United States youth international and former FC Dallas Academy player Weston McKennie is joining FC Schalke 04 of the German Bundesliga.
The 18-year old midfielder will be playing with the U-19s for now.
Welcome to the #RoyalBlues! youth international Weston #McKennie has signed for the #S04 @knappenschmiede U19s! pic.twitter.com/JtOoOtcXFC
— FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) August 30, 2016
McKennie has been playing with the U.S. U-20 national team and spending time training with Schalke all summer. FC Dallas made a big push to sign him (he was also committed to attend the University of Virginia), but the allure of Europe proved to be too strong.