DeAndre Yedlin
DeAndre Roselle Yedlin (born July 9, 1993) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. Primarily a rightback, Yedlin has also featured as a wingback andwide midfielder. He represented the United States at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
 Yedlin in the 2014 U.S. Open Cup match against Chicago Fire | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | DeAndre Roselle Yedlin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | July 9, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Seattle, Washington, United States | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team
| Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| 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 | 56 | (1) |
| 2015– | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | United States U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014– | United States | 13 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2015 | |||
Career[edit]
Youth, college and amateur[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
On August 13, 2014 it was confirmed that Yedlin had signed a four-year contract with Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League.[14] He will remain 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 9 January 2015.[17]
International Career[edit]
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On June 7, 2013, Yedlin was named to the United States under-20 squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[18] Yedlin made his U-20 international debut a week later in a 3–1 victory over Portugal.[19]
On January 3, 2014, Yedlin earned his first call up to the senior men's national team.[20] 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. In the round of sixteen match against Belgium, Yedlin came on as a substitute for the injured Fabian Johnson.
Personal life[edit]
Yedlin was born in Seattle, Washington and raised by his maternal grandfather, Ira Yedlin, and step-grandmother, Vicki Walton.[21] Yedlin has a sister Jenea who is three years younger than him. Yedlin, however, is very close with his mother, Rebecca.[22]
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."[23] He is of African American, Dominican, and Native American descent, and his mother is Jewish (her family is from Latvia).[22][24][25]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
Statistics accurate as of December 2, 2014.[6]
| 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 | Playoffs | North America | Total | |||||||
| 2012 | Seattle Sounders FC U-23 | 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 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2014–15 | Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | USA | 72 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 4 | |
| England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 72 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 4 | ||
International[edit]
- As of March 26, 2015.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | |||
| 2014 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 0 | |
Honours[edit]
Seattle Sounders FC[edit]
Individual[edit]
- MLS All-Star (2): 2013,[11] 2014[28]
- U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year (1): 2014
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