Recently, the naturalized national soccer player, Eckerson, updated the news on his personal social media accounts. He invited a group of friends and former teammates to host a beach soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, called the "China Athletics Cup".
It's worth noting that, according to the tournament's social media accounts, the "China Athletics Cup" beach soccer tournament has been held for six years. When Iverson was still playing in the Chinese Super League, the tournament was held in Brazil every year during the off-season.
The "China Athletics Cup" was held in Brazil, and many netizens praised Iversen. Just today, February 6, news came out about Iverson's imminent return to the Chinese Super League.
According to media reports, the 34-year-old Iverson will join Chinese Super League side Chengdu Rongcheng on a free. According to the plan, he will return to China on February 20 and then meet with the team.
As the first naturalized player without blood in the wave of naturalization in Chinese soccer that year, Eckerson played 13 games for the national football team during the Top 40 and Top 12, scoring four goals.Eckerson made his first appearance for the national football team on September 10, 2019, scoring two goals in a match against the Maldives. He was once considered a World Cup hopeful, but Guangzhou struggled after the national football team's failure, and like most naturalized players, he chose to play in Brazil.
In February 2022, Guangzhou officially announced the termination of the contracts of five naturalized players, including Eckerson. In April of that year, Ickerson joined Brazilian professional soccer stalwart Gremio FC as a foreigner and played with the team in the 2022 season of the Pakistan B-League. In the end, Gremio returned to the Pakistan First Division with an impressive record, but Ickerson chose to leave at the end of his contract.
Although the first goal scorer in the history of the Chinese Super League has seen his form and individual ability decline significantly with age, with a wealth of experience in the Chinese Super League, and with his technical ability and professional attitude, joining Chengdu Chengdu is definitely a cost-effective option for Chengdu Chengdu.
If Iverson can regain his form in the familiar Chinese Super League, he is expected to be selected for the national soccer team again to help improve the team's attacking ability in front of goal in the World Qualifiers at the end of this year and the 2023 Asian Cup. He will also be able to act as a "big brother" in the team and teach the younger players.
In addition, CFA will hold a meeting of club leaders tomorrow. During the meeting, the CFA and CFL preparatory team will seek clubs' opinions on the new season's league access policy, league registration and participation policy programs, and interpret the details of the policy programs. During the meeting, the policy programs for professional leagues at all levels for the new season will also be thrown out, including the foreign aid policy, the results of the U23 local player policy selection, and the indicators for clubs' ladder construction. CFA and CFL will have a group discussion on the content of the program on the afternoon of the 7th, and the final resolution will be produced at the end of the meeting. It is now just over two months before the new season is scheduled to start at all levels of the league. Therefore, the specific arrangements for access to all levels of the league will take place shortly after the meeting, and the access review will be completed within March at the latest.
