American goalkeeper Gavin Beavers has become the latest young talent to head to Europe.
Beavers has joined Danish side Brondby in a permanent deal from MLS club Real Salt Lake, both clubs announced. The 19-year-old signed a three-year contract until June 2028.
We are incredibly happy to have Gavin Beavers join Brøndby IF,” Brondby Director of Football Benjamin Schmedes said. “Gavin is a young goalkeeper with great potential and an impressive character both on and off the pitch, and despite his young age he has already shown himself and played at a high level in the MLS and on the youth national teams.
“He is still a young goalkeeper, but we have put together a good plan for him, so that he, together with our coaching team and goalkeeper group, will get the right framework and conditions to develop here at Brøndby IF,” Schmedes added.
Beavers came up through for the RSL academy before being a homegrown signing. He made his MLS debut in 2023 and totaled 34 league appearances over the past two seasons, keeping three clean sheets.
Beavers also featured in the USL Championship and MLS NEXT Pro with Real Monarchs from 2021-23.
A promising U.S. men’s national team prospect, Beavers has featured for the USMNT U-17, U-19, and U-20 teams to date.
“First of all, I’m really happy to be here,” Beavers said. “Brøndby IF is a big club in Scandinavia, and I also see this move as a good opportunity for me to develop, as I’ll be part of a really talented squad of players and coaching staff, says Beavers, who has also seen a lot of videos about the atmosphere at Brøndby Stadium.”
Brondby already has American defender Justin Che under contract and will resume its league season on February 14.
He is young and if he becomes the starter it gets his foot in the door and b9gger clubs come calling. Brondby is historically a big club in Denmark. Good luck kid.
Patrick Pentz is their keeper. He’s only 28 and the starting keeper for Austria. Unless they’re moving him, Beavers isn’t starting anytime soon.
You never know.
And maybe Mix Diskerud will finally suit up for Man City.
Don’t like this move. It’s a step down. Going to another MLS team or a top 5 league in Europe like Bundesliga or Erderversie is better.
i think he’s dining out on being U20 pool. his pro numbers are lousy.
to me he should have either signed for a bigger club that will school him up on an age group team – like don’t even try to sign as a first teamer — or he should have gone to a lower tier league where he might start. there is no way he goes this place and starts.
che went there and though he was hurt a month, has played like 1′. so what.
who knows, keepers kind of train as their own little group, maybe that attention pays off like being in an academy, and on the raw aspects, kid is 6′ 5″.
IV: 6-2-3 (wins/draws/losses) so the most important numbers are fairly good. By the way his goals conceded to xGot is not good, gave more than he should have.
He’s not good enough for Eredivisie or Top 5 league right now. He’d be on their U19 team or loaned to a lower division for sure. I don’t think he’s going to play at Brondby though either. Win the job at RSL or as you said go somewhere else in MLS.