This is just an idea, but it seems like on whose time has come now that so many people are pitching in on the search for Yanks around the world. There are several sites out there that list player citizenship, and they are very useful for finding players. However, I've come across sufficient errors on most of them that I often hold off starting threads on certain guys until I can get some level of confirmation beyond the site itself. Sometimes the sites are right (probably more often than not) but I've seen some very careless errors -- they seem to be guessing based on the name, or skin color, or a year or so at an American college, etc. I think we should try to do a little better. I'd like to propose that we use this thread to propose possible Yanks based on what web sites say and then crowd-source the follow-up work to nail it down. Personally, I try not to start a thread on someone unless at least one of these things happen: A news report calls him a Yank A database site lists a birthplace (and I'm reasonably sure it's Reading, Pa., and not Reading, UK) His club, college, USSDA or other reputable organization (like a foreign federation) says he's a Yank The player, his agent or a family member says he's a Yank Certain reputable BigSoccer posters in a position to know say he's a Yank This is just a proposal, so I'm interested to hear reaction. Here are some useful sites for starting work: www.transfermarkt.de www.bdfa.com.ar www.fupa.net www.soccer-talents.com www.eufo.de www.femexfut.com If you know of others, glad to hear them.
Here's one to start things off: Ahmet Brown. Transfermarkt says he's a German-American '95 at Fortuna Duesseldorf. Site says he was born in Germany. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/ahmet-brown/profil/spieler_158520.html Fussball-Talente agrees. (It also says his nickname is "Ami," which is a common name for Americans in Germany but could of course also be short for "Ahmet.") http://www.fussball-talente.com/Ahmet_Brown-3_7-15909-1.html He used to be at Leverkusen. This is the same guy who has been listed as "Ahmet Küçükoğlu." His listing changed relatively reasonable for reasons I don't know. He's listed as a midfielder with the U19s, but the club doesn't mention citizenship. http://www.fortuna-duesseldorf.de/jugend/u19/kader-u19/index.htm Anybody know his claim to citizenship? (Not a guess, but actual info?)
Its this guy in case someone wants to FB message him and ask (like a creeper): http://www.facebook.com/PrinceBrownie?fref=ts
Still doesn't work for me. The other guy has a variation on the name, right age range, links to Turkey & Germany, & clearly a massive soccer fan. Fan of "Anti USA," though. So it would seem he does not define himself overly much as a Yank.
The Soccer Talents site says Freiburg's 1998 Alec Becker is German-American. http://www.soccer-talents.com/Alec_Becker-3_7-134108-12.html The club's U15 roster, which he is on, does not mention citizenship. http://www.scfreiburg.com/teams/junioren/u15/kader Here is a very short video interview:
Soccer Talents says Martin Kennel, a '98 at Metz, is Slovakian and American. http://www.soccer-talents.com/Martin_Kennel-3_7-138022-12.html On a club roster page: http://blog.fcmetz.com/?page_id=45 And some match reports: http://blog.fcmetz.com/?page_id=250 Now, this may be entirely legit but I can't help noticing that Soccer Talents says he is from Nacogdoches: http://www.football-talents.co.uk/Nacogdoches_Youth_Soccer_Association-26_27-2-23-31458.html And there happens to be a kennel named "Martin Kennel" in Nacogdoches: https://www.google.com/search?q="ma...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a So... Coincidence?
Here's possibly German-American '97 Ken Flemming at HSV: http://www.soccer-talents.com/Ken_Flemming-3_7-63918-12.html He does seem to exist: http://www.hsv.de/nachwuchs/nachwuchsteams/u-16/ Club only lists him as German. http://www.hsv.de/nachwuchs/nachwuchsteams/u-16/spieler/ This is a list, posted on the club site, the substance of which I have no idea. However, it groups people apparently around Ken's age into countries -- including the USA. http://www.hsv.de/fileadmin/redaktion/HSV-Kids/Fussballschule/Teilnehmer 97 u 98.pdf There is a Flemming on that list with the word "USA" by his name. My guess, though it's just a guess, is that this might be like when you go to camp and they tell your your team is the Heat and your buddy's team is the Lakers and so on. Could be wrong, of course.
Back in 2011, CreightonMCFCJoey had a list of players, one of which included Ken, under the thread "The German Ascension": 1997: Benedict Laverty - M - Bayern Munich U15 Ken Flemming - M - Hamburg SV U15 Joshua Bitter - D - FC Schalke 04 Bennet Packheiser - M - Hamburg SV U15 Maybe he knows something about it? Paging CreightonMCFCjoey
Soccer Talents says '96 Peter Wilson at Sundsvall is American (and Swedish). http://www.soccer-talents.com/Peter_Wilson-3_7-140457-12.html Transfermarkt has no info either way: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/peter-wilson/leistungsdaten-trainerdetail/spieler_258501.html He is listed as being with the club: http://gifsundsvall.se/ungdom/tipselit/
Here's a '94 named Chris Phillips at Metz, according to Soccer Talents: http://www.soccer-talents.com/Chris_Philipps-3_7-89946-12.html Here's his club profile -- apparently he plays for Luxembourg: http://www.fcmetz.com/joueur/fiche/chris-philipps Wiki says he was born in Luxembourg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Philipps
Are you wanting to document players who are already captied to other countries? I only ask because he's permanently captied to Luxembourg after appearing for them in a WCQ vs. Northern Ireland: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182281/report.html Not sure if he was ever eligible for us but just thought I'd add that since it wasn't specific on his wiki. He now has 7 caps for Luxembourg.
Transfermarkt has Amos Kollie in Israel as Liberian & American: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/amos-kollie/leistungsdaten/spieler_200280_2012.html https://www.bigsoccer.com/community/...-isreal-premier-league.1840866/#post-27828399 Doutbful.
I've sent a message to Brian Babit as well who was mentioned by someone as possibly having American ties when he was at FC Metz with Chris Philipps. He is now with Dijon.
Not from a site, but I think still in the sleuthing/ambiguous Yank status theme of this thread-- Alberto Guameru Garcia, Jr. at Atlante FC in Mexico: https://www.bigsoccer.com/community/threads/alberto-guameru-garcia-atlante-fc.1988268/
Very unlikely, it seems that the father, a well known ex-pro, came to Texas to start an Academy in 2010. http://aldiatx.com/news/2011/aug/24/abre-escuela-en-dallas-alberto-el-guameru-garcia/
Darrick-Kobi "Kobie" Morris, a '95, appears to be in the mix at NK Zagreb: http://nkzagreb.hr/main.asp?dir=vijest&vijestid=256 Transfermarkt lists his birthplace as Syracuse. I don't always think they're an authoritative source, but when they list a birthplace they are usually correct. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/darrick-kobi-morris/profil/spieler_205936.html His Soccer-Talents profile doesn't list American citizenship. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/darrick-kobi-morris/profil/spieler_205936.html