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By Eric Anderson
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Friday, February 04, 2011 1:34 AM |
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 JC Banks (Milwaukee Riverside/UW-Green Bay), who is on trial with Swedish club BK Häcken in Gothenburg, told a local newspaper that he would rather play in Sweden's top league than in Major League Soccer.
He was selected by Toronto FC in the first round of the MLS Supplemental Draft last month, and had trials with three other clubs in Sweden in December.
"I'm drafted by Toronto but I would rather play in Allsvenskan. The MLS will still be there in the future, but right now I want to try the adventure of playing in Sweden," Banks told the Göteborgs-Posten. (Quote as translated by Google Translate).
Banks started and played 75 minutes Tuesday as Häcken tied Danish club AaB Aalborg 2-2 in a preseason friendly, and a decision on his future with the club is expected in the next week.
Defender David Prochazka, Banks' former UWGB teammate and a Gothenburg native, also is on trial with Häcken.
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Former Madison resident Ellis McLoughlin, who was last with German club Hertha Berlin, has been in training camp with Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes this week. McLoughlin, 20, a standout on the U.S. Under-17 team a few years ago, had brief trials with the Seattle Sounders of MLS and the Vancouver Whitecaps, then of the USSF Division-2 Pro League, last year. He's in photos 8 and 10 in this gallery.
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