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Not a ton at the back for Colorado ever since the end of the Drew Moor-Rapids era, so there’s definitely a gap for him; worth considering as well, aside from Rapids 2, they could always loan him next door to Colorado Springs in USLC.

Point of note — I provided the original list to John, so I actually was the one that left Koleilat out on accident; his UNH profile only lists a hometown of Dubai, which when you extrapolate to checking over 100+ teams every season, means there’s almost always one that slips through on account of being a dual-national (which, leading to the next point)… what @rydermike said — Wikipedia only lists primary nationality, regardless of whether they are dual-national or not; the two that are “missing” are Koleilat (as discussed above) and VWFC draft pick Dan Nimick, who is English by birth, but also Canadian (NFLD, to be specific) through his parents.

Circling back to the Akio/cap-tie conversation; I am 99.9% sure that Akio did in fact manage to inadvertently cap-tie himself to South Sudan with his appearances against Djibouti — those caps wouldn't have been an issue, had he been younger than 21 (ie. 20 or under)... As far as I can tell, it's a combination of two specific rules at play: AFCON Qualifying (as also pertains to other confederation competitions like the Gold Cup) matches do not fall under cap-tying appearances, as FIFA only counts matches played at the World Cup, in World Cup Qualifying, and in the final tournament proper of confederation competitions — under this rule, Akio would still eligible, but, combined with the age requirement element of Article 9.2 (c), he would've have to have been under 21 at the time of his last cap at senior 'A' international level (i.e. competitive, non-friendly matches) for him to be eligible for a switch; as his two matches against Djibouti were at age 23/24, he's no longer eligible under that rule (and also doesn't qualify under any others). note - caveat emptor that it's now the n-th time that I've read the FIFA statues/articles and everything is starting to meld into one... but as far as I'm comprehending things, he unfortunately ruled himself out of a cap.

Like, it's hard to explain... best way I can though, is I have multiple friends from Norway who were born there to Norwegian parents and who grew up there their entire lives/still live there/etc. - some have accents closer to Sondre's and some have accents closer to Haaland; really just depends on who/how they learned English and how exposed they were to English media. Sondre himself never went to college in the US, just his family.

Reached out to the club/the club contacted back — based on what we were told, he passes requirement #1 (read between the lines, as required).

@jordan already confirmed this, but in Sondre's case, it's Sondre | Solholm Johansen (two last names), although he prefers to drop the Johansen and just goes by "Sondre Solholm" — Norwegian name customs differ wildly because they're largely a mix between patrynomic/matrynomic (ie. names being after their parents, so Johansen would be the son (-sen) of Johan, for example), names that were based either on location or occupation, and people adopting the system that gets used in most countries where the last name is passed down through generations (ie. what we have in Canada).

fine, gap *on the depth chart* left by Ferreira's ACL blowing up/once SV retires Norwegian English accents vary heavily — most angle closer to an American accent, but re: Sondre, his entire family went to college in the US, which should explain why his accent is that way CSA are presumably aware of him, based on certain indications/assumptions (read: there's interactions from CSA staff on some of the tweets on Sondre)

Stated this elsewhere - having watched him quite a fair bit in both Norway and Scotland, he'd definitely fill the gap that would be left by Vitória/Ferreira at a minimum — but also more than capable to reach that #4 spot on the depth chart, imo.

unfortunately no, haven't been able to find any info saying that these games will be streamed.

Checking in for preseason, Klagenfurt are through four friendlies so far: - a 5-0 win over fourth-tier Köttmannsdorf (that Gloire wasn't involved in, probably quarantine/getting up to speed) - an 11-1 win over fourth-tier ASK Klagenfurt (where he picked up a goal) - a 16-0 win over fourth-tier Villach (in which Gloire scored six, going the full 90') - a 2-1 loss to 1860 Münich (in which Gloire saw the full 90' and had a few nice shots w/ no goals).

fwiw; Ferreira at the time had just be let go from his contract at Farense (caveat, he did play like 9 minutes in one app prior to December), Sturing had just come off an injury early on in 2021 after playing practically every minute for Den Bosch in 2020 - at the same time, Manjrekar has been battling injuries for the better part of the last two years... the only time he's really been included in FCM's squad was after getting over his last injury (in fact, the whole point of his loan to Greece was to get some training and match fitness back into him that FCM couldn't promise).