Provenance of Venezuela, read to the United States soliciting asylum and now the professional football abrió la puerta.
Twenty years ago, Daniel Pereira exalted his players as one of the most prominent players to start his career in the United States Football League, the MLS, being selected by a select talent development program.
Pereira, who played at VirginiaTech University level, was included in the files of the adidas Generation program, which means that he will be recruited by a professional club is his own.
‘It is an incredible honor. There are not many players in this opportunity ”, comments Pereira in an interview conducted by videoconference with The Associated Press.
The ‘Superdraft’, the MLS selection process, has closed until the 21st of January, so Pereira confesses to feeling ‘anxious’ about knowing what will be his first team as a professional. Abandon his university studies in his second year of career.
In Caracas, the Joven militia in the Sub14 and Sub16 youth categories has its fathers, both public figures, deciding to leave Venezuela with them and arriving in the United States with tourist visas. Meses after soliciting asylum.
‘I do not want to go to Venezuela. Stay with my football, tranquil, stay with my friends. Tenía todo arreglado. But I also think that the situation in Venezuela is very serious, that I have to give up ”, assures Pereira.
“I see that my dads are standing by me, for a better future for me. It works, ”he said.
His initiatives in Roanoke, in the state of Virginia, were complicated. The young footballers in this area are ten years old. No conocía ninguna palabra en Engels, geen gevestigde acostumbrado al frío y geen conocía a nadie en la Hoërskool Northside. His mother had to work in the kitchen of a restaurant and her father was disqualified as a gardener.
Football means a refuge for them and start playing for the team of their school. “Football helps me to communicate, to communicate with my friends in some way”, dijo.
Josef Martínez is the example to follow by the midfielder. The midfielder who lives in Atlanta United and his friend Cristian Cásseres who plays in the New York Bulls, is the model in the team that is Pereira.
“Acquire a Generation adidas contract in the form of university football salaries and open up the MLS. Luego depende de ti mantenerte ”, assures Pereira.
The salaries of the young football players will be charged by the Generation adidas program, which results in an incentive for the professional teams to form the future of elite players. Eventually, we will be able to convert “senior” players from the club, paying for it.