He's currently a bench player for Inter Miami and if I recall correctly tore his ACL in the 1.5 yrs. Crazy how he went from MLS MVP runner up in 2011 to Stoke City in England then to seemingly drop off the face of the soccer earth.

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He's currently a bench player for Inter Miami and if I recall correctly tore his ACL in the 1.5 yrs. Crazy how he went from MLS MVP runner up in 2011 to Stoke City in England then to seemingly drop off the face of the soccer earth.

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He's had a lot more injuries than just the ACL.

I didn't mean to say that it was his only one more that it is his most recent in a long list of injuries.

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best soccer player is Brek Shea

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You could make an argument for Greg Garza but that's like deciding between Mountain Dew and Crab Juice

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Brek Shea would've been really good but he just couldn't/can't stay healthy.

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Speaking as an FC Dallas fan, I dont know that this is a true statement. He is someone that could have been in the mix to be a quality sub for the national team without injuries, but he never really developed beyond fast on the wing at a point where he should have. That doesn't mean he is bad either, he was a good player.

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You don't think missing as much time as he did do to injuries didn't affect his growth?

He should be in his prime right now.

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I think saying he would have been really good is a stretch.
Could have been really good? Definitely a possibility.

I think he would've but you're right could've is a better word.

https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/who-is-evan-rotundo-schalke-usmnt-young-star-weston-mckennie-pulisic-12217

Schalke have signed another teenage American star to their ranks in 16-year-old Evan Rotundo, looking to replicate the outstanding development made by the likes of Weston McKennie, Gio Reyna and Christian Pulisic in moving to the Bundesliga at an early age.

bundesliga.com has the scoop on who exactly Rotundo is

Evan Rotundo

Age: 16
Position: Attacking midfielder
Club: Schalke
Country: USA/France (12 USA youth caps, three goals)

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I think he would've but you're right could've is a better word.

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For the record, I really liked his play while at FC Dallas.

Anyone know how good Shalke is at developing youth?

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Anyone know how good Shalke is at developing youth?

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That's a good question.

They do it really well.

Ozil, Goretzka, Neuer are just a few that I can think of off the cuff.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11683/12046407/sheffield-united-close-in-on-wigans-antonee-robinson-four-pl-clubs-want-john-lundstram

Sheffield United apparently agree with Wigan for US National LB Antonee Robinson for around 2mil pounds. Will have to battle it out with 30yr old Enda Stevens for minutes. Enda was second on the team in minutes this past season so it will be a tough draw.

Antonee just turned 23 a couple of days ago.

Juventus are apparently interested in Sergino Dest. He is one to keep an eye on in the transfer market this summer

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Juventus are apparently interested in Sergino Dest. He is one to keep an eye on in the transfer market this summer

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Didn't they just fire their coach? It'll be interesting if they make a big transfer move without getting his replacement named first.

Edit: Nevermind, just saw they named Pirlo as the coach already.

It's a little crazy that Pirlo went from retired player with no coaching experience to first team coach in the span of a coupe days

Dest getting offers from Juventus along with all the links to Barca and Bayern Munich....
Konrad on the CL roster for Barca...
Chris Richards got some minutes with the 1st team at Bayern Munich...
Gio Reyna at BvB...

there could be some serious world class Americans up and coming out there. wow.

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Dest getting offers from Juventus along with all the links to Barca and Bayern Munich....
Konrad on the CL roster for Barca...
Chris Richards got some minutes with the 1st team at Bayern Munich...
Gio Reyna at BvB...

there could be some serious world class Americans up and coming out there. wow.

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Right?? The next 8-10 years could be a lot of fun

Weston McKennie to Southampton rumors picking up steam...

Weston McKennie: Southampton in talks with Schalke over 20m deal
Southampton may have to sell players in order to raise funds before proceeding with a deal for McKennie

I really hope he goes there. Southampton has a reputation of developing young talent and sending them too bigger and better clubs.

That's quite the step up from Southampton.

Really don't like this. Worried he won't see the pitch. I texted a buddy who's a huge Juve and (annoyingly) Italy fan. His response to my question about the MF depth.

" Stacked now. We have bentancur, Arthur (24) from Barcelona, Kulusevaki (20) from Parma ($44 Million / Won a league award), going after Locatetelli (20) Italian National team player. Dude from Us will never play "

from the twitter threads i scrolled through this morning where this topic came up, it seems like Juve has lost and may lose more in the midfield so there will be an opening for Weston to earn minutes there.

Transfer Markt shows 5 mids for Juve right now:

• Pjanic (he's swapped with Arthur)
• Bentancur
• Rabiot
• Ramsey
• Khedira

There's a rumor Juve is negotiating a buyout of Khedira's contract.

It'd be interesting to see how Pirilo sets up the team. They do have a surplus of wingers as well.

Juve Roster Per Transfer Markt

I don't know if I'd call Arthur, Bentacur, and a couple guys nobody's ever heard of being stacked.

Like I said. He's an annoying Juve fan.

Lol sounds exactly like a delusional Juve fan. You want to win the champions league but you have that as your midfield? In what world.

Crazy they went from having a midfield of pogba, pirlo, and Vidal to thing. Makes you wonder what they heck is going on over there.

Weston isn't going to be guaranteed playing time at Juve with the midfielder group mentioned. At a 20M transfer fee with a club like Juve, there's definitely no guarantee. I'd rather he move to Southampton because the midfield isn't as clogged up and I like the style of play Hasenhuttl promotes.

I think Weston can eventually break in at Juve and that would be awesome to have an American at a club like that but it's a bigger risk...and sometimes they pay off. If it does it'll be badass.

This thread has come full circle. First post about Gio and now.....

Also Dest came on yesterday for Barcelona and played the final 15 minutes. Chris Richards started for Bayern and got an assist.

17 year old Caden Clark from the Red Bull's. 2 matches, 2 goals.

Aaronson to FC Salzburg!

https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4209284/aaronson-joins-fc-salzburg-in-record-breaking-transfer-from-philadelphia-union