Here at Soccer FanHouse, we had big hopes Danny Szetela, one of the many impressive youngsters on the U.S. U-20 side that performed so well at the U-20 World Cup last summer. When he moved from the Columbus Crew to Spanish club Racing de Santander last summer, we thought it might be the start of something big for him.Alas, he hasn't been able to crack the starting lineup at Racing this season, save for one Copa del Rey match. (Copa del Rey is about as well-respected in Spain as the U.S. Open Cup is here.) Seeing as the 20-year-old midfielder is more desperate for first-team action than Benny Feilhaber at this point, Racing has decided to loan him out to Italian Serie B club Brescia for the rest of the season.
Brescia is currently sixth on the Serie B table, eight points clear of an automatic promotion spot. The top two finishers in Serie B are automatically promoted to Serie A, while clubs that finish 3rd through 6th go through a playoff to determine the final promotion. If Szetela can help get this club promoted, that would be a huge notch on his belt.
Hey, Brescia, any chance can you talk to Derby County about a loan deal for Feilhaber, too? We don't need any more of our midfielders riding the pine.
(H/T: Soccer by Ives)
