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Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:14 pm**

Hyndman sought by Newcastle
Texans' youth player headed to U.K.
By Phil Stephens

The newest American sensation is about to head to Europe and the details will dumbfound a lot of U.S. sports fans. Come to think of it, there will be a lot of Brits raising their eyebrows when they read about Emerson Hyndman, a Dallas TexansÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ player headed to Newcastle.

What does David Cooke, chief first team scout for the Magpies say about Hyndman?

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Emerson is excellent. He has potential to be a Premier League superstar,Ã¢â‚¬

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:22 pm**

Holy crap!

Maybe this will lead to even more connections around the soccer world for SMU.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:54 pm**

Is he now ineligible per NCAA?

Congrats to him, nonetheless.

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:00 am**

That is really impressive!

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:44 am**

Is it safe to assume his grandfather has the inside track on recruiting him?

If not - no more birthday presents.

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:32 am**

The great Drew Dougherty (SMU grad, now Lubbock TV wonk) even pimped Coach Hyndman's grandson on his blog. Way to alert the folks out west about the great soccer at SMU.

http://community.myfoxlubbock.com/blogs ... pring_Ball

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:25 pm**

I believe it is possible to attend a professional club sponsored soccer academy on a full time basis (sort of a boarding school that has soccer as its primary emphasisl) and retain NCAA elgibility. However, I believe it would thave to be carefully structured. Hopefully, this will be done so the kid retains his college elgibility in case the pro career does not work out.

Posted: **Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:05 pm**

No way he's playing in college, even for his grandfather. The money in these cases is astronomical. Congratulations to Emerson and the entire Hyndman family.