U.S. youth international center back Danny Barbir is back in the area training with the Philadelphia Union after being released by West Bromwich Albion in England.
The 19-year-old was born in Atlanta, Georgia but grew up in the Allentown area. He was part of the Philadelphia Union Academy in its pre-U.S. Soccer Development Academy days as a member of the New Jersey club Players Development Academy, a Union youth club affiliate.
As a dual national - his father was born in Romania - Barbir was able to go abroad when he turned 16, joining Manchester City’s youth academy in 2014.