https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Sabbi Ghanaian heritage, Italian born, US YNTs. Plays forward in Denmark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekuta_Manneh Winger, Gambian, has US passport, currently in Switzerland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desevio_Payne Born SC to TnT/Dutch parents, plays in Holland, RB. Played for US YNTs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gboly_Ariyibi Winger, Notts Forest, born VA, grew up Nigeria/England, played for USYNT.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Toljan Mentioned above by someone, RB, spot player for Dortmund, but has a straight line of Germanys on up to Olympics.
You would have no problem telling the guy who qualified us to go eff himself because a dutch guy who couldn't qualify Holland is taking his place. I've never understood that mentality. Is it meant to boost morale or are you a sociopath?
Wooten is good, I used to follow him. The problem is the injuries. Not just that his injuries tend to be the sort that takes him out for months, but that unlike other players it takes him long to get back in form after an injury. So the guy goes out for 3 months injured, he'll be riding pine not match fit for another six weeks at least.
Unfair and doubtful generalization. Ascribing motives to one person, much less an entire subset of posters, is a quick path to bias.
I have zero problem with this and don't think many players do. Once someone's in the pool, we play whomever makes the team better. If there's someone better that you, you don't pout, you train harder.
https://www.houstondynamo.com/post/...defender-erik-mccue-homegrown-player-contract https://www.houstondynamo.com/players/erik-mccue No idea if he's any good and dimensionally he sounds like a potential stick figure in the Omar mold, but a dual national Swede signed to Dynamo first team at 17.
Wooten has already been US-capped back in 2015, was eligible for both US and Germany. He plays a somewhat stocked position and is already 29, would be 33 if you play what I call the +4 math game, that I think wise NT coaches should do. If he'd broken into the team like Dempsey I wouldn't care on age but I'm not sure what the value is on a player that old who hasn't made a case already. But after you've wandered around why not give him a look. For perspective he's older than Terrence Boyd, Zardes, Dwyer, same age as Sapong. If there's an oft injured dual national player (committed) I'd like to see back, whose age isn't quite as bad, it's AJ.
The good thing about Wooten is that he shoots on goal about half of his chances, which is a high rate for a Yank striker. The bad thing is that his getting in form is always a prelude for an injury. And with him, injuries are long-term because of the time he takes to get back in form. Today he scored and he's looking good. That's usually a bad sign.
I think the top young US-eligible dual-nationals who are currently with another country are: Kik Pierie Folarin Balogun Efrain Alvarez Maurice Malone Jordan Siebatcheu Malik Tillman (and Timothy to a lesser degree) Ian Hoffmann (but in all likelihood he will be with the US in the long run) There's another tier of ones who I don't know enough yet about but could well be valuable: Alejandro Iturbe Alex Alcala Andres Perea Matko Miljevic Anel Sabanadzovic Armando and Samuel Shashoua Leon Flach Ilan Sauter Oisin McEntee Lateef Omidiji Andre Costa Joao Lucas Almost certainly some other names I'm forgetting.
Missouri-born defensive midfielder Anel Sabanadzovic, who I mentioned above, is reportedly moving to AEK Athens. Announced just a few days ago. https://www.mozzartsport.com/fudbal...u-aek-u-rekordan-transfer-zeljeznicara/310186 https://sport1.ba/premijer-liga-bih...-mislim-da-ce-biti-bolji-igrac-od-mene/135790
If we're saying upped his game that's what I'd say is pivotal, Boyd was interesting but he just started getting hurt and didn't progress. If we're saying B.1 vs B.2 I think we've done fine by quite a few B.2 players.