Winger, Dion Acoff is leaving Throttur, who were relegated, in Iceland, for Valur in Iceland's Pepsideild (top tier)
Lots of player movement rumors as January 1 contracts reach there finalization and clubs decide on re-ups or cuts. I expect quite a lot of changes coming, and like last year many will be from players returning home (to MLS) We are keeping an eye on the comings and goings, and will report moves here and on twitter as soon as they happen.
This weekend had a greatly reduced number of American's participating. With the Scandinavian leagues complete, and an unusually high number of injury's to our players, and the Winter/Holiday breaks upon us USA players were only seen in 8 countries this weekend. But some news is definitely on the up-side. First, Texas' Keaton Parks scored his first professional goal for Varzim in Portugal, Bobby Wood found the back of the net in his first start since his suspension, Alfredo Morales back from injury scored in Ingolstadt's win, and Desevio Payne was in the 18 for Groningen in the Netherlands for the first time since August.
So the lists, even those who like to keep it short will have no trouble spending time with this weeks comprehensive list of action below
GOALS
Bobby Wood - Germany
Bjorn Johnsen - Scotland
Keaton Parks - Portugal
Alfredo Morales - Germany
ASSIST
Gboly Ariyibi - England
SHUT OUT
Kenneth Kronholm - Germany
Brendan Moore - England
FRIDAY
GK Justin vom Steeg went 90 as #15 Dusseldorf II took on #4 Rot-Weiss Essen in Germany's Regionalliga (West) and won 2 - 1
GK David Yelldell sat on the bench for Sonnenhof as they played Erfurt in Germany 3Liga and won this one 2 - 1
The third GK on Friday's games, Quentin Westberg also sat on the bench as Tours traveled to Le Havre in France's Ligue 2 and gained all 3 points in an 0 - 2 win. Tours have finally broken out of the red zone (after 2 wins/2 draws in the last 4 games)
NAC Breda and Shane O'Neill (90) welcomed FC Emmen to Rat Verlegh Stadion and had little trouble winning 3 - 1 in Netherlands Eerste Divisie. NAC Breda are now tied 6th (GD) with 2 other teams.
#5 Dortmund and Christian Pulisic (83) had all they could handle as they visited #3 Hoffenheim and drew 2 - 2 despite being 2 - 1 down and with only 10 men for the whole 2nd half.
Kyle Scott went 60, picked up a yellow, as Chelsea U23 hosted Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb II in the Premier League International Cup ( Group D) in London, and lost 0 - 1. Chelsea's 2nd group game, they are now 1 win/1loss in third place (GD) - Swansea and Zagreb are tied at the top with 4 points a piece.
SATURDAY
Russell Canouse started the 2nd half for Bochum as they traveled to St Pauli in Germany's 2Liga and snagged a point in a 1 - 1 draw
Devante Parker went 90 in Mainz II 1 - 0 loss at Fortuna Koln in Germany 3Liga. Mainz II are in real trouble sitting at the bottom of the table
Shawn Barry (90) and FSV Frankfurt won their home game 3 - 1 over Wehen in 3Liga. FSV's first win in a while moves them 6 points clear of the drop zone.
Royal Fennell went 90, but could not get by GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) as 10 man Hallescher were held to a goalless draw at home by Kiel. A good Shut Out for Kenneth
Marc Heider was missing from the 18 today for Osnabruck, but Robbie Kristo represented, joining the game at minute 59 as they visited Paderborn in 3Liga. Giving up 3 goals in the first 30 minutes was just to much to overcome for Osnabruck as they fall 3 - 1
Jann George went 84, and Scored Regensburg's opening goal as they went on to win 3 - 1 over Munster in 3Liga
Mario Rodriguez made a cameo appearance (coming on in the 90th minute) as Chemnitzer traveled to Rostock and had little problem overcoming their 3Liga opponent 1 - 3, moving them up to 5th place
Aron Johannsson came off the bench at minute 75, picked up a yellow, in Bremen's 1 - 1 draw with FC Koln, in Bundesliga. Bremen now unbeaten in their last 4. These were Aron's first minutes on the pitch since late October
Bobby Wood (84) started and Scored Hamburg's only goal as they visited Mainz, falling 3 - 1 in Bundesliga. Bobby's goal game his team the early lead. Hamburg are in the red zone (3rd from bottom) but it may not be that bad as they have a pretty good run going, unbeaten, until today, in their previous 4 games
NOTE: Both Fabian Johnson and John Brooks did not make the 18 for their clubs today in Bundesliga - due to injury and Timothy Chandler will miss today's match due to red card suspension
Bjorn Johnsen (74) and Perry Kitchen (90) both started for Hearts, with Bjorn Scoring Heart's only goal as they drew 1 - 1 with Partick in the Scottish Premier League, a result that will disappoint Hearts (Partick are bottom of the table) and leaves them in 4th place (GD).
For about 2 minutes it looked like Falkirk and GK Danny Rogers (90) would get out of Dumbarton with a point, unfortunately a quick response from the home side put an end to that. Falkirk are now a distant 3rd in the league, and are receiving pressure from the 2 teams immediately below them
Kevin Dzierzawski (54) and Peterhead held on in the first half against East Fife before falling 2 - 0 in the 2nd. Both these teams sit 2 points above the drop zone at 19 points each
In England's Premier League, GK Brad Guzan sat watching from bench as Middlesbrough beat Bob Bradley's Swansea 3 - 0
NOTE: Geoff Cameron and Lyndon Gooch both did not make their clubs 18 today - due to injury
In England's Championship, DeAndre Yedlin went 90 as Newcastle visited Burton and won 1 - 2. Newcastle seem to have recovered from their 2 losses earlier this month with today's win that's 3 in a row, and they have cemented their lead at the top of the league
Not a good day for Eric Lichaj (90) and Nottingham as they lose 0 - 2 at home to Wolves, in the Championship. That's just 1 point from the last 3 games.
GK Paul Rachubka got a rare start for Bury today as they hosted Oxford (who are unbeaten in their last 5) and for a while the home team looked good for a point. Then tragedy, as an OG spoiled the day and Bury fall 2 - 3 to Oxford in England's League One
Gboly Ariyibi went 90 (Assist) as Chesterfield continued their recent good form as they welcomed #3 Bolton in their League One match-up and won 1 - 0. The win takes them out of the drop zone, on GD, and their is still hope, as Chesterfield have won 3 of their last 5, that they will escape relegation
Duane Holmes was questionable for today's game at Scunthorpe, and although in the 18 he did not play. Scunthorpe saw off Millwall 3 - 0 to maintain their lead at the top of England's League One
GK Brendan Moore (90) gets the Shut Out for Torquay as they traveled to York and survived a fright (disallowed goal) to earn an away point in a goalless draw in England's National League
Jon-Paul Pittman (90) and Harrogate drop points as they lose 1 - 0 at Curzon Ashton in England's National League (North)
Keaton Parks (90 - subbed out at 90) gets his first professional goal in Portugal as Varzim traveled to Famalicao and won 0 - 2 and move into the 10th spot in Portugal's Segunda Liga
In England's Championship, Jonathan Spector (90 - subbed at 90+2 with injury) as Birmingham gave up 2 late goals (the winner at 90 +4) and lost 1 - 2 to #2 Brighton. Birmingham are still only 3 points out of a promotional play-off spot though!
In Netherlands Eredivisie Rubio Rubin was an unused sub for Utrecht as they traveled to Roda in a game that ended in a goalless draw. Although this is a game you would expect Utrecht to win (Roda are 2nd from bottom) They are still in the mix (6th) for a Europa League Play-Off spot
Even though Matt Miazga scored for Vitesse in a mid-week game, he only made the bench today as an unused sub, as Vitesse falls at Feyenoord 3 - 1
Matt Wiesenfarth started for #6 Canterbury United as they visited #1 Team Wellington in New Zealand's Premier League. In a game that saw 6 goals and 2 red cards (1 each team) the game finally ended with a 3 -3 draw
SUNDAY
GK Benjamin Machini was on the bench today as Barakaldo traveled to Majadahonda and came away with a win after a last gasp goal ending 1 - 2 in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 2)
Shaq Moore went 90 as #19 Levante UD B traveled to #3 Badalona in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 3) and were out-classed by the home team, losing 3 - 1
Andrew Wooten went 90 as #9 Sandhausen visited #2 Hannover in Germany's 2Liga and snagged an away point in a goalless draw
The last time Desevio Payne was in the 18 for Groningen was August 5th, his recovery seems to be in its final stages as he spent today's game on the bench as Groningen and GA Eagles played to a 1 - 1 draw. It's good to see the USYNT player back, next up play time.
In only his 2nd appearance since coming back from injury Alfredo Morales (90) Scored with his head to give Ingolstadt the lead at Leverkusen in Bundesliga. Out since the end of October the USMNT player looks to be back on track as he helped Ingolstadt win away from home and grab 3 very valuable points in the 1 - 2 win.
Joshua Perez has now been on the bench 5 times (including today) not in the squad twice, and appeared once for Fiorentina since November 11th. Today Joshua watched as he and his team visited #3 Lazio in Serie A, the final score was 3 - 1 in favor of Lazio
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