Two Americans are starting in the Freiburg-Schalke game. Weston McKennie is in the lineup, while Caleb Stanko is making his Bundesliga debut.
Stanko, who is 24, signed with Freiburg out of high school in 2011 and has had a long road to this moment:
11/12: U19s
12/13: reserves
13/14: reserves
14/15: a few reserve games, then blew out his knee
15/16: limited action in the 2.Bundesliga, but mostly reserves
16/17: loan to Vaduz in the Swiss Super League
Stanko came up as a DM, but Freiburg seems to be experimenting with him as a CB. He's starting in a three-man back line. Klinsmann gave him one cap, which came in a semifinal round qualifier against T&T in September 2016.
Geoff Cameron is out with a concussion. Yedlin starts for Newcastle against Bournemouth, where once again Hyndman didn't make the bench.
Wood has been dropped to the bench at Hamburg. I'm worried about a Jozy-at-Sunderland type death spiral to the season there.
Kenny Saeif is healthy enough to have made the bench for Gent yesterday.
Stanko, who is 24, signed with Freiburg out of high school in 2011 and has had a long road to this moment:
11/12: U19s
12/13: reserves
13/14: reserves
14/15: a few reserve games, then blew out his knee
15/16: limited action in the 2.Bundesliga, but mostly reserves
16/17: loan to Vaduz in the Swiss Super League
Stanko came up as a DM, but Freiburg seems to be experimenting with him as a CB. He's starting in a three-man back line. Klinsmann gave him one cap, which came in a semifinal round qualifier against T&T in September 2016.
Geoff Cameron is out with a concussion. Yedlin starts for Newcastle against Bournemouth, where once again Hyndman didn't make the bench.
Wood has been dropped to the bench at Hamburg. I'm worried about a Jozy-at-Sunderland type death spiral to the season there.
Kenny Saeif is healthy enough to have made the bench for Gent yesterday.