FIFA 20 Wonderkids: Best American & Canadian Players to Sign in Career Mode

AJ Harkness

5 years ago

Canada and the United States aren’t exactly known for their prowess on the football pitch – favouring other sports instead – but the nations appear to be coming around to the beautiful game. The MLS is going from strength-to-strength, with the United States Women’s National Soccer Team continuing to be the shining example of the sport on the North American continent.

Bothcountries have produced great players in the past, such as Julian de Guzman,Clint Dempsey, Dwayne De Rosario, Landon Donovan, Tim Howard, and Cobi Jones.But now, both teams have many incredibly talented wonderkids making their wayto prominence in the sport all at once.

There’s a full slate of all of the best wonderkids from Canada and the USA in FIFA 20 at the foot of the article: those with the highest potential overall ratings feature in the main body of the article.

Choosing FIFA 20 Career Mode’s best Canadian and American wonderkids

The mostimportant aspect considered when picking the best Canadian and Americanwonderkids in FIFA 20 Career Mode is the potential overall rating.

Those thatfeature in the body of the article have the highest POT, with the others listedin the table at the foot of the article having a potential rating of at least81. All players in the article are 22-years-old or younger at the start of FIFA20 Career Mode.

Alphonso Davies (OVR 73 – POT 88)

Team: FC Bayern Munich
Best Position: LW, LM, RM, RW
Age: 18
Overall/Potential: 73 OVR / 88 POT
Value (Release Clause): £7.5 million (£16.4 million)
Skill Moves: Four-Star
Best Attributes: 93 Acceleration, 87 Sprint Speed, 85 Agility

In Januaryof last year, Alphonso Davies accepted the call from one of Europe’s eliteclubs, Bayern Munich, who approached the Vancouver Whitecaps with a £9 millionoffer for the Ghanaian-born Canadian.

Davies wasgiven a taste of the Bundesliga last season and at the start of this season, onthe wings. However, with David Alaba being shifted to centre-back and LucasHernández suffering a long-term ankle injury, a space opened up at left-back,which Davies has held ferociously since the end of October.

The Canadianwinger-turned-full-back has a fair overall rating of 73 and a hefty 88 POT, butas he’s only 18-years-old at the start of Career Mode, he can be signed forjust over £16 million.

In FIFA 20,Davies is already a solid choice with a high/high work rate, four-star weakfoot, four-star skill moves, 93 acceleration, 87 sprint speed, and 85 agility.

Jonathan David (OVR 76 – POT 88)

Team: KAA Gent
Best Position: LF, LS, CF, ST, RF, RS
Age: 19
Overall/Potential: 76 OVR / 88 POT
Value (Release Clause): £12 million (£20.7 million)
Skill Moves: Three-Star
Best Attributes: 83 Sprint Speed, 82 Acceleration, 81 Stamina, 81 Composure

JonathanDavid might just be one of the most exciting and prolific young attackers inthe world right now. He’s already scored 19 goals and ten assists in 35 gamesfor KAA Gent this season, playing primarily from attacking midfield.

What’s mostimpressive, however, is his international record. For Canada, David alreadyranks eighth of all-time in goals for his country with 11 goals in 12 games. Ifhe keeps up his strike rate, he’ll have equalled the record by the time he’sdoubled his international cap count.

David is one of the best hidden gems in FIFA 20, with his strength and speed being the focus of his skill set at the start of Career Mode.

TheCanadian’s best attributes are his five-star weak foot, high/high work rate, 81stamina, 80 jumping, 82 acceleration, 83 sprint speed, 79 agility, 80finishing, 71 heading accuracy, 79 dribbling, and 81 composure.

Tyler Adams (OVR 76 – POT 86)

Team: RB Leipzig
Best Position: LDM, CDM, RDM
Age: 20
Overall/Potential: 76 OVR / 86 POT
Value (Release Clause): £10.5 million (£19.7 million)
Skill Moves: Three-Star
Best Attributes: 86 Stamina, 84 Balance, 83 Jumping

In Januaryof last season, Tyler Adams moved from one Red Bull club to another, crossingthe Atlantic from the New York Red Bulls to play for RB Leipzig having notchedthree goals and ten assists in 74 games for the American outfit.

Adams brokeinto the RB Leipzig team immediately, taking up the starting defensive midfieldrole, but then he suffered a lengthy injury. Injuries persisted into thisseason until December, when Adams got his starting XI place back. That said, hehas since suffered another injury.

Despite hismiddling overall rating of 76, Adams boasts a well-rounded set of attributeratings as well as high/high work rate.

The Americanmidfielder’s best attributes include his 84 balance, 83 jumping, 86 stamina, 79agility, 74 interceptions, 74 defensive awareness, 77 short passing, and 76standing tackle.

Weston McKennie (OVR 76 – POT 86)

Team: FC Schalke 04
Best Position: LCB, CB, RCB. LDM, CDM, RDM, LCM, CM, RCM
Age: 20
Overall/Potential: 76 OVR / 86 POT
Value (Release Clause): £11 million (£21.4 million)
Skill Moves: Three-Star
Best Attributes: 92 Jumping, 83 Stamina, 83 Strength

WestonMcKennie flew over to Germany from the FC Dallas Academy way back in 2016 andhas since broken into the FC Schalke 04 first-team and staked a claim as aregular in the starting XI.

Already with78 games, two goals, and seven assists to his name for the Bundesliga club,McKennie has played all over the park this season. The American has featured incentral midfield, at centre-back, in defensive midfield, and even on the rightside of midfield.

In CareerMode, there are few other wonderkids who boast the power ratings of the 6’1’’American. With 92 jumping, 83 stamina, 83 strength, 82 heading accuracy, and 82aggression, McKennie is clearly best-suited to a role at centre-back in FIFA20.

Christian Pulisic (OVR 80 – POT 86)

Team: Chelsea
Best Position: LW, LM, RM, RW
Age: 20
Overall/Potential: 80 OVR / 86 POT
Value (Release Clause): £18.5 million (£38.7 million)
Skill Moves: Four-Star
Best Attributes: 93 Acceleration, 87 Sprint Speed, 87 Agility

BorussiaDortmund are well-known for producing wave after wave of wonderkids, with onemember from their latest batch being Christian Pulisic, who is originally fromPennsylvania.

Havingtallied 19 goals and 26 assists in an astounding 127 games as a teenager forBvB, Pulisic was proving himself to be a solid buy for Chelsea this season.With six goals and six assists in 23 games for the new-look, youth-first squadunder Frank Lampard, the American was playing well, but an adductor injurystopped the American’s progression.

Of all ofthe Canadian and American wonderkids in FIFA 20, Pulisic is the most first-teamready. He boasts an overall rating of 80 at the start of Career Mode, as wellas a decent potential rating of 86.

As far ashis best attributes go, Pulisic’s 86 dribbling, 83 ball control, 93acceleration, 87 sprint speed, 87 agility, and 86 balance make him a realweapon to have from the start of Career Mode.

All the Best Canadian and American Wonderkids in FIFA 20

Here’s thecomplete list of all of the best Canadian and Americanwonderkids in FIFA 20 Career Mode.

Name	Team	Age	Overall	Potential	Position
Alphonso Davies	FC Bayern Munich	18	73	88	LM, RM, LB
Jonathan David	KAA Gent	19	76	88	CAM, ST
Tyler Adams	RB Leipzig	20	76	86	CDM, RWB
Weston McKennie	FC Schalke 04	20	76	86	CM, CDM, CB
Christian Pulisic	Chelsea	20	80	86	LW, RW, LM
Jesus Ferreira	FC Dallas	18	68	85	ST, CM, CAM
James Sands	New York City FC	18	66	84	CDM, CB
Timothy Weah	LOSC Lille	19	69	84	ST, LM
Josh Sargent	SV Werder Bremen	19	69	84	ST, RW
Giovanni Reyna	Borussia Dortmund	16	59	83	LM, CAM
Paxton Pomykal	FC Dallas	19	69	83	CAM, CM, RM
Omir Fernandez	New York Red Bulls	20	64	82	LM, RM, CAM
Sergiño Dest	Ajax	18	72	82	RB, LB
Ben Mines	New York Red Bulls	19	61	82	RM, CAM
Cameron Carter-Vickers	Tottenham Hotspur	21	69	81	CB
Chris Durkin	Sint-Truidense VV (on loan from DC United)	19	67	81	CDM, CM
Keaton Parks	New York City FC	21	70	81	CM, CDM
Jaylin Lindsey	Sporting Kansas City	19	62	81	LB, RB
Reggie Cannon	FC Dallas	21	70	81	RB
Stephen Eustáquio	FC Paços de Ferreira	22	73	81	CDM, CM
Edwin Cerrillo	FC Dallas	18	64	81	CDM, CM