with his family to germany when he was a toddler he has played for germany and the united states at the youth international level and would have to petition fifa for a change of association to play in an official senior international match for the united stateshe will work with the team for a couple of days in frankfurt germany but will not travel to ukraine for the friendly match on march 5 under coach jurgen klinsmann the united states has enlisted a number of germanamerican players including fabian johnson terrence boyd jermaine jones danny williams and john anthony brooks jack bellalgeria receives a boost tottenham midfielder nabil bentaleb has decided to play for algeria at the world cupbentaleb 19 has played at the junior international level for france but because he holds dual citizenship he can change his allegiance at the senior level reuters