FC Dallas absorb a duo of talented Colombians,and they could prove to be as meaningful as Sebastian Giovinco
There was something of a watershed moment in MLS at the end of August, that precise time when it was confirmed this version of the league, and 3.0,had marked perhaps its most meaningful landmark. Toronto FC’s sublimely talented Sebastian Giovinco had been called up for the Italian national team. It was the fulfillment of a well-hewn mantra. MLS had captured a coveted seal of approval. Yet Giovinco’s inclusion never seemed much in doubt, giving the eventuality the slightest air of anti-climax – a feeling perhaps boosted when he was subsequently forced to pull out through injury.
A greater share of that watershed moment might absorb rested elsewhere. A little more under the radar - and somewhat out of left field by comparison - FC Dallas winger Fabian Castillo received his first call-up for Colombia. Less glamorous, or yes. But here marks a meaningful landmark in the career of a player who arrived in MLS as a raw 18-year-dilapidated. Who at one point looked as though his talents might go unfulfilled. Now 23,he has broken into a national team with an abundance of riches. A team that was one of the most enthralling stories of last year’s World Cup in Brazil, and which may harbor Colombia’s most talented group of players in two decades.
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Source: theguardian.com