Unlike Ricardo Pepi or David Ochoa, Julián Araujo will take longer to opt for the United States or Mexico
Julián Araujo removed from his social media the acronym of the US Men’s National Soccer team (USMNT), a few days ago, which seems a gesture of complicity for Mexico. The truth is that the Los Angeles Galaxy winger rejected calls from the United States and the Mexican National Team, on the FIFA date in September, to make the best decision for his future.
In the United States they have been looking for Julián Araujo since the Gold Cup, but Gregg Berhalter himself commented that the player asked for time to define his future, however he was still in plans for September. In the case of the Tri, in the Mexican Selection it was considered for a concentration to the past date FIFA, but in the end it did not leave in the call because it was decided to give a space him so that it made a decision definitive.
Julián Araujo is in the dilemma of following in the footsteps of Ricardo Pepi, who chose to play with the United States instead of Mexico, or David Ochoa, who called for his change of federation to join the discipline of the Tricolor and forget to represent the set of Bars and Stars.
In the case of Pepi, the 18-year-old striker was called up by the United States for the FIFA date and ended up as the figure of the team, in the last of the three qualifying matches that his representative played in September.
On the other hand, David Ochoa was not considered by the Mexican selections, although there were camps or tours, in which Julián Araujo yes was considered, and in the end it did not leave in the call.
Prior to the last match of the three that Mexico and the United States played in the FIFA date, Julián Araujo removed the acronym USMNT from his description of social networks, although until Monday there was still no record of any single · application for change of federation.
Mexico and the United States are attentive to the decision taken by Julián Araujo, The last player to star in the football battle of the countries that are divided by the Rio Bravo.