Youth Yanks Abroad (1997s or later)

My U.S. U20 XI of Europe-based players not on the WC roster: pic.twitter.com/DwMuEpwXaE

— Travis Clark (@travismclark) May 19, 2017

 

Boston-born Kik Pierie made his Eredivisie debut on May 17, subbing in at the half at left CB for the first leg of the European competition playoff vs. Utrecht. On Saturday the 20th, he started for Heerenveen in the second leg and went the full 90. He'll turn 17 in July. Here he is in their starting lineup:

Deze 11 moeten vanavond de lastige klus tegen FC Utrecht klaren. Come on boys! #utrhee pic.twitter.com/0FhnSOSOkT

— sc Heerenveen (@scHeerenveen) May 20, 2017

 

Man if we could get Pierre and Tillman that would be a coup

 

@ChuckMe92, do we know anything about the younger Pierie? He's an '03 keeper. I can't find anything about him though.

The younger Tillman is supposedly very good. Hard to tell if he's better than his brother, but he is a one of their more talked about talents among their younger youth teams. I've read very little about the younger Shashoua, although by the lack of info out there about him, I'm assuming he's not as good as his brother who was already playing for England at this time a year ago.

 

I can't find much of anything other than that he's with the Heerenveen U15s. The biggest question is whether Take is eligible for the US. Kik's lone tangible connection to the US is he was born in Boston while their physician father was doing a surgery fellowship at Mass General Hospital there from 99-00, before the family moved back to Holland. Both of the parents appear to be fully Dutch. Unless dad had returned to the US for his work at the right time, it doesn't appear Take or the other brother Stijn would be eligible for the US. I found the father's fairly detailed LinkedIn page and it doesn't show he was in the US other than that 99-00 period, so I am pretty pessimistic of Take's chances of being US-eligible.

 

Kevin Lankford started and went 78' for Heidenheim in a 2-1 win over 1860 Munich.

 

could throw in canouse and stanko though both were on loans this year

 

Citizenship by birth is a pretty big tie. Whether he would be inclined to represent a country he feels no kinship for is another question entirely.

 

As mentioned on #TheXTRA, sources tell us 17 year old US U-20 star Josh Sargent is Werder Bremen bound. No timeline on announcement. #USMNT

— Kevin Egan (@kev_egan) May 23, 2017

 

I wonder if the source's name rhymes with Sthomas Trongen

 

Sthomas Trongen Is usually reliable. Infinite reps for Captain Spaulding. But, I must be going.

 

Check out @dallascup's Tweet:

Ajax O15 (under-15) captured their divisional title. Joshua Pynadath with an assist and goal. #USYNT https://t.co/v5N81dDDLP

— Dallas Cup ⚽️ (@dallascup) May 24, 2017

 

Joshua Pynadath, a dynamic, truly dual-footed winger? Yes please.

 

Another one?

Source: Scouts from Hertha Berlin, Hannover 96 have been watching Tyler Adams in South Korea.

— MLS Transfers (@MLSTransfers) May 25, 2017

 

Check out @NatsAbroad's Tweet:

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Hertha's style would be a great fit with adams along with playing with brooks.

 

Former player sighting. https://t.co/yXsftqosQt

— 3rd Degree (@3rdDegreeNet) May 25, 2017

 

Insert Michael Jackson eating popcorn meme..........

Werder Bremen: Signing Josh Sargent is ‘unrealistic’
The club’s sporting director says bigger clubs will push them out.

http://www.starsandstripesfc.com/us...remen-transfer-news-josh-sargent-usmnt-rumors

 

Saw this earlier, starsandstripes with a questionable headline there.

Maybe that's just not how I interpreted the Director's comments.

He's quoted as saying a commitment from Josh is unrealistic at this time, which makes a lot of sense.

He's one of if not the hottest player at the U20 World Cup while playing up a cycle, and his stock has been soaring for months.

I wouldn't count on a gentleman's agreement to sign right now either.

 

What's fairly clear is that the rumor which indicated he'd signed for Werder wasn't accurate.

 

Yea Will Parchman clarified almost immediately that no deal had been made yet.

 

Great win (tournament) from the US U20s, hearing even more good news for #usynt that a big-time prospect will be re-joining the federation

— Joey (@USAprospects) June 1, 2017

"Re-joining" implies the player has played for YNTs before. Likely not Tim Tillman. I hope it's Kai Koreniuk or, even better, Edwin Lara.
Edit: two other ones that would make a lot of sense are Ulysses Llanez and Efrain Alvarez. We shall see.

 

Tbf the last time we had a prospect rejoining it was saucedo and yeah lol.