USMNT's John Tolkin taking big risk in Bundesliga move

Defender John Tolkin has transferred to Holstein Kiel of the German Bundesliga from Major League Soccer’s New York Red Bulls.
Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel have been forced to defend their signing of USMNT international John Tolkin following criticism ...
Tolkin is referred to as "JMi" almost exclusively by teammates, friends and family (a reference to his middle name Michael).
Like Alberta clippers scudding across the Great Plains, the winter transactions just keep rolling in across MLS.
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