When a young player signs for his local club, there is hope for stardom and perhaps the potential for an eventual lucrative transfer abroad. When the path to regular first-team minutes is blocked, sometimes a different avenue must be pursued. Griffin Yow recently departed D.C. United, moving to KVC Westerlo in the Belgium First Division A. The 19-year-old attacker has loads of potential and shined at the reserve level, now presented the chance to prove himself in a different environment.
Yow was born to a “soccer family” in Clifton, Virginia and played up two age groups with Southwestern Youth Association and the Virginia Development Academy before joining the D.