May 15, 2016

WEEKEND WRAP: Sunday 5-15-2016 Features Tim Howard (Video) Bobby Wood and DeAndre Yedlin plus 3 Goals

An eventful Sunday Match Day. with the EPL coming to a close (almost - Manchester United-Bournemouth game was postponed due to a bomb scare) Reports are out that Sunderland will offer Spurs $2million for DeAndre Yedlin (that's what Spurs paid Seattle) Tim Howard finished his EPL/Everton career (Video Below) with his 132nd shut-out. In the lower leagues, Jon-Paul Pittman and Grimsby gained promotion to League 2. In Germany, promotion/relegation became clear, and the big news of the day Bobby Wood has signed a 4 year deal with Hamburg SV, and will play in Bundesliga next season. European spots are also getting clearer as teams play out in a handful of European leagues
Yes we had goals today, 1 in the Philippines, 1 in Finland and 1 in Belgium, Goalkeepers provide 2 shut-outs

Lets get to the list for today; 

GK Daniel Schmidt started, went 90, in a goalless draw as Yamaga faced Kamatamare in Japan's J-League (another shut-out for Daniel)

Kevin Skinker, a 24 year old mid-fielder from Holt, Michigan, started for JP Voltes in the Philippines UFL (top tier) as they hosted Forza. The JP Voltes team ran rampant in the first half scoring 7 goals. Kevin Scored number 6. The game ended with a 7 - 1 JP Voltes win as they move into 2nd place.

Desevio Payne, was not in the18 today for Groningen as they took a first leg lead into Heracles in the Netherlands Play-off for a Europa League spot. Unfortunately Groningen was unable to hold their lead after the game went into ET, where they folded quickly giving up 3 unanswered goals, losing 5 - 1 on the day 6 - 3(agg) - no European adventure for Groningen.

Patrick Hopkins started, went 71, Paul Torres was in 18 (DNP) as Sirius visited Orgryte in Sweden's Superettan, and came away with a 1 - 2 win, which moves them up to 3rd place.

Perry Kitchen started, went 90 as Hearts fought to a 2 - 2 against visitors St. Johnstone in the Scottish Premier League (European) Play-offs. Perry and Hearts are qualified for Europa League play next season along with Aberdeen. Celtic will represent Scotland in the Champions League.

In Denmark, Babajide Ogunbiyi started and went 90 as Hobro visited Odense and left with all three points in a 0 - 1 win, a rare win for the Superliga cellar dwellers

In the other Netherlands European Play-off, Rubio Rubin came off the bench at the 69th minute in a game that Utrecht took control of early, and never let up. After a first leg goalless draw with Zwolle, Utrecht were on fire and scored 5 goals as they won the game 5 -2. Utrecht will now face Heracles in the final for the remaining (Netherlands) Europa League spot.

Masami Okada started went 90 in Schonberg 95 loss at Babelsberg in Regionalliga Nordost

GK Adam Hobbs, started went 90 as Optik Rathenow fell 3 - 1 to Neustralitz in Regionalliga Nordost

Devann Yao came off the bench in the 58th minute as BAK 07 beat Meuselwitz 3 - 1 also in Regionalliga Nordost

Brendan Hines-Ike was in the 18 (DNP) as Orebro beat Elfsborg 1 - 0 in Sweden Allsvenskan. Orebro are now tied for 2nd place.

Jochen Graf came off the bench at the 68th minute, picked up a yellow card as Oskarshamns beat Oddevold 2 - 1 in Sweden Division 1.

Justin Kinjo was in the 18 (DNP) as Dusseldorf visited Braunschweig in Germany 2Liga, and came away with a 0 - 2 win - The win took Dusseldorf out of the relegation zone, thay will remain in 2Liga for next season

Shawn Barry was in the 18 (DNP) as FSV Frankfurt beat 1860 Munich in 2Liga. The win did not help Frankfurt who are relegated to 3Liga next season.

Andrew Wooten, started went 90, in Sandhausen's finale at Furth, where they lost today's game 3 - 1

Fafa Picault made it on to the pitch in the 80th minute as St. Pauli scored at will and handily beat Kaiserslautern 5 - 2

Bobby Wood, who has signed a 4 year deal with Hamburg, only got 5 minutes on the pitch as Union Berlin hosted Freiburg and won the duel 2 - 1. Freiburg won 2Liga and are promoted to Bundesliga. Bobby had 17 goals this season - pretty good Bobby

Brad Guzan, was in the 18 (DNP) as the relegated Aston Villa had the unenviable task of visiting Arsenal on the EPL final day. The result was predictable 4 - 0 Arsenal. Was this the last time that Brad dresses for Aston Villa ?

Tim Howard's final game for Everton was as it should be, with Everton winning 3 - 0 over Norwich, and Tim getting another shut-out. (
his 132nd EPL shutout, tying Brad Friedel for most by an American) A fantastic career with Everton ends, as Tim returns home.

Geoff Cameron started and went 80 (Injury) as Stoke beat West Ham 2 - 1 denying the Hammers an opportunity in Europe next season

DeAndre Yedlin started and went 76 as Sunderland visited Watford and played to a 2 - 2 draw, Sunderland had previously reached safety from relegation.
Report's out of England (Daily Mirror) have Sunderland planning a $2million offer for DeAndre prying him away from Tottenham

In Sweden Superettan, GK Josh Wicks (90) and Tristan Bowen (8) faced off against Varbergs. On what was an off-day for AFC who fell behind early and had to wait till the 60th minute for the equalizer. The game finished 1 - 1

Romain Gall, started, went 90 and picked up a late yellow card as Nykopings were held to a 1 - 1 draw at home by TG FF in Sweden Division 1

Jon-Paul Pittman came off the bench, at Wembley Stadium, for Grimsby as they battled for promotion to League 2. Winning 1 - 3 over Forest Green - Jon-Paul ended the season with 5 goals, down a little from last season. Congrats to Grimsby who are promoted to League 2

Brian Span took no time to put Mariehamn on the scoreboard when he Scored the opening goal in their 3 - 0 win over Lahti in the Finland Veikkausliga, and that put Mariehamn at the top of the table.

Daniel Stevens started and went 64 minutes as GrIFK beat TPS Turku in Finland Ykkonen. For GrIFK a much needed win following 3 poor performances

Andrew Stadler came off the bench at minute 60, to help his team Ostersunds win 2 - 0 over Goteborg in Sweden's Allsvenskan. Ostersunds have now won 2 in a row following a poor start to the season


Kenny Saief  went 90 and Scored a PK as Gent faced off with Waregem in Belgium's play-off for European places next season. On the day, bottom placed Waregem were the better team, beating Gent 4 - 2 . Gent remain in 3rd spot, but following 3 straight loses there position is tenuous, just 2 points ahead of Genk.

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