Aydin Jay trains with Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb

Aydin Jay in Dinamo Zagreb training gear. (Courtesy Photo)

As young American soccer players head to Europe in greater numbers, few call New England home. The vast majority come from a U.S. youth national team background or suit up for Major League Soccer academies, too.

However, the early groundwork exists for a local to possibly follow that path.

Milton Academy and GPS Massachusetts midfielder Aydin Jay (Boxford, Mass.) recently returned from a second training stint with Dinamo Zagreb, a Croatian club that’s produced global soccer stars such as Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) and Mario Mandžukić (Juventus).