Fusion Midfielder Peterlin EPL-Bound With Everton
The current and former teams of midfielder Anton Peterlin - the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs, the Ventura County Fusion of the Premier Development League - and now England's Everton.
"I'm not sure how often such miracles happen, but I will not squander this opportunity," he told the Liverpool Echo.
He's 22-years-old.
It helps to have Danish-Slovenian parents and hold an EU passport, but still.
What they're saying in Liverpool.
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The ironic thing is, if he was even on MLS's radar, and they had bothered to offer him a contract, it would have been for a lowball, working at McD's, $12.9/year ...
p.s. Best of luck to him though. I hope he makes it ...