April 23, 2016

WEEKEND WRAP: Saturday 4/23/2016 - Features 7 Goals (over 2 days) and Promotion/Relegation Battles

Many European season's are winding down, and as that happens the excitement is ratcheted up. This weekend we find teams in Scotland getting it done Rangers will be in the Premier League, Hearts will play in Europe, and Peterhead will be playing in the Championship - congratulations to them. In England, we already know that Aston Villa will drop into the Championship, Bolton and MK Don's will be playing in League One next season. In Germany, Bayern and Dortmund are set for UCL play next season, 5 teams are battling it out for the remaining 4 European spots. At the bottom of Bundesliga its just as frantic, Eintracht Frankfurt look to be relegated, with 4 teams battling to stay in the top league. In 2Liga, Freiburg and Red Bull Leipzig look set for promotion, while FSV Frankfurt and Dusseldorf are fighting to stay alive. In 3Liga, Wurzburger still have a shot at promotion while Stuttgart II look to be playing in Regionalliga next season. There are a slew of upcoming games that will decide the fates of these teams and others this site follows.
So the good stuff - 3 Goals on Friday, USYNT Romain Gall gets his first for Nykopings, Fafa Picault lets Klinsmann know that it wasn't a fluke, when the boss came to town last weekend, and happy to see (for me anyway) Jann George is back to his scoring ways.
Today - well - we had another goal from Christian Pulisic (media blitz) and there is no doubt that he has upped his game recently. Devante Parker, scored for Mainz II in a losing effort, Alfredo Morales is back to match fitness and scoring again for Ingolstadt (his first in Bundesliga), finally Ryan Finley scored his 2nd goal in his 3 appearances for Angelholms in Sweden - add to all that an assist by Eric Lichaj in Nottingham's win over Fulham, and an assist from Bobby Wood in Union Berlin's loss.
Lots of action today, so lets get to the list;

FRIDAY:

Romain Gall Scored his first in his 2nd game for Nykopings in Sweden Division 1. at Vasteras SK


Fafa Picault (81) yellow card, Scored the tieing goal for St Pauli as they drew 1 - 1 with Dusseldorf


Jann George Scored Regensburg's 4th goal as they won 4 - 1 ( This was Jann's 3rd goal in his 3 appearances this season)


SATURDAY:

Ken Gipson started went 90 for Red Bull Leipzig II as they visited Jena and came away 1 - 3 winners in Regionalliga Nordost


Mario Rodriguez started and went 87 minutes as M'Gladbach II beat Rodinghausen 3 - 0 in Regionalliga West


Bryan Gaul (90) and Bahlinger beat Kaiserslautern II and Irvin Parra (45 / yellow card) 2 - 1 in Regionalliga SudWest


Charlie Rugg (90) and #3 Trier lost 1 - 0 at #4 Offenbach as their race for promotion heats up in Regionalliga SudWest


Julian Ceesay started and went 90 as Amberg fell 0 - 1 in there home game v Buchbach in Regionalliga Bayern


Fabian Hurzeller started, went 90 in 1860 II 3 - 1 loss at Illertissen in Regionalliga Bayern


GK Daniel Schmidt started, went 90 in Yamaga's 2 - 1 home win over Kusatsu in Japan J-League

Bobby Wood went the 90 in Germany's 2Liga as Nurnberg found there form again an thrashed Bobby and Union Berlin 6 - 2


Gedion Zelalem started and went 90 in Rangers 1 - 1 draw with 'cellar dwelling' Alloa in Scotland's Championship


Geoff Cameron started, went 90 as Stoke visited Manchester City and for the 3rd consecutive game gave up 4 goals (last 3 / 12 - 1) not the way manager Mark Hughes wanted to end the season. Final Manchester City 4 - 0 Stoke


Devante Parker, started and went 90, Scoring his teams lone goal, as Mainz II fell 1 - 2 to Stuttgarter Kickers in Germany 3Liga


Marc Heider came off the bench in the 86th minute as Kiel could not breakdown home team Sonnenhof's defense in a goalless draw also in 3Liga


Royal Fennel started, went 90, and picked up a yellow card as Wurzburger held off visitors Rostock 2 - 1 in their 3Liga match . Wurzburger are still in the hunt for promotion


It only took Alfredo Morales 10 minutes to Score Ingolstadt's 1st goal as they hosted Hannover in Bundesliga. After taking a 2 - 0 lead into half-time they could not hold the lead as the game ended as a 2 - 2 draw, with Alfredo going 90


Christian Pulisic started, went 76, picked up a yellow card and Scored (his 2nd) for Dortmund as they visited Stuttgart and came away 0 - 3 winners. Here the shouts for a spot in USMNT for Copa


GK Brad Guzan started for Aston Villa as they welcomed Southampton to Villa Park, the relegated Aston Villa could not provide enough defense for Brad and they fell 2 - 4


Matt Miazga was in the 18 (DNP) for Chelsea as they battled at Bournemouth to a 1 - 4 win


GK Paul Rachubka was in the 18 (DNP) as Bolton fell 2 - 1 at Cardiff in the English Championship (Bolton are relegated)


3 American Starters in one game !! Tim Ream (90), Emerson Hyndman (46) and Fulham, hosted Eric Lichaj (90) and Nottingham in the English Championship. Nottingham came away 1 - 3 winners with Eric Lichaj credited with the Assist on Nottingham's 3rd goal


Jonathan Spector stayed on the bench for Birmingham as they drew 1 - 1 with Huddersfield


The nightmare continues for GK Cody Cropper, fresh off his red card suspension, he started for MK Dons but only lasted 45 minutes (injury) as they were hammered 1 - 4 by Brentford - the loss puts them back into League One next season with Bolton. So two teams with Americans drop a league.


GK Alek Gogic was in 18 (DNP) for Fleetwood as they drew 0 - 0 with Blackpool - both teams are in trouble at the bottom of League One - where Fleetwood maintain a 2 point lead over Blackpool (1 of these 2 will be relegated)


Zak Whitbread started and went 90, picked up a yellow card for Shrewsbury as they visited Gillingham in England's League One Shrewsbury held on for a 2 - 3 win which pulls them up out of the relegation zone (or should)


Also on 50 points (with Shrewsbury) Chesterfield and Gboly Ariyibi dropped valuable points as they lost at Swindon 1 - 0


Shane O'Neill was in 18 (DNP) as Cambridge visited Nott's County and came away with all 3 points in a 1 - 2 win


Jon-Paul Pittman came off the bench at 70th minute, but #3 Grimsby lost their home game against Chester 1 - 2 (Grimsby are still in a promotional play-off spot, but they have been inconsistent and the teams below have whittled away their lead)


The normally safe GK Brendan Moore gave up an extra time goal and Torquay had to settle for a 2 - 2 draw with Barrow. Torquay are 5 points above the drop but should be safe.


USYNT Kristian Scott started for Nuneaton as they lost 2 - 1 at Boston. Kristian has become a regular for Nuneaton.


In Scotland Perry Kitchen, went 90 and picked up a yellow card as #3 Hearts fell 1 - 0 at #5 Motherwell in the Championship Group (for European spots) of the Scottish Premier League. Hearts are guaranteed a Europa League spot as Motherwell are to far behind to catch them. So Europa League football for Perry next season


In a weird turn, #3 Peterhead and Kevin Dzierzawski are Promoted even though they lost big to #2 Ayr 0 - 4 at home - congrats to Kevin and Peterhead who will play in Scotland's Championship next season


Andrew Stadler was in the 18 (DNP) as Ostersunds visited Gefle in Sweden's Allsvenskan, a game that ended in a goalless draw


Ryan Finley started and went 90, Scored Angelholms 1st goal, that's 2 goals in 3 games for Ryan as Angelholms won 2 - 1 at IK Frej


GK Josh Wicks (90) and Tristan Bowen (16) for AFC in Superettan win 2 - 1 over Ljunskile to remain in a tie for 1st place


Babajide Ogunbiyi started and went 82 minutes for Hobro as they drew 2 - 2 with Esbjerg in Denmark's SuperLiga.


Robbie Kristo started and went 90 in Tuttocuoio's 2 - 0 loss at Lucchese in Italy's Lega Pro (Group B)


Alex Horwath was in the 18 (DNP) for Brann in Norway's Tippeligaen as they beat Sogndal to put themselves in a tie for 2nd spot in the league with Molde


Hunter Gorskie started and went 90 in Legnica's goalless draw at Pogon Siedice in Poland's Division 1


Tim Howard in 18 (DNP) in Everton's 1 -2 loss to Manchester United in the FA Cup Semi Final

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