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Griffin Yow’s increasing position with Belgian facet Westerlo has led to hopes of an extended stick with the membership.
Westerlo has supplied Yow a one-year extension by way of the 2026-27 First Division season, a supply near the participant confirmed to SBI. The previous DC United winger at present has a contract till June 2026 and has attracted curiosity from golf equipment in England, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Yow, 22, missed 4 matches of the present marketing campaign resulting from a knee harm, however since has returned to motion. He’s scored one aim in 13 appearances for Westerlo, logging 684 minutes of taking part in time.
Since becoming a member of the membership in 2022, Yow has logged eight targets and 7 assists in 47 first staff appearances.
His productive 2023-24 season earned him a spot on the U.S. Olympic males’s nationwide staff final summer time. Yow assisted as soon as in a 4-1 group stage win over New Zealand in France, whereas additionally showing in three further matches.
He’s additionally a former USMNT U-17 standout and may very well be on Mauricio Pochettino’s radar to make his senior debut in 2025.
Westerlo are ninth within the Belgian high flight standings and are winless of their final three matches throughout a number of competitions. Timmy Simons’ squad will face Union St. Gilloise on December 15 earlier than last matches this 12 months in opposition to Mechelen and Membership Brugge.
