The official "Some site says this guy is a Yank" detective work thread

Now with SSV Jeddeloh. The club's site doesn't say he's American, nor do a few other sites and reports of his move to join that club.

http://ssv-oberliga.de/mannschaft-ssv-jeddeloh/

 

FuPa with a Nick Powell at SG Untertürkheim.

http://www.fupa.net/spieler/nick-powell-727948.html

Club confirms his being there, but not citizenship.

http://www.sgu07.de/

 

Transfermarkt has a '99 named David Polanco as having recently been at Viitorul in Romania.

http://www.transfermarkt.com/david-polanco/profil/spieler/478488

USSDA lists him as American from Florida.

http://kend.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=1400871&player=29485672

Has some YNT experience. But I'm not sure he's with the club at present.

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/201...z-selects-50-players-for-august-training-camp

 

Kevin Jeon is back in the States with USL Orange County:

http://www.uslsoccer.com/news_article/show/750895?referrer_id=2349190

 

FuPa lists a '96 GK named Andre Bernardini, based in Germany, as American. That's not entirely clear, as he was born in Brazil, and apparently moved here when he was 18 to play at SC-Aiken. Doesn't mean he can't have an American parent, of course, but I have not seen it reported.

http://pacersports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3922

http://voltagesportsclub.com/Voltage/squad.html

http://www.fupa.net/spieler/andre-bernardini-1061345.html

 

Transfermarkt says a '96 named Frank Appeldorn is German-American.

http://www.transfermarkt.com/frank-appeldorn/profil/spieler/419055

He joined SV Stikelkamp in August.

http://www.svstikelkamp.de/?p=7267

 

T'Markt now has him at Fenix de Uruguay.

The club's site currently has nothin' doin'.

http://www.cafenix.com.uy/

The move was reported:

http://libero.pe/futbol-internacion...torrejon-es-nuevo-fichaje-de-fenix-de-uruguay

 

Nice catch. I made a short post about him in a past catchall thread, but didn't get into citizenship details -- and my post adds little...

http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...g-thread-2013-14.1994969/page-2#post-29072421

 

Desmond Joel Young is a confirmed '01 with their U16s. The club lists German nationality only, though based on a scan of their web site they may not list dual nationality for youth players.

http://www.alemannia-aachen.de/nachwuchs/u16/mannschaft/

FuPa profile:

http://www.fupa.net/spieler/desmond-joel-young-749783.html

 

The club says he was born in Ghana, and lists him at a couple of previous youth clubs in Germany, which could mean he's lived there for a while and might have a substantial German connection. Of course, he could still have American blood.

http://www.herthabsc.de/na/nachwuch.../portraits_nachwuchs&id=18076_de#.WK-dpRIrLVo

Football Talents adds the sur-surname "Boateng."

http://www.fussball-talente.com/Joseph_Williams_Boateng-3_7-280547-1.html

 

Still there, and has apparently been at the club since 2009.

http://www.bayer04.de/B04-DEU/de/ka...uid=2063-39A7845C-E016-40D4-BAED-EF4B637C2DE3

Soccer Talents list his middle name as Gavin and says he's English.

http://www.fussball-talente.com/Christopher_Scott-3_7-237774-1.html

 

Now with the first team of ... a German club with a long name.

http://1fcgel.de/erste

 

ZeroZero lists an American-born '99 named Nuno Sousa at a Portuguese club called Esmoriz.

http://www.zerozero.pt/player.php?id=439007

 

ZeroZero lists a Portugese-American '99 named Francisco Riviere at a Portuguese club called Mondinense.

http://www.thefinalball.com/player.php?id=531263&epoca_id=0&search=1

 

ZeroZero lists an American-born '03 named Mitchell Claudino at a Portuguese club called Feirense.

http://www.thefinalball.com/player.php?id=545203&epoca_id=0&search=1

 

Particularly obsessed BS sleuths, not that any such people exist, might enjoy the challenge of figuring out which Brazilian professional soccer player married the sister of the Iowa woman who is the subject of this story, on account of her and her husband adopting four boys from that country. (Which is, in and of itself, worth a read.)

http://www.press-citizen.com/story/...an-orphans-found-hope-north-liberty/98027140/

 

Transfermarkt says a '99 named Gianmarco Manetti in the youth system of an Italian club called Pontedera is American. He's listed on the Berreti roster:

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http://www.uspontedera.it/berretti/

He was apparently part of the LIAC program, which (if I understand things correctly) heads over to Italy at times as something of a barnstoming youth club. But T'markt also suggests that he joined LIAC from the same Italian club, so maybe he was a guest player.

In any case, I haven't been able to find out more about him quickly.

The club's first team is in the third division.

 

Currently at Brandenburger SC Sued:

http://www.bsc-sued-05-fussball.de/erste-mannschaft-kader.html

FuPa also has him as a Germerican:

http://www.fupa.net/spieler/rojan-marcel-bozorgzadeh-864896.html

What I figure has to be his modeling profile (of course) mentions English fluency and some time living in Canada.

https://www.starnow.com/marcelbozorgzadeh#

 

This would seem to confirm him as having at least one American parent.

http://www.winonapost.com/Obituaries/ArticleID/14469/Haase-Jr-Walter-William

 

This news report has Sligo Rovers' Kyle McFadden as American, but I'm not sure that's correct.

https://www.thesun.ie/sport/footbal...net-again-to-continue-perfect-scoring-record/

When OCB signed him, he was listed as Irish. (His name's hyphenated in this announcement, which of course makes him a genius, but I'm pretty certain it's the same guy.)

http://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2...y-b-signs-defenders-mikey-ambrose-kyle-callan

 

Strode was a recent trialist with USL Charlotte, scoring a goal in a preseason match -- certainly a sign that he might be a Yank after all, but not a guarantee.

http://www.charlotteindependence.com/news_article/show/765768?referrer_id=2995070

However, I can't tell whether he remained with them for their next match. They have another game on the 25th.

According to Transfermarkt, he is or was managed by the same company that works with former YA David Spies, who is currently with Charlotte, and Wal Fall, who made a similar move from Germany to the U.S. lower divisions but is not a Yank.