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Calvin Harris (Sporting Kansas City | USA)

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about 5 years ago

Does that mean he has signed or they just have the option of signing him?

Calling all fans in Japan, come down and support the mighty nix in Osaka

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about 5 years ago

detoxin wrote:

Does that mean he has signed or they just have the option of signing him?

They have the rights to sign him. Would think it is pretty unlikely he doesn't get signed after being selected so high tho. Being a Generation Adidas player, his salary won't be included in the salary cap. He does however fill a Visa slot for them but they are traded all the time, so doubt it will be a massive hurdle.
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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History

Cheers for that,  thought that might be the case.  What is generation adidas?

Edit - I just looked it up. 

Calling all fans in Japan, come down and support the mighty nix in Osaka

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about 5 years ago

Did he manage to get any kind of kiwi citizenship?  Can't help but feel the Nix (Rudan) made a huge mistake in not trying to keep him here.

Supporter of the world's best football teams: Waikato..., Kingz FC, NZ Knights, The Nix, The Argyle & of course the All Whites

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about 5 years ago

Not that I know of. Similar story to Pizzuto though I think Harris spent longer here but no not gonna happen, sadly. 


VUW AFC - Victoria University Football for life

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about 5 years ago
newzealandpower wrote:

Not that I know of. Similar story to Pizzuto though I think Harris spent longer here but no not gonna happen, sadly. 

Its gutting both slipped through the Nix.  

These are the kinds of players first teams are supposed to keep, letting go of the chaff.

See: Steven Taylor coming up through the NU academy and being good enough to play Prem footie for them vs Bally being let go by City because he wasn't good enough for the senior team.  We've done the reverse!

Supporter of the world's best football teams: Waikato..., Kingz FC, NZ Knights, The Nix, The Argyle & of course the All Whites

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about 5 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Marto wrote:
newzealandpower wrote:

Not that I know of. Similar story to Pizzuto though I think Harris spent longer here but no not gonna happen, sadly. 

Its gutting both slipped through the Nix.  

These are the kinds of players first teams are supposed to keep, letting go of the chaff.

See: Steven Taylor coming up through the NU academy and being good enough to play Prem footie for them vs Bally being let go by City because he wasn't good enough for the senior team.  We've done the reverse!

You're comparing apples to kiwi fruit.

Ball & Taylor both English boys at the time in academies for English club teams. Pizzuto and Harris both foreign boys at the academy of NZ's only pro team.

A League teams can only have 5 visa slots. Dome said once that they looked hard at offering Harris a prized visa spot, but he was still a kid at the time, who had played only a few games of senior men's football (with Weenix). Would have been a very big call at the time. He then left for a US College. I suspect now he will try throw in his lot with the US national age group system (not good enough for England, and his other national team option Hong Kong being too shark???).

Pizzuto I think was never staying long. Seems a proud Mexican lad, who was a bit of a star in one of the age group World Cups for Mexico from memory.

AWs/FFs already recruit more than their fair share of players with tenuous NZ links.

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 No different to our rugby, cricket, league and netball teams or England and Wales rugby, football and cricket teams. 
Supporter of the world's best football teams: Waikato..., Kingz FC, NZ Knights, The Nix, The Argyle & of course the All Whites

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Marto
 No different to our rugby, cricket, league and netball teams or England and Wales rugby, football and cricket teams. 
To be picked for the All Blacks, you have to be playing and living in NZ. Most of the Island boys were either born here, or came to NZ at a young age. The various Sth African guys & girls playing for Black Caps or Silver Ferns have made a life for themselves in NZ. International rugby league is a joke, so really not worthy of discussion with the other codes.

Guys like WeeMac, Smith & Themi have been good servants to the AWs - but apart from WeeMac's time at the Nix, have barely set foot on NZ soil in their lifetimes. Many of the Aussie raised AWs the same. Though yes Smeltz, Moss, Durante and Stensness have all played for the Nix.

Anyway Pizzuto's a Mexican & Harris is English/Hong Kongese
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about 5 years ago
Harris scores in pe season friendly against Chicago Fire in Florida.
No mention of Collier getting minutes for the Fire.


Minnesota (Billingsley & M Boxall) also in Florida.

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almost 5 years ago
Starting in today's game, kicks off around now iirc. At work, so don't have a stream handy.
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almost 5 years ago · edited almost 5 years ago · History
Yipe part of a double sub at 61 mins. Final score 2-2.
Number 20 for Cincinnati in the purple. Playing as a left winger.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/video/highlights-nashville-sc-vs-fc-cincinnati-april-17-2021#highlights-nashville-sc-vs-fc-cincinnati-april-17-2021

Curiously Soccerway has him under a NZ flag!
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2021/04/18/united-states/mls/nashville-mls/fc-cincinnati/3471810/
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almost 5 years ago
81 minutes and a yellow card in a 5-0 hammering by NYCFC. Was only 1-0 at HT.
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almost 5 years ago
Came off the bench in the 55th minute in a 3-0 loss away to Orlando.
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over 4 years ago
Hasn't featured in a match day squad since 17th May. Hopefully that knee surgery wasn't to repair an ACL injury.


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over 4 years ago · edited over 4 years ago · History
On the bench as Cincinnati (13th & 2nd last in the East) host Inter Miami (10th)
His first match day squad since the 17th May.
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over 4 years ago · edited over 4 years ago · History
Subbed on in 91st min (score 2-0) as Cincinnati (13th in the East) beat Toronto (14th), 2-0.
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over 4 years ago · edited over 4 years ago · History
74th min sub (3-0 when he came on) as Cincinnati (13th in the East) lost 4-0 at Atlanta (5th).

Jaap Stam is Cincinnati's coach.


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Subbed on at 64 mins (score 3-0) as Cincinnati (13th in the East) lose 4-2 at DC United (6th).
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Subbed on at 61 mins as Cincinnati (14th or last in the East) lose 3-2 at Toronto (13th). 2 teams swap places on the table.

Toronto up 2-1 when Harris came on.
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over 4 years ago · edited over 4 years ago · History
86th min sub as Cincinnati (14th in the East) lose 0-1 to New York RB (9th).

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over 4 years ago
81st min sub in a 0-1 loss to Orlando City (4th in the East). Cinicinnati 14th & last.
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over 4 years ago
Got a start and 76 mins, as Cincinnati thumped 5-1 at Inter Miami.
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over 4 years ago · edited over 4 years ago · History
On the bench as last placed Cincinnati (Eastern Conference) finish their season hosting Atlanta (5th in the East).

Harris had his first MLS season (no 2 draft pick) disrupted by knee surgery, but has made 16 match day squads with 4 starts. Yet to score.
https://us.soccerway.com/players/calvin-harris/576966/
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over 4 years ago
Subbed on late at 83 mins in a 1-2 loss. Same score when he came on.


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almost 4 years ago · edited almost 4 years ago · History
Made only 2 match day squads this season for Cincinnati, last one being 19th March. 9 mins playing time.

Could be injured again. But hasn't really happened yet for no 2 pick in 2021 MLS Draft.
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almost 4 years ago
Got his first start of the season vs LAFC in a 1-2 loss. Played 78mins and earned a yellow card, here's hoping he nails down a starting spot for the rest of the season.
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coochieenewzealandpower
almost 4 years ago
On FM22 Calvin Harris always ends up playing for NZ... does he meet resident requirements??
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newzealandpower
almost 4 years ago
MetalLegNZ
On FM22 Calvin Harris always ends up playing for NZ... does he meet resident requirements??

FIFA's rule is 5 years residency over the age of 18, so no. You can apply for an exemption but I don't think they will give it for a kid that moved to NZ at 14 for a football scholarship & left when he was 18/19 (not sure he has even done the 5 years tbh)
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almost 4 years ago
RR
MetalLegNZ
On FM22 Calvin Harris always ends up playing for NZ... does he meet resident requirements??

FIFA's rule is 5 years residency over the age of 18, so no. You can apply for an exemption but I don't think they will give it for a kid that moved to NZ at 14 for a football scholarship & left when he was 18/19 (not sure he has even done the 5 years tbh)

From memory Domey said the Nix were sorely tempted to sign him as a visa player, such a standout he was with Weenix in only a small number of Handy Prem games, and I guess in the Academy generally.

Hindsight a beautiful thing!
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almost 4 years ago
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MetalLegNZ
On FM22 Calvin Harris always ends up playing for NZ... does he meet resident requirements??

FIFA's rule is 5 years residency over the age of 18, so no. You can apply for an exemption but I don't think they will give it for a kid that moved to NZ at 14 for a football scholarship & left when he was 18/19 (not sure he has even done the 5 years tbh)
 
There was a change to the eligibility rules in 2020, to sort out the kids moving to new countries. If you move to a new country before the age of 10 you only need to have lived there 3 years to get eligibility, and after the age of 10 you need 5 years residency. 

It helps fix situations like Deklan Wynne’s back in the day when he wasn’t NZ eligible despite slicing here most of his life. I don’t know if Harris is eligible though, he probably isn’t, otherwise we would’ve heard some chat. 
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