Daniel Pereira is described with characteristics similar to those of Xavi Hernández or Andrés Iniesta, And nothing the Venezuelan says seems like a guajiro dream, because on Thursday, he will be chosen by a team from MLS to SuperDraft after he arrived 5 years ago US from Venezuela seeking asylum.
The midfielder is considered one of the the three most important perspectives for this event, after excelling at Virginia Tech University, which he will leave to become a professional.
“I don’t know much about nursing home, to be honest, because I was very young. We moved in US as tourists and later, when I was here, I applied for asylum, “he said in an interview Half time.
“It simply came to our notice then. My parents told me to trust them, which I did, and now that pays for everything. “
Daniel and his parents they left Venezuela due to political and social complications and awaits the resolution of the asylum application, a process that stopped the pandemic and for which the notification of the next appointment could be tomorrow or in 10 years, according to Pereira.
“I was small, I had just turned 15, so I was not oriented, but I knew things in Venezuela would get worse, so my father and mother had talked about it a long time ago. We finally moved here, ”he recalled.
“WE KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ABOUT FOOTBALL”
Roanoke It was the place chosen because one of Daniel’s brothers had already been there, without him and his father knowing how to speak English. Upon arrival, his parents’ jobs were as a gardener in the kitchen of a restaurant. Today his father works in a baseball complex and his My mother is a Spanish teacher.
The young footballer first studied English for a year at Northside High School and later he went to university, although he did not boast the best grades.
“I’m lazy and it costs me a lot, I knew that one day professional football would happen, I had to wait and keep working and I didn’t worry too much about my studies,” he said honestly.
THE FIRST WAS A BASEBALL PLAYER
Despite the difficulties, each of the turning points in his life led him to be in MLS anteroom, as there was a time when he had to choose football over baseball, which he started playing at the age of 5 in Caracas.
“Being already in the project is a pretty good thing. It doesn’t matter if I am the first chosen, the tenth or the 40th, if you are in the draft it is because you have the ability, then what remains is to see which team will catch me “, he added.
HOW DOES THE SURFACE WORK?
Each year, this event marks an important calendar for teams that choose college seniors, Adidas players, or young people who have dropped out of college by signing a Internal professional league.
Pereira is part of Adidas generation for signing a contract with this brand and which guarantees a place in MLS, as the salary of these players does not leave the clubs, which can then permanently incorporate them into their ranks.
In previous years, figures such as Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, DaMarcus Beasley or Jozy Altidore. He SuperDraft 2021 will consist of three rounds and the first club to be elected will be Austin FC to be an expansion team, and the following will be in the opposite order to the regular season 2020 table.
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