Aron Jóhannsson in Denmark

I respect that, but the end result of that thinking is an international career consisting entirely of doomed qualifying efforts & friendlies. Yes he's Icelandic, but he's also American. I hope he embraces his Americanness & gets to showcase the talents we're seeing on the sport's biggest stage. Otherwise, I wish him well, may he become the Pele of qualifying.

 

Maybe some people in this world want to play for the country they feel most affection for and dont play international soccer just based on the idea that they will get to go to a WC.

 

This SHOULD be true. But we have no clue how the player in question feels about his nationality so we shouldn't assume anything.
All we know is he is "open to playing for the U.S." That doesn't tell us much at all.

 

To be made clear soon...

 

Soons more ambigious than anything to really. Iceland won't go to the WC ever but perhaps to the next few Euro as they now have 24 teams. Then again as 1 poster pointed out, his connection to us is just his birth. I would imagine he feels very Icelandic with playing in Denmark, he probably feels even more Icelandic than American for sure

 

It's still a longshot by far, but Iceland's chance of reaching a WC is greater than ever. Got extremely lucky in the draw with Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland as the top seeds in their group. Strong u-21 class breaking through and some reliable older players. 2-0 win over Norway in the first game. Now or never.

 

Good question: where is Ceres?

This thread could really do with the kind of breakdown he could give on the player.

 

Right, and as I said, I understand and respect that point of view. May he have fun kicking the ball around for Iceland if that's his choice.

 

Don't hold your breath.

 

I didn't know that Aron Jóhannsson was born in the USA... but I can tell you that when he was signed by AGF at the age of 19 in the summer of 2010, he was mainly regarded to be a winger. Later AGF found it better using him as a striker, hoping that he one day would be the one to take over from AGFs "Inzaghi" Peter Graulund, when he chose to retire.... but it took some time for Aron Jóhannsson to adapt. He works very hard in the games and at training... actually, he train a good deal more, when the other players have gone home, so he is the kind of player that really throw in that extra work to keep improving, so he one day can make it to the big leagues.... and that may be sooner than we expect. According to Dutch voetbalzone.nl, Ajax were interested in signing him this summer , before he made his hat-trick, but chose to pick up Dutch Danny Hoesen instead...
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Thanks, Ceres.

So you see his future at the center forward role and not moving back to the wing?

 

It's good to know the name of the next great saviour of the USMNT.

 

As for the NT, you have to be quick about it, now that he is Danish Superliga topscorer, it wont be long before he is called up for Iceland... the only reason it didn't happen for the match against Norway, is probably because he so far has been fairly inexperienced in compare with the strikers he is up against... and then he had not made his hat-trick at that point... Of course a striker like Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (Ajax) is still ahead of him, Alfreð Finnbogason has more NT experience and has also done well for Heerenveen this season.... Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson was on the other hand a huge flop in Denmark, but is probably still being picked because of his age, because they do need some experience in the team.... you could also argue about Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson, but I guess they are giving him a run, because he was signed by Wolverhampton.... and again, having played only one season in the Superliga, I guess they were thinking that Aron Jóhannsson need some more time on the U21 NT, but that was before he suddenly scored a hat-trick and became Superliga topscorer...
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If you look closer at the AGF squad, then Aron Jóhannsson is now 1st pick out of 7 strikers, that also include Peter Graulund, Søren Larsen, Morten Moldskred, Mate Vatsadze, Davit Devdariani and Davit Skhirtladze ... so this is where he stands right now... So AGF are quite clearly not moving him back to the wing, though they have used him there in case of injuries.
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I thought he scored 4 times in that game?

 

Yes, but the last one was a penalty...
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Have any of Johannsson's goals this season come from headers?

 

it seems that most of his goals have been resent, nevertheless, he looks to be a good prospect, is the player named "Petersen" have any American connection he seems to be already a gem of a player.

 

Did you know ? ... that Aron Jóhannsson also has a few nicknames ... 'Footloose' or 'Aron Bacon' :

 

No... but he had a header that struck the top bar in the last match against Silkeborg :
Highlights from the Silkeborg match (2½ goals by Aron + a header on the top bar) :



Highlights from the match in Horsens (all 4 AGF goals + 1 huge miss/blunder by Aron) :



Highlights from the Brøndby game (1 goal by Aron ) :


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Article out today for the NY Times

http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/americans-abroad-aron-johannsson-starts-strong/

 

"Johannsson said he was happy playing with Iceland but should the United States national team call, he realizes that the offer could simply be too good to pass up.
'To tell the truth, I’ve never really thought about playing for the United States national team,' Johannsson said. 'I’ve lived in Iceland almost my whole life. I’ve always had it as a goal to play for the Icelandic national team. But if Jurgen Klinsmann calls me and says he wants me to play for the United States, then it would be pretty hard to say no. '"

UHHHHHHHH

 

Cap him now!!!

 

He could be a good understudy for Gomez and soon after take his place. The kid seems to have a good set of wheels.

 

Sounds like he wants to play for the usa. Will JK dear the call up before its too late?