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The Americans Abroad Five: PSV showing promise for USMNT trio

Sergiño Dest, Malik Tillman and Ricardo Pepi should all be big factors for the Dutch giants this season

In the span of just a few months, PSV became one of the first clubs on the list of anyone monitoring Americans Abroad.

Three players who figure to play a key role over the next decade for the U.S. men’s national team — Sergiño Dest, Malik Tillman and Ricardo Pepi — all joined the Dutch giants over the summer.

The transformation of PSV into a hub for Americans is largely due to Earnie Stewart, the former sporting director of U.S. Soccer who now holds the same position with PSV.

The season is still young, but there are some promising signs coming out of Eindhoven for all three USMNT players.

Dest looks to be the player who’s immediately benefitted the most, but Tillman and Pepi can also be encouraged by their first month at the club.

Let’s kick off this week’s Five with a look at PSV’s American trio.

Ex-USMNT winger Julian Green racially abused in German Cup match

“I really wanted to win…that’s what hurts them the most”

Former U.S. men’s national team winger Julian Green was subjected to racial abuse in a German Cup match on Saturday.

Green and Greuther Fürth defeated Hallescher FC 1-0 in the first round of the competition, but much of the post-game talk centered on the racist words coming from the stands at Hallescher’s Leuna Chemie Stadion.

“It was a spectator during the game,” Green, who is Black, told Fürth’s club site after the match. “But I didn’t want to let that upset us because I really wanted to win. And that’s what hurts them the most.”

Fürth manager Alex Zorniger was livid, urging fans to stand up to racists in the stands.

“One of my players, Julian Green, was racially insulted at the stadium and called a monkey,” said Zorniger. “I know how important it is for a country to feel like you’re united. If [someone] thinks he really has to insult someone racially, then the [German federation] can run another respect campaign. But it’s about showing our own character.

“I don’t want us to live in a time where one person thinks they are worth more than another… Get up and say: That doesn’t work! We are a great country and we have to present ourselves accordingly.”

Per German news agency DPA, a spokeswoman for Hallescher apologized on behalf of the club.

Green — who has emerged as a regular over the last five seasons with Fürth — played the full 90 minutes as his side claimed victory over their third-tier opponents, securing a place the German Cup’s second round draw.

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