TRIALS: US U23 Maki Tall Trials with Standard Liege in Belgium

Photo: Marc Van Celinebroeck     Maki Tall at Red Star

Washington DC born, US U23 forward, 20 year old Maki Tall, was recently released by Swiss outfit FC Sion (where he was playing for their B team. French newspaper L'Equipe, is reporting that Maki has been trialing with Standard Liege for the last ten days.

" L’ancien Lillois Maki Tall (20 ans) a été mis à l’essai par le Standard de Liège pour une dizaine de jours. L’attaquant international Espoirs américain, également passé par les U19 français, a été libéré de son contrat par le FC Sion, club avec lequel il s’était engagé l’été dernier."

"The former Lille Maki Tall (20 years) was tested by Standard Liege for ten days. Hopes US international striker, also passed by the French U19, was released from his contract with FC Sion, with whom he was engaged last summer." - Google Translation

It seem that Maki has been skipping around Europe this past year, moving from Lille to Red Star in France to FC Sion, and now to (maybe) Standard. Meanwhile he has appeared for the USA at the U23 level. (Maki has represented France at U18 & U19, and the USA at U20 and U23)

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TRIALS: Alonzo Clarke Trialing with Djurgarden in Sweden + Video

Photo: dif.se

18 year old defender Alonzo Clarke is in Sweden, trialing with Djurgarden. According to dif.se Alonzo will be with the team for a three week trial. This would not be Alonzo's 1st trial, in 2014 he was with Manchester United.

In the dif.se interview Alonzo stated that;

"I have been playing at center-back, full-back and also as defensive midfielder so I'm pretty versatile as a player, says Alonzo but preferably is in the back line."
"I prefer to play as a defender but like the coach that I do best from me in another position, I'm always flexible. But the most important thing is always to go out and run hard, fight for the team and make an impression on the field."

On the weather;

 "I just have to adjust to some things and I am thinking mainly on the weather. I'm used to the cold because I come from Washington DC but this was a little colder than expected"

Alonzo is the son of Jamaican International striker Alambi Clarke Sr, was born in the US and moved to Jamaica until he was 6 years old and now calls Washington DC his home

On International call-up;

I've been called a few times to US youth national teams but could not attend. So at the moment I can still play for both the United States and Jamaica because I have not made my first international yet. Hard to say what I would choose if the opportunity pops up but perhaps the US national team a better shop window if you want to show off. Currently, it is in any case nothing that I can think about.

article translated from Swedish - dif.se

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