DeAndre Yedlin

DeAndre Yedlin

Yedlin with the United States team in 2014
Personal information
Full name	DeAndre Roselle Yedlin[1]
Date of birth	(1993-07-09) July 9, 1993
Place of birth	Seattle, Washington, United States
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Playing position	Right back, Wide Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Newcastle United
Number	22
Youth career
2004–2006	Emerald City FC
2006–2008	Northwest Nationals
2008–2010	Crossfire Premier
2010–2011	Seattle Sounders FC
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Akron Zips	45	(1)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	Seattle Sounders FC U-23	16	(1)
2013–2014	Seattle Sounders FC	56	(1)
2015–2016	Tottenham Hotspur	1	(0)
2015–2016	→ Sunderland (loan)	23	(0)
2016–	Newcastle United	11	(1)
National team‡
2013	United States U20	4	(0)
2014–	United States	43	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 1, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 11, 2016

DeAndre Roselle Yedlin (born July 9, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for English Championship club Newcastle United and the United States. Primarily a right back, Yedlin has also featured as a wingback and wide midfielder.

Career

Youth, college and amateur

A product of O'Dea High School in Seattle, Yedlin was part of Washington Youth Soccer’s State Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 2006 to 2009. He also played youth soccer for Emerald City FC, Northwest Nationals and Crossfire Premier before joining the Seattle Sounders FC youth academy for the 2010–11 season.^[3]

On February 8, 2011, Yedlin signed a letter of intent to play college soccer at the University of Akron.^[4] In his freshman year, Yedlin started in 20 of his 23 games for the Zips. He scored his first collegiate goal on September 28, 2011 in a 3–1 victory over Ohio State.^[5] He also finished the year with six assists. In his sophomore year, Yedlin made 22 appearances and finished the year with six assists as well.

Yedlin also played for Seattle Sounders FC U-23 in the Premier Development League and was named to the 2012 All-PDL First XI for his play.^[6]

Seattle Sounders FC

Yedlin with the Sounders in 2014

On January 11, 2013, after two seasons with Akron, Yedlin signed with Seattle Sounders FC as the club's first homegrown player.^[3][7][8] He made his debut on March 2 in a 1–0 home defeat to the Montreal Impact.^[9] Yedlin was named to the MLS Team of the Week for his performance, becoming the first rookie to earn the honor in his professional debut.^[10] On March 12 he scored his first professional goal for the club in a 3–1 win against Tigres in the second leg of the Sounders 3–2 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal aggregate victory.

On July 15, Yedlin was named to the MLS All-Star team for their match against Roma on July 31, making him the first rookie to be named to the All-Star team since 2005 when Michael Parkhurst was selected during his rookie season.^[11] Yedlin was ranked 3rd among MLS players under the age of 24 in 2013, according to MLSSoccer.com.^[12]

Yedlin scored his first professional league goal in a 1–1 draw with the Colorado Rapids on July 20, 2013.^[13]

Tottenham Hotspur

On August 13, 2014 it was confirmed that Yedlin had signed a four-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League.^[14] He remained with Seattle before joining Tottenham in January 2015. He trained with Tottenham for the first time on January 7, 2015.^[15][16] He made his first appearance for the under-21 team on January 9, 2015.^[17] Yedlin made his Premier League debut on April 11, 2015, in a loss to Aston Villa.^[18]

Loan to Sunderland

Yedlin (right) playing for Sunderland against Chelsea in May 2016

On September 1, 2015, Sunderland acquired Yedlin on a year-long loan.^[19] On September 22, 2015, Yedlin made his Sunderland debut in a League Cup match, playing the full 90 minutes and notching an assist for the Black Cats' only goal in a 4–1 loss to Manchester City. On October 3, 2015 Yedlin started his first Premier League game against West Ham United.

Newcastle United

On August 24, 2016, Yedlin moved to Newcastle United for £5 million on a five-year contract.^[20] He made his debut on August 27, 2016 in a match against Brighton and Hove Albion as an 88th-minute substitute for Yoan Gouffran.^[21] Two weeks later, Yedlin scored his first goal for the club and his first in three years in a 2-0 victory against Derby County on September 10, 2016.^[22]

International career

Yedlin was named to the United States under-20 squad on June 7, 2013, for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.^[23] Yedlin made his U-20 international debut a week later in a 3–1 victory over Portugal.^[24]

Yedlin earned his first call up to the senior men's national team on January 3, 2014.^[25] He made his first appearance with the senior team on February 1, 2014 in a friendly against South Korea.

Yedlin was included on the U.S. final 23-man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He made his World Cup debut against Portugal, coming on as a late second-half substitute. He helped set up Sounders teammate Clint Dempsey's late goal which put the US up 2–1. He also came on late in the next game, a 1–0 loss v. Germany; his deep cross to Dempsey was headed off target. In the round of sixteen match against Belgium, Yedlin came on as a substitute for the injured Fabian Johnson.

In the 2016 Copa America Centenario, Yedlin received a second yellow card (and subsequent red) in a match against Paraguay.

Personal life

Yedlin was born in Seattle, Washington and raised by his maternal grandfather, Ira Yedlin, and step-grandmother, Vicki Walton.^[26] Yedlin has a sister Jenea who is three years younger than him. Yedlin, however, is very close with his mother, Rebecca.^[27]

Yedlin began playing soccer at age four and learned while watching his uncle from the sideline. Seattle Sounders youth director Darren Sawatzky first saw him play at age eleven and later said that Yedlin was "an offensive player at the time, he was tricky, he had explosiveness and could run for days." Said Sounders FC sporting director Chris Henderson of Yedlin: "DeAndre has great quickness and speed. He reads the game well, keeps possession, but he's able to attack the flank and get crosses in."^[28] He is of African American, Dominican, and Native American descent, and his mother is Jewish (her family is from Latvia).^[27][29][30]

Career statistics

Club

As of December 1, 2016

International

As of October 12, 2016.

Honors

Seattle Sounders FC

• MLS Supporters' Shield: 2014^[34]
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2014^[35]
• Western Conference (regular season): 2014

Individual

• MLS All-Star: 2013,^[11] 2014^[36]
• U.S. Soccer Young Athlete of the Year: 2014^[37]

References

External links

• MLS player profile
• University of Akron bio
• DeAndre Yedlin – FIFA competition record
• DeAndre Yedlin at National-Football-Teams.com

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United States squads
United States squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard 2 Yedlin 3 Gonzalez 4 Bradley 5 Besler 6 Brooks 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey (c) 9 Jóhannsson 10 Diskerud 11 Bedoya 12 Guzan 13 Jones 14 Davis 15 Beckerman 16 Green 17 Altidore 18 Wondolowski 19 Zusi 20 Cameron 21 Chandler 22 Rimando 23 Johnson Coach: Klinsmann United States squad – 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Fourth Place 1 Guzan 2 Yedlin 3 Gonzalez 4 Bradley (c) 5 Beckerman 6 Brooks 7 Morales 8 Dempsey 9 Jóhannsson 10 Diskerud 11 Bedoya 12 Rimando 13 Alvarado 14 Garza 15 Ream 16 Evans 17 Altidore 18 Wondolowski 19 Zusi 20 Zardes 21 Chandler 22 Yarbrough 23 Johnson 24 Corona 25 Beasley 26 Gordon Coach: Klinsmann United States squad – 2016 Copa América Centenario Fourth Place 1 Guzan 2 Yedlin 3 Birnbaum 4 Bradley 5 Besler 6 Brooks 7 Wood 8 Dempsey 9 Zardes 10 Nagbe 11 Bedoya 12 Howard 13 Jones 14 Orozco 15 Beckerman 16 Kitchen 17 Pulisic 18 Wondolowski 19 Zusi 20 Cameron 21 Castillo 22 Horvath 23 Johnson Coach: Klinsmann