Daniel Pereira describes itself with characteristics similar to those of Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta, and nothing that says the Venezuelan seems guajiro dream because this Thursday will be chosen by a team of the MLS in the SuperDraft after 5 years ago he came to United States from Venezuela seeking asylum.
The midfielder is considered one of the 3 most important prospects for this event, after standing out at the University of Virginia Tech, which he will leave to become a professional.
“I don’t know much about asylum, to be honest, because I was very young. We moved in United States as tourists and then when we were here we applied for asylum, “he said in an interview with Half time.
“We moved here making a very big sacrifice. My parents told me to trust them, which I did, and now that’s paying off.”
Daniel and his parents they left Venezuela due to political and social complications and awaiting the resolution of the asylum application, a procedure that stopped the pandemic and for which the notice of the next appointment could be tomorrow or in 10 years, according to Pereira.
“I was small, I had just turned 15, so I wasn’t oriented then he knew things would get worse in Venezuela, Then my father and mother had talked about it a long time ago. In the end we moved here, ”he recalled.
‘I KNEW THAT FOOTBALL WAS GOING TO HAPPEN’
Roanoke it was the place chosen because one of Daniel’s brothers had already been here, without his father and he knowing how to speak English. Upon arrival, his parents’ jobs were gardening and cooking in a restaurant. Today his father works at a baseball complex and his mother is a teacher of Spanish.
The young footballer first studied a year of English at the Northside High School and then came to the University although he did not boast the best grades.
“I’m weak and it costs me quite a bit, I knew that this professional football thing had to happen someday, I had to wait and keep working and I didn’t care much about studies,” he mentioned sincerely.
FIRST HE WAS A BASEBALL PLAYER
Despite the difficulties, each of the turning points in his life led him to be in the world today MLS anteroom, since in addition there was a moment at which it had to choose soccer on the baseball, which began to practice to the 5 years in Caracas.
“Already being in the Draft is a pretty good thing. It doesn’t matter if I’m the first chosen, the tenth or the 40, if you’re in the Draft it’s because you have the ability, then what is missing is to see what team is going to take me, ”he added.
HOW DOES THE SUPER DRAFT WORK?
Each year, this event marks an important calendar for teams that choose college students in their final year of school, Adidas Generation players, or young people who waived their college eligibility by signing up for a Professional domestic league.
Pereira is part of the Adidas generation for having signed a contract with this brand and this guarantees you a place in the MLS, since the salary of these players does not come out of the clubs, which they can then permanently incorporate into their ranks.
In previous years, figures such as Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley, DaMarcus Beasley or Jozy Altidore. the SuperDraft 2021 will consist of three rounds and the first club to choose will be the Austin FC to be an Expansion team, and the following will be in opposite order to the 2020 regular season table.
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