re: Young Players Tracker and Americans Abroad Thread

Konrad de la Fuente makes it 2-1 USA on a free kick from the top of the box. #USMNT LINK

Indiana scored our 1st goal.

I think they are playing Costa Rica.

Antonee Robinson had another assist today in a 1-1 draw against Fulham.

FT: USA 3, CRC 0. Goals from Hategan, Stojanovic & Llanez give U-18 #USMNT second victory over ???? in three days.

Watch: LINK LINK

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Congrats to Jordan St Louis on signing for Servette FC in Switzerland! @JSL23_ @ussoccer_acad

Schalke 04 USA
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12h12 hours ago

?? It's the news we've all been waiting for...

@WMckennie is back out on the field! And, boy, is he excited about it ?? #SchalkeUS????

15 year old Rey Serrano signs his first pro contract and will play for Seattle Sounders 2 this year. He was also called up by the US-U17s for the 2017 Nike International Friendlies and is the 6th member of the Sounders academy to sign with S2 LINK

pretty meh, without any real impact on the game.

i may be in the minority here, but i've seen no real progression from last year to this year at the club level, other than playing more minutes. i was hoping he'd take another step forward in being a threat offensively, but that just hasn't happened. he disappears for long stretches during games.

at this point i'd rather he went to a mid level club that would give him the opportunity to play centrally and be on the ball all game...this will obviously never happen, but it's what i'd like to see.

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big chances created while two of his teammates are top ten in big chances missed. He’s also been playing a lot more minutes for Dortmund this year in what has been a very down year with three different coaches thus far and a team that hasn’t seemed to gel at all.

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all of this makes a lot of sense, nd i have seen numerous chances he's created where his teammates totally screw it up. i'll also add that he rarely gets service when he does make runs into the box. i don't know if it's because he's such a small target, or some other reason, but his opportunities to score with the ball at his feet inside the box seem extremely low compared to others. he also doesn't really get opportunities for easy/cheap goals. though, i think that's also because he's late getting into the box a lot of the time.

when you add up the increase in club minutes, 3 different coaches/schemes, the heavy load physically/mentally of US World Cup expectations and the resulting failure, mixed with opposing teams probably focusing in on him more this year than last, I can understand the end product being down. i was just hoping for more.

If you don’t already y’all need to follow Scuffed @zlebmada on twitter. Always posts a bunch of GIF highlights of young Americans in action. Had some good ones of Scott today

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Erik Palmer Brown could make his debut for Kortrijk tomorrow, as he makes the matchday squad for the first time. Kortrijk take on Juan Pablo Torres' club Sporting Lokeren (Torres unfortunately is not included in the Lokeren squad)