COLOGNE, Germany — If one had monitored Gio Reyna’s status in Borussia Dortmund’s Bundesliga match Saturday strictly by the time of his entrance and exit, alarm bells surely would have gone off.
Dortmund’s terrific U.S. teenager left in the 84th minute after entering late in the first half. Substitutes aren’t substituted unless they’re injured.
For more than a year, every time the artful attacker seemed to turn the corner, muscular injuries stalled his can’t-miss career — a career that had rocketed out of the shadows of his father, Hall of Famer Claudio Reyna, and perforated the global scene.