August 21, 2016

WEEKEND WRAP: Saturday & Sunday 20/21 : Features Goals and Shut-Outs and Some Injuries


This weekend has been full of action (83 US players), goals, shut-outs, assists and unfortunately injuries. One of the big news items is the return to the senior squad at Molde, by Joshua Gatt who's long road to recovery seems to be at its end - great news for all. Great reports on US young players, especially Lynden Gooch's performance for Sunderland. Bjorn Maars Johnsen got his first opportunity at Hearts, and provided an assist (in his 16 minutes of play) Will Pulisic got a shut-out for Dortmund U19's, Dallas Aminzadeh went 90 for Oldenburg,Haji Wright 88 for Schalke and Joel Sonora dressed twice for Stuttgart in Germany. On the down side, looks like Duane Holmes went off injured at Scunthorpe and GK Tyler Back left after the first half in Finland. 

Here's the short version of the highlights;
Goals 
Eddy Prugh (2) in Sweden
Jon-Paul Pittman in England
Jakeem Johnson in Finland
Mitchell Lopez (2) in Finland 
Chris Corcoran in Finland
Lawrence Smith in Finland
Cole Grossman in Norway

Assists 
Bjorn Maars Johnsen in Scotland
Chris Corcoran in Finland
George Fochive (2) in Denmark

Shut Outs 
Will Pulisic in Germany
Daniel Schmidt in Japan

Injuries (not confirmed)
Duane Holmes in England
Tyler Back in Finland

If you want more information then read on....the list is below 
 
SATURDAY 20th

Geoff Cameron was in 18/DNP as Stoke City fell 1 - 4 at home to Manchester City in the EPL

In Sweden Division 1 (Sodra) Jochen Graf came off the bench at minute 90, in Oskarhamns 2 - 3 win at Prespa Birlik


In Sweden Division 2 (Norrland) Eddy Prugh (90) brought his team, Bodens, back twice, Scoring 2 goals in a 3 - 3 draw at Gaellivare Malmberget


In Finland's Veikkausliiga, Christian Eissele (in 18/DNP) and Kemi hosted Will John (60) and RoPS as Kemi won this one 3 - 1. RoPS have now lost 2 in a row, not good as the season end is in sight, they maintain 3rd (Europa League) spot, but only by GD, with 2 other teams, they need to get a win and hope that the teams trailing falter.


Cameron Carter-Vickers was an unused sub in Tottenham's 1 - 0 win over Crystal Palace in the EPL


Jonathan Spector went 76 minutes for Birmingham as they fall at home to Wolves 1 - 3 in the English Championship


Tim Ream was an unused sub in Fulham's 2 - 2 draw at home with Cardiff, Fulham seem to have cooled off a bit, they started the season with 2 wins, now 2 draws, still they are still in the top 6 of the Championship


Eric Lichaj came off the bench early, and helped his team win an exciting goal-fest, 4 - 3 over Wigan


Danny Williams (90 + yellow) and Reading scored twice early, unfortunately 1 was an OG. Reading just seem to be less cohesive so far this (early) season with only 1 win so far.


To soon for Jack McBean to appear for Coventry City in England's League One, still it looks like they could use him right now, today they lost 3 - 1 at Bradford and slipped into the relegation zone.


GK Paul Rachubka, was in the 18/DNP as Bury lost their home game against Oldham 0 - 1


Duane Holmes went off early (32) possible injury? in a game that saw the Scunthorpe attack wake up and lay a whooping on Gillingham 5 - 0. In 2nd place with no losses and 12 goals things are looking good for them early in the season


Chesterfield and Gboly Ariyibi (90) could not find a way through as they visited Shrewsbury, falling 2 - 1 in their first loss this season


Its early in the season for Torquay and (GK) Brendon Moore (90) as they struggle to find form. Today they lost at North Ferriby 1 - 0 a result that drops them in the relegation zone.


Jon-Paul Pittman Scored Harrogate's 2nd goal in what looked to be a comfortable 2 - 0 lead 20 minutes in, but Bradford PA fought back to tie, and it took an 88th minute goal for Harrogate to grab the win 2 - 3 and a share of 1st place in Vanarama National League in England


Charlie Butte went 90 in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) as Burgbrohl hosted Ludwigshafen and were handed a 0 - 4 defeat


GK Bakary Sanyang went 90 as Pfeddersheim visited Saarbrucken J. in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) and came away with all 3 points in a 1 - 3 win


Julian Ceesay went 90 for Amberg as they drew 0 - 0 at Großbardorf in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)


Oscar Ortiz (90) and SC Feucht could not handle Aubstadt and fell 0 - 3 in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)


In Regionalliga (Nord) Dallas Aminzadeh (90) and Oldenburg beat up on Braunschweig II and Omar Castro (14) winning handily 4 - 0


In Germany's DFB Pokal, RB Leipzig fell 3 - 2 on PK's at Dresden and are out of the cup. Ken Gipson was an unused sub, and Terrence Boyd was not in the gameday squad.


Fabian Johnson, remained on the bench for M'Gladbach's DFB Pokal game at Drochtersen/Assel, and they did not need his services as they win 0 - 1 and advance on.


Royal Fennel was in 18/DNP as Wurzburger were taken to ET by Braunschweig. Wurzburger scored the only goal of the game, and will now advance to the next round


In Iceland Inkasso-deidin, Will Daniels ( 74) helped Grindavik to a comfortable 4 - 0 win over Kopavogur. Grindavik are now 4 points clear at the top of the table and seem to be a lock for promotion to the top flight


GK Will Dieterich was in 18/DNP as Haukar beat Leiknir F. 1 - 0 also in Inkasso-deidin


In Iceland Division 2, Jannik Eckenrode went 90 as Aegir hosted Jordan Tyler and Hottur in a game of 2 half's Hottur had the upper hand in the first half, taking a 0 - 1 lead in at halftime, then Aegir came back in the 2nd half and, with 2 goals, took the win 2 - 1


Matt Nigro (90) and Vestri visited Volsungur in a game that saw all 4 goals scored in a 20 minute span in the first half. 2 - 2 seems to a fair result as the teams went back and forth scoring


In Scotland's Premier, Perry Kitchen (70 + Yellow) and Bjorn Maars Johnsen (16) and an Assist, helped Hearts in their 5 - 1 home win over Inverness - gives Hearts a 1 - 1 - 1 record through 3 games Good to see Bjorn back on the pitch, and seemingly doing well in his debut Prem League performance


With 1 point out of 3 games Falkirk and GK Danny Rogers (90) need to find consistency and a winning spirit. Today Falkirk fell at Queen of the South 2 - 0.


When you are playing at home, and are up 2 - 0 you should not lose....right? Well Peterhead and Kevin Dzierzawski (90) gave up their 2 goal advantage and settled for a draw with Albion Rovers in Scotland's League One. The only good news here is that Peterhead get their first point of the season.


Andrew Stadler was an unused sub for Ostersund's as they beat Djurgarden 1 - 0 in Sweden's Allsvenskan


It's been 9 games since Sirius and Patrick Hopkins (90) last lost a game, today's 1 - 0 loss at Degerfors broke a very successful string of games. It should be noted that although Degefors are pretty far down the league, they are now on a 3 game win streak. Sirius are still 5 points clear at the top of the table


Not a good day for usually reliable GK Jeff Gal, as his team Lidköpings FK fall 4 - 1 at Karlstad BK in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Gotaland)


Joel Sonora was in 18/DNP as Stuttgart beat Homburg in DFB Pokal 0 - 3 to advance to the next round


Jerome Kiesewetter (84) helped Dusseldorf win 0 - 3 at Hansa Rostock as they advance in DFB Pokal


Christopher Harris played the first half for Boo FK as they visited Kvarnsvedens IK in Sweden Division II ( Norra Svealand) and won 1 - 3


In Iceland Division II, Harrison Hanley (30) and Njardvick took the early lead over Magni, but ultimately fall 2 - 1.


Ismar Tandir (15) and Javor, visited Napredak in Serbia Super Liga but the home team was to strong today as Javor lost 1 - 3


In Germany DFB Pokal, Shawn Barry came off the bench at minute 67 picked up a Yellow as FSV Frankfurt lost 1 - 2 to Wolfsburg


SUNDAY 21st

Timothy Tillman, started and went 90, picking up an early (2) yellow card in Bayern U19 2 - 1 victory over 1860 Munich U19

GK Will Pulisic (90) and Dortmund U19 visited M'Gladbach U19 and won 0 - 2 giving Will the Shut Out


Haji Wright (88) and Schalke U19 visited Dusseldorf U19 and had little trouble as they won 0 - 3


In Japan J-League 2, GK Daniel Schmidt (90 + Shut Out) and Yamaga visited Renofa Yamaguchi in a game that ended scoreless. Yamaga are still in 2nd place (promotion) 6 points behind leaders Sapporo and 3 ahead of #3 C-Osaka. But 4 draws in the last 5 games is barely enough to hold and advance


In Denmark Supeliga, Viborg and George Fochive visited Silkeborg and won big, with a 1 - 5 scoreline. George came off the bench at the 13th minute and was credited with two Assists on the 2nd and 5th goal


EPL MIA. Matt Miazga at Chelsea, DeAndre Yedlin at Tottenham, Gedion Zelalem at Arsenal

All three are poss/prob loanees

In England's Premier League, Sunderland and Lynden Gooch (90 +yellow) faced off with Middlesbrough and GK Brad Guzan (90) at the Stadium of Light, Middlesbrough had the upper hand at half-time and Sunderland made it interesting in the second, as they fell 1 - 2 for their 2nd loss in their 2 opening games, Sunderland and Lynden really didn't look that bad, expecting better results in the future for them

Oh Dear, AJ Soares (90) and Aarhus were totally dismantled by Brondby in Denmark Superliga, falling 0 - 7 - nuff said


In Switzerland Super League, Caleb Stanko (24) and Vaduz had no trouble at home dealing with St. Gallen winning 2 - 0


In DFB Pokal, Russell Canouse (in 18/DNP) as Bochum fell 4 - 3 at Waldorf and are out of the competition


Joel Sonora (65) ,who was on the bench for the senior squad yesterday, and Stuttgart II beat Saarbrucken 3 - 2 in Regionalliga (Sudwest) for their first win of the season


Timothy Chandler came off the bench at minute 101, as Frankfurt had their hands full at Magdeburg in a game that went to ET and finally to PK's, before Frankfurt could claim the win, in DFB Pokal


Emerson Hyndman was out of the squad (ankle injury) for Bournemouth as they fell 1 - 0 at West Ham


Paul Torres (90) as Assyriska FF fell 1 - 0 at Syrianska in Sweden's Superettan - things are not looking good for Assyriska at this time


In Netherlands
Eredivisie, Rubio Rubin (70) and Utrecht remained winless as they are dropped by Alkmaar 1 - 2, not the best start of the season

In Sweden Division 1, Romain Gall (90) and Nyköpings let a 2 goal lead slip away at Vasalunds and ended up returning home with a 3 - 2 loss. In fairness, Vasalunds are battling for a promotion and with the result are tied at the top of the league, but giving up a 2 goal lead is not good whoever you are playing

In Finland - A full schedule of games


In Veikkausliiga, KuPS and GK Craig Hill (in 18/DNP) beat PK-35 comfortably 3 - 0 . Craig is the #2 GK, so not unusual for him to be stuck on the bench. KuPS, with the win (3rd in 5) move into a Europa League spot (at #3)


Brian Span (90 + yellow) won their home game against HIFK 1 - 0 on an early 2nd half PK and extended their lead at the top of the league to 4 points


In Ykkonen, GK Tim Murray (90) and Ekenas hosted Mike Banner (90) and KPV. Ekenas who have lost 5 straight had no answers today and lost 0 - 2


Kyle Curinga (90) and Josue Soto (78) welcomed Gabriel Wirtz (90 + Yellow) and Jazz Pori to Jaro. and won 2 - 0. Jazz are in deep trouble at the bottom of the league with only 10 points from 18 games, at this point relegation looks certain


Etchu Tabe (90) and Haka visited #1 TPS and had no luck, as the home team won this one 2 - 0


In Kakkonen (Group A) Jakeem Johnson (90) Scored the tieing goal for PEPO in the 88th minute, as PEPO went on to win 2 - 3 over Mikkeli (on 2 late goals) This is PEPO's 5th win in a row and moves them up to 4th place


In Kakkonen (Group B) Mitchell Lopez Scored Twice in BK 46's 2 - 4 away win over Viikingit. Florida native Lopez now has 8 goals in 15 games (he is a USA/Brazil dual) who before Finland played for Ft. Lauderdale


In Kakkonen (Group C) GK Scott Angevine and YPA came back from a 2 - 1 deficit at half-time to snag a draw at AC Kajaani


In a goal-fest GBK beat up on Santa Claus. Chris Corcoran (90) Scored the first (and winning) goal after 4 minutes, Lawrence Smith (90) Scored the 3rd goal as GBK romped....GK Tyler Back only lasted the first half for Santa Claus (not sure if that was injury or performance (Unfortunately, I think it may be injury, Santa Clause were only down 1 - 0 at the half)


Also in Group C, Narpes Kraft and Jossimer Sanchez (90) had a first half lead (1 - 2) but ended having to settle for a 2 - 2 draw at Hercules. The draw pulled Narpes 4 points clear of the relegation zone


In Sweden, Orebro and Brendan Hines-Ike (in 18/DNP) lost at home to AIK Stockholm which dented their Europa League hopes (and raised the hopes of AIK) as the Allsvenskan teams battle for position


In Norway Tippeligaen, Molde with GK Ethan Horvath (90) and Josh Gatt (in 18/DNP) held off Odd and won their home game 4 - 2, after a rough period Molde has now put together 3 wins in a row, Josh Gatt returning is great news for Molde and for US fans, interestingly, there are only 4 points separating #2 Odd and #7 Molde - so if Molde can continue their run of form Europa League is still not out of the realm of possibility


GK Alex Horwath continues as Brann's back-up GK, today #3 Brann managed a 1 - 1 draw at home with #1 Rosenborg (Rosenborg are 12 points ahead of #2 Odd and are running away with Tippeligaen)


Good day's work from Cole Grossman (90) as he Scores and provides an Assist in Stabaek's 3 - 0 win over Aalesund - this is Stabaek's first win in 5 try's and although not out of trouble pulls them a little closer to safety


Alex De John did not see any action today as Start managed a 1 - 1 draw with Sogndal as the doomed Start get their 2nd draw in a row (now have 9 points from 21 games) as they see out their final matches in Tippeligaen


In DFB Pokal, John Brooks (45 + Yellow) helped Hertha win a tough one at Regensburg, where Jann George went the whole 120 minutes and the game went to PK's where Hertha prevailed


In the other late DFB Pokal game (with US interest) Alfredo Morales went 101 minutes in Ingolstadt closely contested game with Aue. The game ended 0 - 0 , went to ET and then PK's before Ingolstadt could claim the win and move on to the next round

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