Sachem’s Joe Scally Transferred from NYCFC to Bundesliga

Lake Grove’s own makes splash on international soccer scene

Joe Scally is on the move. He has to wait until 2021 but he just made a splash on the international soccer scene after being transferred from NYCFC of the MLS to Borussia Monchengladbach of the Bundesliga. That’s the German league for all you non-soccer fans.

Scally would be a junior at Sachem North if he wasn’t a budding professional soccer star. Through June 2018 he was taking classes at Sachem but has since signed a contract with NYCFC – the youngest by an American soccer player – and risen through their youth development ranks.

This transfer fee – estimated at $2 million – is the highest paid for a 16-year-old MLS player in league history.

Scally has also grown as an international player as of late, playing for the U-17 U.S. World Cup team and was a member of the NYCFC team that won the Premier Division of the 2017 Generation Adidas Cup.

“I was very excited when I heard the news about the transfer to Borussia Monchengladbach,” Scally said in a statement. “As a kid you always want to play in Europe and in one of the best leagues in the world. I couldn’t be happier. Looking towards next season, I hope to play a lot of minutes and help out the team as much as I can as we look to achieve our goals. It’s always the same for us, to finish first in the league and win MLS Cup.”