US Players Abroad, Rating

Here's a quick look at US born players abroad in some of the top leagues in Europe, right now. The way I ranked the players was based simply on four criteria on a 10 pt scale (10 best-7-5-3-0 lowest):

1. Strength of League
2. Man of the Match (MotM)
3. WhoScored Rating
4. % Mins played (possible)

(ooo) is transfer value per TransferMarkt.co.uk, in thousands.

Age	(OOO)	Name	League	Club	MotM	Rating	%mins	HB
19	40,500	Christian Pulisic	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	2	7.18	84%	100
34	225	Josh Wicks	Allsvenskan	Sirius	2	6.74	80%	75
27	1,350	Alfredo Morales	2. Bundesliga	Ingolstadt	0	7.03	79%	68
27	3,150	Timothy Chandler	Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt	1	6.85	58%	68
22	2,700	Matt Miazga	Eredivisie	Vitesse	1	6.78	81%	68
24	12,600	John Brooks	Bundesliga	Wolfsburg	0	7.22	40%	63
25	3,150	Bobby Wood	Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	1	6.51	62%	63
20	450	Cameron Carter-Vickers	Championship	Sheffield United	1	6.75	60%	60
30	1,800	Tim Ream	Championship	Fulham	0	6.82	92%	55
24	4,500	DeAndre Yedlin	Premier League	Newcastle United	0	6.76	78%	55
32	2,700	Geoff Cameron	Premier League	Stoke City	0	6.67	57%	55
23	450	Brendan Hines Ike	Allsvenskan	Örebro	0	6.87	95%	50
29	1,580	Eric Lichaj	Championship	Nottingham Forest	0	6.73	58%	48
26	450	Terrence Boyd	2. Bundesliga	Darmstadt 98	1	6.45	25%	45
19	4,050	Weston McKennie	Bundesliga	Schalke 04	0	6.43	47%	45
28	1,800	Danny Williams	Premier League	Huddersfield Town	0	6.32	46%	45
28	270	Andrew Wooten	2. Bundesliga	Sandhausen	0	7.21	2%	43
22	630	Julian Green	2. Bundesliga	Greuther Fürth	0	6.68	49%	43
30	4,500	Fabian Johnson	Bundesliga	Borussia M'gladbach	0	6.51	30%	40
21	450	Shaq Moore	La Liga	Levente		6.49	26%	40
33	450	Caleb Stanko	Bundesliga	Freiburg	0	6.21	12%	40
24	270	Jerome Kiesewetter	2. Bundesliga	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0	6.8	11%	38
22	22	Romain Gall	Allsvenskan	GIF Sundsvall	0	6.58	53%	38
19	450	Haji Wright	2. Bundesliga	Sandhausen	0	6.32	30%	38
22	675	Lynden Gooch	Championship	Sunderland	0	6.24	29%	33
20	315	Keaton Parks	Primeira Liga	Benfica	0	6.16	3%	33
27	900	Aron Jóhannsson	Bundesliga	Werder Bremen	0	5.99	0%	33
19		Luca de la Torre	Championship	Fulham	0	6.02	2%	25
22	900	Emmerson Hyndman	Premier League	AFC Bournemouth				25
20	135	Jonathan Klinsmann	Bundesliga	Hertha BSC				25
18	23	Brian Scott	Bundesliga	Köln				25
20		Kyle Scott	Premier League	Chelsea				25
22	225	Desevio Payne	Eredivisie	Excelsior	0	6.39	6%	20
24	225	Shane O'Neill	Eredivisie	Excelsior				18
23	95	Mael Corboz	2. Bundesliga	MSV Duisburg				18
19	90	Orrin McKinze Gaines	2. Bundesliga	Darmstadt 98				18
29	360	Conor O'Brien	Eliteserien	Start				13
21	270	Rubio Rubin	Eliteserien	Stabæk				13
29	113	Andrew Stadler	Allsvenskan	Dalkurd				13
26	90	Alexander Ray De John	Allsvenskan	Dalkurd				13
28	90	Stefan Antonijevic	Eliteserien	Lillestrøm				13

I created a little rating system to help me sort who is playing well and try to find out any surprises and not so much surprises. In no particular order:

1. Josh Wicks, 34, GK, Sirius in Allsvenskan
Some might remember Wicks from his time in MLS in 2009. He got into a fight with teammate Marc Burch in a league match and also two foot stomped Fredy Montero (Seattle) in a US Open Cup game. He wasn't seen again in MLS and moved to Europe right after. He's been bouncing around Nordic leagues since. Having a good year this year. His WhoScored Rating of 6.74 (top 30%-ish of all players in the league). He may be crazy but had a good 2017.

2. Christian Pulisic, 19, Attacking Mid (L/R), Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga
Pulisic has shot up to be possibly the best player the US has ever had. Grew up in Pennsylvania but moved to Germany around age 16. At 19 now and, according to TransferMarkt, worth over $40 million. Both American owned Manchester United and Liverpool want him so that fee could easily jump. 3 goals and an assist in 1300 minutes this year, with an astonishing rating of 7.18 which easily puts in the top 50 players in the league.

3. The Central Defenders
Matt Miazga (22), John Brooks (24) and Cameron Carter-Vickers (20). All under 25, all player will in their respective leagues so far this year. Brooks' (Wolfsburg) 7.22 rating and pass success rate of 85% is best in class, but his minutes sit less than 700 thus far.

4. Yedlin, Tops in Prem
DeAndre (24, Newcastle) took a chance heading over to the Premier League. Signed with Tottenham, loaned to Sunderland but now found his home in Newcastle. He's seen the dark side of relegation and the joy of promotion. I like his story. Like it or not, he's the only player in the regular starting eleven the US has right now, playing in 78% of possible minutes. His success has got his transfer fee close to $5 million.