Although there will be no FIFA Date until March of next year, each integral part of the Argentine National Team she is already working fully focused on the next World after knowing both their group stage rivals and the venues where they will play their first three games in the United States, the host country along with Mexico and Canada.
In that final stretch towards the defense of the title won in Qatar, Lionel Scaloni received the news of the departure of an important part of the structure that he has headed for seven years because Bernardo Romeo will stop being the coordinator of AFA youth teams.
The former forward, who has held the position since 2020 and carried it out in constant contact with the coach of the senior national team, with a comprehensive view that favors the connection between the different categories, His contract will end on December 31 and will not renew to be able to take a job offer that came to him from abroad.
Although the name of the club was not announced, Romeo will be in charge of coordinating the long-term project of a team that plays in the United Soccer Leaguesecond category of soccer in the United States, which One of its main objectives is to land in the MLSelite category.
Romeo assumed coordination in 2020 and will end his relationship on December 31. (Photo by X).
The importance of the loss for AFA can be measured especially in the constant contact and good harmony that it generated with the coaches and collaborators of the different teams throughout their performance, from Scaloni himself to Pablo Aimar, Diego Placente, Walter Samuel and Facundo Quiróga.
The key mark that Romeo will leave in AFA
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An indelible mark that Bernardo Romeo’s work as coordinator of youth teams in AFA will leave is the Scouting Department which he was in charge of establishing based in Europe, with the aim of tracking down young talents who can nurture the different teams either because they are children of Argentines who settled abroad or because they have Argentine roots in their families.
“When I took over I knew that there were a lot of players everywhere and that we had to go out and search. Luckily, President Tapia gave us the opportunity and it is something that we have been developing very well with Juan Manuel Tassi, who is based in Madrid. We are very happy that the boys want to come, that they want to wear this shield, they want to be in the Argentine National Team and that they are willing to travel even 12,000 kilometers to play in a tournament. It is something that gives us satisfaction,” he had explained to Olé about those recruiting tasks.
In summary
- Bernardo Romeo will leave the coordination of AFA juveniles the next December 31.
- Will work in the United Soccer League of USA after ending your current link.
- He established the Scouting Department in Europa to recruit talents during their management from 2020.
