About Weston McKennie
Weston James Earl McKennie (born August 28, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays primarily as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus and the United States national team. A highly versatile player, he has been described as a "Swiss Army Knife" and is routinely deployed in any outfield position. A youth prospect from FC Dallas, McKennie began his senior club career at Bundesliga side Schalke 04 after rising through the team's academy sector. In 2017–18, he established himself as a first team player and played three full seasons. In August 2020, McKennie joined Serie A champions Juventus on loan, winning the 2020 Supercoppa Italiana. The move was made permanent in March 2021, which he later won the 2020–21 Coppa Italia in the same season. In 2023 he was loaned to Premier League club Leeds United, after which he returned to Juventus and won the 2023–24 Coppa Italia. McKennie has represented the United States internationally at both the youth and senior levels. He made his senior debut in 2017, and was part of the U.S. sides that finished runners-up at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2019, and won the CONCACAF Nations League in 2021, 2023, and 2024, being named the best player of the 2021 tournament. Individually, McKennie won the U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year award in 2020. After spending less than a year with Schalke's academy team, McKennie was promoted to the first-team squad in May 2017. With Juventus he won the Supercoppa Italiana in 2020 and the Coppa Italia in 2020–21 and 2023–24. He made his senior debut in 2017 and has finished runner-up in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and won the CONCACAF Nations League in 2021, 2023, and 2024, winning the best player award of the 2021 tournament.
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