We are not in North nor Central America.
NZ cricket helping US cricket is (i'm sure) completely irrelevant to US Soccer. I'm sure if you asked them they a) wouldn't know NZ had any link to US cricket and b) wouldn't know what cricket was.
NZ players use US Uni's as a pathway in football as a lot don't have Euro passports so find it hard to get work permits to play in europe as a developing player so this becomes the next best option. It also gives the more academic minded players access into some fantastic universities - see Craig Henderson and Dartmouth.
Its not really a US Soccer/NZ Football partnership, just individual players making there way to private universities (the NCAA runs College football over there not US Soccer) so there isn't really 'sporting ties' to lean on there.
More importantly, we aren't in North nor Central America.
aitkenmike2010-02-17 22:13:56
We are not in North nor Central America.
NZ cricket helping US cricket is (i'm sure) completely irrelevant to US Soccer. I'm sure if you asked them they a) wouldn't know NZ had any link to US cricket and b) wouldn't know what cricket was.
NZ players use US Uni's as a pathway in football as a lot don't have Euro passports so find it hard to get work permits to play in europe as a developing player so this becomes the next best option. It also gives the more academic minded players access into some fantastic universities - see Craig Henderson and Dartmouth.
Its not really a US Soccer/NZ Football partnership, just individual players making there way to private universities (the NCAA runs College football over there not US Soccer) so there isn't really 'sporting ties' to lean on there.
More importantly, we aren't in North nor Central America.
aitkenmike2010-02-17 22:13:56