FIFA proposes national team eligibility changes

Photo by Handout/Julien’s Auctions via Getty ImagesFIFA has announced their schedule for the 70th FIFA Conference, which is to be hosted (remotely) in Zurich, Switzerland on September 18th. As part of that conference, FIFA is set to review a set of proposals for amendments on the rules regarding national team eligibility (you can find the current rules here). Many of the proposed changes are merely superficial: simplified text, pluralizations, changes to pronouns to reflect the fact that women play the sport. However, there are some big changes, some of which may affect the United States.

The first big change is in eligibility for naturalized minors. Under the old rules, players who were…