Post by warrior16 on Dec 30, 2014 17:01:57 GMT -6
Zelalem has officially acquired American citizenship, and pending final approval by FIFA, he will be officially eligible to represent the USA! He has already declared his goal is to represent the Stars and Stripes, so I'm sure Klinsmann will cap him at the first reasonable chance.
I know Freddy Adu had similar hype, but I think this will be different. He could develop to be a major player down the road, and at 17, he has tons of time left to develop. Great pick-up by Klinsmann, and thanks to our servicemen for marrying German women circa 1995. That's at least four German-American USMNT players now... a wonderful unintended consequence of our military bases in Western Germany!