United have had four American born players pull on the black and white in their history, with the most recent being big centre back Oguchi Onyewu who joined on half a season's loan from Standard Liège in 2007. Before him, Italian international Giuseppe Rossi had a shocking time while on loan during the 2006/07 season, while American born Jimmy Crawford, a Republic of Ireland international signed from Bohemian FC no less, was one of the lesser-known names of Kevin Keegan's Entertainers squad. The Chicago native midfielder made only two first team league appearances before leaving for Reading. And before him Andrew Parkinson, who was actually born in South Africa, played two games of the USA men's national team in 1984 after two years and three appearances for Newcastle between 1977-79.
