Young promises from all over the world are already observed from an early age and such is the case of Cole Bassett, the 20-year-old from Colorado Rapids who debuted for the United States this weekend and scored the goal for the 1-0 win over Bosnia Herzegovina in the last friendly of the year.
The Littleton-born midfielder was trained in Colorado Rush and in 2017 moved to the Rapids’ formative divisions in MLS, where he already has 48 games, ten goals scored and eight assists.
The player is followed by clubs like him Arsenal English, the Red Bull Salzburg Austrian, Swiss Lausanne and Germans Freiburg Y HoffenheimAlthough the intention of both the Rapids and the player is to consolidate in the MLS and then make the leap to Europe.
In the National Team, Bassett was summoned on November 30 of last year for the friendly of the United States National Team against El Salvador, but his debut had to be postponed for more than a year.
Rapids manager Padraig Smith had said about the young figure of his team: “I think Cole can be a national team player and certainly get to play at the European level. We have had offers from European clubs for him in the past but we don’t feel like they have reached Cole’s worth. “
“I think Cole can be a national team player and certainly get to play at the European level.”
Bassett is a midfielder with a lot of physical display and good ball handling that caught the attention of European scouts for its game characteristics (it also includes a very good punch) that could be perfectly adapted to the ‘Old Continent’.
With a team of many young values and made up entirely of local soccer players, the United States achieved its 17th victory in 2021 to surpass a mark set in 2013.
