Brandon Austin, former US youth goalkeeper, makes Premier League debut and has a tough start

Former United States youth worldwide Brandon Austin waited round a decade for his first begin for Tottenham.

When he obtained it, the 25-year-old goalkeeper rapidly discovered how unforgiving the Premier League is.

Austin, who possesses twin American/English nationality and as soon as performed for the U.S. below 18s, conceded within the sixth minute of his senior debut for Spurs when England winger Anthony Gordon drove a low shot into the far nook for Newcastle to make it 1-1.

It was the primary shot Austin confronted.

Austin and Tottenham wound up dropping 2-1.

Austin was taking part in as a result of first-choice goalkeeper Vicario has been out injured and back-up Fraser Forster fell ailing on the eve of the match.

Born exterior London, Austin was beforehand with Chelsea earlier than becoming a member of Tottenham’s youth set-up. He was a part of the basketball crew at his college and that’s no shock – his father, Neville, was a professional basketball participant, representing England having performed collegiately for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Brandon Austin has performed for Spurs’ youth groups from 2014 and has been an everyday member of the first-team squad since coming back from a mortgage spell at Orlando Metropolis in 2021. He has appeared in Tottenham’s senior matchday squad on 78 events previous to his debut, the membership stated.

“He’s needed to be affected person — you by no means know when these alternatives are going to return round,” Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou stated, “however it did at the moment and he dealt with it very well and it’s a credit score to him.”

This might but show to be his solely look for Tottenham, which has been linked with the signing of one other goalkeeper with Vicario injured.

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