USA's Bobby Wood signs four-year deal with Hamburg

Bobby Wood's prolific season has paid off with a move to the Bundesliga.

Wood, the U.S. men's national team forward, has signed a four-year deal with Hamburg, making the move from 2. Bundesliga's Union Berlin.

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Wood, 23, has scored 17 goals for Union Berlin entering Sunday's season finale, including one stretch when he scored in seven straight league matches. He'll join a Hamburg squad that finished 10th in the Bundesliga and scored 40 goals in 34 matches.

Wood has scored four goals for the U.S., and they've each come with a level of significance. His back-to-back goals in the waning minutes last June lifted the USA to friendly wins at the Netherlands and Germany. He scored a valuable extra-time equalizer against Mexico in the CONCACAF Cup last October (only for the USA to fall on Paul Aguilar's goal 10 minutes later), and he also netted a World Cup qualifying goal against St. Vincent and the Grenadines as the U.S. kicked off its road to Russia 2018.

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His form and this forward career move makes him a prime candidate for one of Jurgen Klinsmann's 23 roster places at Copa America Centenario.