it's insane how many German-Americans we have. #MilitaryIndustrialComplexProducesPlentyofSoccerPlayersForTheNT
looks like the coach is angry and criticizing him. https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/...-anfang-sauer-auf-kronholm-55333386.bild.html
Was in goal today for his 29th league start of the season, a 4-0 road win against Dynamo Dresden. Holstein Kiel are in third (the promotion playoff spot). They have a 5 point lead over fourth place Jahn Regensburg and are 1 point behind second place Nuremberg who have played 1 fewer game.
Kronholm was named the 2. Bundesliga player of the day by one publication for his performance at Dynamo Dresden. https://www.liga-zwei.de/holstein-kiel-kenneth-kronholm-ist-spieler-des-spieltags/ Second-place Nuremberg drew Ingolstadt and thus are just 2 points ahead of Holstein Kiel, 51 to 49. Huge match on Monday when they play each other -- if Holstein Kiel win, they move into the automatic promotion spot.
Starting in one of the biggest 2. Bundesliga matches of the season, beginning at 2:30 EST. Und so starten die Störche: 👇🏻 #KSVFCN #fcn pic.twitter.com/00JqnLUwgV— 1. FC Nürnberg (@1_fc_nuernberg) April 23, 2018
lost 3-1 to FCN and Kiel are now 5 pts behind direct promotion with 3 games to go. They even risk being overtaken for the playoff spot by Jahn Regensburg who are only 2 pts behind. their remaining games are vs Ingolstadt, 1st place FD, and Braunschweig.
2 of the goals Kronholm conceded are ones were he doesn't seem to be able to deal with a player that's in his face. the winning goal. https://streamable.com/fvgkc and the one to make it 3-1, which to be honest was a very ugly goal. https://streamable.com/84lic
Does his club stand a chance at not being a 1 season wonder in the Bundesliga? Can they survive or just happy enough to be battling for promotion?
with a 1-1 draw and a few other clubs losing. Kiel are in the promotion playoff spot. Wir haben dann über Pfingsten wohl etwas vor...Der Wahnsinn geht weiter: Die #Störche spielen am 17. und 21. Mai in der Relegation um den Bundesliga-Aufstieg!!! #F95KSV 1:1 #NurHolsteinKiel #2Liga #KielAhoi pic.twitter.com/Se2jAr7Tam— Holstein Kiel (@Holstein_Kiel) May 6, 2018 likely to be vs either Hamburg, Wolfsburg or Freiburg.
A profile from back in January: https://beyondthematch.weebly.com/kickoff/kenneth-kronholm-a-forgotten-american They are facing Wolfsburg for possible promotion.
Don't expect much, though. Since this format was introduced, the BL1 team has won six out of seven playoff ties. That's not a knock on Kiel. They're a small club that's done marvelously well to get to the playoff, but history is against them
Starts in goal against Wolfsburg: Mal gucken was der #domme heute so macht! #holsteinkiel #Relegation pic.twitter.com/lKv5mDWzTN— Ralf Blümer (@firstralle) May 17, 2018
I'm not discounting his success and I also admit that I haven't watched him that much. But from the little I've seen, I have to say I am not terribly impressed. I've seen a bunch of preventable goals.
FWIW Kicker has him as the 7th best rated keeper in 2.liga, but Holstein also has the 2nd, 8th, 14th, and 15th best rated defenders in the league, more than any other team in the top 15.
Working from home today, I thought man I'll tune into this match and catch bits and pieces of it while doing work. I was more intrigued to see Kronholm than Brooks. I was left disappointed by both. I don't know what I expected from Kronholm but my first impression was not good. He looked nervy. He looked quite frankly, star struck. His distribution was poor and those goals - maybe not 100% preventable - but he didn't cover himself in glory. On that second goal , in particular, it was powerfully hit and he may not have stopped it but his form was terrible. He dove somewhat backwards and he couldn't get his top hand over. Both big No No's as a GK. Hopefully, this was just the jitters and he'll be much stronger at home. It will be HUGE uphill battle, though.
Profile: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/...th-kronholm-us-soccer-fort-belvoir-506768.jsp Seems his grandfather was a German NT handball player.
Starts: @VfLWolfsburg_EN XI | @Holstein_Kiel XI. #WOBKSV pic.twitter.com/13D6YIw2w8— Live Football Scores (@_FootieScores) May 17, 2018