US midfielder Berhalter joins Middlesbrough on four-year deal

American midfielder Sebastian Berhalter has signed a four-year deal with ​Middlesbrough, the English Championship club ‌announced on Tuesday, after featuring in all five of the US's World Cup ​games this summer.

London-born Berhalter joins ​the second-tier English side from Major ⁠League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps, whom ​he helped reach the Major League Soccer Cup (MLS) ​final last season with 16 goal involvements.

The 25-year-old played in all five of the ​US's World Cup games, providing ​a goal and an assist in the ‌country's ⁠group-stage loss to Turkey.

Berhalter, who scored six goals and added seven assists in MLS this season, is ​reunited with ​childhood ⁠friend and compatriot Aidan Morris, with whom he spent ​time at Columbus Crew and ​with ⁠the US men's national team.

Berhalter said he has been watching Middlesbrough ⁠closely ​over the past two ​years and "kind of fell in love with the ​club."