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Ahinga Selemani


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Former USMNT u18 winger who is currently 21. Has played in the last few preseason games at Panetolikos in the Greek Super League. Born in Moncton, he reportedly turned down a u20 CMNT call up in 2015. Seems that he left UCSB (NCAA D1) to sign in Greece ahead of his senior year. He is expected to see a good amount of the field in Greece this season.

A former 4 star prospect on TopDrawerSoccer, his stock has cooled significantly in college. He moved from Michigan to UCSB for playing time before signing off a trial in Greece this summer. Was a round 3-4 MLS draft prospect. 

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46 minutes ago, Scorpion26 said:

Wonder if he would join Canada since USA with its plethora of up and comers probably will over look him.

Let's see what he's made of first. It's not uncommon that senior NCAA players sign short-term contracts in Europe during summer trials. Most are back in the States in a year's time. The fact that he has been getting time in the preseason is promising, but his NCAA career is troubling and may point to this being another "wonder trial" situation.

The lower end Greek teams aren't in great financial shape and generally fill out their rosters with trialists. If he is going to stay he needs to make an impact.

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2 hours ago, SpecialK said:

Any word on the team he was going to be loan too ? Maybe the team was a crap hole? 

I tried finding more information, but Greek Google Translate is awful and there isn't much info from Ahinga's side. He's removed all mention of his now ex-club from his Twitter page, so the information seems correct. Really sucks that he ended up ruining his chance of getting drafted into MLS like this.

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The Czech FA and Vlasim have Jan Pavlik as the goalscorer, so I think soccerway could be wrong.  At the match, it looked like Selemani was the player behind the goalscorer.

http://www.fcsbvlasim.cz/na-uvod-veze-vlasim-bod-z-prostejova/

https://www.fnliga.cz/clanek/4177-vlasim-vyrovnala-v-nastaveni-a-z-prostejova-si-odvezla-bod-za-remizu-2-2

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Canucks Abroad Interview Series episode 3 with Ahinga Selemani, 

Talks about being born in Moncton, growing up in Windsor and in Michigan, playing for the Youth USMNT team, his time in NCAA; signing in the Greece super league, why Czech Republic has more talent than you think and being team of the week honours in the New Zealand Premiership. As well as why he has a point to prove and that injury that kept him off the fields for one year.

Take a listen! 

https://youtu.be/YAcOXv8AWJs

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