John Anthony Brooks at Hoffenheim

Nah, they just hate Germans. Brooks would be out but for his Ami connection!

 

I believe he was of a slightly lower footballing class... But he was funny as heck. One of the real "no pain no gain" types - who also occaisionally showed up for morning games with a Weissbier (oh the good old days) - "This is a REAL Austrian breakfast." He is also the guy who turned me on to Soccer made in Germany. All in all one of the most enjoyable, in an big-personality, funny drunk kind of way, I ever had.

 

Brooks (listed as Jay) started and played the first half of a friendly today against Ligue 2's SM Caen.

A look at today's squad. Alongside the starting 1⃣1⃣, Wolves coach Oliver Glasner also wants to have a look at the #U23 players. #WOBSCM#VfLWolfsburg pic.twitter.com/zBBpjdNETE

— VfL Wolfsburg EN/US 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@VfLWolfsburg_EN) July 9, 2019

Wolfsburg has friendlies against VVV-Venlo (July 13) and PSV (July 19), followed by a week-long training camp in Austria. Their first competitive game of the season is on August 12 in the DFB-Pokal against Hallescher FC from the 3.Liga.

 

Starts:

Die Kader für den heutigen Härtetest. #PSVWOB pic.twitter.com/saOWUrKSwG

— VfL Wolfsburg (@VfL_Wolfsburg) July 17, 2019

 

I figured we would see Dest in that lineup too.

 

PSV stole Dest from Ajax!?

 

sorry, mendez was signed by them right?

Also who is Michael Edwards in the second unit for Wolfsburg

 

Holy crap he is 18 and he went to my high school.. what the $&%&% how do I not know about this kid.

 

Mendez is with Freiburg

Llanez is with Wolfsburg

Ledezma is with PSV

Edwards is an American YNT CB

 

we have had so much movement off that U20 world cup team that its hard to keep up with but still promising.

 

Mendez has been linked to Ajax as well fwiw.

I would no be surprised to see a number of YA's through Ajax - I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. Generally the big dutch clubs know how to sniff out transfer bargains and even the youth minimum wouldn't scare them that much... but these are thoughts for a different thread...

 

It would be nice if Ajax becomes the hub for Americans like how PSV has been with Mexicans

 

Starts:

Brooks starts for Wolfsburg's tune-up. 12:30 pm ET.

Stream 👉 https://t.co/J5E7KVTCyO https://t.co/cn3YPFDq3i

— Yanks Abroad (@usmnt_abroad) July 22, 2019

 

Started & went 60 in friendly against Nice:

Nach dem VfL-Familienfest ist vor dem Testspiel gegen den @ogcnice. Die Startaufstellung der Wölfe: Casteels - William, Weghorst, Klaus, Roussillon, Guilavogui, Schlager, Brooks, Arnold, Tisserand, Victor 💪#VfLWolfsburg #WOBOGCN pic.twitter.com/GlBb9QO2fF

— VfL Wolfsburg (@VfL_Wolfsburg) August 3, 2019

They won 8-1. Looks like it was a 120 minute match.

 

Starts in the DFB-Pokal at Terrence Boyd's Hallescher.

Die Startelf unserer Wölfe! 🔥
0️⃣1️⃣ Casteels
0️⃣2️⃣ William
0️⃣9️⃣ Weghorst
1️⃣1️⃣ Klaus
1️⃣3️⃣ Gerhardt
1️⃣5️⃣ Roussillon
2️⃣3️⃣ Guilavogui ©️
2️⃣5️⃣ Brooks
2️⃣7️⃣ Arnold
3️⃣1️⃣ Knoche
4️⃣0️⃣ Victor#HFCWOB #DFBPokal #VfLWolfsburg pic.twitter.com/qr3MRTC3jw

— VfL Wolfsburg (@VfL_Wolfsburg) August 12, 2019

 

My man Brooks needs to get himself a lower number. 25 is just weird.

 

Highlights

 

Starts for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga opener.

Unsere Aufstellung für #WOBKOE! 📝 #VfLWolfsburg pic.twitter.com/sVTGNMXLMq

— VfL Wolfsburg (@VfL_Wolfsburg) August 17, 2019

The game is on Fox Soccer Plus and Fox Soccer Match Pass at 9:30 eastern.

I though he was fine in the 5-3 extra time cup win on Monday. I don't think he was really at fault for any of the goals and had a couple of nice passes. Wolfsburg went down a man in the 90th minute. Brooks picked up a yellow card in first half stoppage time.

During 2018/2019, Brooks played 2,610 minutes in the Bundesliga (29 starts) registering 3 goals, 3 assists, and 7 yellow cards. He also played 270 minutes in the cup (3 starts) picking up a yellow card.

 

Starts:

We are 30 minutes away 💚🐺! #VfLWolfsburg #BCSWOB pic.twitter.com/epc1osbRED

— VfL Wolfsburg US 🇬🇧🇺🇸 #GetENwithUS (@VfLWolfsburg_US) August 25, 2019

 

Phew. Got away with a gamble to poke away a ball at the very beginning. He was defending correctly on a run up the middle, shading deep, but a nice pass came to his man that was intentionally a little behind. The attacker pulls up to receive, JAB lunges to poke the ball, gets played by, leading to two other defenders tackling in the box... initially called a penalty, then reversed on VAR. A very conscientious ref, because there was definitely no obvious error, it could have gone either way. Defender got the tiniest touch on the ball, then ran over the attacker's ankle from behind. I'd have given the penalty for dangerous play.

From there, Wolfsburg got outplayed all game until the last 10 minutes, and won 3-0? Hertha just couldn't find the last ball. But I think Hertha is going to score some goals this season, their attack looked good. Credit to JAB and Wolfsburg that they didn't concede while being under pressure pretty much the whole game. Brooks was good.

 

.@EuropaLeague Draw: Group Stage

GROUP I
1. VfL Wolfsburg
2. KAA GENT
3. St. Etienne
4. Oleksandrya

Thoughts?🤔#VfLWolfsburg #UEL pic.twitter.com/I20NlSItnT

— VfL Wolfsburg EN/US 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@VfLWolfsburg_EN) August 30, 2019

Good group for Wolfsburg

 

Starts. Game beings at 9:30 eastern on Fox Soccer Match Pass.

Noch eine Stunde bis Anstoß. Hier die Start-1⃣1⃣ unserer Wölfe. #WOBSCP pic.twitter.com/c4EuxqGQlx

— VfL Wolfsburg (@VfL_Wolfsburg) August 31, 2019

 

Coach #Glasner started off in today's press conference about John Brooks, "Jay Brooks has a hamstring injury while he was training with the national team and he won't be able to play tomorrow." #F95WOB pic.twitter.com/m0hyW1PhLS

— VfL Wolfsburg US 🇬🇧🇺🇸 #GetENwithUS (@VfLWolfsburg_US) September 12, 2019

 

Dag.

How am I injured? Let me count the ways...

 

i was half expecting him to start knowing full well what that implied