DeAndre Yedlin

2. DeAndre Yedlin Defender | Club: Seattle Sounders Yedlin is another youngster along for the ride this time around. His ascent from being a college player

Liviu Bird | Jun 2, 2014

DeAndre Yedlin /

2. DeAndre Yedlin

Defender | Club: Seattle Sounders

Age	Hometown	Height	Weight	Goals	Caps
20	Seattle	5-8	150	0	4

Yedlin is another youngster along for the ride this time around. His ascent from being a college player two years ago has been rapid, launching him into the Seattle Sounders first team and onto the MLS All-Star roster. The fast, athletic 20-year-old started at right back for the U.S. at the 2013 Under-20 World Cup.

OUTLOOK: Klinsmann has hinted that any appearance Yedlin makes would be for his speed on the flank. He has the freedom with his club team to fly down the wing with the ball at his feet, so that should be a comfortable spot for him if he gets that chance. However, his decision-making will have to improve to have an impact.

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Published Jun 2, 2014

LIVIU BIRD

Liviu Bird is a soccer analyst with more than 20 years of experience in the game. He learned how to play in the streets of Romania before moving to the soccer wilderness of Fairbanks, Alaska, escaping to play collegiately as a goalkeeper at Highline Community College and Seattle Pacific University, where he also earned his B.A. in journalism. Bird played semiprofessionally and had tryouts at professional clubs but hung up his gloves in 2012 to focus on writing and coaching at the youth and collegiate levels. He joined Sports Illustrated in March 2013 as a freelance contributor and has also written for NBC Sports, Soccer Wire, The New York Times, American Soccer Now and the Telegraph (UK).