Former Philadelphia Union Trialist Jeremiah White In Montreal Impact's Evaluation Camp
by Scott Kessler on Oct 3, 2011 12:43 PM EDT
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Philadelphia born Jeremiah White is looking to come back to North America, but it won't be with his hometown team.
White, a former American international, was invited to join the Montreal Impact's evaluation camp, joining 24 other players for a six day tryout with MLS' next team. The versatile attacking midfielder joins fellow American, and Orlando City Lions star, Jamie Watson in the camp.
White has played in only 15 games since leaving AGF Aarhus, a Danish First League club. The 28-year-old was unable to settle with either Al-Ettifaq, of Iraq, or GKS Bełchatów, of Poland. Six teams in six professional seasons have led to White being a free agent since January 2011, when he left GKS.
The Philadelphia Union had White in their 2011 MLS preseason camp and appeared to be set to sign the local soccer product, but the two sides could not come to an agreement on the terms of his contract.
After leading the ACC in scoring in his sophomore year of college, and going through an injury plagued junior year before finishing his time at Wake Forest having been named ACC Player of the Year in 2003, White was drafted in the third round of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution. White chose to pursue a career in Europe instead of signing with MLS.
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Sure it’s always nice to have a local guy on the roster but in my undeducated opinion this guy seems like he can’t stay in one place for two long. I hope he’s able to find a home with the Impact.
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White did make 86 appearances for AGF Aarhus in the Danish Superliga between 2007 and 2009, netting 7 goals over that time. If given the chance to settle in, it appears he can be a productive player for the right club.
The moves to GKS Bełchatów and Al-Ettifaq involved relocation to countries in which White likely did not speak the language and White only featured 12 times for the Saudi club and 3 times for the Polish side. That’s not much of a chance to settle in and get going. Accordingly, White isn’t likely to make an immediate impact for Montreal (lame pun totally not intended) but given some time to adjust to the league and get settled into the new locale, he could yield much better results.
Certainly I wish him well with whatever club he gets an opportunity with next, and I still hope that club is the Union.
by Thomas Rzucidlo on Oct 4, 2011 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions
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