Fulham fullback Antonee Robinson: Why I committed to USA | OneFootball

Fulham fullback Antonee Robinson has explained how he ended up committing his international future to the USA.

Robinson was raised on Merseyside and came through the youth system at Everton.

He explained to fulhamfc.com: “When I was younger coming through Everton's academy, I was quite a late developer, so I wasn't at the forefront of the players who were getting called up for England.

“I remember there were lads coming through my team like Jonjoe Kenny and Ryan Ledson who, from the age of like 15, were playing for England. And I was never considered by any international team.

“The first call-up I got was for the US for an Under-18 camp when I was 16 or 17. That spurred me on to think that this was a massive opportunity and it gave me a massive confidence boost, so I decided that this was the team I wanted to commit to.

“It's where my Dad grew up. When he was young they moved to White Plains, New York, and then he went to college at Duke in North Carolina. My grandmother moved out there with him. She's Jamaican but lived in America for the rest of her life."