Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Bono
I think he does pass GNG with some (not all) of RonSigPi provided, as well as articles http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/22/usmnt-profile-alex-bonos-rise-to-his-first-us-call-up/ like this from NBC Sports.  Also, being a first-team All-American from a prominently-recognized source ABSOLUTELY meets , we use it for basketball and American football all the time.  You could argue that soccer doesn't get the same level of media coverage as those two sports, but as of now the guideline doesn't differentiate specific sports.  As an aside, I always find it funny when we see a case like this who has been drafted/signed and hasn't yet played for his new club.  The MLS season starts the first week in March, you could conceivably delete this article only to recreate it in a month.  Will this guy suddenly meet GNG merely by stepping on the field for Toronto FC?  No, the SSGs exist because the presumption is people who play a these levels generate the press sufficient to meet GNG - which this guy has (even if barely
— User:Rikster2, 21:27, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NCOLLATH (Wikipedia:Notability)