Shaq Moore’s club status was listed as unattached on the recently released U.S. U-20 Men’s National Team roster for the upcoming World Cup, but the 18-year-old defender has now found himself a home.
Moore announced on Saturday that he has signed a contract to join Spanish side Huracan. Founded in 2011, Huracan currently plays in the Spanish third division, but is nearing an appearance in the league’s upcoming promotion playoffs.
Prior to his signing, Moore had been training with Huracan, as the club waited to receive the 18-year-old’s international transfer certificate.
Hailing from Powder Springs, Georgia, Moore had previously featured for the FC Dallas U-18s and has been a frequent call-up for the U.S. U-20, U-18 and U-17 Men’s National Teams.
Moore and the U.S. U-20’s will kick off the U-20 World Cup on May 30 against Myanmar before taking on New Zealand and Ukraine on June 2 and 5, respectively, to conclude the group stage.
What do you think of Moore’s signing? How will the defender fare in Spain?
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As long as he is playing its a good thing
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There are 80 clubs in Segunda Division B (3rd division) so this is a fairly low level. Still, he’s only 18 and Huracan still have a chance of earning promotion this year. Gives me a reason to follow the playoffs anyway.
Yeah, a friend of mine who coached at Furman actually got offered by Barcelona’s 3B team…he’s a massive Barcelona junkie and wanted to – badly – but they weren’t going to pay him enough to live on, so he couldn’t. Same deal.
He did say they were incredibly technical, though this dude was a blonde-haired, 6’4″ giant with a cannon shot and he also said they were munchkins and you could make a lot happen just by powering through and uncorking. Said it would have been a fantastic place to develop, though, just because of the technicality and the training.
Probably a lot better place than college to grow the kid’s game, but that’s all it is…a development stop.
Hopefully these lower league Spanish clubs will start getting some decent money from the revised television licensing laws in Spain so at least the players can live off what they make.
Yeah, with that many teams it’s a much lower level than say League One and even in League One the average salary is only about $100k. Still, it’s much better than college. Wish Shaq the best of luck and hopefully he has success.
Good move for an 18 year old. Now it’s up to him to make it count.