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The United States’ pursuit of dual-national defender Noahkai Banks appears to be over.
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pursuit → appear → Banks
The 19-year-old was named in Germany’s U-21 squad for their upcoming U-21 European Championship qualifiers, with manager Antonio Di Salvo saying in an official release that Banks and Louey Ben Farhat, another dual national, have “chosen to represent Germany”.
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Banks → name → Germany
Born in Honolulu to an American father and German mother, Banks has until now only represented US youth national teams, including at the U-17 World Cup in 2023.
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Banks → bear → 2023
Because that is an official Fifa competition, he would need to file a one-time switch to represent Germany.
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he → need → Germany
“We’ve been in contact with [Banks and Ben Farhat] for a while now and had focused our efforts on them,” Di Salvo said.
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Salvo → focus → them
“I’m very pleased that we have been able to lay out a future pathway with Germany for them and that they agreed with it.”
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they → ’m → it
The US and Germany have both recruited Banks, who rose to become one of the Bundesliga’s top young defenders last year with FC Augsburg.
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who → recruit → Augsburg
He played in 23 league matches for Augsburg last season, almost all of them starts, and has started and gone the full 90 in all four of their games so far this season.
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all → play → games
Mauricio Pochettino called Banks in to the senior US teams in September 2025 for friendlies against South Korea and Japan, but Banks did not get off the bench in either game – a loss to South Korea and a win over Japan, both by 2-0 scorelines.
ESPN reported that Banks turned down a call-up to US camp in the March international window, the last before the 2026 World Cup.
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Banks → call → Cup
Even so, Banks was thought to stand an outside chance of making the Pochettino’s World Cup squad given the team’s lack of depth at center-back and relative lack of top-level young options coming through the system.
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Banks → think → system
“I told both [the US and Germany] that I just wanted to concentrate on the start of the season now,” Banks told Bild.
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Banks → tell → Bild
“But I know that I have to decide by the next international break or at the latest by the international break after next.”
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I → know → break
Pochettino told reporters earlier this month that the federation had remained in touch with Banks along with other dual-nationals, saying that Bankswas “still in the same situation that [he] was before the World Cup when we talked”.
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we → tell → Cup
Had Banks chosen the US, he probably would have been in the squad for the upcoming four-game international window.
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he → choose → window
Pochettino leaned on youth in his selections, which include 18-year-old Philadelphia Union center-back Neil Pierre.
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which → lean → Pierre
Banks still has the USMNT tagged in the bio section of his official Instagram account.
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USMNT → have → account
One would expect that to change soon.
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that → expect → ?
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