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Bill Hamid American Soccer Player

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Bill Hamid American Soccer Player

Bilal “Bill” Hamid (hǝ-MEED; born November 25, 1990) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Midtjylland and for the United States national team.

Born in Annandale, Virginia, Hamid was the first D.C. United Academy player to sign for the first team in September 2009. He made his professional debut in May 2010 as the youngest goalkeeper to win a game in Major League Soccer history. Hamid totalled 201 games for D.C. United, including 184 in the league. He helped the team to victory in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and received the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Award in 2014.

Hamid made his senior debut for the United States national team in 2011. He was part of their teams that won the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2013 and 2017.

Bill Hamid

Hamid before an international match against Austriain November 2013. (Photo: Simon Heseltine) Personal information Full name Bilal Hamid Date of birth November 25, 1990 (age 27) Place of birth Annandale, Virginia, United States Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current team FC Midtjylland Youth career 2003–2007 Premier AC 2007–2009 D.C. United Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2009–2017 D.C. United 184 (0) 2018– FC Midtjylland 0 (0) National team‡ 2008 United States U20 2 (0) 2012 United States U23 4 (0) 2012– United States 4 (0) Honours

Representing United States Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013 Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 Men’s Soccer

International

Hamid played for the United States at under-18 and under-20 level, and in October 2009 he trained with the senior team. Hamid made his international debut for U.S. national team on January 21, 2012, keeping a shutout as his team beat Venezuela 1–0 in an exhibition game at the University of Phoenix Stadium. He became the ninth goalkeeper not to concede on his international debut for the United States.

Coach Jürgen Klinsmann named Hamid in his roster for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which the United States won. He did not make his second appearance until November 18, 2014 in a 4–1 exhibition loss to the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.

Hamid was again called up for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, receiving a second winner’s medal. On July 15, he played his first competitive match for the United States at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio and kept a shutout in a 3–0 win that made his team top their group.

Personal life

Hamid’s parents are from Sierra Leone. He was raised Muslim and observes fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadan.

International

United States national team Year Apps Goals 2012 1 0 2013 0 0 2014 1 0 2015 0 0 2016 0 0 2017 2 0 Total 4 0

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junker-town · 5 years ago

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Our picks for the MLS awards, both real and made-up

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Our team bloggers voted and here’s who we think should win the MLS awards.

Awards season is nearly upon us in MLS, with official voting for the league’s 2019 awards already over. To get ready for the real deal, and to have the local experts, our MLS team bloggers, weigh in, we took our own vote and here’s the results. We threw in a few new categories, too.

MVP: Carlos Vela, LAFC

No surprise here, as the Mexican attacker who broke the league’s single-season scoring record (34 goals) while also notching 15 assists on the team that won the Supporters’ Shield was a nearly unanimous pick from our voters. The only player who got a first-choice vote other than Vela was his crosstown rival, the LA Galaxy’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, although Vela was on every voter’s ballot. Both Josef Martinez and Maxi Moralez were popular second-choice picks for MVP.

Defender of the Year: Ike Opara, Minnesota United

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Often, Defender of the Year goes to a leading defender on the team that conceded the fewest goals, but a different kind of logic was at work here. Opara joined in the offseason from Sporting KC, who had their worst season in nearly a decade, partly because Opara had left. Meanwhile, Minnesota’s defensive record was substantially better, as they conceded 28 fewer goals in 2019 than the season before, going from “hovering around breaking the record for most goals given up in a season” to “top half defense, capable of getting some results.” As always, it was a team effort, but the stark difference in two clubs with and without Opara made him a landslide pick. LAFC’s Walker Zimmerman and Atlanta United’s Miles Robinson were distant contenders for this honor in the eyes of our voters.

Newcomer of the Year: Heber, New York City FC

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The Brazilian striker was transferred from a Croatian club near the beginning of the season, the kind of inauspicious transfer that led most to think he’d be a supporting piece at best for NYCFC. But Heber led NYCFC in scoring with 15 goals and on a team built to spread the scoring load around, he was the attacker who took on the greatest burden in the goals department. The only other player who gave Heber a run in this category was New England Revolution playmaker Carles Gil.

Comeback Player of the Year: Jordan Morris, Seattle Sounders

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This award, perhaps the most confusing of MLS offerings (is it for players who overcome something extraordinary? Players who got hurt and are now well? Players who stunk last season and were good this season?) did not go to the player who survived cancer, D.C. United defender Chris Odoi-Atsem, who did get a few votes, but rather to Seattle Sounders attacker Jordan Morris, who missed the entire 2018 MLS season with a torn ACL. Morris did have arguably a career year (10 G, 7 A), while playing a new position, and he played his best at the end of the season. The other contender for this award among our voters was from a similar vein, LAFC midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye, who came back from a broken ankle last year.

Goalkeeper of the Year: Bill Hamid, D.C. United

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Ending the season with five consecutive clean sheets is a great way to boost your GK of the Year case, and that’s just what Hamid did, making him the clear pick among our voting panel. D.C. allowed the second-fewest goals, behind LAFC, and Hamid played all but one game, while LAFC used a platoon.

Top U-20 Player: Paxton Pomykal, FC Dallas

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Instead of going with “Rookie of the Year,” which is becoming an increasingly arbitrary award in MLS, SB Nation opted to go for best young player. FC Dallas’ star midfielder – likely bound for Europe in a year or two – edged just ahead of a few other players, Philadelphia Union midfielder Brenden Aaronson, Pomykal’s versatile FCD teammate Jesus Ferreira, and mercurial Atlanta United midfielder Ezequiel Barco.

Top Domestic Player: Mark-Anthony Kaye, LAFC

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Another SB Nation special category, the somewhat surprising winner in the award for best American or Canadian player in MLS is that a Canadian won, as Kaye narrowly beat out Morris for the honor. Sure, a Canadian has won MLS MVP before, but it’s still a bit of an upset, even though the men’s national team programs are at their closest point in decades.

Breakout Player: Heber, NYCFC

Heber just took this prize ahead of defender Miles Robinson, perhaps the player who got the most out of Frank de Boer replacing Tata Martino in Atlanta.

Coach of the Year: Bob Bradley, LAFC

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Like Vela, Bradley was a near-unanimous first pick for this award, which makes sense considering LAFC won the Supporters’ Shield, broke the league’s points record (72), broke the record for biggest goal difference (+48) and tied one of the marks previously believed unbreakable, the 1998 LA Galaxy’s goals mark (85). Bradley still gets a lot of grief in global soccer for his brief tenure managing Swansea City and in American soccer for the end of his stint running the U.S. Men’s National Team, but unlike a lot of coaches, he’s grown over the past 20 years. If you don’t pay close attention to how LAFC plays and think you know him, think again.

Storyline of the Year: LAFC

The best player and the best team breaking records all over the place made LAFC the top story among voters. Other smaller narratives within that: Vela turning down a chance to return to play for the Mexico national team, seemingly content to live the good life in LA, Zlatan negging on Vela every chance he had, and Bradley successfully pulling off the strategy of playing no “pure” holding midfielder in Year 2, instead making all midfielders play a full two-way game, something that had been unheard of in MLS.

2019 Best XI

F: Josef Martinez (Atlanta United) F: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (LA Galaxy) F: Carlos Vela (LAFC) M: Maxi Moralez (NYCFC) M: Eduard Atuesta (LAFC) M: Mark-Anthony Kaye (LAFC) M: Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC) D: Ike Opara (Minnesota United) D: Miles Robinson (Atlanta United) D: Ryan Hollingshead (FC Dallas) GK: Bill Hamid (D.C. United)

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Boehm: Zack Steffen’s got the mojo; now can he keep it?

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Sometimes it’s not merely a question of how well you perform, but where and when – and who’s watching.

At age 23, just two years into his life as a starting professional goalkeeper, Zack Steffen has already made quite a name for himself. Thanks to two straight years of shootout heroics for Columbus Crew SC in the Knockout Round of the playoffs, he’s gained a reputation as a penalty-kick specialist (and rightly so, as opponents have only scored 4 of 11 against him all-time).

On top of that, a few miracle-level saves in big games – let’s start with that daylight robbery of Bradley Wright-Phillips last weekend – have added further clutch credentials, as does his obvious centrality to a Columbus squad that’s making a habit of upending expectations at this time of year.

Add in his status as the presumed frontrunner in the race to become the US national team’s next starting ‘keeper, sprinkle a bit of the hype that naturally gravitates towards talented North Americans of his age and potential, and you have the perfect recipe for an MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award – data be damned…

Players 🤦‍♂️ (along with a lot of other voters). Goalkeeper stats aren’t great but here are a couple.

Save percentage from shots inside the box (league rank)

Steffen: 54.29% (20) Robles: 68.29% (1) Frei: 66.67% (3) Melia: 67.05% (2)

— Ben Baer (@BenBaer89) November 6, 2018

Goals against-expected goals against (league rank)

Steffen: 1.64 (16) Robles: -5.79 (3) Frei: -12.96 (1) Melia: -4.88 (5)

Minus is good meaning they allowed fewer goals than they would be expected to.

— Ben Baer (@BenBaer89) November 6, 2018

Congrats to Steffen! But these numbers confirm my eye test throughout the season. He shouldn’t have sniffed this award.https://t.co/2Hqf8U7fWj

— Ben Baer (@BenBaer89) November 6, 2018

I’ve learned that few modern soccer topics inflame and polarize opinions like quantitative analytics. So odds are pretty good that you’re either nodding vigorously or shaking your head dismissively at this thread from my colleague Ben Baer, MLSsoccer.com’s top quant, as he explains why so many were surprised by this year’s GKOTY winner. Yet that’s part of the deal here: Steffen won the eye test for a lot of voters, especially his fellow players, and that’s hard for others to overcome.

Whether you think Steffen was the most deserving candidate or not (full disclosure, my ballot had Stefan Frei and Luis Robles on it), this prize further underlines just what a child of destiny the charismatic Pennsylvanian has become.

By seizing the spotlight when it’s shining the brightest around these parts – national-television occasions like last year’s packed playoff game in Atlanta, this year’s narrative-busting defeat of Wayne Rooney’s D.C. United, the MLS All-Star Game, and really any occasion involving the USMNT, particularly a result like the 1-1 draw with France in June – Steffen has built a strong case for American Soccer’s Goalkeeper of the Future™. And that’s something he’s going to wear on his sleeve for the foreseeable future, mostly for better but possibly for worse.

You know what I mean: ‘Keeper is one of the few areas where the United States has reliably produced top-shelf talent over the decades, building a long, proud legacy of game-changing shotstoppers from Tony Meola to Kasey Keller to Brad Friedel to Tim Howard, to name just a few. So even casual fans tend to get pretty interested, and opinionated, when it comes to the next to step up and claim that lineage.

Brad Guzan has enormous experience and is trusted by the US coaching staff, but is moving into the back end of the typical career bell curve. Bill Hamid is a commanding presence with a verve for jaw-dropping reaction saves, though snakebit by poorly-timed injuries when it comes to the national team. Ethan Horvath presents superb technique and lives in a fiercely competitive European big-club environment, albeit a bit further from stateside audiences than most. Alex Bono’s prospects have risen and fallen with the feast-to-famine fortunes of his club team, Toronto FC.

So right now, Steffen is in pole position. He’s made a compelling case, and done his best work when the most eyes are on him. His underlying numbers in the daily grind of league play point to the gaps in his game, however, and should remind us that he’s still something of a kid in the elongated, psychologically-demanding lifespan of GKs. Can he take the next step forward, both this month and over the next two to three years?

Sunday’s second-leg Eastern Conference Semifinal clash with the New York Red Bulls (7:30 pm ET | FS1, TSN2, TVAS) is Steffen’s latest chance to both play the star and build his resume. Crew SC will almost certainly have to hop on his shoulders and ride his form in tough moments if they are to protect their aggregate advantage and advance, and that fact will probably apply throughout their postseason run.

These playoffs are tailor-made for clutch performers like him. And now that he’s shown himself to be a big-game hunter, he’s going to have to keep it up.

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Mistakes by Hamid, Miazga help Ireland beat US 2-1

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Mistakes by Hamid, Miazga help Ireland beat US 2-1

Facing far better opposition than earlier in the week, a young U.S. soccer team revealed its inexperience.

Goalkeeper Bill Hamid’s mistake led to Graham Burke’s tying goal in the 57th minute, Alan Judge scored after Matt Miazga’s defensive lapse in the 90th and Ireland remained unbeaten at home against the United States with a 2-1 win at Dublin on Saturday night in an exhibition between nations that failed to qualify for the World Cup.

“We conceded two goals that we shouldn’t be conceding, and we got to learn from it,” Miazga said.

Bobby Wood put the U.S. ahead in first-half stoppage time, but the Americans lost for the first time since a 2-1 defeat at Trinidad and Tobago last October ended their streak of seven straight World Cup appearances. Coach Bruce Arena quit after that match and was replaced on an interim basis by Dave Sarachan, who led the U.S. to two wins and two draws, including a 3-0 home win Monday over a Bolivian team that started just one regular. Sarachan gave three more players debuts against the Irish, raising the total to 18 in five matches.

“For our young guys tonight, this is what these games are all about, knowing how to manage a game like this on away soil,” Sarachan said.

Wood, among the few veterans of the loss in Trinidad, scored 34 seconds into first-half injury time. Wil Trapp took a free kick from about 40 yards and Matt Miazga, just inside the penalty area, headed the ball into the 6-yard box. Wood split defenders James McClean and Jeff Hendrick, stuck out his right foot about 4 yards from the goal line and poked the ball past goalkeeper Colin Doyle for his 12th goal in 38 international appearances.

“I kind of just read where the ball was going,” Wood said.

Ireland ended a three-game losing streak and improved to 6-0 at home against the U.S., which plays France, among the World Cup favorites, at Lyon next Saturday in what may be the Americans’ final match before a permanent coach is hired.

“We’re all young kids that are hungry for a chance and we just want to prove that we can really compete with these guys,” said 18-year-old Josh Sargent, who entered in the 70th minute in his second international appearance.

Before a loud crowd of 32,300, the Irish tied the score after a short corner by Hendrick. The ball was lofted to the far post, and Hamid came off his line only to run into midfielder Weston McKennie.

Kevin Long headed the ball to the 6 where Darragh Lenihan, making his Ireland debut, took a touch off his chest to settle and then sent a shot on goal. Burke, who made his international debut in Monday’s 2-0 loss at France, deflected the ball at the goal line and ended a 386-minute scoreless streak for the U.S. dating to a November exhibition at Portugal.

Judge, a second-half sub, scored his first goal in four international appearances from short range. Declan Rice made in a throw-in to Seamus Coleman and received the ball back. He centered to McClean, who cut past Miazga and allowed Judge to run onto the ball and kick it into the roof of the goal from 7 yards.

Hamid, playing his sixth international match, also was in goal for the Americans’ previous game in Ireland, a 4-1 defeat in November 2014.

Sarachan’s latest debutants were defender Tim Parker entered in the 61st minute, defender Shaq Moore, who came on in the 70th, and midfielder Luca de la Torre, who entered in the 77th.

“We need to just learn how to just manage games better,” Moore said. “A good eye-opening experience for all of us.”

Both teams wore rainbow numbers as part of a celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month.

John O’Shea started for Ireland in what he said was his international farewell. The 37-year-old defender, who came out in the 35th minute, made his 118th appearance, third on Ireland’s career list behind Robbie Keane (146) and Shay Given (134).

“I think tonight we realized that it’s 90 minutes,” U.S. captain Wil Trapp said. “It’s all about just continuing to compete, and I thought we lost that, especially in the last 10, 15 minutes.”

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Opara, Polster, Steffen make US debuts in 0-0 tie vs Bosnia

CARSON, Calif. /January 28, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) — Defenders Ike Opara and Matt Polster made their U.S. national team debuts along with goalkeeper Zack Steffen as the Americans played a listless 0-0 tie in an exhibition against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Sunday night.

Haris Medunjanin sent a penalty kick off Steffen’s right post in the 53rd minute as the goalkeeper dove the other way, a kick awarded when Walker Zimmerman fouled Luka Menalo just inside the penalty area.

The Americans played their second game since they failed to qualify for this year’s World Cup and they used an inexperienced roster. Interim coach Dave Sarachan ran the team for the second straight match following the resignation of Bruce Arena, who quit after the Americans’ streak of seven straight World Cup appearances ended with a 2-1 loss at Trinidad and Tobago in October.

Opara, a starter at the 2009 Under-20 World Cup, made his debut at age 28 in central defense after earning Major League Soccer’s defender of the year honor in 2017. Polster started at right back, and Steffen replaced Bill Hamid at the start of the second half.

Midfielder Wil Trapp captained the U.S. for the first time in just his third appearance and first start.

With the match not on a FIFA international date, both teams were missing many top players. The U.S. also elected to bypass most veterans who are in MLS and instead relied on an inexperienced group at the end of its January camp. Nine American starters had made four or fewer appearances, with Jordan Morris and Gyasi Zardes the only national team veterans.

The Americans’ best scoring chance in the first half came when C.J. Sapong forced Ibrahim Sehic to make a one-handed punch in the seventh minute. Morris and Cristian Roldan each put shots wide early in the second half.

Bosnia also failed to qualify for the World Cup, and Robert Prosinecki coached for the first time since replacing Mehmed Bazdarevic. Prosinecki, a former Yugoslavia and Croatia star, gave six players their debuts in the starting lineup. Nebraska Omaha sophomore forward Elvir Ibisevic played in the second half. He is a cousin of Bosnia forward Vedad Ibisevic and a former member of the U.S. Under-17 team.

This was the last men’s national team match of Sunil Gulati’s 12-year-reign as U.S. Soccer Federation president. Eight candidates are running to succeed him, and the search for a new coach has been put off until after the vote on Feb. 10.

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thecounter333 · 7 years ago

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The Final Touch 15

Back at it with a quick one for the Gold Cup guys. You know, it’s been a boring one for me and I can’t really explain why, but I can though. What has it been for you? Is it the lack of class? Is it that the groups are just not evenly matched? I want to venture around the skill of the winners of the groups so far: What makes them different from their foes? How’d they make it to the knockout stage, did these teams show their natural style of play or did they just get lucky? Whistle has blown, let’s get started… Let’s start with the boys from the USA. I have to be honest, they were terrible the entire tournament so far. I understand the idea of bringing in new talent, everyone deserves a chance. But this team did not meld the way I, and I’m sure other fans would like to have seen them meld. Usually I would point people out but I won’t do that. There were players that I really did enjoy their performances, like Kelyn Rowe, Dom Dwyer, and Bill Hamid. These three for me showed up, for the first time, were able to really allow us to argue on why they deserve at least an opportunity at a spot. Now, there were others that did well. But when you’re beating teams like Martinique by a point, that’s a damn shame. I don’t care if their team has pace, adjust and figure it out. Knockout stage starts tonight for the boys; we’ll see what happens with a nothing-to- lose El Salvadorian team that seems to be surprising people. I know this, I did not see them tying Jamaica. They did and that’s what has ultimately kept them around. In a very tough group, Salvador managed to make it. It’ll be a task for them but I don’t imagine they won’t give USA a fight. I have a feeling they will be conservative about their movement but will look to find the right window. It will be a good game either way. On to Mexico, these guys have proven time and time again why they are dominant in this region, nationally and domestically. With light reinforcements there is a possibility of an early exit. This Mexican team is kind of soft. I really don’t know if I’ve seen them take it to the next level in this tournament. They are a powerhouse, internationally even and they have not advertise this as of yet. Their Manager, Juan Carlos Osorio’s antics have taken the concentration off of the team’s strength and in another strange direction. I’ve never seen them, at least in my time, this distracted. Luckily, they will be going up against a tired Honduras team. Honduras just has a lot to figure out in the next few years. They’ve lost a lot of talent. They made it through really on technicalities. I don’t have much to say about them really. They are going to have a long day on Thursday. Jamaica, da reggae boys, really started out strong but kind of ended weak. The amount of creativity on the team could really propel them to another level. Somehow, they just never seem to get it right. Their link of play the first two games was something different than what I’m used to seeing from them. If they can reassemble the, ball to foot method/ hold up the ball style of play they might be on to something. Darren Mattocks is playing really good soccer for the Green and Gold, a few weird moments but still good. He will have to be leader in front of the goal. They will face a team that I believe can match them in class, Canada. Canada looks just as different with a speedy winger in the form of Alphonso Davies. I think they’ve found a real star in him. He’ll have his hands full with a very quick back line. If the Canadians figure it out it should be a very good game to watch. Last but not least, the game of the tournament in my opinion, Costa Rica vs. Panama. These two teams have taken over the tournament with a bang. Panama has looked hungry in every group stage match. Every Panamanian has to be very excited about what is going on with this team. From the beginning of the tournament Panama’s brotherhood like play, having each other’s back, has really been fun to watch. I wouldn’t be surprised if they make it to the final. Costa Rica on the other hand is handy on the fly, they can adjust too well. Their weakness may be in the middle but they make up for it on the wing. Rodney Wallace has continued to amaze me. Costa Rica can catch teams in a bad spot and exploit that. This game will be the game of the tournament. This was a quick one for a kind of unsuccessful tournament. I know that’s harsh but hopefully we’ll see the sparks fly in the knockout round. Thanks for reading you guys and like always, don’t hate, play soccer. Please feel free to let me know what you think. I love soccer and look forward to hearing what’s on the minds of the North American/ Central American/ Caribbean state football fanatics, but more MLS and USA MNT & WNT. ;) Have a good one! -Just another soccer lover

#gold cup 2017 #mls #tothefinal

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Young American trio at heart of DC United late-season playoff push

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August 30, 20182:58PM EDT

WASHINGTON — Paul Arriola, Russell Canouse and Bill Hamid agree the best way to gain US national team consideration is to find the club that pushes you to your highest level.

For each of them, that currently means a role as one of the key pieces to D.C. United’s late-season playoff push.

While all three have tested themselves in foreign leagues, their respective moves to MLS – or back to MLS, in Hamid’s case – were made with international play in mind.

With a series of high-profile fall international friendly matches upcoming for the USMNT – against Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, England, and Italy – each of them is hoping to find themselves back in the fold.

And amid the continuing fallout from the Americans’ failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which has brought about intense discussions over the best approach to player development, their stories show there is no carte blanche answer.

“It’s all situational,” says Canouse, a 23-year-old holding midfielder who came to D.C. a year ago after more than half a decade working up through Bundesliga side TSG Hoffenheim’s academy. “And you just have to go with your gut and weigh the pros and cons on how you can become the best player.”

From a guy to the guy

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Like Canouse, Arriola came to D.C. at the end of the 2017 MLS Secondary Transfer Window from abroad. Unlike Canouse, Hamid and the vast majority of American players, the versatile 23-year-old midfielder arrived after playing for a club that is virtually in his own backyard.

A San Diego area native, Arriola could live at home while crossing the border to play for Liga MX’s Xolos de Tijuana, where he made his debut at age 18 and made more than 100 first-team appearances.

That consistency led to regular US call-ups over the past year and a half, where he experienced the high of winning the 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup and the low of the Americans’ World Cup elimination defeat at Trinidad and Tobago.

It also led to a slightly more advanced midfield role than at Tijuana, who often utilized him as an outside wingback.

The chance to prove his worth offensively as D.C.’s only Designated Player signing at the time made moving attractive.

“It didn’t matter to me whether, when I came, this was a playoff-type team,” Arriola said. “It was more, ‘How am I going to fit in with this team? And how can I help the team raise the level as well as how can they help me raise my own level and continue to grow as a player?’”

Arriola required time to settle in, posting only two assists in 2017 and not scoring his first MLS goal until the emotional finale at RFK Stadium in October.

This season, he began to find more of a rhythm after suggesting a move to more of a box-to-box role, and has flourished since star forward Wayne Rooney’s summer arrive. He believes his four goals and eight assists this season are a step forward for his international credentials.

“The constant talk with Bruce [Arena] when he was in charge, with Dave [Sarachan] and Richie Williams and all those guys was finishing off plays,” Arriola says. “I don’t think their worry is, ‘Can he play out wide or what position is he?’ Their thing has always been, ‘You get down the line, you do really well to beat your man, but now your cross, can you find someone to finish a play or can you finish a play yourself after you get in behind?’ And this year I think I’ve done a great job. I’m very proud of myself, I’m very confident.”

A simpler equation

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For Canouse and Hamid, their moves were simpler decisions based on playing time. Hamid may even end up back in Europe after his year-and-a-half loan from Danish side FC Midtjylland expires following the 2019 season.

But in the all-or-nothing world of getting into the side as a goalkeeper, Hamid played only three first-team games since departing D.C. at the end of the 2017 MLS campaign.

“For a player with the aspirations of being regularly a part of the national team, and with the expectation of being a national team player, you have to play regularly,” the 27-year-old explained upon his return to D.C. early this month.

Canouse received only one first-team appearance with Hoffenheim, but featured regularly in the 2. Bundesliga on loan with VfL Bochum in the 2016-17 season.

“I obviously went through the whole system at Hoffenheim, made my debut with them, which was unbelievable,” Canouse said. “That’s what I obviously worked toward my whole youth career. It didn’t turn out to be more. I wanted it to be more. I thought I deserved a second opportunity that I didn’t get, and it’s a very fine line.”

No pressure? Please

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If anything, D.C.’s young American trio is embracing the club at a time when it is challenging the notion that playing for the Black-and-Red means playing under the radar.

Rooney’s arrival has brought a global focus to the club and the opening of Audi Field has boosted the team’s local profile as well.

Hamid, in particular, also faces the specter of performing in his home city and as the one of the club’s most recognizable faces behind Rooney and coach Ben Olsen.

“I had to give away 30 tickets for the game this past weekend,” Hamid said after D.C.’s 2-0 win over New England on Aug. 19. “It’s only going to grow, which is not going to be easy to deal with. But it’s actually very exciting to have so many people that want to come and support the club and help us represent this city.”

While Arriola says the atmosphere around Liga MX remains more intense than in MLS, he also says he’s faced more scrutiny personally in Washington than in Tijuana, as the banner 2017 summer signing for a club that needed hope.

“In the beginning it was obviously tough,” Arriola said. “There was pressure on me, which is fine. I like that. I talked about that the first day I got here. Pressure, it means you have to raise your level.”

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Galaxy win shorthanded after Zlatan red

Though left shorthanded by an impetuous Zlatan Ibrahimovic slap, the LA Galaxy snap a four-game slide by gutting out a 1-0 win at Montreal on Monday night. While Ola Kamara ran his goal streak to four games with a fine late winner, the Instant Analysis had to ask the obvious: What was Zlatan thinking? WATCH VIDEO | RECAP

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New York Red Bulls head coach Jesse Marsch has hailed center back pairing Aaron Long and Tim Parker as the best tandem in MLS, and several of their teammates seem to agree with the boss. READ MORE

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Warshaw: What’s going on in Colorado?

After repeated struggles in Colorado through the decade, Bobby Warshaw says the Rapids will need a consistent club plan if they want to turn things around. READ MORE

Kevin Alvarez claiming MLS offers

Olimpia’s young Honduras right back Kevin Alvarez says he’s weighing transfer offers [in Spanish—ed.] from clubs in MLS and Denmark. The 21-year-old worked all 180 minutes in his club’s Concacaf Champions League ouster against the Red Bulls earlier this year. READ MORE

Scotland rings up Rapids pair

With injuries hitting his latest selection, Scotland manager Alex McLeish is handing emergency call-ups to the Colorado duo of winger Sam Nicholson and defender Danny Wilson ahead of friendlies with Peru and Mexico. READ MORE

American exports: Miazga hits, Hamid a champ

Matt Miazga helped loan employers Vitesse clinch a Europa League berth by scoring the opener in their playoff final clinching win at FC Utrecht. The US defender finished the term with a career-high four goals. WATCH VIDEO

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CHICAGO (AP) — With no World Cup to prepare for, the United States announced a roster devoid of the veterans who failed to qualify for this year’s tournament and filled with youth who could take the field 4½ years from now in Qatar.

Midfielder Julian Green returns to the U.S. national team for the first time in two years, joining star midfielder Christian Pulisic in the group picked for the May 28 exhibition against Bolivia at Chester, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia.

Josh Sargent, an 18-year-old forward who moved to Germany’s Werder Bremen this year but has yet to play for the club, is among seven players on the 22-man roster announced Sunday who could make their national team debuts. He is joined by goalkeeper Alex Bono, midfielder Alejandro Guido and defenders Matthew Olosunde, Erik Palmer-Brown, Keaton Parks and Antonee Robinson.

Guido, Olosunde and Parks will be attending a national team camp for the first time.

“The theme is to offer opportunity to this younger generation of talented players that have potential down the road with the program,” interim coach Dave Sarachan said.

Pulisic and left back Jorge Villafana are the only players who were in the lineup for the 2-1 loss at Trinidad and Tobago last October that ended the Americans’ streak of seven straight World Cup appearances. The match will be a homecoming for the 19-year-old Pulisic, who is from Hershey, Pennsylvania, which is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) west of Chester, and already is the top player in the U.S. pool.

Green is the only World Cup veteran. Now 22, he scored against Belgium in the second round of the 2014 tournament but never got into a Bundesliga match with Bayern Munich during the following two seasons. He transferred to second-division Stuttgart in January 2017 and spent the past season on loan to another second-tier team, Greuther Fuerth.

Two players return after making their debuts in the 1-0 win over Paraguay in March: midfielder Tim Weah and forward Andrija Novakovich. The 18-year-old Weah, the son of 1995 FIFA Player of the Year and current Liberia President George Weah, made his first start for Paris Saint-Germain in Saturday’s season-ending match against Caen.

Weston McKennie, a 19-year-old midfielder who scored in his debut at Portugal in November, played in 22 Bundesliga matches this season for second-place Schalke.

A pair of players viewed as the possible starting central defenders for the next World Cup cycle also are included: Cameron Carter-Vickers and Matt Miazga. Carter-Vickers, a son of former NBA player Howard Carter, spent the season on loan from Tottenham to second-tier Sheffield United and Ipswich, and he signed a contract with Spurs last week that runs an additional year to 2021. Miazga spent the last two seasons on loan from Chelsea to Vitesse in the Netherlands.

The average age of players on the roster is 22 years, 286 days as of Sunday, and 15 players are 22 or younger. Pulisic, Villafana, defender Eric Lichaj and midfielder Joe Corona are the only players with extensive national team experience. Villafana and Lichaj are the only players born before 1990.

Sarachan has given debuts to nine players in three matches since Bruce Arena quit following the loss at Trinidad. Sarachan intends to change the roster and add more players from Major League Soccer for matches at Ireland on June 2 and at France on June 9.

The U.S. Soccer Federation has not said when it will hire a new coach. The Americans do not have a competitive match until the CONCACAF Gold Cup in June 2019. The roster:

Goalkeepers: Alex Bono (Toronto), Bill Hamid (Midtjylland, Denmark), Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge, Belgium)

Defenders: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Ipswich, England), Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest, England), Matt Miazga (Vitesse, Netherlands), Matthew Olosunde (Manchester United, England), Erik Palmer-Brown (Kortrijk, Belgium), Keaton Parks (Benfica, Portugal), Antonee Robinson (Bolton, England), Jorge Villafana (Santos Laguna, Mexico), Walker Zimmerman (LA)

Midfielders: Joe Corona (Club America, Mexico), Lynden Gooch (Sunderland, England), Julian Green (Greuther Fuerth, Germany), Alejandro Guido (Tijuana, Mexico), Weston McKennie (Schalke, Germany), Christian Pulisic (Dortmund, Germany), Tim Weah (Paris Saint-Germain, France)

Forwards: Andrija Novakovich (Telstar, Netherlands), Rubio Rubin (Tijuana, Mexico), Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen, Germany)

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MLS Exports: Tim Ream, Jorge Villafana each riding 4-game winning streaks

March 20, 201810:59AM EDT

It’s time again for a monthly check-up on all the players scattered around the globe who got their start in Major League Soccer or a club academy.

The injury bug has bitten a few alums, and a few others are being linked with moves, but nothing has stopped Tim Ream and Jorge Villafana from helping their respective clubs climb the table with hot streaks.

England

Geoff Cameron HOU: 2008-12

The Stoke City handyman had come back from a knock to start three straight Premier League tilts in defensive midfield, but the relegation fighters managed only two points despite solid efforts at the back. Cameron was then dropped for the weekend home loss to Everton. Though now winless in seven, the Potters are still just three points shy of the safety zone with seven to play.

DeAndre Yedlin SEA: 2013-14

The US right back went all 90 minutes in each of Newcastle’s EPL games since our last update. The Magpies bagged just a point from road games at Bournemouth and Liverpool, but rebounded for a shutout win over Southampton to stand four points clear of the trap door with a game in hand on four teams below them after the latest round.

Emerson Hyndman DAL Academy

The season of discontent continues unabated for Hyndman, who hasn’t gotten a Bournemouth game since January and hasn’t dressed for one of their Premier League matches since Boxing Day.

Tim Ream shows his appreciateion to the Fulham supporters. | Reuters/Tony O’Brien

Tim Ream RBNY: 2010-11

The center back has worked every Fulham minute since the last update. Their four-game win streak (as well as a 556-minute Craven Cottage shutout string) ended with Saturday’s 2-2 draw against QPR. However, the promotion hunters did run their unbeaten streak to 16 games (12-0-4). Ream has helped the Cottagers reach third place, where they’re now within seven points of the second promotion spot.

Matthew Olosunde RBNY Academy

After being removed at halftime of a Premier League International Cup defeat to Villarreal with a hamstring knock in late February, the Manchester United reserves defender sat out a pair of league matches. What’s more, rumors recently cropped up suggesting he could be loaned back to the Red Bulls for a spell.

Germany

Weston McKennie DAL Academy

The Schalke midfield apprentice returned from a knee knock with a 10-minute sub outing in a win over Hertha Berlin two rounds ago, and then last weekend went the full 90 as the Miners posted their fourth straight victory by shutting out Mainz away. They won again at Wolfsburg on Saturday, but the USMNT hotshot missed out with a muscle problem. Nevertheless, the hot streak has Schalke back up to second place in the Bundesliga table.

Carlos Salcedo RSL: 2013-14

Both the Mexico defender and loan employers Eintracht Frankfurt have seen their form hit turbulence in recent rounds. Salcedo missed consecutive games for tactical reasons before returning to the line-up for last Sunday’s loss at Borussia Dortmund. This past round, he wasn’t even dressed for a 3-0 cruise past Mainz that pushed Eintracht back up to the final Champions League slot.

Mexico

Omar Gonzalez LA: 2009-15

Since starting a Copa MX loss at San Luis to end February, Gonzalez has been out of the Pachuca 18. A few weeks ago, the Mexican edition of AS reported that Gonzalez was looking for an escape route and that one viable option is an MLS return.

Rogelio Funes Mori DAL Academy

The Monterrey hit man scored in his first two Liga MX outings this month, and has four goals in their last eight league games despite coming up empty in Sunday’s win over Queretaro. The club will need more of his goals down the stretch, as they’re only two points above the playoff line in sixth.

Landon Donovan SJ: 2001-04 LAG: 2005-14, 2016

Since we last checked in, Donovan has made three more sub appearances in league play and his second in Copa MX action. The former USMNT star converted his spot kick in their March 7 quarterfinal duel with Zacatepec, but Leon lost the shootout to fall out of the running.

Kekuta Manneh VAN 2013-17

Early this month, Manneh made his league debut for Pachuca with a cameo in their loss at Toluca. He also ran his total of Copa MX starts up to five before Los Tuzos bowed out to upstarts Zacatepec in the quarters earlier this month.

Happy to made my Liga MX debut tonight. Not the result we wanted but we get ready for next one.

— Kekuta Manneh (@kekuta16) March 4, 2018

Rafael Baca SJ: 2011-14

It’s been a strong season for Baca, despite Cruz Azul’s struggles. The defensive midfielder, who is averaging more than 17 recoveries per 90 minutes played, helped La Maquina rout Pachuca 5-0 last weekend for their first “W” in nine. They followed with Sunday’s home draw against Pumas, a result that did no favor to slim Liguilla hopes.

Jorge Villafaña CHV: 2007-13 POR: 2014-15

The US left back made his 10th straight start as Santos Laguna held firm in the Liga MX penthouse with a 2-1 victory at Necaxa. Los Verdiblancos have won four straight in league play and are also through to the Copa MX semifinals (without any input from Villafana, thus far).

Lalo Fernandez RSL: 2012-17

The netminder, who has yet to make his debut in Mexico, still gets a great seat for every Tigres match.

Marco Bustos VAN: 2013-present

On the last day of February, the Canada midfielder notched his first Zacatepec goal with the second half 1-0 winner in Copa MX group stage closer against Murcielagos. They’ve since taken both Pachuca and Leon out on penalties, setting up an April 3 semifinal at Toluca. This past weekend, Bustos made his first start for the loan employers, but was pulled at halftime of their 2-1 loss at Universidad Guadalajara.

Spain

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Ballou Tabla MTL academy

The Montreal product’s Barcelona B playing time is on a steady rise. Tabla worked his longest outing yet in a 70-minute start last weekend, earning the spot kick for the opener in a 2-2 Segunda Division draw against Numancia. Though he often worked left wing in Montreal, the Catalans have mostly been using him wide right.

Netherlands

Matt Miazga NY: 2013-15

The first half of March has been a roller coaster of emotions for Vitesse and its backline marshal. Miazga helped them earn a 3-2 victory over Ajax two rounds ago, but they followed that act by taking a 5-1 beating at FC Utrecht last weekend and settling for a scoreless home draw with Heracles on Saturday. The Gelredome crew still look in good shape for the Europa League playoffs, but have won just one of five.

Shane O’Neill COL: 2012-15

One day after the last update, O’Neill finally made his Eredivisie debut for Excelsior by coming on very late to help close out a 1-0 victory at Heerenveen. The former Rapids man has watched all three games since from the pine. Despite Friday’s late collapse loss to ADO DenHaag (thanks to a brace from American-born Norway striker Bjorn Maars Johnsen), the Rotterdam mites are within five points of a Europa League playoff berth.

Belgium

Andy Najar DC: 2010-12

The shifty right-sider may just get his wish to get back in the game for Anderlecht in time to take part in Belgium’s championship playoffs. Out since undergoing hamstring surgery last fall, Najar returned to training last week to help Anderlecht prepare to begin the postseason against Gent on April 1.

Erik Palmer-Brown SKC: 2009-17

The young center back made his loan debut for Kortrijk two weekends back, working all 90 minutes of a 2-1 loss away to league leaders Club Brugge. This past weekend, Palmer-Brown was back on the bench as they fell two points shy of making the Jupiler League championship playoffs despite a 2-0 closing day win over Charleroi. The Guys will begin the Europa League playoff round by hosting Waasland-Beveren a week from Saturday.

Denmark

Bill Hamid DC: 2009-17

The US netminder is simply waiting his turn behind Jesper Hansen, who had backstopped FC Midtjylland to eight straight Superliga wins until a tough 1-0 home defeat to Brondby dipped them to second in the table on goal differential three weeks ago. Hamid has since posted his second reserve team shutout and will hope to get the start when the Wolves visit Emmanuel Sabbi’s Hobro for a DBU Pokalenquarterfinal tangle on April 4.

Guatemala

Moises Hernandez DAL: 2011-16

It’s business as usual for the Comunicaciones left back, who worked every game as they alternated wins and losses for the last month. Hernandez and his teammates scored a big win last Sunday, knocking Apertura champs Antigua off the summit with a tense 2-1 road decision.

Israel

Aaron Schoenfeld CLB: 2012-15

The embattled Maccabi Tel Aviv striker did grab his first league start in a couple of months on February 24, and helped set up the capper in a 4-0 rout of Hapoel Haifa. Schoenfeld again got the nod for a scoreless draw at Ashdod the following week, but was an unused sub as the 21-time champs opened the Ligat Ha’al championship playoff round with a 2-1 home defeat against Hapoel Haifa.

Norway

Sam Adekugbe VAN: 2013-17

The Canada left back celebrated his Valerenga debut by going the distance in a 1-0 triumph over Elitesrien opening day hosts Kristiansund BK a week ago Sunday. This past weekend, Adekugbe and Co. moved into second place with a 2-1 home win over Odds BK.

Romania

Anatole Abang RBNY: 2015-16

The striker has been in and out of the Astra Giurgiu line-up in recent weeks, and didn’t see the field in their championship playoff round opening loss to Universitatea Craiova last weekend. He’s without a goal in his last 319 minutes of play.

Scotland

Andy Rose SEA: 2012-15

The midfielder’s playing time is suddenly being divided at Motherwell. Rose had come on as a sub in two of their three contests before Sunday’s draw with SPL leaders Celtic, which Rose missed with a knee knock.

Sweden

Romain Gall CLB: 2014-15

The former US Under-20 ace made it two goals from his first two appearances of the campaign by striking the late winner against Svenska Cupen group stage guests Varnamo near the end of last month. Gall and his Sundsvall teammates are now getting amped up for their April 2 Allsvenskan opener against compatriot Brendan Hines-Ike and Orebro.

Turkey

Fabian Castillo DAL: 2011-16

The season has gone completely sour for the Trabzonspor winger since our last check. First, Castillo suffered an ankle fracture that should sideline him for the rest of the campaign. Then, as he started recovery, reports broke that the Colombia international had handed in a transfer request.

Cyle Larin DAL: 2015-17

The Canada striker made the sub’s bench for the fourth straight Super Lig round in Sunday’s 1-0 derby loss at Istanbul Basaksehir. The result dropped the Black Eagles to third, four points off the title pace of another local rival, Galatasaray.

Poland

Brian Iloski LA academy

Less than a month after signing with Legia Warsaw, Iloski enjoyed an Ekstraklasa debut for the league leaders. The attacker made a brief cameo at the end of their 3-1 victory at Lechia Gdansk on March 11.

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February 23, 20181:48PM EST

It’s time again for a monthly check-up on all the players scattered around the globe who got their start in Major League Soccer or a club academy, a group still needing several doses of health.

Injuries have slowed the likes of Geoff Cameron, Omar Gonzalez and Weston McKennie in recent weeks, but some guy named Landon Donovan did enjoy a winning Leon debut south of the border.

England

Geoff Cameron HOU: 2008-12

Due to some hamstring troubles, the US national team veteran has been in and out of action for the last few weeks. However, the real news here came from the local Sentinel, which reported that Stoke City rejected late transfer window offers from Crystal Palace (twice rejected, actually), Newcastle and West Ham United to keep Cameron for their relegation battle.

DeAndre Yedlin SEA: 2013-14

On Saturday, the US right back went the distance as Newcastle logged a big 1-0 triumph over Manchester United. The club’s first win over the Red Devils since 2013 lifted them to 13th place, two points above the Premier League danger line.

Emerson Hyndman DAL Academy

There were rumors that Hyndman could head out on loan in January, including reports of MLS options. The young midfielder remained with Bournemouth, however, and hasn’t played since an FA Cup outing over a month ago.

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Tim Ream RBNY: 2010-11

The veteran defender has spent his time since our last update helping Fulham extend their unbeaten Championship run to 11 games (8-0-3, with but nine goals allowed). Often dinged for his aerial prowess, the Cottagers mainstay has averaged seven clearances per game during their bulletproof streak. The surge has Ream & Co. in possession of a promotion playoff spot with 13 games left on the schedule.

Matthew Olosunde NY Academy

The Red Devils right back prospect is becoming quite the handyman. After taking his last two shifts at left back, Olosunde has now started at four positions for the ManU reserves this term. Unfortunately, the team has not won since October.

Germany

Weston McKennie DAL Academy

Shortly after our last check-in, the Schalke talent was sidelined by a small MCL rupture in his knee that was expected to keep him out for six weeks. McKennie has just resumed running and light workouts on the side, so he looks to be on target for an early March return. The Miners have stumbled a little in his absence, going 2-2-0 since the injury, but still hold the Bundesliga’s last Europa League slot.

Carlos Salcedo RSL: 2013-14

These are exciting times for the Mexico center back and loan employers Eintracht Frankfurt. The Eagles (who did make one European Cup appearance, finishing as runners up back in 1960) are hunting for their first ever UEFA Champions League invite. Salcedo has locked down a starting role in the Bundesliga’s second-stingiest defense, which has helped key a 5-1-2 run up to third place.

Mexico

Omar Gonzalez LA: 2009-15

The Pachuca center back returned from several weeks on the shelf to work the full 90 in Wednesday’s 1-0 Copa MX blanking of second-flight Celaya.

Rogelio Funes Mori DAL Academy

After going a few games without a goal in mid-to-late January, the Monterrey forward has hit twice in the last four matches. The team, however, are winless in three and down to seventh place in the Clausura table.

Landon Donovan SJ: 2001-04 LAG: 2005-14, 2016

The MLS and USMNT legend made his Club Leon debut with a seven-minute cameo in their win over Puebla two weeks ago. Donovan made his Copa MX bow on Tuesday, working the final half-hour as La Fiera moved to the top of their group by routing second-tier Tapachula.

It was great to have @ussoccer legend @landondonovan at @tsmoficial and a real honor to exchange jerseys. Best of luck in Liga MX with @clubleonfc. pic.twitter.com/NLaVJGNCLb

— Jorge Villafana (@JVillafana19) February 15, 2018

Kekuta Manneh VAN: 2013-17 CLB: 2017

While Manneh is still awaiting his league debut, the Pachuca speedster has made three straight starts totalling 220 minutes in their Copa MX games.

Rafael Baca SJ: 2011-14

Times are tough these days for Baca and Cruz Azul, who haven’t won since the defensive midfielder’s blast toppled Chivas nearly six weeks ago. He was booted for drawing a pair of yellow cards three rounds ago at Atlas, who found a winner moments after he left, and was pulled at the break in last weekend’s Puebla draw.

Jorge Villafaña CHV: 2007-13 POR: 2014-15

The US defender is back in the good graces at Santos Laguna. Villafaña has gotten the left back call in every game of a 3-1-2 run that has the team two points off the top.

Lalo Fernandez RSL: 2012-17

The No. 2 netminder for mighty Tigres is still working toward his first taste of action in Mexico.

Marco Bustos VAN: 2013-present

The Whitecaps loanee has now made two short sub appearances for an up-and-down Zacatepec side suddenly just one point away from the better half of the second-flight table.

Spain

Ballou Tabla MTL academy

The new arrival has hit the ground running with Barcelona B, where he’s pulled a couple of quick cameo appearances for the second-flight scrappers. On Tuesday, Tabla made a 67-minute start for the Blaugrana‘s Under-19 side in a 1-0 UEFA Youth League win that ousted hosts Paris Saint-Germain from the competition.

Netherlands

Miazga | Reuters/Pascal Rossignol

Matt Miazga NY: 2013-15

It’s been an eventful spell for the normally inked-in Vitesse center back. Upon returning from a yellow-card ban against Heerenveen on January 20, Miazga committed an (ahem) “extracurricular grab” on an opposing forward that drew a fine from the club. He began this month by nodding in the opener in a 2-0 win over Groningen. After helping his loan employers stroll past defending champs Feyenoord on Feb. 11, the US defender missed out on Saturday’s home defeat against Excelsior due to a flu bug.

Shane O’Neill COL: 2012-15

The Excelsior defender returned to the selection from an abdominal injury four weeks ago, but has watched the last six Eredivisie games from the bench. His club are on a decent 3-3-2 run that has them 12 points clear of the drop zone.

Belgium

Andy Najar DC: 2010-12

Though Anderlecht’s Honduras international stressed that he will not rush back from hamstring surgery, he did recently tell homeland paper Diez that he hopes to return in time to make a few appearances late in the season.

Erik Palmer-Brown SKC: 2009-17

The latest American to get a look at the Jupiler League is just beginning a Kortrijk loan from Manchester City. Palmer-Brown made the sub’s bench for the first time this past weekend, but give him time to earn some minutes. His fifth-place side are in the thick of a fight for their first-ever European berth and have posted three league clean sheets in a row.

Denmark

Bill Hamid DC: 2009-17

With Superliga leaders FC Midtjylland enjoying a 12-0-1 run, the new arrival is waiting his turn. You may be wondering: When is the Wolves’ next Danish Cup match, which could certainly offer Hamid a chance to play? That would be Apr. 4, away to Emmanuel Sabbi’s Hobro.

Guatemala

Moises Hernandez DAL: 2011-16

The El Salvador international remains the left back of choice at Comunicaciones, who are off to a roller coaster 3-3-2 start in the Clausura season.

Israel

Aaron Schoenfeld CLB: 2012-15

Though the striker is now fit, minutes are still hard to come by for title chasers Maccabi Tel Aviv, with his last appearance coming in the form of a 22-minute sub shift in a victory over Ligat Ha’Al holders Haoel Beer Sheva on Feb. 4. The club did fall off the summit this past weekend, landing in third after a galling 1-0 home loss to strugglers Hapoel Ra’anana, a result that could shake loose some playing time for Schoenfeld.

Michael Seaton DC: 2013-15 POR: 2015-16

The young Jamaican forward is still chasing his first goal of the term after 847 minutes spread across 15 outings for second-flight middlers Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.

Norway

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Sam Adekugbe VAN: 2013-17

The Valerenga left back is training with his new teammates in sunny Spain ahead of their March 12 Tippeligaen opener.

Romania

Anatole Abang NY: 2015-16

A knock kept the striker out of Astra Giurgiu’s first two games out of the winter break, but he was back in the lineup when they dropped a close one to league leaders Cluj last Saturday.

Scotland

Andy Rose SEA: 2012-15

In part thanks to the former Sounders midfielder, Motherwell have stopped the bleeding since our last update. On January 24, his feed resulted in an insurance own goal as the Fir Park crew beat Ross County to snap an eight-game win drought. Two rounds back, Rose set up the winner against St. Johnstone. He also recently helped the Steelmen advance in the Scottish Cup; with a semifinal place on the line, they’ll host Hearts on March 4.

Sweden

Romain Gall CLB: 2014-15

The Sundsvall winger began the new campaign in fine fashion, as his cool cracker from the top of the box stood up as the 4-2 winner in Saturday’s Svenska Cupen group stage opener against mites Norrby. Dating back to the 2017 season, Gall has three goals in his last seven games.

Turkey

Fabian Castillo DAL: 2011-16

Directly following his recovery from the flu, Castillo sat Trabzonspor’s first three matches coming out of the Super Lig’s winter pause because of knee troubles. He returned with a 33-minute outing on February 10, and got another short shift as the club suffered their first loss in 13 games against second-place Istanbul Basaksehir this past weekend.

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Cyle Larin DAL: 2015-17

While the newly-arrived Besiktas striker did make the bench for a cup win over Genclerbirligi that clinched their semifinal place two weeks ago, he has some catching up to do to make the rotation. Larin is still in preseason form, while the Black Eagles are in the heat of a title race and unbeaten in five league games.

Poland

Brian Iloski LA academy

The 22-year-old midfielder was drafted by Colorado last month, but opted last week to ink a two-year deal to join table-topping Ekstraklasa holders Legia Warsaw.

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