As we count down the days until the MLS season begins, we will be looking at 25 players from greater Philadelphia who have made an impact on the league 25 years after the first ball was kicked. Read the rest of the series at brotherlygame.com/philly-mls-25.
Russell Canouse was in many ways a trailblazer when he left Lancaster at the age of 16 to pursue a professional career abroad.
Now 25 and a mainstay in the D.C. United midfield, Canouse left home in 2011 to join TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Germany initially in their academy and worked his way into the first team.