US Soccer Yanks Abroad - In Bolivia

Posted on Wednesday, Dec 26, 2007 at 12:13 PM in

For any American soccer player, playing abroad is always a career goal.  I never though that the Bolivian professional circuit would be such a destination.  I'd have to figure it ranks way, way down there in leagues to play in, not only is the level of play not as high, but the pay is low and sporadic - just ask the players from Bolivar.  Still, a perplexing bit of news is La Paz FC's signing of Keli Zenoni(sic), a 23 year old from the Minnesota Thunder to reinforce their squad ahead of the Copa Libertadores..  The Thunder's 2007 Roster lists no such player, but there is a profile of a Kyle Zenoni and more info about him in Wikipedia.  He's travelled a bit, having played in Sweden and Ireland previously.

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bruce says

hey oscar
i saw this new yesterday too
great for him
he had a real rough start to the season last year and was basically thrown to the wolves because of injuries
he went to the bench after a few games and many of us thunder fans thought that would be the end of him
but he worked hard and came on very strong at the end
even fought his way back into the starting lineup and scored a couple of goals
please keep us thunder fans informed of any news you hear on his season in bolivia
bruce
Posted Friday, Dec 28, 2007 at 12:44 PM

Mark Litton says

I just heard from Kyle today. They are training 3 times a day, 7 days a week. Even though Kyle is a midfielder, they have him at right back. He is the only foreigner on their roster, and hopes to crack the starting line up. Kyle trained with us (Milwaukee Wave Armada - the Wave reserve team) for about a month before leaving for Bolivia. My goal, as coach, was to keep him as fit as possible, and injury free. He has a tremendous work ethic, and I feel he will do well in Bolivia. I will stay in touch with him throughout his time down there. I will try to keep you posted.

Mark Litton
Head Coach
Milwaukee Wave Armada
Posted Friday, Jan 11, 2008 at 02:55 PM

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