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 regulars Joe Scally, Gio Reyna, John Tolkin and James Sands. 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: 24
Starts: 23
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 returned to the side to help Gladbach to a 4-2 win away against Werder Bremen on Matchday 26 – a victory which keeps their European ambitions intact.
Watch: Bundesliga Beyond with Joe Scally
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Position: Attacking midfielder
Age: 22 (born November 13, 2002)
Bundesliga games this season: 14
Starts: 3
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 was an unused substitute as Dortmund lost 2-0 at RB Leipzig on Matchday 26.
Watch: Reyna's best moments in the Bundesliga
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Lennard Maloney
Club: Heidenheim (joined Mainz on 21 January 2025)
Position: Midfielder
Age: 25 (born October 8, 1999)
Bundesliga games this season: 14
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 wasn't selected for Mainz's 2-2 draw with Freiburg on Matchday 26.
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.
James Sands
Club: St. Pauli
Position: Midfielder
Age: 24 (born 6 July, 2000)
Bundesliga games this season: 7
Starts: 4
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 suffered a serious annkle injury on Matchday 22 against Freiburg and has been ruled out for an indefinite period of time.
John Tolkin
Club: Holstein Kiel
Position: Full-back
Age: 22 (born July 31, 2003)
Bundesliga games this season: 3
Starts: 2
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 came on as a substitute in the 81st minute of Kiel's 3-1 away defeat to Heidenheim, which saw them drop to the bottom of the table, having recovered from a thigh injury.
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 not included in Dortmund's Matchday 26 squad for the loss to Leipzig.
Noakhai Banks
Club: Augsburg
Position: Defender
Age: 18 (born 1 December 2006)
Bundesliga game this season: 8
Starts: 2
2024/25
Having joined Augsburg in 2015, Banks was first included in the Augsburg first-team squad against Freiburg in October. He had to wait three months for his first appearance, but he has since been a member of Jess Thorup's plans ever since, putting in some solid performances for his age.
Last matchday
Banks came on with three minutes remaining of Augsburg's 1-0 win over Wolfsburg on Matchday 26.
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 not included in Frankfurt's squad for their Matchday 26 win over Bochum.
Club: Union Berlin (left to join Reims in winter window)
Position: Forward
Age: 28 (born April 26, 1996)
Bundesliga games this season: 18
Starts: 10
2024/25
Jordan scored seven goals in 27 competitive appearances whilst on loan at Gladbach last season, and returned briefly to Union before making a permanent switch back to boyhood club Reims in France in the January transfer window.
Last matchday
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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
Americans in Bundesliga 2
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Santiago Castañeda (Paderborn)
Maximilian Dietz (Greuther Fürth)
Damion Downs (Cologne)
Johan Gómez (Eintracht Braunschweig)
Julian Green (Greuther Fürth)
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