In his fifth season of professional soccer, New York Red Bulls defender and Chatham, N.J., native John Tolkin has earned a number of wonderful soccer achievements.
Tolkin, 21, made his first-career MLS All-Star roster in 2023, and has recorded 15 career assists during his Red Bulls career, which ranks tied for second in franchise history by a defender.
But now the blond-haired Chatham High School graduate can add making the 2024 United States Men’s Olympic soccer team for the upcoming games in Paris, France, to his notable list.
Tolkin, who also set a new franchise record for most assists by a defender with 10 in 2023, becomes the sixth player in Red Bulls franchise history to be named to the United States Olympic team as an active member of the club.
Furthermore, he is the first player since Tim Howard and Ramiro Corrales, who both played for the red, white and blue crew for the 2000 Summer Olympics, to make the stars and stripes squad.
Tolkin has made a total of seven appearances for the U.S. Olympic team in its preparation
for the Olympics. He also made one appearance for the United States senior national
team in 2024, appearing in a friendly against Slovenia in January.
The United States will participate in the Olympics for the first time since 2008. It will
face off against Spain in a friendly prior to the Olympics on July 18 in Bordeaux, France.
After the friendly, Tolkin and the U.S. will participate in Group A action and will first play
against hosts France on July 24. Following that match, U.S will face New Zealand on
July 27 and then finish group stage play against Guinea on July 30.
–Jerry Del Priore
Photo Credit: New York Red Bulls.
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