Canada. Unsure what it means so take it as you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeelaw Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I saw that mack, nice. Any chance we actually get him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 He would probably be considered our most in-form goal scoring option right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I saw that mack, nice. Any chance we actually get him? I think he would play for us if we called him up, but seeing as he never really replies when asked about Canada I assume he is another player who wants to keep his options (USMNT) open. That doesn't really bother me much because we haven't really involved him in our youth squads and he has grown up in the US for most of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/07/26/fc-dallas-breakout-forward-tesho-akindele-not-playing-rookie-waits-call-cana His reputation is growing, lets hope he is on the radar for our fall friendlies. I am surprised the CSA haven't officially contacted him yet. What are they waiting for?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Born in Calgary, the rookie hopes his recent play could be strong enough to put him back on the radar screen for the Canadian national team. “I think at the beginning of the season they might have talked to some of the guys in the front office, but it isn’t something I’ve heard anything about lately,” Akindele said. “When I was 17 I played a couple of games but that was it, so there has been a big gap since then. “I feel like any time you have a chance to play international soccer you have to jump at that.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Cap him now. Now,now,now,now,now,now. canucklefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Good to see he's waiting for the call from Canada. He's a lock for the September friendlies if healthy, if he's not called something is wrong I can't imagine Floro not giving him a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Good to see he's waiting for the call from Canada. He's a lock for the September friendlies if healthy, if he's not called something is wrong I can't imagine Floro not giving him a look. This guy's gotta be called up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Good to hear. Thought he was shooting for Nigeria. Now lets get him capped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Easily one of the most exciting options we got. Would love to see him play for us in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 has someone asked Tesho if he has a canadian passport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finchster Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 has someone asked Tesho if he has a canadian passport? In his case, if he doesn't have a passport, getting one is as simple as sending the application Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 has someone asked Tesho if he has a canadian passport? Doesn't matter. He's born here and the American citizenship is hard to get. if he needs to get a passport, he can get one easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 The good thing is that we are starting to produce a number of good strong fast and technically sound strikers in this kid, Hamilton, Larin, Clarke, cavallini, and possibly huietma. If 2 or 3 them can start for mls or higher sides and score consistently in the next couple of years, perhaps we have a chance at the next round of qualifying....especially if we can offset them with wingers like petrasso, aird, holler to help service them. I think the central midfield with Hutchinson, tiebert, Johnson, osario, alderson is starting to shape up. We will have a young inexperienced side but quite a bit of potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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