What’s it like to play professionally in soccer backwaters? Matthew Hall speaks to three of the almost 150 Americans pursuing a career thousands of miles from home
For every Geoff Cameron in the Premier League there’s a Michael Bradley in Major League Soccer. Two talented players in their prime, one playing in the coveted Premier League and the other trading the heights of Europe with Roma for the expansive suburbs and big money on offer in Toronto. (You mean Bradley went to Canada to win trophies?) What’s less well known is that almost 150 Americans are contracted to professional clubs around the world, from Germany to Israel to Azerbaijan and many other places in between. We spoke to three American players trying to make their name a long way from home:
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