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There was a nice article in the latest SoccerAmerica on UCLA that touched on this.
Gregorio is first generation American (parents from Portugal) and wants to be the first person from his family to graduate from college.
Basically, he put education first and as much as I love this game and think coming out early helps your development, I can never fault a player for wanting to finish school, especially with the paltry MLS money that is offered.
I think those of us who have lots of people in our families older than us that have graduated from college forget or never know how much it means to have someone in your family finally get the degree, especially from a good school like UCLA. I know I lose site of that a lot as both my parents and all my grandparents and most of my great grandparents were college grads.
At the end of the day, it's his life and he has to live it. I think not turning pro after last year likely cost him any legitimate shot he has at the Olympics but I really don't think it will hurt his pro career that much. He should be a first round draft pick or, with his folks being from Portugal, be over to use that EU passport (which is like gold) and play over there.
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