Gale Agbossoumonde

Gale Agbossoumonde (2011)

Gale Agbossoumonde (* November 17, 1991 in Lomé ) is a togolese - American soccer player.

• 2.1 Of the junior national team to the Junior ...
• 2.2 ... to the senior national team of the United States

Club career

From Togo on Benin in the U.S.

The one born in Lome, capital of Togo Agbossoumonde came in infancy with his family in Benin, in which his family fled because of the act of war in Togo. He spent part of his childhood in a refugee camp, where he lived with his parents, his five brothers and two sisters. In this refugee camp, he also gained some experience in football, as he played with his brothers and other boys with a self- made ​​ball. Shortly after the death of his father, Adjo Lemou Agbossoumonde, he joined at the age of eight years in February 2000 with his family to travel to the United States where you sat down with the help of a charitable church organization in Syracuse, New York. He came as a 14 - or 15- year-old at the Christian Brothers Academy, a private Catholic school, which belongs to the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the students formed mainly to a later career at a university or at a college and prepared.

From the Christian school at the IMG Soccer Academy

In the school's football team Agbossoumonde gathered some experience and made ​​it there during his career with the team to a runner-up title in the NYS Soccer Championship. In addition to Gale Agbossoumonde his older brother Mawuena Agbossoumonde visited (* July 1989 ), the CBA Syracuse and was also active in the school's football team alongside his younger brother. In addition, both were at the Youth Club Syracuse FC, ​​who won the State Championships in New York in 2006, active. Currently Mawuena Agbossoumonde plays in college football team from Syracuse University, and the National Premier Soccer League club FC Greater Binghamton. In the Vorweihnachtstagen 2006 Gale Agbossoumondes recording at the IMG Soccer Academy has announced. After he was by this time formed as a striker and also used as such, he was converted at the IMG Soccer Academy to a defender ( central defender ). In the existing 1999 funding institution of the U.S. U-17 National team, he finally was active for a long time.

Unsuccessful tryouts and recording at the Miami FC

After his departure from the Academy in the spring of 2009 the young talent made ​​his way to Spain, where it sample workouts completed at clubs such as Atletico Madrid, Sevilla FC and Real Valladolid, but was not included. Disappointed came Agbossoumonde then again back to the U.S. and decided in the coming years in Major League Soccer ( MLS), to establish the top division in the North American Football. Later he wanted to dare to attempt to gain a foothold in Europe. But when he got the first offerings from the MLS, he could still can not quite get used and saw the deals that were connected to a Generation Adidas contract with a six-figure sum, as an insult to his talent. After he already could not prevail in Spain, he said also from the MLS clubs and went on to club search. On 6 August 2009, he finally signed a contract with Traffic Sports USA, the U.S. Department of Traffic Group, a Brazilian company that bills itself as a sports marketing agency, but also transfer rights of players and has ownership of clubs and events. The agreement, which runs until the end of 2010 contained an option that the agency ( one-sided) allows the contract Agbossoumondes to extend for a further two years.

So it was that the native of Togolese was discharged a short time later at the Miami FC, which is owned by Traffic Sports USA. From August to September 2009, he put it in a six bets in the subprime USL First Division ( USL - 1), a as the second highest league in North America prestigious professional league. He then made ​​off with the U.S. U -20 team on the way to the Junior World Championships in Egypt and was then in no single competitive match encounter longer used. After his return him a commitment to a European club was of Traffic Sports USA, who have good contacts with the football in Europe, I promise. After Agbossoumonde had returned from the World Cup in the United States because it had not found a club that would have taken the 18 -year-olds. It took finally to December 2009 and January 2010 to be specific forms of transfer to Europe made ​​visible.

The time at Sporting Braga

After he had been in December 2009 for a trial with the Portuguese first division side Sporting Braga graduated and noticed positive there, it was a six month loan contract was in January 2010, still on time in the winter transfer period, submit to the Agbossoumonde immediately accepted. The contract also included a purchase option on the part of the club from Braga to the six-month Leihphase leakage. After only two days in the club's U-19 team of young defensive player managed to quickly make the leap into the professional squad and sat for the professional team frequently on the bench, but was used until his contract end in any single competitive game encounter. Instead, he spent most of his time in the reserve team game mode in the league intercalary, left there but already in March 2010 due to a knee injury that the From in the ongoing championship meant for him from. After the expiry of the loan contract, the club decided to fix under contract the player. Due to the fact that Sporting Braga during negotiations with Agbossoumonde got a new owner, the transfer failed in the end after all. According to Traffic Sports USA had already provided a transfer fee which still needed to be renegotiated, however. When the new club's starting her work, however, this was no longer interested in negotiations, which is why the transfer failed.

Renewed controversy in Portugal

As Agbossoumonde was no longer involved with the Miami FC, he was suddenly without a club and more reliant on Traffic Sports USA, who were there to find a club for him. This one did and found with GD Estoril Praia another Portuguese club, who wanted to record the togolese - American football player. Even the Portuguese second division was like the Miami FC, under the leadership of the Traffic Group, however, the European division called Traffic Sports Europe. At the Club as long as it should be used until a suitable buyer would be found for Agbossoumonde. As the change to GD Estoril Praia was already considered fixed, you could see one day before transfer deadline that Agbossoumonde was not even registered and therefore not eligible to play. Because registration was too little time, also failed this transfer. Nevertheless Traffic Sports Europe retained the 18 -year-olds in Portugal, where he was finally allowed me exercising in September 2010 Estoril Praia, even if he was not authorized to be used in a competitive match of the Club from Estoril. But during training the frustration Agbossoumondes grew, as he had almost no chance of an individual care because already six other central defender were at this time in the squad.

Therefore, the agency sent him across the whole of Europe, where he came in different test games for use and mittrainierte the remaining time at Estoril Praia. By the time he was confused by his agency, as he often did not even know if he will still always be active at the same club the next day or will be sent back at any test match in Europe.

Fresh start in Sweden and Germany

In spring 2011, he moved on loan to the Swedish Djurgårdens IF, where he made ​​his debut on April 15, 2011. The transfer of rights still holds the American Club Fort Lauderdale Strikers (formerly Miami FC ) or their owners Traffic Sports USA. In the first division, he was able to convince in the first few games with his performance, was even appointed one man of the match. In July 2011, he left the club after Djurgårdens had not taken the option to buy. After a trial at FC Cologne 1 he moved the end of August to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Return to the U.S.

The defender joined on 2 February 2012 on loan from Fort Lauderdale Strikers to Carolina RailHawks FC. After his return in December 2012 to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, he was sold on December 20 to Toronto FC.

National team career

Of the Junior National Team to the Junior ...

His active career in a U.S. National selection began recording in the IMG Soccer Academy in December 2006. Though some bets that he graduated in the U.S. U-17 National Team, he made it at the age of 15 years, not in the 21 -man squad who took part in the U-17 football world Cup 2007 in South Korea and was soon after leaving the team manager John Hackworth and Neuübernahme of the team by the former professional football player Wilmer Cabrera no longer for the U -17 National team provided. Instead, he collected in the U-16 and U-18 team of the Academy of match practice. Already in January 2008, followed Agbossoumondes enlistment in the U.S. U-20 national team, which he (as of December 2010) today still belongs. For the team it has been applied in a variety of official and unofficial as ( games against club teams, college selections, etc. ) are used, however, was the beginning of his U-20 career mainly used only for a half.

The biggest success with the U -20 team, he celebrated at the CONCACAF Youth Championship 2009, where that brought the team behind the surprise winner of Costa Rica in second place. In the final match against Costa Rica, who won the competition for the second time in its history, the Americans lost clearly with 0:3; Agbossoumonde was not some sets in the final game. However, the team managed to acquire skills for junior World Cup 2009. During the World Cup finals in Egypt, the defensive player was eventually used in all three group matches of his team, but could not avoid the early withdrawal of the team from the current competition. He also led the team in 2010 as team captain Milk Cup, one held annually in Northern Ireland youth football tournament, where he met with a 3-0 victory over host Northern Ireland also won the competition this year with the team.

To ... in the senior national team of the United States

After a number of further international appearances for the junior national team of the United States Agbossoumonde was appointed in November 2010 for the first time by Teamcheft Bob Bradley in the cadre of senior team in the U.S.. This Agbossoumonde and the striker Juan Agudelo of the New York Red Bulls were the first two players from the IMG Soccer Academy, which made ​​it into the senior national team of the United States. A total stood at this time with Gale Agbossoumonde, Juan Agudelo, Tim Ream, Mikkel Diskerud, Teal Bunbury and Dominic Cervi same six players in the U.S. squad, who were waiting for an international debut for her native country. In the next game on November 17, 2010, the defensive player, together with four other team debutants (only the goalkeeper Cervi was not used ) used in the 1-0 victory of his team when he came on the lawn in 87 minutes for Clarence Goodson. The door that led to the 1-0 U.S. victory achieved with Juan Agudelo just a debutant, who was with his 17 years even the youngest scorer in the history of the U.S. national soccer team. To date (December 2010) this remained his only international appearance for the U.S., a further application in the next international game (January 22, 2011, compared Chile) is not excluded by the American Football Association.

Description players and play styles

Like many of his former and current coach is also the team leader of the U.S. U-20 National Team Thomas Rongen only good words about Agbossoumonde and describes him as a ball-winning and aerially strong player who operate ball safely in 1- on-1 situation can. He also stated that the Togolese native has all the physical properties, which must have a very good player. The ball control and the fit is praised by Rongen as well as the ability to always remain in the possession. His technique he refers basically to be very solid and his imposing physique he referred to as athletic and strong.

Even former U.S. National player John Harkes find good words for the aspiring American defensive talent that has its roots in Togo. So he thinks that Agbossoumonde although his height of 1.88 m is very dynamic and also in the running shows good performance. Many other coaches and also the Director of the IMG Soccer Academy, Dion Daniels, Agbossoumonde described as a true natural talent. Not many central defender could dribble so as the togolese - American junior kicker and his game intelligence is remarkable.

Achievements

• 2nd place in the CONCACAF Junior Championships 2009
• Milk Cup winner: 2010