Weston McKennie, United States footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Weston McKennie is an American professional soccer player who plays primarily as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus and the United States national team. A highly versatile player, he has been described as a \"Swiss Army knife\" and is routinely deployed in any outfield position except center-back.

A youth prospect from FC Dallas, McKennie began his senior club career at Bundesliga side Schalke 04 after rising through the team's academy sector. In 2017–18, he established himself as a first team player, playing 25 games in all competitions. After three seasons, McKennie moved to Serie A champions Juventus on loan, with the deal becoming permanent in March 2021. With Juventus he won the Supercoppa Italiana in 2020 and the Coppa Italia in 2020–21 and 2023–24.

McKennie has represented the United States internationally at both the youth and senior levels. He made his senior debut in 2017 and has finished runner-up in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and won the CONCACAF Nations League in 2021, 2023, and 2024, winning the best player award of the 2021 tournament. Individually he won a U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year award in 2020.