Weston McKennie, A US World Cup Star WHO Votes For Football Instead Of A Career In The NFL

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Weston McKennie is one of the brightest American football stars. However, who would have thought, as a citizen of Uncle Sam's country, he almost had a career in the sport of football.

The Juventus defender said that if life doesn't bring his family to Germany, he will play in the National Football League (NFL), an American football league competition in the United States.

"I started playing footballequents, the earliest age I remember was when I was four years old," McKennie told Bundesliga.com quoted Wednesday.

"And then I moved to Germany and I couldn't find a league or anything else that had a football competition for my age group at the time, so I chose football."

McKennie was born in Fort Lewis, Washington, but, at the age of six, his father was stationed in Germany for three years with the US Air Force.

After honing his skills in Europe, he continued to play when his family returned to the United States and he spent seven years in the MLS franchise youth system, FC Dallas.

When the time came and he was offered a scholarship as well as a Homerown player contract, however, he chose to be a professional.

He accepted an offer from Schalke and returned to Germany. After impressed in the Bundesliga, McKennie immediately caught the attention of the US national team and, later, Juventus in Serie A.

Now in his third season with La Vecchia patha, the 24-year-old is focused on tackling his current injury to the World Cup.

The defender is expected to recover on time to participate in a tournament he may never have dreamed of if fate had not brought him to Germany as a child.

Although happy with the choices he made and the chances of life and football he gave him, McKennie remains a huge NFL fan.

His favorite team is the Washington Commanders, while his father is a Dallasong fans.