Pacheco won't be joining Red Bulls for two more weeks

 

The New York Red Bulls are going to have to wait a bit longer to see their new left back, Salvadoran national team defender Alfredo Pacheco.

Pacheco was kept from joining the Red Bulls due to travel document issues that did not allow him to travel to the United States. Pacheco has already signed his contract with the Red Bulls, which made him ineligible to travel to the United States on the tourist visa he was planning to come here on.

That means Pacheco won't meet up with the Red Bulls for two more weeks because he has been called up by the El Salvador national team for its upcoming World Cup qualifier against the United States on March 28th and Costa Rica on April 1st (in a match where he could face against soon-to-be teammate Carlos Johnson). Pacheco will join the national team's training camp on Tuesday. He has continued to train with his soon-to-be former club, CD FAS, while he awaits the finalization of his loan move to the Red Bulls.

Pacheco should be able to join the Red Bulls in time for their April 5th match against the Chicago Fire. In the meantime, Kevin Goldthwaite will be handling the left back duties for the Red Bulls.

What do you think of this development? Will you be watching the USA-El Salvador qualifier that much more closely to see Pacheco in action? Think Pacheco will be an upgrade from Goldthwaite at left back? Looking forward to seeing him in a Red Bulls uniform?

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