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  • usaindiausaindia 1671 Points
    <div><h1 class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 7px; font-weight: normal; background-image: url(http://newindianexpress.com/skins/eb/gfx/nie_sprite.png); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-left: 0.6em; color: rgb(69, 105, 125); line-height: 1; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-position: -13px -642px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">Sacred Heart Football Academy making strides</h1></div><a href="http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Sacred-Heart-Football-Academy-making-strides/2013/05/03/article1572192.ece">http://newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Sacred-Heart-Football-Academy-making-strides/2013/05/03/article1572192.ece</a>;
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  • archakarchak 2082 Points
    ashindia wrote: »
    I wish I understood your joke ! <br> (:|

    <br><br>@ashindia thats a slang for penis in bengali.....
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  • usaindiausaindia 1671 Points
    <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;"><b>Delhi boy Dilsher Singh Sandhu to train in Brooke House Football Academy in UK</b></span><div style="font-weight: normal; outline-style: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;"><br style="outline-style: none;"><br style="outline-style: none;"><a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-boy-dilsher-singh-sandhu-brooke-house-football-academy/1/209529.html"; target="_blank_" style="outline-style: none; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 47, 89);">http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-boy-dilsher-singh-sandhu-brooke-house-football-academy/1/209529.html</a></div><div style="font-weight: normal; outline-style: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; outline-style: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;">he played 6 or so games</div><div style="font-weight: normal; outline-style: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.brookehousecollegefootballacademy.co.uk/club/80846/Players/view/2255694">http://www.brookehousecollegefootballacademy.co.uk/club/80846/Players/view/2255694</a></div>;
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  • Arsenalkid700Arsenalkid700 7 Points
    Meh, he is a college boy. This is not America where college soccer players become pro. College soccer players in England go there when they know they have no pro-future in football and just play for fun now.<div><br></div><div>Good kid to keep an eye on though.</div>
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  • usaindiausaindia 1671 Points
    Arsenalkid700 wrote: »
    Meh, he is a college boy. This is not America where college soccer players become pro. College soccer players in England go there when they know they have no pro-future in football and just play for fun now.<div><br></div><div>Good kid to keep an eye on though.</div>

    <br><div>thats true ,but this kid went on scholarship worth 22k pounds,i dont remember any indian kids go division 1 soccer college in usa</div>
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  • Arsenalkid700Arsenalkid700 7 Points
    <font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">
    usaindia wrote: »
    Arsenalkid700 wrote: »
    Meh, he is a college boy. This is not America where college soccer players become pro. College soccer players in England go there when they know they have no pro-future in football and just play for fun now.</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Good kid to keep an eye on though.</div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">

    </font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">thats true ,but this kid went on scholarship worth 22k pounds,i dont remember any indian kids go division 1 soccer college in usa</div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">

    </font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Was it an academic scholarship? If so then I think that explains what we need to know about him.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Also we probably do have some kids in D1 but not at the big, big schools. Not many Indian-born kids seem to be athletes (based on what I have seen here). Many are pushed to academics. Hell, I am being pushed into it right now.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">My school team here has 2 born Sri Lankan's though. Sri Lanka national federation better be aware.</font></div>
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  • usaindiausaindia 1671 Points
    <font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">there a few soccer players of Indian origin in us division 1 schools,quite a few tennis players  play in us division1 on top teams like stanford,uva</font>
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  • Arsenalkid700Arsenalkid700 7 Points
    usaindia wrote: »
    <font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">there a few soccer players of Indian origin in us division 1 schools,quite a few tennis players  play in us division1 on top teams like stanford,uva</font>

    <br><div><br></div><div>Some but not a lot. I can't talk for Tennis but for football I always see the West Asian origon players play or the East Asian and plenty of Africans.</div><div><br></div><div>I have never heard of any Indian origon players till I came to IFN honestly.</div>
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  • hadfadkarhadfadkar 1236 Points
    Goal Academy Watch: Mahilpur Academy, Punjab

    http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/05/04/3950027/goal-academy-watch-mahilpur-academy-punjab
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  • archakarchak 2082 Points
    Arsenalkid700 wrote: »
    usaindia wrote: »
    <font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">there a few soccer players of Indian origin in us division 1 schools,quite a few tennis players  play in us division1 on top teams like stanford,uva</font>

    <br><div><br></div><div>Some but not a lot. I can't talk for Tennis but for football I always see the West Asian origon players play or the East Asian and plenty of Africans.</div><div><br></div><div>I have never heard of any Indian origon players till I came to IFN honestly.</div>

    <br><br>Play football manager and you shall get to know plenty of them 
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