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Added to ballots are a quartet of retirees, and 5 builders, voting on the 2020 class begins March 18. Those added have in fact met the qualifying criteria. 

New Veteran Players: Frank Klopas, Taylor Twellman, Marco Etchevery Steve Zungul. Interesting no mention is made of his time with the MISL NY Arrows, my first team or his many times named to an all league team there. Twellman joined the family business as a pro soccer player after his father and uncle.

We had prevously gone over the criteria to be nominated as a Veteran and Builder, we will not touch on them here.

Jason Pendant, a 23 year old back with 4 years in France, his last with FC Sochaux-Montbeliard in Ligue 2 has joined the New York Red Bulls. The left back from France will of course use an international spot.

Denis Hamlett RBNY SD informed "We are pleased to welcome Jason to our Club. In scouting Jason, we saw all the qualities of a Red Bull player. He is a bright, mature young man that became a leader at Sochaux despite his young age."

The USSDA has as one of their main things being to touch the typical club exerience and grow the highest level of youth players nationally, with this in mind, more age groups are coming into play for the coming season.

Now in their 4th year the Girl's DA has added an U-13 in the Northeast DIv. as fully 4 clubs add new age groups.

The Boy's side also has that magical number of 4 at work as a quartet of new clubs come in for the 14th year and 11 clubs add teams for new age groups.

The 16 year old out of their Academy since 2015, was the 16th Homegrown  for the team, it is a 3 year deal with a Club option for 2024.

Fire HC, Raphael WIcky stated "Brian is a promising young player who we look forward to working with at the first team level. This signing is a testament to the hard work that Brian, his family and the Fire Academy staff have put in throughout the years."