Travian Sousa at Hamburger SV

If is for a CB position, yes. If is for an outside back then is ok but in the short side.

 

It's fairly short even for a fullback, but you never know where TM got its info — who knows, it could have been his height when he was 14 or 15.


Also, TM & his USSDA page say he's a defender. The reports out of Germany refer to him as an offensive player.

Maybe he's someone who has bounced between fullback and the wing?

 

Not much shorter than the best ever American FB or arguably the best ever world FB.

 

US academy player Travian Sousa has signed for HSV. He was on trial back in February and played in friendlies for both the U21s & U19s. pic.twitter.com/aUxdYmBg2C

— HSV News English (@HSVnewsEN) June 17, 2019

 

For anyone that's watched him, is he more of a filler signing for Hamburg or a real pro prospect?

 

I went to school with him and that was his height when he was much younger. He is at least 1.78m to 1.83m.

 

Wallace Wells:
Hey, Jimmy. Do they rock or suck?

Jimmy:
They... have not started playing yet.

Wallace Wells:
That was a test, Jimmy.​

I'm thinking that it's possible that they haven't plotted out Sousa's full adult life in the two days since they announced his signing.

 

Sure, but not every signing is created equal. Sargent is different from McKinze Gaines, for example.

 

Made his second start in a row as a left back.

Travian Sousa played the whole match for Hamburg's u19s at left back in a 5-5 draw.
Sounds like a great game for the neutrals in the stands.

— Daniel (@DanielSmith1022) August 17, 2019

 

Called in for the US U20s:

https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/20...ew-u20-mnt-cycle-with-two-matches-in-slovenia

U.S. U-20 MNT ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB OR COLLEGE; HOMETOWN)

GOALKEEPERS (2): David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake; Oxnard, Calif.), Patrick Schulte (Saint Louis University; St. Charles, Mo.)

DEFENDERS (8): Kwabena Boateng (UC Irvine; Elk Grove, Calif.), Jose Kevin Bonilla (FC Dallas; Dallas, Texas), George Campbell (Atlanta United; Chester, Pa.), Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union; Oldsmar, Fla.), Ian Hoffmann (Karlsruher/GER; Wilton, Conn.), Stuart Ritchie (Hannover 96/GER; Pleasanton, Calif.), Leonardo Sepulveda (Salamanca/ESP; Corona, Calif.), Travian Sousa (Hamburg/GER; Sacramento, Calif.)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids; Littleton, Colo.), Justin Haak (NYCFC; Brooklyn, N.Y.), Marcelo Palomino (Unattached; Houston, Texas), Matteo Ritaccio (Liverpool/ENG; Westbury, N.Y.), Thomas Roberts (FC Dallas; Little Rock, Ark.), Tanner Tessmann (FC Dallas; Birmingham, Ala.), Indiana Vassilev (Aston Villa/ENG; Savannah, Ga.)

FORWARDS (5): Konrad de la Fuente (Barcelona/ESP; Barcelona, Spain), Johan Gomez (Unattached; Keller, Texas), Cameron Harper (Celtic/SCO; Newport Beach, Calif.), Jalen Hawkins (Ingolstadt/GER; Munich, Germany), Charlie Kelman (Southend United/ENG; Basildon, England)

 

Travian Sousa participated in first team training today.

Hamburg had their first choice right back Jan Gyamerah injured this week and will miss for the rest of the year.

Dieter Hecking, HSV coach, on Sousa training with the first team: “We wanted to do some tactical aspects and looked for a full back from our youth teams and have opted for Sousa. It’s was a good choice. He’ll definitely train with us tomorrow but will play with the U-19 on Sunday. It’s possible he’ll keep being part of our sessions for next week.”

It’s good experience for the boy. He will not play for the first team anytime soon I think, but training at a higher level is great and he’ll be close to the coach’s eye.



https://hsv24.mopo.de/2019/09/13/vo...t-hecking-ein-us-juwel-zu-den-hsv-profis.html

 

A new face on the pitch this morning, with American under-19 player Travian Sousa taking part in senior training for the first time 🇺🇸

Nice to have you along, Travian 👍 #nurderHSV pic.twitter.com/iQdQDfiGVm

— HSV English (@HSV_English) September 13, 2019

 

Start in a first team friendly.

Mit dieser Elf starten wir heute ins Testspiel gegen @EintrachtBSNews: #Mickel, #Ewerton, #Kinsombi, #Narey, #Kittel, #Wood, #Sousa, #Amaechi, #Jatta, #Jairo, #Letschert 🔷 #nurderHSV #EBSHSV pic.twitter.com/vUzVx2jUvw

— Hamburger SV (@HSV) October 10, 2019

 

Sousa played the full 90 minutes. He impressed enough to play the full match apparently.

HSV coach Hecking on Sousa: ”He’s done very well. I didn’t see any reason to make a change (referring to substitution). It gives us a good feeling since we currently have only two fit fullbacks in Tim Liebold and Josha Vagnoman. Who knows, maybe we’ll need Sousa sometime. I’d say we will keep him training with us and continue observing how he develops.”

 

Assuming those quotes are from this Kicker article (for reference):

https://www.kicker.de/759994/artikel

 

Looks like very fast and positive progress!

 

From what I am reading we need to get the band to start warming up the pom and circumstance for graduation.

SA new title:

Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa, Travian at Hamburger SV.

 

Travian came off bench today for Hamburg ll as a winger pic.twitter.com/dJgd0xkUfE

— Tony Sousa (@TonySousa21) October 12, 2019

 

This all seems pretty positive if he only signed and started with the U-19s over the summer, and he's already training with the 1st team, getting into their friendlies, and getting into official games with the reserves.

 

Scored the first goal in a 4-0 win vs Dynamo Dresden U19 on Saturday.