By SBI SOCCER
Aron Johannsson’s acclimation to the Bundesliga continued with another goal on Tuesday.
Facing off with SV Darmstadt, Johannsson scored Werder Bremen’s opening goal in the 19th minute of the teams’ Bundesliga clash. The U.S. Men’s National Team forward’s finish is his second for Werder Bremen and comes in his fifth start for the club after joining this summer from the Eredivisie’s AZ Alkmaar.
Johannsson’s finish was of the headed variety and came following a series of scrappy play from his new teammates. Having received the ball from striker Anthony Ujah following a battle in the corner, fullback Theodor Gebre Selassie bulldozed his way into the box before firing a cross to the back post. Waiting on the far side was Johannsson, who leapt towards the ball and unleashed a diving header, giving his side the 1-0 lead in the 19th minute.
Bremen went on to relinquish the lead 12 minutes later, as SV Darmstadt’s Sandro Wagner converted a penalty kick to level the scoreline at one apiece. Bremen would go on to lose the game, 2-1, on an 84th minute winner from Wagner.
Check out a video of Johannsson’s finish below:
Wait didnt Twellman score for a reserve side in Germany?
Conor Casey scored at every level in Germany
Wynalda and Moore
Who are all the guys who have scored in Germany?
Eric Wynalda, Joe Max Moore, Clint Mathis right?
Twellman
Michael Bradley
Wikipedia says that Donovan scored 9 goals for Bayer Leverkusen II in 28 appearances.
In the Bundesliga: Eric Wynalda, Tony Sanneh, Claudio Reyna, Clint Mathis, Michael Bradley, Steven Cherundolo, Frankie Hejduk, Thomas Dooley, Jovan Kirovski, Jermaine Jones, Fabian Johnson, Tim Chandler, Aron Johannsson, Conor Casey, Danny Williams.
Joe Max Moore and Gregg Berhalter were close, but both scored while their teams were int eh 2nd division from what I could find.
I remember Wondo had some Dutch interest after 2011 or 2012. Cant recall.
But good point youth does seem to matter. Though McBride made a 1m5million dollar move to Fulham at age 31
Age definitely matters. Clubs will pay more for youth and potential than they will for a player who is 29-30-31 as they are unlikely to recoup their investment if the contract is a few years in length as they won’t be able to sell them.
This the example the poster above is apt comparing BWP to Cyle Larin…
oralph,
1.5 million dollars is practically throw away money in the BPL.
For comparison’s sake
Aguero is listed at 60 million euros.
Yedlin is listed at 1.5 million euros
Wondo is listed at 1.2 million euros
Will Bruin is listed at 800 thousand euros
Iceman had decent scoring stats for AZ and got a move to a midtable German team at best while Jozy had similar stats for AZ and got a move to a relegation fodder PL team. Its just interesting what can get you moves to a big club or not.
Like does a 20-25 goal a season striker in MLS get a move to a big club in Europe? Or is MLS scoring looked down on? What do you think
if you have skill along with scoring yeah, u’d get a move, but if youre wondo then no
Wondo would of had interest if he was putting up those numbers at 20 rather then 28.
I had heard Ajax made an offer for him but he decided to stay local… not sure if that’s a substantiated rumor.
I believe Sunderland paid a lot more for Jozy. It’s really just not as simple as number of goals in this league gets a move to up to this level. Alot of it just comes down to business.
All depends on who is scoring them. Cyle Larin is going to have a lot more interest abroad then lets say BWP. Sure BWP is better but Larin is cheaper and has more potential. Making a move much more likely.
oh see what I can do,
In general, a big club will look at two things:
1. Will that player’s scoring touch translate to their club?
2. What will that player’s resale value be?
When Dempsey had that great 2012 for Fulham his biggest problem was his age.
The CL clubs he wanted to join probably would have been willing to overlook that he came from a smaller club or that he had no “natural” position if he had been 22-23 instead of 27-28.
They said Martial was obscenely overpriced when Man U. bought him.
But now, if keeps playing like he has been lately, he will more than pay for himself in a few years and by then he can be resold for profit if things stay the way they are now.
Do you know any 19 year old MLS strikers, American or otherwise, who is as good as the 19 year old Martial is right now?
How about a starting NAT forward that has trouble scoring in MLS unless its a PK. How does that look?
It will be interesting to see what JK does if Aron keeps scoring at a higher level. How will he rationalize not starting Aron?. Lets see if he keeps it up or not
I believe Jozy scored more than AJ.
Who cares. LEWANDOWSKIA SCORED 5 GOALS IN 8 MINS
Wow! Dude couldn’t stop scoring!!! Each one kept getting better and better!
Must See Goal…SSSSS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Gkv09dl2U
legendary.
Start him vs MEX.
+1000
Agreed.