The AFA projects its selections with exported talents in the United States

2023-08-16 13:35:00

President of the AFA, Claudio Tapia. Telam Archive
The globalization of Argentine soccer in the AFA-USA project, after obtaining the World Cup in Qatar 2022, ended up in the ambitious plan unveiled by the president of the entity, Claudio Tapiaduring the presentation of the property located in the Florida city of Hialeah, 20 kilometers from Miami, the central cone of the Argentine community in the United States.

Argentina will have its main base to carry out the national concentrations outside the local territory and it will be in a strategic location within the US soil. This was remarked by the top Argentine soccer player, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, cataloging that it is “the place where everything happens” during the conference he gave on Tuesday afternoon at the Milander Center for Arts Entertainment facilities and in front of an important presence of Argentine residents in the state of Florida.

This high-performance venue for the national teams, in a link that AFA agreed with the Hialeah community For the next three years, he will seek to expand the brand of the selected world champion in North America.

This high-performance venue for the national teams will seek to expand the brand of the selected world champion in North America

Located near the Miami International Airport, the Hialeah property will have two professional playing fields, six reduced fields for 5-a-side soccer, a gym area, and strategic offices to create an exclusive Argentine soccer academy.

Besides, the mother house of soccer will be strengthened with regional offices in the Wynwood districtlocated in the center of Miami Dade County.

It is estimated that more than 100,000 Argentines reside in Florida, where only 50,000 of them are in Miami, that is, 50% of the exiles are concentrated in the sunny city. Based on these data, the AFA worked on its idea with the opportunity for the growth to be from players with silver genes.

The ambitious plan of AFA manifested itself with the search for talent in the international territory, where more than 200 players residing in the US have already been summoned.

Nor was it overlooked, and being one of the fundamental points of the decision to optimize working conditions in the process of national teams, the landing of the most important competitions of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) are based at the North American country, receiving the Copa América 2024, the Club World Cup 2025 and the World Cup 2026.

Thus, AFA’s ambitious plan manifested itself with the search for talent on international territory, where more than 200 players residing in the US, with Argentine parents, have already been summoned to the youth process that maintains “the special detection area of ​​the national team to bring Argentine boys who left our country or were born here and that they have asked their parents to process the Argentine passport”, as explained by Rosario’s technical director, Lionel Scaloni, in reference to the impact generated by the World Cup title.

The AFA worked on its idea with the opportunity for growth to be from players with silver genes

One of the presences that caught the attention of those present during the gala moderated by the journalist Juan Pablo Varsky, was the participation of businessman Daniel Hadad, owner of various media, who is based in the United States, after obtaining his residence for three years with his family.

The head of the Latin American media Infobae and Radio 10, among others, accompanied Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia at the inauguration of the AFA facilities, with his participation along with Esteban Bovo, mayor of Hialeah, in receiving the registered trademark of the Argentine National Team in the USA.

In this regard, Tapia was shown together with the director of the Latin American media Infobae and Radio 10, among others, who would be a personality of interference in the inauguration of the AFA facilities in Miami, with his special participation together with Esteban Bovo, mayor of Hialeah, for the reception of the registered trademark of the Argentine National Team in the USA.