Last year, after a wildly successful run as a competitive director with the U.S. Olympic Committee, Iowa native Peter Vint made a widely covered move to Everton as its new academy director. Using data analysis and a unique eye for quality, Peter was a coup for Everton’s youth development apparatus, a post he just recently announced he was leaving.

And now it appears his son may be headed to… Manchester United?

Peter’s son Will Vint came up in the Real Colorado system in the Development Academy, and he recently won a handful of EPL trials at Fulham and dear ‘ol dad’s Everton before heading up the road to Manchester United. The Red Devils have a recent history with Americans after poaching vaunted right back Matt Olosunde from the New York Red Bulls last year. They’ve also housed Josh Doughty, who’s played in both the Canadian and U.S. youth systems over the years.

And according to words of uncertain merit emanating from the ancestral home of Boudicca, Will Vint might be about to join them.

From London’s Daily Mail:

Manchester United are discussing a deal for teenager Will Vint who is the son of Everton academy director Peter Vint. The young American has had previous trials at Fulham and Everton and visited United’s academy earlier this month where he impressed coaching staff. Vint, who is 15 and plays in midfield, was formerly with Real Colorado as part of the US Soccer Development Academy.

Whether or not this is surprising is one thing. Vint’s profile isn’t particularly high Stateside, and it would seem his father’s connections in England helped grease the wheels for his move. Not that this means everything in regards to his ability, but he’s never been a particularly large blip on U.S. Soccer’s YNT radar, and he’s not currently listed on any of Real Colorado’s DA teams. The 2001 attacking player’s only recorded numbers on U.S. Soccer’s DA site, in fact, are four games played for Real Colorado’s U14 team last season with two goals to his name. Not that that’s gospel, nor does it mean he’s undeserving of the chance, but it reflects his relatively low-skimming flight on our collective radar.

Vint apparently impressed Manchester United’s staff on his trial, according to those reports, and the club is currently mulling his future in Manchester. One source told me Vint scored nine of his team’s 11 goals playing for a Chester FC and positively ripped apart Manchester United and Liverpool. The former took notice. Notably, this is a good way to get noticed. In 2011, Bulgarian-American Villyan Bijev scored five goals in two games on trial with Liverpool and was basically signed on the strength of that alone. Bijev didn’t have the greatest of times in England, as trial warriors often don’t. Here’s hoping there’s more to Vint than a hot trial performance.

In any case, just another example of Americans of all stripes getting an increasing amount of opportunities abroad.