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American Soccer Players in Germany: 2024/25 weekly update

09.11.2024

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...

Joe Scally

Club: Borussia Mönchengladbach
Position: Full-back
Age: 21 (Born December 31, 2002)
Bundesliga games this season: 10
Starts: 10

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 played an important role as Gladbach earned a scoreless draw against second-placed RB Leipzig on Matchday 10.

Watch: Bundesliga Beyond with Joe Scally

Gio Reyna

Club: Borussia Dortmund
Position: Attacking midfielder
Age: 21 (born November 13, 2002)
Bundesliga games this season: 1
Starts: 0

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 was once again absent on Matchday 9 with a groin injury.

Watch: All of Reyna's Bundesliga goals and assists to date

Jordan

Club: Union Berlin
Position: Forward
Age: 28 (born April 26, 1996)
Bundesliga games this season: 10
Starts: 5

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 appears to be new head coach Bo Svensson's first pick in attack.

Last matchday

Jordan featured off the bench in Union's last outing, coming on in the 73rd minute in their 0-0 draw at home to Freiburg.

Jordan scored four goals in 31 Bundesliga appearances in his first season at Union Berlin in 2022/23. - xSebastianxRäppold/MatthiasxKochx

Lennard Maloney
Club: Heidenheim
Position: Midfielder
Age: 24 (born October 8, 1999)
Bundesliga games this season: 8
Starts: 6

2024/25

Formerly of Dortmund, Maloney has become a midfield mainstay and fan favourite at Heidenheim, who are embarking on just their second season of Bundesliga football.

Last matchday

Maloney was not included in the Heidenheim squad to face Wolfsburg.

Lennard Maloney was key to Heidenheim's impressive first season in the Bundesliga. - IMAGO/H. Langer

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.

Kevin Paredes is hoping to up his first-team minutes under Ralph Hasenhüttl in 2024/25. - Oliver Hardt

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 entering 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 did not travel for Frankfurt's trip to Stuttgart.

Timothy Chandler has been on the books of Frankfurt - the city of his birth - since July 2014. - DFL

Cole Campbell
Club: Dortmund
Position: Midfielder
Age: 18 (born 20 February, 2006)
Bundesliga games this season: 3
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 made his third consecutive appearance from the bench, coming on in the 74th minute of Dortmund's 3-1 defeat away to Mainz.

Cole Campbell (l.) made his Bundesliga debut for Borussia Dortmund on Matchday 8. - Sebastian Widmann

Paxten Aaronson
Club: Eintracht Frankfurt (on loan at Utrecht)
Position: Attacking midfielder
Age: 20 (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 will spend the new campaign at Utrecht, also of the Dutch Eredivisie.

Watch: Paxten Aaronson - Frankfurt's US prospect