Deklan Wynne's move to the Vancouver Whitecaps of the MLS has come at the perfect time.
It's another Kiwi footballer in a professional environment but, more importantly, it will bring into sharp focus the limitations of Fifa's eligibility laws. Will Wynne be forced into international exile or will sanity prevail?
The 20-year-old will never be eligible to play for New Zealand under the strictest definition of Article 7 of the Fifa statutes. That's because he won't be able to fulfil the five-year residency requirement after the age of 18. He also, most likely, wouldn't be eligible to represent South Africa - his birthplace - because he has played for New Zealand. He'd be permanently stuck, like Tom Hanks' character in Terminal.
That's clearly silly and, hopefully, Fifa can see the logic of an exemption. But Wynne could also become a poster boy for an eligibility debate.
In countries with heavy immigration, like New Zealand and Australia, there are many more Deklan Wynnes. Without an exemption to Article 7d, it's hard to see how they could make something of themselves in the game, which would be the last thing Fifa intended.