San Diego FC, the region’s new Major League Soccer team, is the only team in the league that can scout youth players in Mexico.
Approximately 1,000 kids registered for the open tryout in Tijuana on Monday August 12. San Diego FC also held two open tryouts in San Diego earlier this month.
“We’re super excited, this is the first time that any MLS team comes to scout in Mexico,” said Joaquin Escoto, Executive Vice President of San Diego FC and its Right to Dream Academy. “For us, it’s a lot of responsibility but we want to give opportunities to any kid in Tijuana to come play for San Diego FC.”Joaquin Escoto, executive vice president of San Diego FC and the Right to Dream Academy, evaluates players with other scouts from San Diego's new professional soccer team.
“I think it’s definitely a competitive advantage,” Escoto said. “It’s also unique and a huge opportunity for us and for anybody in Mexico.” “This is my dream,” David Renteria, a goalie from Ensenada said in Spanish. “It would be marvelous to make it happen.”San Diego FC scouts will evaluate a pool of 20,000 players to fill just 30 spots in the youth academy.
“You’re going to get a world class education for free,” Escoto said. “Once you come into our academy, you’re either going to be a professional soccer player, or you’re going to go to a top school in the NCAA.”Scouts from San Diego FC plan to evaluate approximately 20,000 youth soccer players from San Diego and Tijuana. Only 30 will be invited to join the team's youth academy, which offers free schooling, training, and room and board.
Jimenez drove all the way from Los Angeles so that his son, Armando could try out. He even brought the grandparents along.After each scrimmage, scouts selected one or two players to move on to the next round. The lucky few received bright red wristbands with the words VIP printed on them.
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