Launch of one of the matches played in the last edition of the North American university draft in Cerceda ANA GARCIA
Seven educational centers from the United States and Canada will participate in the matches, which will be played next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Ciudad Deportiva de A Torre.
12 feb 2023 . Updated at 7:33 p.m.
Nearly fifty boys and twenty girls from between 17 and 20 years They are going to take part next Tuesday, February 14, and Wednesday, February 15, in the soccer draft in which seven North American universities choose new scholarship holders for the next academic year. The process, restricted to young soccer players from A Corua, will take place in the Sports City of A Torre organized by the City hall of the city and with the collaboration of Export Playersthe Galician platform founded by former sportsman Adrin Lpez, Piscu.
The presentation ceremony will be held on Next Tuesday at 4 p.m., and then the first three matches will take place, two between male participants and another female. It will be the first time that players looking for scholarships to make the leap to the demanding North American educational system, which stands out for making superior education and professional sports compatible at the highest level.
He mircoles On the 15th, the second day of the draft will be held between 4 and 6 in the afternoon, again in A Torre. This election process was held last year in the Campo de O Roxo, in Cerceda. This time, however, the selection will take place in A Corua, with the particularity that all those registered will be young footballers from the city. Last year, the American university of Providence College awarded a young soccer player who participated in the event the largest scholarship ever awarded to a Galician athlete by a center in this country, which exceeded 300,000 dollars (about 295,000 euros).
real need
In this 2023 election, seven of the most prestigious American and Canadian educational centers. They will be the University of Southwest Mississippi, Heartland University, the University of Hartford, the University of Northeast Nebraska, the University of Missouri, Mount Royal University and Bryan University. Each of these entities, which have scholarships available for young Coruese footballers, will send one of their coaches to A Corua, who have already expressed their real need for players for next season. In this way, the displaced technicians plan to stay until next weekend in the city to maintain the first contacts with the families of the selected youth.
Founded at the end of his career by Adrian López, Piscu, Export Players It is not a representation agency, but a support platform for athletes who wish to start their career abroad.