Friday, January 18, 2008
RFC is in the house - and other locals drafted today
And with the final pick of the 2008 MLS Superdraft, the Houston Dynamo just selected former Reston FC player and four year Midfielder for UVA Jeremy Barlow. I wasn't focused on the last pick, but was sitting here in the media room and all the sudden heard "Reston FC" over the sound system. Cool.
Naming the youth club from which player came from may have been new this year. I don't remember hearing that as part of player pick announcements from the podium before, but a year is a long time and I have a short memory for those sorts of details.
Anyway, let's hope it continues. I think recognizing the youth clubs where these new professional players learned the ropes is a great thing. A whole lot of people spend a whole lot of time and money on managing our youth clubs, and having that work be recognized and recorded in the league archives is a nice way to give credit where credit is due.
Here's a list of all players either from our area originally, or that played here:
Patrick Nyarko - Kumasi, Ghana - Virginia Tech - Chicago
David Horst - Pine Grove, PA - Old Dominion University - Real Salt Lake
Yomby William - Bafoussam, Cameroon - Old Domion University - Kansas City
Stephen King - Medford, NJ - University of Maryland - Chicago
Ben Nason - Stafford, VA - Virginia Tech - Dallas
Jeremy Barlow - Herndon, VA - University of Virginia - Houston DynamoLabels: Houston Dynamo, Jeremy Barlow, Reston FC
Naming the youth club from which player came from may have been new this year. I don't remember hearing that as part of player pick announcements from the podium before, but a year is a long time and I have a short memory for those sorts of details.
Anyway, let's hope it continues. I think recognizing the youth clubs where these new professional players learned the ropes is a great thing. A whole lot of people spend a whole lot of time and money on managing our youth clubs, and having that work be recognized and recorded in the league archives is a nice way to give credit where credit is due.
Here's a list of all players either from our area originally, or that played here:
Patrick Nyarko - Kumasi, Ghana - Virginia Tech - Chicago
David Horst - Pine Grove, PA - Old Dominion University - Real Salt Lake
Yomby William - Bafoussam, Cameroon - Old Domion University - Kansas City
Stephen King - Medford, NJ - University of Maryland - Chicago
Ben Nason - Stafford, VA - Virginia Tech - Dallas
Jeremy Barlow - Herndon, VA - University of Virginia - Houston Dynamo
Labels: Houston Dynamo, Jeremy Barlow, Reston FC
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