There is a joke on one of the college football sites that Howie and I read that when it comes to recruiting (and following the lives of 16-18 year old kids), “caring is creepy”.  That said, who doesn’t want to see video highlights of some 11-year-old American scoring a goal for one of Barcelona’s youth teams?!

Thanks to Dave for e-mailing this in, but Ben Lederman scored a goal for Barcelona’s Alevín A team as they participated in some U-12 tournament in Spain recently.

Cap him now!

13 Responses to “Ben Lederman scores for Barcelona’s youth team”

1. ussoccerdudes says:

   May 28, 2012 at 11:08 AM

   Let’s say Lederman actually becomes a Barcelona starter in 10 yrs. Will he actually play for us? Would he have citizenship with another country? Wouldnt he get Spanish citizenship if he stays there for that long? All things need to be considered.
2. Manny says:

   May 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM

   LOL @ussoccerdudes Are you seriously discussing this 11 YEAR OLD kids future?? You realize how ridicules that sounds right? 10 years from now the USA would have a wealth of talent (hopefully) that we won’t go threw these kinds of complications that is going on with many dual nationality players.
3. Matt says:

   May 28, 2012 at 4:08 PM

   That’s why I say we cap him now…….

   (j/k)

   (but not really)
4. Ufficio says:

   May 28, 2012 at 6:38 PM

   Well, as long as he doesn’t currently have another citizenship, we can cap-tie him by playing him a U-17 qualifier next year.
5. Trent Hill says:

   May 28, 2012 at 7:51 PM

   No we can’t.
6. Marlon says:

   May 28, 2012 at 8:24 PM

   It’s a very Barca-esque goal.
7. William says:

   May 28, 2012 at 9:33 PM

   Those kids would beat our HS teams here in Texas
8. William says:

   May 28, 2012 at 9:35 PM

   Wearing the 10 shirt huh? alrighty then…
9. Rich says:

   May 29, 2012 at 11:20 AM

   If he’s good enough to be playing for Barca’s reserves by the time he’s 17 or so, he’d be good enough to call up for our national team right? Boyd’s only playing for Dortmund’s reserves and we’ve called him up.
10. justin says:

    May 29, 2012 at 12:07 PM

    cap ‘im
11. Cam says:

    May 29, 2012 at 6:14 PM

    the real question, what does it say about your broadcasting career when you’re providing color commentary for a u-12 tournament?
12. William says:

    May 29, 2012 at 7:50 PM

    dynamite drop in cam!!!!
13. Matt says:

    May 29, 2012 at 9:26 PM

    Cam, I think the “and boom goes the dynamite” guy would even turn this down.