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Footballer who fails GNG and most likely NFOOTY. Does
Leagues Cup even qualify as a fully-pro international competition?
BlameRuiner (
talk) 13:41, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Speedy Keep, to save time, the
Leagues Cup is a sanctioned tournament between MLS and Liga MX for the top clubs in respective leagues not to qualify for the
CONCACAF Champions League, similar to what the
North American SuperLiga did from 2007 to 2010, and the
UEFA Europa League. I urge the nominator to do some research before going trigger happy on deletion.
Quidster4040 (
talk) 14:13, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Weak Keep. Possibly barely passes NFOOTY with 58 minutes of play in the newly launched League cup (do the teams take this seriously?). He does have some coverage - e.g.
Chicago Tribune (+ a whole lot of passing mentions) - so it isn't clear he fails GNG. He is active and on a MLS squad.
Icewhiz (
talk) 15:16, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
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CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 17:13, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep Assuming that the Leagues Cup is indeed an official tournament as it seems to be, it's a current player with an
FPL-related appearance. Which is, as NFOOTY consensus stands, enough - as seen at:
AfD/Mats van Kins,
AfD/Sean Karani,
AfD/Danish Irfan Azman and, just last week,
AfD/Ricky Kambuaya. Some may not take the competition seriously, but that's nothing unusual; e.g. England's
EFL Cup.
R96Skinner (
talk) 19:35, 24 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Chicago Fire Soccer Club until there is significant coverage in reliable sources. It is irresponsible to have a biography on this young fellow until that point. --
Mkativerata (
talk) 11:41, 25 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Weak keep - Article about professional soccer player who hasn't yet played in a fully-pro league (his appearance in the "Leagues Cup" friendly is definitely not sufficient to satisfy
WP:NFOOTBALL), however there appears to be significant coverage that meets
WP:GNG. Normally, I'd argue this is
WP:TOOSOON for such an article, but I think it just barely gets over the notability hurdle.
Jogurney (
talk) 16:02, 25 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Note: The subject must pass either GNG or NFOOTBALL: See (
Notability)
A topic is presumed to merit an article if:
It meets either the general notability guideline below, or the criteria outlined in a subject-specific guideline listed in the box on the right (
WP:NFOOTBALL); and
It is not excluded under the What Wikipedia is not policy.
Lightburst (
talk) 15:22, 26 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Weak Keep per all above, as he appears to meet the
WP:NFOOTBALL requirements, albeit barely.
Ejgreen77 (
talk) 05:13, 30 July 2019 (UTC)reply
keep Meets
WP:NFOOTY and has some coverage towards meeting the GNG.
Sandals1 (
talk) 14:32, 30 July 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep MLS player is definitely notable. Why has this not been closed yet? Looks pretty unanimous to keep.--
Seacactus 13 (
talk) 18:06, 30 July 2019 (UTC)reply
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