Jeremy Christie - Tampa Bay RowdiesSINGAPORE - He came last November with hopes of plying his trade in a league touted as one of Asia's top 10.
Playing in a closed-door trial match at the Jalan Besar Stadium with other foreign hopefuls, Jeremy Christie only had one shot at impressing representatives from the eight local S-League clubs. But not one coach or manager approached the New Zealander with an offer.
But he has got over that disappointment rather quickly.
Fast Forward to the present, instead of facing the likes of Geylang United and Sengkang Punggol in the S-League, Christie played against Slovakia and Italy at the World Cup in South Africa, earning New Zealand's first World Cup points in the process. MORE
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