YEREVAN—Armenia’s national soccer team has recruited Armenian-American Yura Movsisyan, 23, to join the team. He will play for the first time in a friendly match against Iran on August 11.
Previously a player in the American Major League Soccer teams the Kansas City Wizards and Real Salt Lake (Utah), Movsisyan is currently playing for the Randers in Denmark’s top league.
Born in Baku in 1987, Movsisyan and his family settled in Los Angeles after the Azeri pogroms against the Armenian population. He played for Pasadena High School and Pasadena City College before he was drafted into MLS in 2006.
The International Soccer Federation (FIFA) ranks Armenia 96th out of 202 national teams worldwide.
The friendly games come ahead of European Cup qualifiers that begin in September, in which Armenia will compete in a group with Russia, Slovakia, Ireland, Macedonia and Andorra, with the top two teams advancing to the 2012 Cup that will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine.
Don’t you have a better picture? Come on…
the picture caption is wrong… its not his first goal its his first goal in a real salt lake jersey… also it would amazing if asbarez could do an interview with him about his life in denmark…. DO IT also he has been on fire as of late
Also I think it is proper to cite the publication you are using as source.
He’s a great football player, AAA rating.
Dear editor , he started playing Soccer in Homenetmen Pasadena @ age 12 , it would be nice if you write about him more often , him being from Southern California .