Gio Reyna went from the USMNT's best prospect to a guy who has barely played. What's gone wrong at Borussia Dortmund -- and will it change?
What kind of player is Gio Reyna? It's still hard to know, but his potential as a game-changer for the USMNT remains huge. U.S. men's national team coach Gregg Berhalter out of a job during the World Cup. But I think -- I hope? -- we can move on from that.For all of the success of the current generation -- already the most successful generation of American soccer players -- the likes ofare top players in large part because they're top athletes who can cover lots of space.
The specific numbers matter less than how they compare to the fourth guy on the minutes list. Reyna's current valuation sits at €25 million, which puts him in a tie with more than 60 other players for the 307th-most valuable player in the world. Per Transfermarkt, Reyna has already missed 67 games due to injury across his fledgling pro career. For comparison, Camavinga has missed 13 and Bellingham four. Wirtz is at 71 and Pedri is at 66, so injuries aren't the only explanation for Reyna's lack of game time, but all three of them have already missed aHow does Reyna play when he plays?, which classifies players into various roles based on their statistical profiles.
Except, more than half of all the xG he generated last season came from three shots -- two of which were either from rebounds or knockdowns on set plays. While the instinct to crash the goal in these situations is a valuable one, it seems pretty unlikely that Reyna could drive this much proportionate goal-scoring if he were ever to regain a consistent spot in the Dortmund lineup.
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