NY Times · Aug 5, 2015
Aron Johannsson’s Impending Transfer Slows a Talent Leak
Photo Aron Johannsson during a Gold Cup game with the United States last month. He is on the verge of a transfer to Werder Bremen of Germany’s Bundesliga. Credit Nick Wass/Associated Press Aron Johannsson, a striker for the United States men’s national soccer team, is on the verge of a transfer to Werder Bremen of Germany’s Bundesliga, his Dutch club announced Tuesday. The move will make Johannsson, 24, one of the most high-profile American players in Europe, and it stops a migration of top American pros out of the top European leagues, at least temporarily.