The 6'2, quick left back Casal looks to get back into MLS through trial with Crew.
24-year-old Kasali Casal has seen the world through football.
Casal has lived in England, the United States, the Netherlands, Romania, and most recently Hungary during his football travels. Unfornately for Casal he hasn't seen much playing time with any of the clubs he has been with in these countries.
The most time on the field Casal has received, during his senior career, is with Dutch second division side SC Cambuur, where the Nigerian received 16 appearances.
Overall in Casal's four years of senior football, after leaving the Fulham academy where he learned the trade from 2003-2007, Casal has only made 30 appearances.
That may be problematic since a lot of players see more appearances than Casal has in one year, such as the Crew's Sebastian Miranda who made 36 for the Crew last season.
Casal's best moment was in 2008. At the start of that season, League One side Swindon Town signed the youngster to a two year deal after a successful trial. But, Casal wasn't favored and only made 5 appearances in two years for the Swindon club.
Since then Casal has been with Romanian first division side CFR Cluj where he made zero appearances and then with Hungarian first division side SC Vargas where he made five.
The Nigerian looks to revive his career now with the Columbus Crew.
Casal has been with some good clubs and is a Fulham academy product. He has stepped into a good stituation as the Crew are in desperate need of a cheap, serviceable left back since Francis hasn't impressed enough as of yet at the position.
Casal will battle Francis, as well as a couple Crew draftees, to see who will take up that left back spot. If Warzycha isn't impressed enough with any of his current options, including Casal, he may have to trade for a left back or go to the transfer market.
Not much can be drawn from this video, but here's some highlights of Casal at SC Cambuur in 2007-2008 campaign:
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