Hey, Andrew, has James Pendrigh ever played a game in Sweden?
In the article above above you write "Kiwi midfielder James Pendrigh, who has returned to Sweden"
It seems strange that his US college side tweeted that James signed for Swedish side Stode IF only in August but by November he was playing for the Dragons.
Did the Dragons only have him on loan?
Drake Men's Soccer @DrakeMensSoccer 16 Aug 2017
Congratulations to former Bulldog, @JPendrigh, on signing his first professional contract for Stode IF in the Swedish 3rd division!
According to tranfermarkt.com Pendrigh has never played in Sweden, he came to the Dragons from US college soccer (Drake Bulldogs) and had been at various US college sides since he left the Dragons youth team in 2012. According to transfermarkt James did spend six months at a Finnish lower league club Ekenas in 2014 in between college stints.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/james-pendrigh/pro...
Is James returning to Stode IF? I'd like to follow his career.
I have a feeling we're now having this discussion in multiple platforms...
Not sure if he ever played any minutes there or if that's where he's going now - but it certainly seems he was at Stode IF prior to arriving in Christchurch.
Was based on him being said to have come from Sweden when he joined the Dragons + the Drake tweet + his Twitter bio, where he claims to have been #25.
Guess he saw the chance to play a bit of football in the offseason - maybe he wasn't sure of getting a visa or a deal in the new year too?
Edit: Seems Stode are a fifth-tier club in Sweden, hence why they might not be found on transfermarkt/soccerway.