A plan to loan out US U-20 National Team forward Omar Salgado to the Vancouver Whitecaps of the USSF Division 2 Pro League while he waits being selected in Major League Soccer's 2011 SuperDraft has fallen through, due to technicalities with his International Transfer Certificate.
Salgado, 16, spent 18 months playing on the reserve team for Chivas de Guadalajara in Mexico, but signed a Generation adidas contract with MLS in January, which would allow him to earn playing time in advance of being drafted.
He was set to join the Whitecaps, who join MLS as a 2011 expansion franchise, until it was discovered he was registered as a player in Mexico.
FIFA, the world governing body for soccer, says players under the age of 18 can transfer their registration to a different country only if the family moves to the country for non-sporting reasons.
As he is already a US citizen, he can not change his registration to play for a team in Canada, at the moment.
If a Canadian MLS team (Vancouver or Toronto FC) selects him in the 2011 draft, he would not be eligible to play for them until he turns 18 or is granted an exception by FIFA to play in MLS, as the league falls under both US and Canadian soccer federation jurisdictions.
Until the matter is resolved, he has become the property of another USSF D-2 team who will also join MLS next season -- the Portland Timbers.
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