Ivanovski94

Some things you just can't make up. 

The new Ali Gerba.

Yes he has signed.  
Here is my translation of the Finnish article:
"New player contract - versatile Jonas Häkkinen has signed with Vaasan Palloseura 
Vaasan Palloseura [VPS] has signed a player contract with the young Finnish player Jonas Häkkinen. The contract is 1+1 years. [unspecified whether the option is one way or two way] 
Jonas Häkkinen is a multi-functional player who owns both the Finnish and Canadian passports, and who can play both stopper and defensive midfielder. 
"For the last few years he has played stopper, but before that he has played defensive midfielder, as well", VPS head coach Petri Vuorinen comments. 
Häkkinen has played his entire career in Vancouver, where he has played in the Whitecaps academy. Häkkinen has Finnish parents and he speaks good Finnish, although his native tongue is English. 
"Jonas has trained with us for quite a while already. He came to Finland to uplift his career. Comparing him with other players of his generation (1999), I believe that he has the full potential to succeed in Finnish Premier League", Vuorinen analyzes. 
Very little about this promising player is known in Finland. Contact between the player and the club came through his agent. The youngster has trained with VPS for a month already. 
"The agent suggested that we give Jonas a trial. We decided to take him along and have been judging his play. In the last few years, many young players looking to develop have trialed for us. This time we found a good "match". I do not think many have heard of him here, even though he is Finnish. He is a new face for many here in that sense."
In addition to his playing skills, there is another thing Vuorinen specifically likes about Häkkinen. 
"He has a very tough but healthy attitude about sports and football in general. All that is right", Vuorinen comments. 
Jonas' own interview will be done during November. 
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Since it's my first post, I figure it's fine to use this space to say hello everybody, too. I am a VPS fan from Finland - a cold, stable Northern country, with an under-performing National Team with a history of promising players selecting some another country, and whose general public has an unhealthy obsession with this sticky-sport played on ice.
Suppose this description also explains to you all why I have somehow developed kind of a weird sympathetic affinity towards the "soccer people" in Canada, and hence I have been following your NT for the past few years, including lurking on this forum occasionally. So I figured that now that this guy signed with my local club team, it would be a good excuse to register here too. So I do hope you guys don't mind having me as an "outsider" for our countries are yet to develop a fierce rivalry in this sport. (Although I also wouldn't mind, if in the next few years one developed over Häkkinen's services at the senior level. )
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Would Jonas warrant his own thread, btw? Now that he's going to be playing here, I would be more than glad to contribute with updates on Jonas etc. since I watch every VPS game anyway.

Looks like Stephen Eustaquio is set to be transferred to GD Chaves who are currently 7th in the Portuguese first division. 

I'd like to order 10 of those please.

Shameless self plug. Had a trial in a match for Hobro IK's reserve team versus Aalborgs Reserve team today. Had a starting role, was set to left back.
 
http://hikfodbold.dk/stort-reservenederlag-i-aalborg-n2-1464?id=1464
http://hikfodbold.dk/domoraud-med-i-reserveholdskamp-i-eftermiddag-n2-1463?id=1463
 
4-0 loss, pulled my quadriceps tendon, now injured :/ Unfortunately did not make the team in the end.
 
Will continue with this setback in mind and try to progress from it.

There are a lot of Canadian players listing Chile as a second nationality lately, as a way of getting an EU passport. This is related to a recent WHO ruling on acquired genetic traits, what is called soft inheritance. If you can get your Chile nationality recognized as a Canadian, you can fast track your EU status and even pass it on to your children, so we can get multiple generations of Canadians under the Chile flag, also known as La Roja, like Canada, Reds, playing in European lower tiers. If we don't have a thread on this on the board you should probably start one.

it's official now, how good is RoPS?
 

Patryk Misik, Aparicio's teammate at Ordenes last season, is now unattached and looking for a new club. Acc to this Brazilian site from Toronto (thinks me), he is looking at offers from both Spain and North America for now. 
https://www.canadasporting.com/2017/06/22/entrevista-no-cs-patryk-misik-abre-o-jogo-ao-canada-sporting-e-fala-sobre-sua-situacao-no-sd-ordenes/
The story is from a week ago. Talks about representing Canada, most recently in Qatar, not getting called up ever by Poland in spite of playing there young, his time at Fury. Very positive attitude.

Izarra are in 2B, third tier.
Primera = 1
Segunda = 2
Segunda B = 3
Tercera = 4

Manu Aparicio has signed for Sam Piette's club, Izarra. In this Spanish site he appears in his Canada shirt
http://www.lapreferente.com/J210826/sdc-ordenes/manny-aparicio.html
I was a bit floored by this, first, since no one else saw it, it was announced June 16, and I missed it too. Second, he played for a team that was dead last in their group in Spanish 3rd, 4th tier, a division lower than Izarra´s 2B. So it is a huge step up for Manny, who is born 95 and hasn't turned 21 yet.

La'Vere Corbin-Ong has signed with Go Ahead Eagles, who were relegated from the Eredivisie last year. Great move for him IMO, especially if they can get promoted this year.
He is really making some smart career moves; sign where you can get minutes, then move up the ladder. Wish more Canadian players made moves with a similar mindset.
http://www.ga-eagles.nl/go-ahead-eagles-strikt-canadees-international-lavere-corbin-ong/

Massih Wassey has signed with SC Paderborn of the 3. Liga.
https://www.transfermarkt.de/paderborn-verpflichtet-wassey-von-bvb-ii/view/news/278194

Opare is a Canadian citizen who wants to play for Canada. For me that is enough to warrant being interested in him and following his career even if FIFA regulations prevent him from ever playing for Canada.

Stefan Cebara is back after almost a year without a club (i think).  He signed with FK Utenis of the Lithuanian 1st tier yesterday 
http://www.delfi.lt/sportas/futbolas/utenis-sulauke-pastiprinimo-is-kroatijos-ir-slovenijos.d?id=74455464

Looks like Hirschfeld has stopped playing and is now an assistant coach with KFUM. If it is indeed the end, congratulations on a great career with club and national team. Our best gk in the past 15 years.
http://kfum-kam.no/portal/public/showContentCategory.do?id=948504688

Its the third tier just in case anyone thinks its actually the first division.
Allsvenskan
Superettan
Div1
Div2
ETC

Its the third tier just in case anyone thinks its actually the first division.
Allsvenskan
Superettan
Div1
Div2
ETC

Its the third tier just in case anyone thinks its actually the first division.
Allsvenskan
Superettan
Div1
Div2
ETC

According to Aalen's website they will continue to play and pay their players. They will lose 9 points due to the bankruptcy but it could be less depending on how the process goes. Apparently the bankruptcy is due to a couple of their sponsors going bankrupt a few years ago and they need to clear the resulting debts. Stanese is occasionally coming on as a late sub which means he is in the picture for getting playing time so hopefully everything will go fine with Aalen and he can increase his playing time.

Agreed, this is a distressingly low level for JGL to have landed. He should have at least have signed in Championnat National (3rd tier) which is around NASL level.
Jeffrey, unlike Spain the French 3rd tier is a single division (18 teams) and the 4th tier is 4 divisions (64 teams), so although Spanish football is superior at the top 2 tiers it is more watered down from the 3rd tier down.

I don't think you would make that comment about Scotland, but Peñarol is a S American equivalent of Rangers or Celtic, smaller league, powerful team, huge fan base, very high profile, lots of media attention. Trouble competing in Libertadores when qualifying as economically not at the level of the major Argie, Brazilian or even Colombian clubs. Peñarol has won Libertadores 5 times, but not since '87, though they played a final 5 years ago.
They've won the Intercontinental 3 times, tied for the most trophies.
Re Nacional...he was a kid there, now he is an adult and experienced. And his salary likely just went up four-fold, five-fold.