Daniel Pereira describes itself with characteristics similar to those of Xavi Hernández or Andrés Iniesta, And nothing the Venezuelan says seems like a guajiro dream, because next Thursday he will be chosen by a team from the MLS Bee SuperDraft after 5 years ago it reached U.S from Venezuela applying for asylum.
The midfielder is considered one of the three main prospects for this event, after distinguishing himself from Virginia Tech University, which he will leave to become a professional.
“I don’t know much about the nursing home, to be honest, because I was very young. We have moved to U.S as tourists and later when we were here, we applied for asylum, ”he said in an interview with Media tempo.
“We moved here and made a very big sacrifice. My parents told me to trust them, which I did, and now this pays for all. “
Daniel and his parents they left Venezuela due to political and social complications and is awaiting resolution of the asylum application, a process that halted the pandemic and for which the next appointment could be announced tomorrow or in 10 years, Pereira said.
“I was little, I had just turned 15, so I wasn’t orientated yet I knew it was going to get worse in Venezuela, so my mom and dad had talked about it a long time ago. We eventually moved here, ”he recalls.
‘I KNEW THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH FOOTBALL’
Roanoke It was the place chosen because one of Daniel’s brothers had already been there, without him and his father knowing how to speak English. On arrival, his parents’ jobs were as a gardener and in the kitchen of a restaurant. Today his father works in a baseball complex And his Mom is a Spanish teacher.
The young footballer first studied English for a year at the Northside High School and later he entered college, even though he didn’t have the best grades.
“I’m lazy and it costs me a lot. I knew there was going to be professional football someday, I had to wait and keep working and I wasn’t much concerned about studies,” he said honestly.
FIRST IT WAS BASEBALL PLAYER
Despite the difficulties, each of the turning points in his life led him to today in the MLS waiting room, because there was also a time when he had to choose football over baseball, which he started practicing in Caracas at the age of 5.
“It is quite good to be already in the draft. It doesn’t matter if I’m picked first, tenth or 40th, if you’re in the draft it’s because you have the capacity, what’s left is to see which team is going to get me, ” he added to it.
HOW DOES THE SUPER DRAFT WORK?
Each year, this event marks an important calendar for teams that choose college seniors, Generation Adidas players or youth who have renounced college by signing for Professional domestic competition.
Pereira is part of the Generation Adidas for having a contract with this brand and that guarantees a place in the MLS, since the salary of these players does not leave the clubs, which they can then definitively join their ranks.
In previous years, figures were like Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, DaMarcus Beasley and Jozy Altidore. He SuperDraft 2021 will consist of three rounds and the first club chosen is the Austin FC because it’s an Expansion team, and the following will be in the opposite order from the 2020 regular season table.
The fact is, you don’t have to get bored.