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

Looks good to go:

https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=30&kisiId=2868231

 

College program Clayton State earlier this year said a player named Alexis Iturria signed with Paysandu in Uruguay. The school says he's a Georgia native.

https://claytonstatesports.com/news...ia-inks-professional-contract-in-uruguay.aspx

https://claytonstatesports.com/sports/msoc/roster/alexis-iturria/4266

EDIT: This video gives him as URU/USA.



The first link above mentions a number of CSU players who played professionally, and it has some fun names on there for us old-timers.

 

Goal!

 

Former Austin FC academy player Cole Coughlin recently signed a pro contract with Kilmarnock. He seems to have been appearing for the U19s and second team, though he may have made a first-team matchday squad as well.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSLYvueggrz/?img_index=1

https://www.austinfc.com/academy/u-18

Seems to be an '08. He's Insta-American, among other things.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9FT0AXRY4t/?hl=en

Hat tip:

Former Austin FC Academy captain Cole Coughlin has signed with @KilmarnockFC in the Scottish Premiership.

Coughlin spent three years in the Austin FC Academy, where he wore the captain’s armband and lifted the GA Cup in 2023. For @austinfcacademy, he featured as an attacking… pic.twitter.com/fZ5LOuR8eZ

— WAATV Media (@WeAreAustinTV) December 14, 2025

 

H/T also due @ChuckMe92.

 

TM mentions an '07 named Sebastian Syzdlo at a lower-division Czech club.

https://www.transfermarkt.us/sebastian-szydlo/profil/spieler/1126193

He does have a profile page on the club site, though the data on that page is pretty clearly not complete or current.

https://www.mfkv.cz/a-tym/soupiska/sebastian-krzysztof-szydlo/

The breadcrumbs have him at Albion SC and then Orlando City.

https://www.orlandocitysc.com/academy/roster/u19

 

One of the guys associated with this IG account seems to be an American who is or recently was at lower-division Italian club Policoro.

https://www.instagram.com/252footy/

 

I've found a number of articles and other links in which he's called American, but none where he or someone else actually directly says it (as opposed to it just being in the story but without attribution). It's probably safe to roll with, but I'm still poking around.

In the meantime, he's moved to Cesena, where he 1) is teammates with Jonathan Klinsmann and 2) is there through 2028.

https://cesenafc.com/en/news/2025/2/8/jalen-blesa-is-a-new-footballer-of-cesena-fc

https://cesenafc.com/en/youth-teams/news/2025/11/21/jalen-blesa-and-cesena-fc-together-until-2028

https://cesenafc.com/en/player/2025-2026/cesena-fc-prima-squadra/-/jalen/blesa

https://cesenafc.com/en/team/2025-2026/cesena-fc-prima-squadra

 

People say plenty, though I suppose it's likely they'll soon say even more.

https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/montrell-culbreath-at-1904-bayer-leverkusen.2122178/

 

His older brother Milo was called up to the U.S. U19s in the past. But that doesn't mean he and/or his brothers were necessarily citizens, and it wasn't for an international game.

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/clu...l-names-u19-roster-for-training-camp_aid40425

 

His move to Paderborn is official. Nothing the club has published that I could easily find suggested that he's American. Of course, he might be, and if he is German AND has two other nationalities it figures that one or both of those might not be mentioned unless, I suppose, he wanted it to be. Born in Germany, per the club.

https://www.scp07.de/Teams/Profis/Mannschaft/Spieler/Okpala.html

 

Romanian club Cluj welcomed Jayden Rus midyear 2025. He clearly has spent years in the U.S. and I'm guessing he's American based on circumstantial evidence, but having not exactly pinned it down, leaving it here for now. Seems to have spent some time in RYNTs.

https://cfr1907.ro/bun-venit-jayden-rus/

 

I miss things all the time, but I've never been able to confirm Delplace's birthplace outside of the database sites. With that said, those sites often mention a pretty specific location (Anderson, Ind.), which is usually a promising sign--unless, of course, the location is Reading.