US goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann breaks neck playing for Cesena

<ul><li><p>Ex-US youth international injured in collision v Palermo</p></li><li><p>Further tests with specialist to take place</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/31/sign-up-for-the-world-behind-the-cup-a-newsletter-about-more-than-soccer"><strong>Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, the son of former Germany striker and US national team head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, is recovering from a broken neck sustained playing for second-tier Italian side Cesena on Saturday.</p><p>The former US youth international, 29, was stretchered off the field in a neck brace after a collision with a Palermo player and taken to a hospital in the Sicilian capital.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/20/jonathan-klinsmann-broken-neck-usmnt-cesena">Continue reading...</a>