Middlesbrough signed the 22-year-old midfielder from Croatian club Hadjuk Split for a fee reported to be about 5 million euros ($5.8 million). He joins fellow U.S. midfielders Aidan Morris and Sebastian Berhalter and winger Max Arfsten at the Riverside, the latter two also summer signings.
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Yunus Musah shines in Serie A; Gio Reyna gets first Ligue 1 start
Christian Pulisic remained on the bench as AC Milan beat Venezia, 2-0, while Yunus Musah, Gianluca Busio and Benjamin Cremaschi earned good reviews for their play on Serie A’s Matchday 2. Gio Reyna made his first Ligue 1 start for Strasbourg.
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Americans Abroad: Sergino Dest sparks PSV attack
Sergino Dest scored, after an impressively maneuvering upfield, and assisted in PSV’s 6-1 over Utrecht. Dest has two goals and two assists in his first three games of the Eredivisie season.
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Zavier Gozo makes English Premier League debut
Americans went winless in the English Premier League but 18-year-old Zavier Gozo made his debut for Crystal Palace. All three Americans played for Middlesbrough, which has won two straight after losing its Championship League opener.
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Americans Abroad: Cole Campbell scores his first Bundesliga goal
The 20-year-old Texas native Cole Campbell scored his first Bundesliga goal in newly promoted Elversberg’s first top-flight victory — 3-2 over Bayer Leverkusen. For how Americans rated on the opening weekend of the Bundesliga season …
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Bundesliga: Opening Weekend
The most intriguing American to keep on eye in this Bundesliga season may be Santiago Castaneda, a diamond in rough from Florida who went pro in Germany at age 18 in the third division. Last season he helped Paderborn win promotion to the 1. Bundesliga. In 2023, Santiago Castaneda was part of a Capelli Sport squad […]
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SOCCER AMERICA ARCHIVES: Americans in Germany (1988)
The migration of American players to Germany began in the 1980s. In 1988, Paul Caligiuri, originally signed by Hamburg SV, was starting for Second Division SV Meppen. A group of young players joined lower division clubs, including Brad Smith, Shawn Blakeman, Mike Linenberger, Dario Brose and Chris Veselka. To read the 1988 Soccer America article …
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Americans Abroad: Lyon falls; Tanner Tessmann misses out on Champions League
Lyon, with midfielder Tanner Tessmann, will return to the Europa League after losing 2-1 at home to Fenerbahce after tying the first leg, 1-1.
U.S. players on 2026-27 UEFA Champions League squads are:
Johnny Cardoso (Atletico Madrid)
Mathis Albert (Borussia Dortmund)
Samuel Adeniran (LASK)
George Bello (LASK)
Sergino Dest (PSV)
Ricardo Pepi (PSV)
Alex Freeman (Villarreal)
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Americans Abroad: Christian Pulisic poised for return on Friday
Christian Pulisic could see his first Italian Serie A action on Friday when AC Milan hosts Venezia, which features American midfielder Gianluca Busio, on Matchday 2. Pulisic returned to full training last week after recovering from a lower leg injury suffered at the World Cup. La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that, despite playing zero minutes […]
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American Abroad: Texan striker creates nightmare for Celtic in Austria
Houston native Samuel Adeniran’s second goal of the evening decided LASK Linz’s qualifying series against Celtic and sent the Austrian club to the UEFA Champions League for the first time. Adeniran’s overtime strike capped a 5-1 win that overcame a 3-0 first-leg win in Glasgow by Celtic, which started Americans Auston Trusty and Cameron Carter-Vickers in central defense. American midfield George Bello went the 120 minutes for LASK.