The First American To Play For Barcelona
The Lead
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🗓️ 16 October 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Sergino Dest made history two weekends ago when he became the first American soccer player to suit up for Barcelona. This came after the 19-year-old right back was signed for 25 million euros from Ajax, where he starred last season. The Athletic's Paul Tenorio interviewed some of Dest's former coaches and teammates, and he joins us to explain how the teenager has made such a rapid ascent, what expectations await him, and why he chose to play for the U.S. instead of his country of birth.
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https://theathletic.com/2107987/2020/10/01/sergino-dest-barcelona-koeman/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:07.5 | In a four-part series, The Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Khalif Browder, a young |
| 0:12.8 | boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it Reikers Island for three years |
| 0:18.0 | without trial. |
| 0:19.4 | This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system. |
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| 0:30.0 | Two weekends ago, 19-year-old Serginio Desk became the first American to play for one |
| 0:38.2 | of the world's biggest soccer clubs. |
| 0:40.6 | And the new number two for bar Salona, Serginio Desk, off the bench here today. |
| 0:48.7 | Today, the Athletics Paul Tenerio on Desk's rapid rise and why the young star has chosen |
| 0:54.0 | to play for the U.S. instead of his birth country of Holland. |
| 0:57.2 | They had showed him their vision for what he was going to be in the future they believed |
| 1:01.4 | in him, and he hadn't seen anything from Holland until he broke into the first team at Iaxe. |
| 1:06.3 | So I think there is a sign of Serginio recognizing when people believe in him and when people |
| 1:11.5 | give him the support to be successful. |
| 1:19.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:21.5 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:22.8 | It's Friday, October 16th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:27.2 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:31.5 | There was just something about the emotion and that moment. |
| 1:35.5 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
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