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Revision as of 03:49, 7 July 2014

DeAndre Yedlin
File:DeAndre Yedlin vs New England Croppd.jpg
DeAndre Yedlin in a match against New England Revolution.
Personal information
Full name DeAndre Roselle Yedlin[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-09) July 9, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, United States
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Sounders FC
Number 17
Youth career
2004–2006 Emerald City FC
2006–2008 Northwest Nationals
2008–2010 Crossfire Premier
2010–2011 Seattle Sounders FC
2011–2012 Akron Zips
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Seattle Sounders FC U-23 16 (1)
2013–2014 Seattle Sounders FC 42 (1)
2014- → Seattle Sounders FC (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 United States U20 4 (0)
2014– United States 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01 July 2014

DeAndre Roselle Yedlin (born July 9, 1993) is an association football player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer and the United States national team.

Career

Youth, college and amateur

Yedlin at the U-20 World Cup in Istanbul

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.[2]

On February 8, 2011, Yedlin signed a letter of intent to play college soccer at the University of Akron.[3] In his freshman year, Yedlin started in 20 of his 23 games for the Zips. He scored his first and only collegiate goal on September 28, 2011 in a 3-1 victory over Ohio State.[4] 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 USL Premier Development League and was named to the 2012 All-PDL First XI for his play.[5]

Professional

On January 11, 2013, after two seasons with Akron, Yedlin signed with Seattle Sounders FC as the club's first homegrown player.[2][6][7] He made his debut on March 2 in a 1-0 home defeat to the Montreal Impact.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] Yedlin was ranked 3rd among MLS players under the age of 24 in 2013, according to MLSSoccer.com.[11]

Yedlin scored his first professional league goal in a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids on July 20, 2013.[12]

International

On June 7, 2013, Yedlin was named to the United States under-20 squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[13] Yedlin made his U-20 international debut a week later in a 3-1 victory over Portugal.[14]

On January 3, 2014, Yedlin earned his first call up to the senior men's national team.[15] He made his first appearance with the senior team on February 1, 2014 in a friendly against South Korea. Yedlin was included on Jurgen Klinsmann's final 23-man roster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

He made his World Cup debut against Portugal in the "Group of Death", 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. Yedlin was also subbed into the knockout round game vs Belgium as a side midfielder. Throughout the game, Yedlin did a superb job attacking, despite some defensive errors; he had multiple great crosses in the box, that unfortunately his team couldn't capitalize on. At the age of 20, he is part of the future of the USMNT.[16]

Personal life

Yedlin was born in Seattle, Washington, to a 19 year old teenage mother, Rebecca Yedlin. She decided that he would have a better future if he was brought up in a better enviroment so he was raised by his grandparents, Vicki Walton and Ira Yedlin. As of 2014 Yedlin has never met his father, Larry Rivers Jr. who according to his hair tailor Valentine "looks just like him." Yedlin has a sister Jenea who is two years younger than him. Growing up his best friend was his mother's brother Dylan Walton-Yedlin who was ten when Yedlin was born.[17]

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."[18] He is of Native American, African American, and Latvian, Dominican ancestry.[19][17]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of April 10, 2014.[5]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
USA League U.S. Open Cup League Cup North America Total
2012 Seattle Sounders FC U-23 USL Premier Development League 16 1 — 4 0 — 20 1
2013 Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer 31 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 37 3
2014 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Total USA 52 2 0 0 6 1 4 1 62 4
Career total 52 2 0 0 6 1 4 1 62 4
DeAndre Yedlin in the MLS 2013 All Star game at Sporting Park

Honors

Akron Zips

Seattle Sounders FC U-23

Individual

See also

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 32. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Washington Youth Soccer Alum DeAndre Yedlin Signs Pro Contract With Sounders FC". Washington Youth Soccer. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Six All-Americans Highlight Men's Soccer Signing Class". GoZips.com. University of Akron. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Attendance Record Falls as Zips Blitz Buckeyes, 3-1". GoZips.com. University of Akron. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  5. ^ a b "2012 Seattle Sounders FC U-23 stats". uslsoccer.com. United Soccer Leagues. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  6. ^ "DeAndre Yedlin Signs Homegrown Contract With Seattle Sounders". GoZips.com. University of Akron. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Sounders FC Signs First Homegrown Player". soundersfc.com. Sounders FC Public Relations. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  8. ^ "MLS Match Recap: Montreal Impact 1, Seattle Sounders 0". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  9. ^ "MLS Team of the Week (Week 1)".
  10. ^ a b "All-Star: Tim Cahill, Robbie Keane, DeAndre Yedlin added to gameday roster; Landon Donovan left off". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  11. ^ "24 Under 24: #3 Deandre Yedlin". www.mlssoccer.com. MLSsoccer.com. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  12. ^ "Seattle Sounders 1, Colorado Rapids 1 | MLS Match Recap". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  13. ^ "U-20 MNT Head Coach Tab Ramos Names 21-Player Roster for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey". U.S. Soccer. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  14. ^ "U.S. U-20 MNT Defeats Portugal U-20 Team 3-1 in Final Primer for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup". U.S. Soccer. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  15. ^ Firchau, Nick (3 January 2014). "World Cup: MLS MVP Mike Magee & Landon Donovan headline USMNT's January camp roster". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  16. ^ http://www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4176/united-states/2014/07/01/4930093/the-future-julian-green-deandre-yedlin-impress-in-usa-world
  17. ^ a b Jorge Arangure Jr. (5 July 2014). "Looking for Breakout Star, M.L.S. Pins Hopes on a World Cup Standout". New York Times. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  18. ^ "Getting to Know the U-23's - DeAndre Yedlin". Seattle Sounders FC U-23. 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  19. ^ "PLAY OF SOUNDERS' YEDLIN CATCHING UP TO HIS HAIR". NW Sports Press. 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

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