#Weinzierl: "Luke #Hemmerich, @HajiWright and @WMckennie from the U19s will all be moved into the first team squad." #s04
Schalke's probably the standard bearer in German youth development. One of only 2 - 3 academies perennially rated 3 stars by the DFB.
A club that typically targets teenagers with the potential to develop into a Mesut Ozil, a Julian Draxxler, a Leroy Sane, a Max Meyer, etc for recruitment now sees American teenagers and says, "Yea we can work with that."
I watched the second leg of the German U19 Championship semi-final this past weekend, Schalke vs. Bayern Munich and three Americans started for Schalke. Haji Wright, Weston McKennie, and baby Nick Tatiague.
Weston is #6 playing a box-to-box role and is pretty easily recognizable as the best player on the field for either team. Haji is #9 playing CF, one of the poorer games I've seen from him but he was MOTM in the first leg. Taitague is the #7 playing RW. He's a year younger than most players on the field and will be eligible for the U19's again next season.
Weston McKennie is looking like the one. Eerily similar playing style and all around dominance to Arturo Vidal.