Defender John Tolkin transferred Thursday to Holstein Kiel of the German Bundesliga from Main League Soccer’s New York Crimson Bulls.
The 22-year-old Tolkin made his MLS debut in 2021 and has seven objectives and 12 assists in 114 MLS appearances, together with 107 begins. Tolkin began all 4 U.S. matches finally 12 months’s Paris Olympics, a event principally restricted to under-23 gamers.
He made his U.S. nationwide workforce debut in 2023 and has 4 appearances, all in video games when many of the major participant pool was absent. Tolkin left the American coaching camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this week to finalize the switch.
The nationwide workforce doesn’t seem like deep at left again behind starter Antonee Robinson, with Sergiño Dest (when he comes again from a torn ACL) or Joe Scally in all probability the highest No. 2 choices. Tolkin is amongst potentialities that embrace George Bello, Sam Vines and Caleb Wiley.
Promoted to the Bundesliga for the primary time, Holstein Kiel is seventeenth within the 18-team league with three wins, 12 losses and two attracts, and at risk of regulation.
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