American Soccer Players in Germany: 2024/25 weekly update
A healthy number of American nationals are currently on the books of soccer teams in Germany, including USMNT duo Joe Scally and Gio Reyna. bundesliga.com tracks their performances, week in, week out...
Club: Borussia Mönchengladbach
Position: Full-back
Age: 22 (Born December 31, 2002)
Bundesliga games this season: 17
Starts: 17
2024/25
Now in his fourth full season with Gladbach, Scally is continuing as Gerardo Seoane's first-choice right-back in 2024/25.
Last matchday
Scally began on the bench for the first time this season - and remained an unused substitute as Gladbach were beaten 3-1 by in-form Bayer Leverkusen on Matchday 18.
Watch: Bundesliga Beyond with Joe Scally
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Position: Attacking midfielder
Age: 22 (born November 13, 2002)
Bundesliga games this season: 9
Starts: 1
Goals: 2
2024/25
Reyna is back at Dortmund after spending the second half of last season on loan at English Premier League outfit Nottingham Forest.
Last matchday
Reyna replaced Julian Ryerson in the 87th minute of Dortmund's Matchday 18 defeat in Frankfurt.
Watch: Reyna's best moments in the Bundesliga
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Club: Union Berlin
Position: Forward
Age: 28 (born April 26, 1996)
Bundesliga games this season: 15
Starts: 7
2024/25
Jordan scored seven goals in 27 competitive appearances whilst on loan at Gladbach last season, but is now back at Union, where he is among head coach Bo Svensson's options in attack.
Last matchday
Jordan started and played 60 minutes of Union's 2-1 win over Mainz on Matchday 18.
Lennard Maloney
Club: Heidenheim (joined Mainz on 21 January 2025)
Position: Midfielder
Age: 25 (born October 8, 1999)
Bundesliga games this season: 11
Starts: 10
2024/25
Formerly of Dortmund, Maloney quickly became a midfield mainstay and fan favourite at Heidenheim, before switching to Mainz during the January transfer window.
Last matchday
Maloney was not included in the sqaud again as Heidenheim were beaten 2-0 at home by St. Pauli on Matchday 18.
Kevin Paredes
Club: Wolfsburg
Position: Winger
Age: 21 (born May 7, 2003)
Bundesliga games this season: 0
Starts: 0
2024/25
Paredes scored three goals in 28 Bundesliga appearances for Wolfsburg in 2023/24, but missed the start of the new campaign with a foot problem.
Last matchday
Paredes is yet to play this season due to injury.
Timothy Chandler
Club: Eintracht Frankfurt
Position: Full-back
Age: 34 (born 29 May, 1990)
Bundesliga games this season: 1
Starts: 0
2024/25
Chandler is in his 11th - and possibly final - season with Frankfurt. A bit-part player last term, the veteran full-back's existing contract expires in summer 2025.
Last matchday
Chandler was an unused substitute for the Eagles on Matchday 18 against Dortmund.
Cole Campbell
Club: Dortmund
Position: Midfielder
Age: 18 (born 20 February, 2006)
Bundesliga games this season: 4
Starts: 0
2024/25
Born in Houston, Texas, Campbell joined the BVB youth academy in July 2022. He was promoted to the first-team squad in summer 2024 and after being an unused substitute on Bundesliga Matchdays 6 and 7 - as well as away to Real Madrid in the Champions League - he made his debut on Matchday 8.
Last matchday
Campbell was an unused substitute as Dortmund suffered a third straight loss in 2025 away to Frankfurt.
James Sands
Club: St. Pauli
Position: Midfielder
Age: 24 (born 6 July, 2000)
Bundesliga games this season: 3
Starts: 1
2024/25
After two shorts stints with Rangers in Scotland, Sands made his third trip abroad on a temporary basis from New York City FC in January. His presence gives Alexander Blessin another option as they look to beat the drop.
Last matchday
Sands made his first Bundesliga start as St. Pauli took a great 2-0 win at Heidenheim in a big clash at the bottom on Matchday 18 - impressing during his 71 minutes on the pitch.
Paxten Aaronson
Club: Eintracht Frankfurt (on loan at Utrecht)
Position: Attacking midfielder
Age: 21 (born August 26, 2003)
Bundesliga games this season: -
Starts: -
2024/25
After a successful loan to Vitesse Arnhem during the second half of 2023/24, Frankfurt's Aaronson is spending the current campaign at Utrecht, also of the Dutch Eredivisie.
Watch: Paxten Aaronson - Frankfurt's US prospect
John Tolkin
Club: Holstein Kiel
Position: Full-back
Age: 22 (born July 31, 2003)
Bundesliga games this season: 0
Starts: 0
Having played four seasons for New York Red Bulls, and being named an MLS All-Star in 2023, the left-back who goes by the name JMi switched to Kiel in January 2025 with the newly promoted side locked in a battle to retain their Bundesliga status.
Last matchday
Tolkin was an unused substitute on his first Bundesliga matchday as Kiel were beaten 3-1 by Hoffenheim.
Americans in Bundesliga 2
John Brooks (Hertha Berlin)
Santiago Castañeda (Paderborn)
Maximilian Dietz (Greuther Fürth)
Damion Downs (Cologne)
Johan Gómez (Eintracht Braunschweig)
Julian Green (Greuther Fürth)
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