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Dru Anthony Yearwood (born 17 February 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. He is a product of the Arsenal and Southend United youth systems and began his senior career with Southend. He further played one season for Brentford.

Dru Yearwood

Personal information
Full name	Dru Anthony Yearwood[1]
Date of birth	(2000-02-17) 17 February 2000 (age 22)[2]
Place of birth	Harlow, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder[3]
Club information
Current team	New York Red Bulls
Number	16
Youth career
2007–2011	Arsenal
2011–2017	Southend United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Southend United	53	(0)
2019–2020	Brentford	2	(0)
2020–	New York Red Bulls	66	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Yearwood was born in Harlow, Essex.[2] He is of Barbadian descent,[4] through his father.[5]

Club career

Southend United

After spending four years with the Arsenal academy,[6] Yearwood moved to the Southend United youth system at the age of 11 and graduated to the first team squad in July 2017,[7][8] when he signed a four-year professional contract.[9] He was a regular member of the team during the 2017–18 and 2018–19 League One seasons and he was nominated for the LFE Apprentice of the Year award at the 2018 EFL Awards.[10][11][12][13]

Brentford

Yearwood signed for Championship club Brentford on 5 August 2019, on a four-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee.[14] Throughout the 2019–2020 season and Brentford's promotion push, Yearwood only made two appearances in the league and three other appearances in the Cups.[15] He left the club after one season in a bid to further his career and play more games.[16]

New York Red Bulls

On 5 August 2020 it was announced that Yearwood joined Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls.[16][17] Yearwood was signed on a Young Designated Player deal.[17] Yearwood made his debut for the Red Bulls coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 loss against the Philadelphia Union.[18] On 11 September 2021, Yearwood scored his first senior goal in a 1–1 draw against DC United. On 24 July 2022, Yearwood scored his first of the season and assisted on another goal for New York in a 4-3 victory over Austin FC.[19] For his efforts during the match, Yearwood was named to the MLS Team of the Week. [20] On 2 August 2022, Yearwood opened the scoring for New York in a 4-5 loss to Colorado Rapids.[21] On 9 September 2022, Yearwood was fined and suspended for four games following an incident at the end of a match against the Philadelphia Union on September 3rd where, in a moment of frustration, he kicked the ball into the stands that subsequently struck a fan in the face. Yearwood apologized for his actions via the team's Twitter account.[22]

International career

Yearwood was born in England and is of Barbadian descent. He was called up to represent the Barbados national team for a friendly against Saint Lucia in 2016, but did not make an appearance.[5] Yearwood was called into the England U18 squad for the 2018 Panda Cup,[23] but a hamstring injury prevented his participation.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 November 2021[25]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Southend United	2017–18[11]	League One	26	0	0	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	29	0
	2018–19[12]	League One	27	0	2	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	33	0
	Total		53	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	62	0
Brentford	2019–20[26]	Championship	2	0	2	0	1	0	―		5	0
New York Red Bulls	2020	Major League Soccer	12	0	―		―		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	13	0
	2021	Major League Soccer	29	1	0	0	―		0	0	29	1
	2022	Major League Soccer	25	2	3	0	―		0	0	28	2
	Total		66	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	70	3
Career total			121	3	7	0	2	0	7	0	137	3

Honours

Individual

• Southend United Player of the Month: February 2018, March 2018[27]

References

External links

• Dru Yearwood at Soccerbase

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Dru Anthony Yearwood (17 febbraio 2000) è un calciatore inglese, centrocampista dei N.Y. Red Bulls.

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