Jon Scheer was finishing up school and preparing to transition into coaching at the University of Delaware when he first met Roberto Gimenez during the Spanish forward’s recruiting visit to Newark.
Almost a decade later, the former Blue Hens have teamed up to scout and recruit promising young players across the country to join the Philadelphia Union’s academy.
Gimenez joined the Union Academy staff full-time in February after doing some work for Scheer on a part-time basis, giving the academy two full-time employees dedicated to scouting and recruiting young talent.
“I think we are the first (MLS) club in the academy to have two full-time scouts and I think that speaks by itself,” Gimenez said.