One of the top American prospects in Germany has found a new home.
McKinze Gaines signed with 2.Bundesliga side Darmstadt on Thursday from Wolfsburg on a deal that lasts until June 2020.
Ein weiterer Neuzugang ist DA! @McKinzeGaines wechselt vom @VfL_Wolfsburg zu den #Lilien! Willkommen, Orrin! ⚜️ #sv98 pic.twitter.com/Z68Mc0VLie
— SV Darmstadt 98 (@sv98) June 22, 2017
“I hope to improve myself every day and to learn a lot from a great coach as Torsten Frings,” Gaines said.
“We are very pleased that we could win such a talented player for us. (Gaines) is an extremely fast player, who has left a lasting impression on us in the past Bundesliga season of the junior team,” Frings said.
Gaines, who played 22 games with Wolfsburg’s U19 team last season, adds to the American presence in the squad that already features Terrence Boyd.
Darmstadt was relegated from the Bundesliga last season after two years in the top flight. The club is trying to get back into the first division by bolstering its squad in preparation for the 2.Bundesliga campaign.
Gaines debuted today (Friday) and went the full 90 against 8th division side Modau. He scored a goal and assisted on at least one other (google translated the German story so hard to tell) Boyd also played the entire match and scored 5 goals in an 8-0 victory for Darmstadt.
Would be nice if the article stated what position he plays. Anyone know?
He is primarily a right winger, but can also play centrally if needed.
If Pulisic is our #10 we cerrainly need a RW (with Johnson, if not at LB or Nagbe on the wings). Not a lot of depth there for us…
Good for him. Makes our country, son.
Boyd doesn’t ‘feature’ for the team.
The English use “features for” as way to say the player is on the team.
i.e. –
“And you can find out who features for Tottenham here:
25-man squad list . . .”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/tottenhams-25-man-premier-league-squad-2252582
Never seen him play but seems like a good move to get first team mins sooner rather than wait around in the reserves. With mckinnie and Wright now on the verge of first team mins along with CP22 of course and Wood seems to be a possible core for the US and let’s not forget Perez and Hyndman. Hope all continue progressing, it’s fun to watch.