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18-Year-Old American Phenom Weston McKennie Earns First Start For Schalke

Eighteen-year-old American midfielder Weston McKennie continued his meteoric rise through the ranks at Schalke 04 by making his first competitive start in the 2017-18 DFB-Pokal on Monday. The USMNT U-20 prospect joined the German club in August of 2016, and he made a substitute appearance last May in the Bundesliga as a reward for his performances with the academy team.

McKennie has since gone on to impress over the course of the preseason, and injuries to first team regulars resulted in his first-ever competitive start for the club against BFC Dynamo in the DFB-Pokal.

Get Acquainted With One Of The Greatest Creators In World Football Today

With 19 league assists in 30 matches, no player in Europe’s big five leagues had more than RB Leipzig’s Emil Forsberg last season. The 25-year-old Swedish midfielder was one of the breakthrough players in Europe in 2016-17, firing his club to an unexpected second place finish in the Bundesliga.

For a bit of context, Luis Suarez provided the second most assists in Europe’s big five leagues last season. His total was 13. 

Just How Good Is Christian Pulisic? Let Our Pulisic-O-Meter Be Your Guide

Christian Pulisic isn’t named Lionel Messi, he doesn’t play for Real Madrid and he’s never been on the cover of FIFA, so many North American and British folk are rightly confused about just how good he really is. He’s only scored five Bundesliga goals, so he must suck, right? Not so fast, Paris Saint-Germain’s latest die-hard supporter!

Christian Pulisic Scores Opening Goal For Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich

Christian Pulisic’s World Cup year starts now, and the wall-to-wall coverage of the 18-year-old American’s season with Borussia Dortmund couldn’t have started with a bigger bang. In the starting lineup for DFB-Pokal winners Borussia Dortmund against Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in the curtain-raising DFL-Supercup, the host side raced out to an early lead behind Pulisic.

18 Americans Not Named Christian Pulisic You Need To Watch In Europe This Season

Let’s face it: when it comes to Americans playing abroad, there’s Christian Pulisic and then there’s everybody else.

But who is everybody else? There are 18 other U.S. nationals who will be playing in Europe this upcoming season with a chance of making Bruce Arena’s World Cup squad next summer. Some are well-known, like defenders John Brooks and Geoff Cameron. Others not so much, like Caleb Stanko and Lynden Gooch.

QPR and Union Berlin Players Embrace Their Inner Kid, Turn Water-Logged Pitch Into Slip 'n Slide

QPR and Union Berlin: official experts at turning lemons into lemonade. QPR traveled to Germany on Saturday for a friendly match against Union Berlin. However, the affair was cancelled after officials deemed the field too waterlogged to play. Fans and players it seemed would leave the stadium unfulfilled, unentertained.

"Fear not!" the two teams said. QPR and Union Berlin players took matters into their own hands. They gave fans an unexpectedly fun show with some good ol' fashioned belly-sliding moves. Watch the child-like foolery unfold.

El defensor alemán Philip Heise envía el balón en una alfombra mágica de 45 metros

Un amistoso entre el VfB Stuttgart de Alemania y el Dynamo Dresden se convirtió en una escena de Disney cuando Philip Heise del Dresden envió el balón hacia los lados y hacia abajo en una alfombra mágica.

El impacto, uno de esplendor brillante y reluciente, fue de 45 metros y, como una estrella fugaz, llegó tan lejos sin esperanza de volver a donde solía estar.

La bola era como un diamante en el cielo: se elevaba, rodaba y giraba libremente. Una vista increíble y una sensación indescriptible cuando el balón se precipitó hacia la red.

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