Seems a type of consensus the ALM sits in between the MLS & USL. There are a few ex ALM players floating around the USL & Canadian CPL.
It's a bit off to call de Vries a NZ domestic player. He was good enough to be a regular starter (even captain) of a lower table club in the Swedish top tier. He's obviously someone (rightly or wrongly) that the AWs coaching setup rate highly. Hopefully he's now fully over his knee injury.
Yeah agree Dyer & Bevan are probably not that far off Waine & Mata. But in Europe you are far more on the radar than in Nth America. Everyone seems to think Waine has the greatest upside. His career through the Nix has certainly been more of a consistent upward trend. The other 3 have all almost disappeared (Norway, South Africa, Estonia) at certain times. But really the striker backups for 2026 are still wide open.
It's a bit off to call de Vries a NZ domestic player. He was good enough to be a regular starter (even captain) of a lower table club in the Swedish top tier. He's obviously someone (rightly or wrongly) that the AWs coaching setup rate highly. Hopefully he's now fully over his knee injury.
Yeah agree Dyer & Bevan are probably not that far off Waine & Mata. But in Europe you are far more on the radar than in Nth America. Everyone seems to think Waine has the greatest upside. His career through the Nix has certainly been more of a consistent upward trend. The other 3 have all almost disappeared (Norway, South Africa, Estonia) at certain times. But really the striker backups for 2026 are still wide open.