If the recent optimism and hints of certainty coming from the national team coach and general manager weren’t enough to settle any remaining nerves, then perhaps an on-the-record declaration from the man (or boy, for another eight months) himself will do the trick.
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Giovanni Reyna, the 17-year-old son of two former American internationals and product of the New York City FC academy, will represent the USA at the senior level. Definitely. Case closed. He said so in Thursday’s Ruhr Nachrichten, a Dortmund daily.
"I'm aware of the rumors, but it's quite clear for me.