He's always been a good dribbler, glad he got a chance to show his ability. I hope he pushes on, as he has to establish himself in 2.Bundesliga if he has any chance of making an impact on the USMNT.
Made a late sub appearance in a 1-1 draw with Karlsruher. Fellow American Justin Kinjo was also on the bench. Letzter Wechsel: #Kiesewetter für @IhlasB37 (80.). #f95 #F95KSC— Fortuna Düsseldorf (@f95) October 1, 2016
Starts in a friendly. Hier gibt's die Aufstellungen für unser Testspiel beim FC Büderich. #f95 pic.twitter.com/lNtZODIizp— Fortuna Düsseldorf (@f95) October 8, 2016
Profile (in German): http://www.wz.de/lokales/duesseldor...er-wartet-geduldig-auf-seine-chance-1.2293166 Against his former club VfB Stuttgart celebrated Jerome Kiesewetter on Matchday his starting debut in the jersey of Fortuna. Since then, the offensive player of the football second division waits for his next chance, then came but in five of six games at least as a substitute to use minutes. "I just try to keep working on me and then gives me the coach someday hopefully a few minutes more," says the 23-year-old.
Jerome Kiesewetter 15 minutes as a sub in Fortuna Düsseldorf's 3-1 win @ 1860 Munich in the 2.Bundesliga.https://t.co/yhujWhvzpP #USMNT— Roderick MacNeil (@rodmacneil) October 16, 2016
Letzter Wechsel: #Kiesewetter für @IhlasB37 (80.). #f95 #H96F95 #DFBPokal— Fortuna Düsseldorf (@f95) October 26, 2016 Entered for the last 10 minutes in a 6-1 loss.
Made the bench for a 1-0 win over FC St. Pauli. Fortuna impressively sit at 5th in the 2. Bundesliga table. Und hier ist unsere Startaufstellung für die Partie am #Millerntor :)#fcspf95 #f95 pic.twitter.com/D0biD7CPhl— Fortuna Düsseldorf (@f95) November 20, 2016
Fun fact - he and John Brooks (10 days older) grew up in that neighborhood playing everyday together and bonded early on over their shared American heritage.
Kiesewetter did an interview on ExtraTime Radio a while ago where he talked about it. It's worth finding.