This Tuesday, the player Andrés Perea, former player of the National team with a lawsuit in the Colombian national team, received the confirmation from FIFA for the change of the association and can represent the United States. The player who signed in 2020 with Orlando City was a player at the World Cup with Columbia and has already received his call to the US U-23 team.
Through its official website, the football association in the United States announced the news: “FIFA has given Andrés Perea a unique request to change the association to represent the United States.
Perea was born in Tampa (Florida) and is the son of former football player Nixon Perea. At the age of 5 he left for Colombia and at a very young age joined the basic forces of Atlético Nacional. He represented the national tricolor in the world championships in India in 2017 (junior category) and Poland U-20 in 2019, where Colombia reached the quarterfinals. It made its professional debut in 2017 with porcelain, and in 2020 it was signed by Orlando City.
He had an impressive MLS campaign and the fact that he was an American citizen aroused the interest of head coach Gregg Berhalter and Jason Kreis, who runs the U-23 team. After finishing work with Orlando City, Perea was invited to join a camp in December.
“Weeks later, he filed a one-time application to change the association to FIFA to represent the United States in the future. The world governing body for football has accepted the request, “the federation reported.
The defensive midfielder received the official summons and joins the American team this month, in the background of the preparation to look for a place at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
In his social networks, the player expressed what it means to play for the United States: “It was a very important decision for me. Colombia is also my country, but it is an honor for me to represent the United States as I did with Colombia in last”. .
In a video published by the official account of the USA team, coach Gregg gives the news to Perea and greets them in “brotherhood”.