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https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3306720/american-playing-football-hong-kong-reveals-influence-wayne-rooney-had-career
American playing football in Hong Kong reveals influence Wayne Rooney had on career
Jesus Salazar, who will play for Football Club in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final, was with DC United when ex-Manchester United star played in MLS
As a young player at DC United, Jesus Salazar was barred from speaking to Wayne Rooney, but the Football Club midfielder credits his superstar ex-clubmate for awakening him to the dedication required to make the grade.
The American, who came to Hong Kong last summer, was 16 when he moved more than 2,000 kilometres from his San Diego home to join the Major League Soccer club in Washington.
Being separated from family gave Salazar his first insight into “what it takes” to play professionally.
“You’re away from home, competing with everyone else, and you have to fully commit,” the 23-year-old said. “I developed on the pitch … but I also turned into a man.”
Salazar was among a small core of DC United academy players bumped up to train with a first team that included ex-Manchester United forward Rooney, following his arrival from Everton in the summer of 2018.
“The coaches came in the locker room and told us, ‘you’re academy players, don’t speak to him, bother him, or interrupt him, unless he speaks to you’,” Salazar said. “We never exchanged a word, we showered together once, that was it.”
Salazar would, nonetheless, stay back every day to watch England’s most capped outfield player and one-time record goalscorer working overtime.
“On his first day, he did finishing drills against [USA national team keeper] Bill Hamid, and he was scoring nine out of every 10,” Salazar said.
“I realised this was a different level. Every day, I took it in. I thought, ‘if I want to play professionally, this is where I have to reach.
“If I ever think I don’t want to train, I remember Wayne Rooney, who was nearly 35 and still doing extra.”
An early hours trawl through Instagram, when he was struggling to sleep one night last summer, led Salazar to Hong Kong. He stumbled on the account of Football Club defender Felix Perez-Doyle, and thought the game in the city “looked interesting”.
“I did some digging and contacted his agent,” said Salazar, who had a short stint with Filipino club Stallion Laguna last year.
“Within one month, I was setting up to come to Hong Kong. This felt like the next step. My girlfriend at the time dropped me at the airport and asked, ‘are you sure?’. I said, ‘I think so’. I just thought, ‘what a beautiful opportunity’.”
After signing last September, Salazar, who played for his university teams in Maryland and Portland, after leaving DC United in 2020, swiftly became a regular starter for Football Club. On Saturday, he will face BC Rangers, where he spent his first month in the city on trial, in a Hong Kong FA Cup semi-final.
“After university football, I’m adapting to playing against men,” Salazar said. “It’s very competitive here. People have criticised the standard, but clubs have proper foreign players who have excelled in Europe. I have developed and learned a lot.”
Off the field, Salazar has adapted to a more reserved culture than the “louder and more open and lively” Mexican community in his Californian home city of Chula Vista.
He is helping coach Football Club’s under-9 and under-16 teams, while sustaining a part-time online job. In his spare hours, he “lies on Shek O beach with my music”.
“It’s a beautiful city, I’ve been treated so well by the club and I want to stay for a while,” Salazar said. “I want to make my name in Hong Kong, then see where my career goes.”
American playing football in Hong Kong reveals influence Wayne Rooney had on career
Jesus Salazar, who will play for Football Club in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final, was with DC United when ex-Manchester United star played in MLS
As a young player at DC United, Jesus Salazar was barred from speaking to Wayne Rooney, but the Football Club midfielder credits his superstar ex-clubmate for awakening him to the dedication required to make the grade.
The American, who came to Hong Kong last summer, was 16 when he moved more than 2,000 kilometres from his San Diego home to join the Major League Soccer club in Washington.
Being separated from family gave Salazar his first insight into “what it takes” to play professionally.
“You’re away from home, competing with everyone else, and you have to fully commit,” the 23-year-old said. “I developed on the pitch … but I also turned into a man.”
Salazar was among a small core of DC United academy players bumped up to train with a first team that included ex-Manchester United forward Rooney, following his arrival from Everton in the summer of 2018.
“The coaches came in the locker room and told us, ‘you’re academy players, don’t speak to him, bother him, or interrupt him, unless he speaks to you’,” Salazar said. “We never exchanged a word, we showered together once, that was it.”
Salazar would, nonetheless, stay back every day to watch England’s most capped outfield player and one-time record goalscorer working overtime.
“On his first day, he did finishing drills against [USA national team keeper] Bill Hamid, and he was scoring nine out of every 10,” Salazar said.
“I realised this was a different level. Every day, I took it in. I thought, ‘if I want to play professionally, this is where I have to reach.
“If I ever think I don’t want to train, I remember Wayne Rooney, who was nearly 35 and still doing extra.”
An early hours trawl through Instagram, when he was struggling to sleep one night last summer, led Salazar to Hong Kong. He stumbled on the account of Football Club defender Felix Perez-Doyle, and thought the game in the city “looked interesting”.
“I did some digging and contacted his agent,” said Salazar, who had a short stint with Filipino club Stallion Laguna last year.
“Within one month, I was setting up to come to Hong Kong. This felt like the next step. My girlfriend at the time dropped me at the airport and asked, ‘are you sure?’. I said, ‘I think so’. I just thought, ‘what a beautiful opportunity’.”
After signing last September, Salazar, who played for his university teams in Maryland and Portland, after leaving DC United in 2020, swiftly became a regular starter for Football Club. On Saturday, he will face BC Rangers, where he spent his first month in the city on trial, in a Hong Kong FA Cup semi-final.
“After university football, I’m adapting to playing against men,” Salazar said. “It’s very competitive here. People have criticised the standard, but clubs have proper foreign players who have excelled in Europe. I have developed and learned a lot.”
Off the field, Salazar has adapted to a more reserved culture than the “louder and more open and lively” Mexican community in his Californian home city of Chula Vista.
He is helping coach Football Club’s under-9 and under-16 teams, while sustaining a part-time online job. In his spare hours, he “lies on Shek O beach with my music”.
“It’s a beautiful city, I’ve been treated so well by the club and I want to stay for a while,” Salazar said. “I want to make my name in Hong Kong, then see where my career goes.”
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