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Now many had be-moaned the loss of Edgar Castillo to the Mexican National team. Castillo grew up in New Mexico and his international career began with Mexico but only in “friendly” games. Castillo was called in to the U.S. national team for it’s match against Denmark this Wednesday in Aarhus taking advantage of a new rule that allows one switch for players that are eligible for more than one national team provided they have only played “friendly” matches.
Castillo played for Tigres in this weekend’s 1-1 draw against Pachuca in the final round of Mexican League play. Castillo has played at Santos and Club America who loaned him to Tigres.
It is clear that Castillo does not see a future with Mexico and coach Javier Aguirre which means the window for going to the World Cup may be closed representing El Tri.
The story is much different with the United States where the left back position has been a point of contention and Castillo feels he has a better chance of making a roster and going to the World Cup. His competition at left back…..Jonathan Bornstein of Chivas USA, Heath Pearce of FC Dallas and as we all know Carlos Bocanegra has played there as well but is preferred as a center-back for the U.S..
Dynamo Ricardo Clark and Stuart Holden hoped they would have been in Seattle this Sunday but he is off to Denmark to represent the United States as he was called in as well showing the value that Bob Bradley places on the 24 year old midfielder. The real question remains as to where his future lies and if he will remain a Dynamo . Ricardo Clark is also rumored to be moving on and others like Eddie Robinson and Brian Mullan are out of contract. With an expansion draft looming the Dynamo could look very different next year.
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I like Castillo. Though, I hope that he is making these decisions for the correct reasons. Obviously, he should follow his heart. After that, he should have tried to figure out what is best for him and his career. Hopefully he talked to many people (including Jose Francisco Torres). Personally, I think he has a bright future with either team; that future just may not be in the next few months with El Tri (which is a shame, I think there’s a place for him somewhere on that back line). But Javier feels differently.
He seems to be at peace with his decision. Hopefully he plays well and helps out the US team in a spot where it really needs help. And hopefully, Bob Bradley won’t mess around with his minutes and games played like he does with Torres (I know, different postion. But I’m sure you see my point of claiming someone just so that another country cannot).
Ugh! Losing Clark, Holden, Robinson and Mullan is hard news to wake up to on Monday morning. Wake up Houston! We might lose the Dynamo without a new stadium in the works. If I owned the Dynamo, I would wonder what Miami or Atlanta has to offer. Both cities lost out on MLS expansion and might deliver when the politicians over at City of Houston can’t seem to.