Leverkusen signs US goalkeeper David Yelldell

Leverkusen signs US goalkeeper David Yelldell

Published Jul. 4, 2011 12:00 p.m. ET

Bayer Leverkusen says it has signed United States goalkeeper David Yelldell from second-division side Duisburg.

Yelldell is expected to be a backup for Leverkusen's Germany goalkeeper Rene Adler.

Leverkusen will play in the Champions League after finishing second last season in the Bundesliga. The club gave no details about Yelldell's contract.

Yelldell was born in Stuttgart to an American father and a German mother and joined the U.S. team this year.

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