FCK It! Terrence Boyd @ 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Played 90' in a 2-1 loss:

SO starten die Roten Teufel ins Heimspiel gegen @arminia 👀 #Betze #FCKDSC pic.twitter.com/4Z3MZyXnyp

— 1. FC Kaiserslautern (@Rote_Teufel) May 13, 2023

 

Subbed off after 62 minutes against Karlsruhe. Doesn't seem to have had a good game - seems to have missed a couple of chances.

 

Not the same since it was obvious they had no shot at promotion.

 

Started in 3-0 loss for the season finale:

So starten die Roten Teufel in das letzte Spiel der Saison 👀 #Betze #FCKF95 pic.twitter.com/7SwYJRzar8

— 1. FC Kaiserslautern (@Rote_Teufel) May 28, 2023

#FCKF95 0:2 (80.) | Doppelwechsel #FCK: Hendrick Zuck und Angelos Stavridis kommen für Erik Durm und @TBoyd91. Für "Gekas" ist es sein Profidebüt 💪 #Betze

— 1. FC Kaiserslautern (@Rote_Teufel) May 28, 2023

 

Coming to the US for a friendly:

Ready for our first international friendly! ✈️

Hear from @Rote_Teufel leading scorer Terrence Boyd — a former U.S. national teamer — ahead of FC Kaiserslautern’s June 21 visit to Lynn Family Stadium.

Find tickets and more info 👇

— Louisville City FC (@loucityfc) June 2, 2023

 

Fan-created highlight video:

 

Boyd and FC Kaiserslautern are currently taking on Louisville on ESPN +

 

Quite a nice half... a brace:

Was ein Einsatz! @TBoyd91 zieht in den Strafraum, bleibt am Gegenspieler hängen, fällt - aber macht dann mal einfach im Ansatz die "Bodenwelle", wie man im Breakdance-Jargon sagen würde, und köpft die Hereingabe von Erik Durm zum 1:1 ins Eck! (27.)⚽️#Betze #BetzeInternational

— 1. FC Kaiserslautern (@Rote_Teufel) June 22, 2023

What a mission! @TBoyd91 moves into the penalty area, gets stuck on the opponent, falls - but then just makes the "ground wave", as you would say in breakdance jargon, and heads Erik Durm's cross into the corner to make it 1:1! (27.)

The Terrence Boyd goal for @Rote_Teufel! I mean that’s both ridiculous and hilarious. Never give up on a ball I guess. pic.twitter.com/OtO75JyIWB

— Manuel Veth (@ManuelVeth) June 22, 2023

2:1 für den #Betze! Diesem @TBoyd91 bekommt die Luft hier wohl gut 🇺🇸 Hervorzuheben ist aber auch die starke Vorarbeit von #FCK-Nachwuchsspieler Nikos Vakouftsis, der seinem Gegenspieler einfach den Ball abläuft & den entscheidenden Pass auf T spielt. #BetzeInternational

— 1. FC Kaiserslautern (@Rote_Teufel) June 22, 2023

2:1 for the #Betze ! This @TBoyd91 gets the air here well The strong preparatory work of #FCK junior player Nikos Vakouftsis, who simply runs the ball off his opponent and plays the decisive pass to T, should also be emphasized.

 

The 2nd goal:

The second Terrance Boyd goal. That finish was cold as ice 🥶 pic.twitter.com/HFeuPCkeNw

— Manuel Veth (@ManuelVeth) June 22, 2023

 

Just showin some love to Boyd. Guy has really had a nice career; on multiple levels and continents he has scored goals with a smile. Wish he got a little more run with the USMNT and that Kaiserslautern got promoted this year to give him one more chance at Top Flight action. Either way, he’s a true professional and the “Cyclops” has kept his focus throughout his whole journey.

 

Started in friendly against Minnesota United:

Guten... Morgen aus Minneapolis! So geht der #Betze ins Spiel gegen @MNUFC. #BetzeInternational pic.twitter.com/gmjzAst3BD

— 1. FC Kaiserslautern (@Rote_Teufel) June 28, 2023

Scored:

5. | 0:1 | Na das war mal ein guter Start in die Partie. Nach nur fünf Minuten erzielt Terrence Boyd nach Zuspiel von Aaron Opoku die Führung für den FCK. Läuft! #MINvFCK #Betze #BetzeInternational

— 1. FC Kaiserslautern (@Rote_Teufel) June 29, 2023

 

What an impressive career turnaround Boyd has had the past few years. His career looked near a dead end in 2019 after an unimpressive stint at Toronto FC, then he moved to the 3.Liga and finished in the top-3 in the goal scoring charts 2 seasons in a row after bagging 14 goals his first season at Hallescher. Then he gets promoted to the 2.Bundesliga and scores 13 goals to finish as the 6th highest scorer. An impressive career turnaround.

You wonder what if for this guy had injuries not decimated his career between 2014-2019. He came very close to making our 2014 World Cup squad as Jozy Altidore's backup and had things turned out differently for him, he might have provided some needed continuity and cover for Altidore given all the injuries and no-shows Altidore had in big tournaments (2014 World Cup, 2015 Gold Cup, 2016 Copa America) where we were so reliant on Bobby Wood or on an aging Clint Dempsey up front.

 

Interview:

https://treffpunkt-betze.de/article/2165-terrence-boyd-es-war-ein-wilder-ritt-teil-1-2/

Hello Terrence, around 4,300 readers of our magazine took part in our large survey. You were voted Player of the Year by a wide margin and a total of 1,189 votes. Congratulations on that! How important is such an award and such fan feedback to you?

Terrence Boyd: (laughs) Well, it's the first personal trophy I've ever won in my career. It definitely makes me happy and of course it's a great honor. But you also have to say that it's probably a bit due to the position I'm playing. Basically, I see myself as a small part of the team and I think I can accept the award more or less on behalf of the whole team. If the guys didn't put me in the limelight, I'd just stand there ineffectively.

Terrence Boyd: As an American, I was of course very happy that we did the training camp in the USA. We found the best conditions in both Louisville and Minneapolis. The lawn you work on has to fit and the pitches were spotless. We didn't miss anything, everything was perfect. Looking back, it was an excellent training camp.

They even met up with a reunion of kids whose parents were stationed at Kaiserslautern & became club fans.

 

A 32 year-old scoring 13 goals and 3 assists in his very first BL2 season is a guy with real football skills who was always good enough for an extended spell in lower-middle BL1 if his career hadn't been derailed by persistent injuries as well as (possibly) the likely psychological consequences of those.

Good to see he's cheerful and upbeat. He's still got a season left on his contract. It'd be great if he could lead FCK back to the Bundesliga and get a swansong contract renewal with some BL1 PT.

Here's hoping

 

Misses the season opener with an injury:

Terrence Boyd did not get fit in time after knee problems and is not in the squad.

 

On the bench:

So aufGEstellt gehen wir rein in #S04FCK!#Betze #FCK pic.twitter.com/QjTCxpGalz

— 1. FC Kaiserslautern (@Rote_Teufel) August 5, 2023

Match is on ESPN+.

 

Cyclops with the opening goal against Koblenz as these FCKers run out to a 3-0 first half lead in a cup match.

 

A brace, and it's a mercy killing.

 

Boyd gets the start again today against Elversberg. Good day to get out of dead freaking last in the league.

 

Comes off the bench after those FCKers took a 2-0 lead. 2-1 now over Paderborn.

 

And it ended that way. No Cyclops Celebration in his 20 minutes.

 

Full time and they held on. Cyclops yellow card in the 98th. Paderborn twitter feed complimentary about his clock-killing. Stats aren't good but small sample size.

 

Cyclops comes on in the 81st minute of a 1-1 draw. Somehow commits 3 fouls in short minutes, but does not help find a game winner.

The draw will keep FCK on the fringes of the promotion race.