United States Under-20 international Shaquell Moore, bound for the 2015 U-20 World Cup in New Zealand this month, will travel with a professional contract in hand after signing with Spanish outfit Huracan Valencia on Saturday. Moore broke the news via his Twitter account:
Moore, an 18-year-old defender from Powder Springs, Georgia, linked up with the Spanish third division outfit earlier this season. He originally trained with the club's Juvenil A (U-19) team, but has recently been training with the first team by request of head coach Toni Seligrat.
Moore has been a regular presence at right back under US U-20 head coach Tab Ramos. He started and went the full 90 minutes in five of the United States' six games in January's CONCACAF U-20 Championship, including the 2-0 win over El Salvador that sent them to the World Cup.
Huracan are a recently-established team, having been founded in 2011, and are based in Torrent, a suburb of the city of Valencia on Spain's Mediterranean coast. They have finished in the top half of Spain's Segunda Division B, Group 3 in each of their three seasons of existence and are currently in the running to claim a playoff place in the 2014-15 season, which could in turn yield a spot in the Segunda Division – one level below La Liga.
