2013-2014 Yanks Abroad

LaxAttack · Oct 27, 2013

Terrence Boyd scored the game winner in the 88th minute of the Vienna Derby.

Timmy Chandler had an assist in his first game under USMNT whisperer Gertjan Verbeek on Friday.

Sacha Kljestan scored his fifth of the season in a 1-1 draw.

FC Dallas' Bobby Warshaw now has seven goals in eight games since going to Sweden on loan after his goal this weekend.

And possible USMNT newcomer Julian Green scored another two goals for Bayern Munich's U-23 team. He now has 15 goals in 15 games at the German Regionalliga level (fourth tier in Germany) so far this season.

SoCalJoe · Nov 5, 2013

Keeping an eye on our Euro based players:

Alejandro Bedoya went the full 90 in a 1-1 draw as Nantes is still the surprise team of Ligue 1, currently in 4th.

Michael Bradley went the full 90 for Roma in their 1-1 draw. Roma is sitting atop of Serie A.

Sacha Kljetsan and Anderlecht have been getting stomped in the Champions League, but they are picking up steam in their own league. Sacha tallied his 7th league goal in 14 matches.

nevzter · Nov 7, 2013

Sacha's 'stache v. Ibra's nose. This is pretty funny.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... anderlecht

Clevelandmo · Nov 7, 2013

nevzter said:

Sacha's 'stache v. Ibra's nose. This is pretty funny.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... anderlecht
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Ibra's a grade A jerk but he's right about the 'stache

jimsig · Nov 20, 2013

This goes under Yanks Almost Abroad:

Juan Agudelo's work permit denied

SoCalJoe · Nov 20, 2013

jimsig said:

This goes under Yanks Almost Abroad:

Juan Agudelo's work permit denied
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Good one JIm, made me chuckle. We can call it YAA!! for short.

LaxAttack · Nov 24, 2013

ArJo scored his 15th goal of the season across all competitions on Saturday.

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Mix scored in the Norwegian Cup final, but his team lost 4-2.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv9H39dBQds[/youtube]

SoCalJoe · Dec 17, 2013

Was fortunate enough a few years back to travel throughout Mexico and one of our favorite places was Leon. Besides block after block of leather goods outlets there were hundreds of people in Green and White hoop jerseys (ala Celtic) heading to a rickety old stadium. They were in the Mexican 2nd division at the time, but just won the Primera thanks in no small part to a tall, blond goalkeeper by the name of William Yarbough.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2 ... rica-liga-

jumpkutz · Dec 17, 2013

Hate to correct you Joe, but I believe that Roma is now trailing Juventus despite having not lost this season.

SoCalJoe · Dec 18, 2013

jumpkutz said:

Hate to correct you Joe, but I believe that Roma is now trailing Juventus despite having not lost this season.
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Jump, you are correct Juventus is ahead of Roma now, but Roma was leading Serie A on Nov 5. when I stated it. Speaking of whom, our engine Michael Bradley went the full 90 as Roma and AC Milan drew 2-2 on Monday.

Clevelandmo · Dec 19, 2013

Bacon scored two goals for AZ in the Dutch Cup. He is now more than halfway to beating Jozy's single season record for most goals by an "American" abroad. Who says bacon is bad for you?
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2013/12/johannsson-almaar-advance.html

SoCalJoe · Jan 1, 2014

Brek Shea loaned to Barnsley for a month, started and went 75 minutes in a 1-1 at Birmingham. Barnsley is rock bottom of the Championship, but it looks Shea will be given some games to prove whether or not to they want to extend his loan. It's now or never for him if he wants to gain momentum for a possible spot on the WC squad.

tim · Jan 2, 2014

Jermaine Jones is apparently angling for an exit from Schalke. He's not traveling with the team to their winter training session.

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1668643/jermaine-jones-seeks-early-schalke-exit-skips-camp?

Anyone have any ideas where he may end up? There were reports back in October that he was considering a move to MLS.

dcheather · Jan 2, 2014

tim said:

Jermaine Jones is apparently angling for an exit from Schalke. He's not traveling with the team to their winter training session.

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1668643/jermaine-jones-seeks-early-schalke-exit-skips-camp?

Anyone have any ideas where he may end up? There were reports back in October that he was considering a move to MLS.
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Well if he's angling for a MLS gig, perhaps he' going for 2 month vacation as well? Not good form on his part for his career. Does his family live in the States currently?

Clevelandmo · Jan 2, 2014

He could go to Klinsman's January winter camp to stay fit and then join an MLS side. I also imagine he could be of use to one of the struggling premier league teams. Sunderland could certainly use some help in their midfield; they look simply awful at times. Fulham, however, does not need Jones, imo

dcheather · Jan 26, 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/football/201 ... t-fabregas
decent feature on the young kid who made his debut for Arsenal in the FA Cup and played a role in their last goal.
Some key excerpts:

Gedion Zelalem is 16 years old. He has yet to feature in a competitive game for Arsenal, although that could change on Friday night in the FA Cup against Coventry City. He does not even have a professional contract, although that, too, is about to change. When he turns 17 on Sunday, he is due to sign his first professional deal. The pitfalls of promoting him are large and obvious. How can the hype begin so soon? The English media always builds them up to knock them down. It is unfair.
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Jürgen Klinsmann, the USA coach, made a personal call to him at the beginning of the season and urged him to commit to the Stars and Stripes. Zelalem, who was born in Berlin and has represented Germany at under-16 level, lived in the Washington area from nine to 16. His parents are Ethiopian and so the African nation has a claim on him, too. There is no little irony behind Klinsmann's attempt to woo the player. Klinsmann is enshrined in German footballing legend.
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Zelalem's status as a German national made his move to the Arsenal academy straightforward. After the age of 16, he was free to work anywhere within the European Union. But a unique complication looms as Zelalem considers his international future.
He has spent the key years of his young life in the US and he not only sounds American, he considers himself to be American. His laid-back attitude and quiet self-assurance are characteristically American. If all things were equal, he would surely choose to declare for Klinsmann and the USA national side, who would love to add a little fantasy to their game.
But all things are not equal. According to Section 25 (i) of the German Nationality Act, German citizenship "shall be lost by a person acquiring a foreign citizenship upon his/her application. This does not affect persons acquiring the citizenship of an EU member state or Switzerland."
Zelalem has a claim for a US passport but, if he pursued it, he would not only lose his German citizenship but his EU rights, which could affect his ability to work in England. At the very least, he would have to apply for a work permit and that could lead him and Arsenal into choppy waters.
The system is not designed to accommodate super-talented non-EU youngsters, rather established top internationals. Advice would have to be sought from the UK border agencies while lawyers would also become embroiled. There is no precedent for a Premier League player giving up his EU status and then having to explore the means to remain at his club. The situation would stand to be time-consuming and fraught with risk.
It is not difficult to imagine who Wenger would prefer Zelalem to declare for, and that is before the travel demands of having a US international at a European club are factored in. There is a further irony in that Arsenal's majority shareholder, Stan Kroenke, and the club's transfer fixer, Dick Law, are American while the chief executive, Ivan Gazidis, spent a good portion of his working life in the US.
Arsenal simply want to tie down Zelalem to his first professional contract, which he can only sign when he turns 17. The vultures have circled over the past 12 months and, whisper it, he has been poachable, in much the same manner that Fábregas was when Arsenal took him from the Barcelona youth system.
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Clevelandmo · Jan 26, 2014

This is an article about a non-issue. Zelalem cannot represent the USA since he is not a citizen and he's not getting citizenship anytime soon, especially considering the fact that he's living and working (soon) in another country. 5 minutes of homework by author would have revealed this. According FIFA rules Gedion could play for the US but not according to USSF rules. Too bad. The part about how this could cause him to loose his UK work permit is interesting

dcheather · Jan 26, 2014

Mo, the article wasn't really about Zelalem and the USMNT, it was a general background story on Zelalem. I highlighted the key parts which he identifies himself as an American, he grew up around DC, he's been talked to by Klinsman, and the fact that if he were to pursure US citizenship he might jeopardize his pro career. Talk about not having your cake and eating it too.

dcheather · Jan 30, 2014

https://twitter.com/Jermainejunior/stat ... 2835698688

Jermaine Jones Signed for Besiktas

dcheather · Jan 30, 2014

Adu is training with Blackpool.

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