DeAndre Yedlin

DeAndre Yedlin

09-Jul-1993


United States


Footballer

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I like Daniel Alves, I have him as my inspiration.

I want to be in the World Cup.

You can see it with social media and things like that, back in the day it was harder to convince people that the police are wrong, which sounds crazy, but that's how it was back then.

I was fortunate to be raised in Seattle, which was amazing, but that doesn't take away from the fact I was still a black kid growing up in America.

As a young black American you become desensitised to it, it's just like 'oh, another guy, another kid died today.' That's so, so sad cos we are talking about human life, the most sacred thing we have.

My grandfather, my grandmother especially, I have a whole family of activists, they've always told me to stand up for what I believe in.

There's no amount of money that can make me shut up about something I think is wrong.

I think the fact people still don't realise why people are taking a knee and saying 'Black Lives Matter,' people are being so close-minded to the fact that no one is disrespecting the flag, nobody is saying all lives don't matter.

At fullback you have a little bit more defensive responsibility. You have to help out with your center backs a little bit more. As a wing back, you can be a little bit more aggressive with getting forward.

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