DeAndre Yedlin made a bit of history when he started for Newcastle in their 1-0 loss to Tottenham on Wednesday. It was Yedlin’s 30th start of the season, a milestone only reached by four other Americans field players in history.
The accomplishment is a little less impressive when you include goalkeepers, though. Even just looking at Puget Sound natives, there are two of them who started at least 30 matches in a Premier League season. The 24-year-old Seattle native joins Kasey Keller who did it twice for Tottenham (2002-03 and 2003-04) and Marcus Hahnemann, who did it twice for Reading (2006-07 and 2007-08).