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Barcelona Sign Their First American
Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:22 pm
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Video in the link was kinda useless, these are better:
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Now Bob needs to get in this little booger's ear and remind him that he has a duty to remain faithful to Old Glory, because growing up in the best academy in the world to play for the best team in the world is no excuse to defect, you selfish little shite.
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Southern Californian 10-year-old star Ben Lederman visited and worked out at Barcelona's La Masia training complex in April. That trip turned into a two-year development contract with the club's youth academy.
The American soccer prodigy, who has a similar style of play and ball control skills as Barcelona star Andres Iniesta, signed with the team's academy to become the first American to ever do so. He will be reevaluated after his initial two-year stay to determine whether or not his contract will be extended.
Lederman's parents are also reportedly moving to Spain to be with their son as he pursues his soccer dreams.
Video in the link was kinda useless, these are better:
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Now Bob needs to get in this little booger's ear and remind him that he has a duty to remain faithful to Old Glory, because growing up in the best academy in the world to play for the best team in the world is no excuse to defect, you selfish little shite.
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Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:23 pm to Leauxgan
Our Lord and Savior Ben Lederman?
eta: also, that's a damn strong u-10 team
eta: also, that's a damn strong u-10 team
This post was edited on 6/8/11 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:24 pm to TouchdownTN
Glory to Ben in the highest and peace to his people in Americaaaaa.
Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:26 pm to Leauxgan
I heard about this kid and his team. They crushed the Barça youth team they played. Pretty awesome. 
I wish the videos were better. It's hard trying to watch 10 year olds looking for just one player, even if they play better than my adult league team.
I wish the videos were better. It's hard trying to watch 10 year olds looking for just one player, even if they play better than my adult league team.
This post was edited on 6/8/11 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:37 pm to Leauxgan
Does this mean he'll be eligible to represent Spain if he's good enough to compete internationally? Because if he is, you know he will... Because FML.
Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:42 pm to Meursault
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Does this mean he'll be eligible to represent Spain if he's good enough to compete internationally?
yeah, it'll probably be Rossi pt. 2.
I guess we should hope that he becomes disillusioned with the youth system and at 16 becomes eager to sign a professional contract and gets bought out by a team in another country. or that he stays and is good, but not good enough to crack the A team or La Furrrria Roja.
Posted on 6/8/11 at 1:48 pm to Leauxgan
Damn!
Posted on 6/8/11 at 2:13 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
The Barca Academy knows what they're doing, but ten years old?!? There have to be a thousand ten year olds who dominate their local leagues in the US, but I don't see how there's any way to tell which ones will be future pros. I guess the teams at the top can just buy any promising kid at that age and see what happens later on.
Posted on 6/8/11 at 3:04 pm to NOTORlOUSD
that whole u10 team looked strong. for ten yr olds to play possession soccer that way is remarkable. cheers to their coaches. good luck to little Ben and look forward to seeing him play in 2022
Posted on 6/8/11 at 3:50 pm to Leauxgan
Barca is trying to turn our kids gay
Posted on 6/8/11 at 3:53 pm to hendersonshands
Will his first training session consist of learning to flop? What are the odds?
Posted on 6/8/11 at 4:22 pm to PrideFC
fwiw, I would have dominated that 10yr old when I was his age. Lucky fricker and his youtube posting parents.
Posted on 6/8/11 at 4:25 pm to Leauxgan
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yeah, it'll probably be Rossi pt. 2.
are his parents from spain?
Posted on 6/8/11 at 4:28 pm to SlowFlowPro
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are his parents from spain?
Not that I know of, but citizenship rules seem pretty lax with FIFA.
Posted on 6/8/11 at 4:46 pm to Leauxgan
am i the only who notices a lot of parallels between Euro football and US college football?
Posted on 6/8/11 at 4:49 pm to joost2006
In what ways?
Posted on 6/8/11 at 4:54 pm to Caplewood
Ben Lederman transferred to CalSouth FC after breaking into a dorm and stealing some laptops.
Posted on 6/8/11 at 4:56 pm to Caplewood
officials, going after young boys, alledged ineligible players, coaching carousels, paying reps to have games played in your place, too many tattoos, too much money... all for a start...
Posted on 6/8/11 at 4:58 pm to Leauxgan
I wonder what his signing fee was. Ballpark 80-100 thou.?
Posted on 6/8/11 at 5:00 pm to Caplewood
pfff. it was an xbox and fifa 12
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