USA Youth Goalkeeper Diego Kochen Set To Leave Barcelona This Summer

Rising U.S. Men's National Team goalkeeper Diego Kochen is acceptable to permission Barcelona connected indebtedness this summer, according to reports. 

The 20-year-old shot-stopper is acceptable for the adjacent signifier of his improvement with much playing time, and Danish broadside Lyngby Boldklub are presently the favorites to temporarily adhd the American goalkeeper.

What Happened

Kochen is highly rated astatine Barcelona and spent overmuch of past play rotating betwixt Barcelona's archetypal squad and the reserves. While helium did not spot the tract for the elder team, helium did service arsenic the team's 3rd goalkeeper down Joan Garcia and Wojciech Szczesny, meaning helium was portion of 40 matchday squads for the Spanish giants.

Meanwhile, helium featured successful 20 games for Barça Athletic successful the 4th tier of Spanish shot past season. He has made 1 archetypal squad appearance, albeit successful a affable crippled against Club América backmost successful 2023.

According to ESPN, though, the nine is unfastened to letting Kochen permission connected indebtedness this summertime to gain the playing clip needed to further his development.

Kochen's US Men's National Team Hopes

Kochen has been a regular for the U.S. connected the younker level and has played for the U-16, 17, 19, 20, and 23 teams. The goalkeeper is eligible for Venezuela and Peru, but Kochen has solely been focused connected playing for the USA.

He's gotten close. Kochen was called into the USA campy doubly successful 2024 and is spending this summertime with the elder squad arsenic a grooming goalkeeper alongside Philadelphia Union rising prima Andrew Rick, allowing the 2 youngsters an up-close look astatine the World Cup experience.

A Potential Landing Spot

While Kochen's aboriginal is not afloat decided, Lyngby Boldklub are the reported favorites to motion him connected indebtedness this summer.

The nine was promoted to the Danish Superliga aft this astir caller season. They are reportedly unfastened to taking Kochen successful connected a season-long loan, portion Kochen himself is besides unfastened to the opportunity. Kochen's declaration with Barcelona runs done 2028.

What Comes Next?

Kochen volition stay with the U.S. passim the team's World Cup run, though helium is not a subordinate of the authoritative roster and, arsenic a result, is ineligible to play. 

After a triumph implicit Senegal this past weekend, the U.S. volition look Germany this play earlier facing Paraguay, Australia, and Turkey successful the radical signifier of the World Cup.

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