Sounders' DeAndre Yedlin's transfer expected within next 48 hours

SEATTLE -- DeAndre Yedlin’s move to a European club should be done in the next 48 hours, Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid said on Sunday. In his postgame

Liviu Bird | Aug 11, 2014

Sounders' DeAndre Yedlin's transfer expected within next 48 hours /

SEATTLE -- DeAndre Yedlin’s move to a European club should be done in the next 48 hours, Seattle Sounders head coach Sigi Schmid said on Sunday. In his postgame press conference after the Sounders’ 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo, Schmid briefly addressed the rumors surrounding Yedlin’s impending transfer.

“His situation is very close. Some things are not entirely completed yet, so you didn’t want to play him and have the risk of injury happen without everything being finalized,” Schmid said. “Hopefully, that’ll be finalized and completed in the next day or two.”

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Schmid said Yedlin worked out by himself before the match on Sunday with the Sounders’ training staff, but he hasn’t completed a training session with the first team in over a week. Before leaving for Europe, Yedlin played in the MLS All-Star Game on Aug. 6, and has limited his time with Seattle since a 1-0 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes on Aug. 2.

Depending on Schmid’s lineup selection and how quickly Yedlin’s transfer goes through, he could be available for Seattle’s semifinal in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday -- if the rumors that his transfer includes a loan back to the Sounders are true.

Published Aug 11, 2014

LIVIU BIRD

Liviu Bird is a soccer analyst with more than 20 years of experience in the game. He learned how to play in the streets of Romania before moving to the soccer wilderness of Fairbanks, Alaska, escaping to play collegiately as a goalkeeper at Highline Community College and Seattle Pacific University, where he also earned his B.A. in journalism. Bird played semiprofessionally and had tryouts at professional clubs but hung up his gloves in 2012 to focus on writing and coaching at the youth and collegiate levels. He joined Sports Illustrated in March 2013 as a freelance contributor and has also written for NBC Sports, Soccer Wire, The New York Times, American Soccer Now and the Telegraph (UK).