Aron Johannsson Cleared To Play For USA

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Link: http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/usa/story/aron-johannsson-receives-fifa-clearance-to-play-for-united-states-mens-national-team-081313

If you haven't heard of Johannsson, you will soon

Johannsson just received clearance from FIFA to join the USMNT. Johannsson was born in Alabama but moved back to his parents native country of Iceland when he was three.

Johannsson currently plays for Altidore's former team (AZ) where he has five goals in seven caps.

Before joining AZ, Johannsson played for AGF where he had 23 goals in 65 games averaging out to about a goal every three games.

Johannsson may see his first action in a USMNT kit tomorrow against B&H.

It also helps that Johannsson looks like a young Kevin Bacon.

Here's to a successful career for Aron and the continuing growth of the talent pool for the United States.

Altidore, Donavan, Johannsson, Johnson, Wondolowski, Gomez, and Boyd will form a pretty solid forward group for the USMNT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihpgP1S0m0w

[mr beauxjangles]

Yep. And Brooks is a massive addition long-term addition the squad if we can get him cap tied. Tall, strong center back starting in the bundesliga at 20 years old. Yes please and thank you.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

A few reporters have said that Brooks looks really good in the practices that lead up to tomorrows game.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

It's going to be fun to see JAB go up against Dzeko.

[C47]

Great.....Great addition to the roster.  Can not wait to see Johannsson and Brooks.  Hopefully tomorrow for both, we will definitely see Brooks tomorrow!

[Happy Panther]

Had not heard of him. Will be following.

[AppStatePanther]

looks like he is calm and collected with the ball in the final third. I'm excited to see what kind of playing time he will get in these world cup qualifiers coming up.

 

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

He had a good showing today, neither of his three shots resulted in a goal, but like AppState said he is super calm in the opposing third and takes on defenders at his own will. His dribbling skills were quite impressive because I didn't really see him play on the ball much at in those few videos.

Brooks also had a decent game. Dzeko obviously got the better of him, but that's to be expected. Brooks did however make a great one-on-one tackle against Dzeko and he also made a phenomenal read on a pass when he was the only defender back and it was one-on-three.

According to Brooks it was an easy decision to play for the U.S. because the players and coaches were extremely nice to him and made him feel welcomed.

It sounds like he will be cap tied to the U.S. soon.