Illinois, Patrick Hopkins has been released by IK Sirius who have just been promoted to Swedish top tier Allsvenskan. Patrick, a 28 year old Center Back, was a mainstay at the Sirius since joining the club in January of 2014 (from Ljungskile SK) Patrick also spent time with Brisbane Wolves in Australia. I have no doubt that Patrick will sign with a new club (the official end-of-contract with Sirius is December 31st 2016)
California's Tristan Bowen has his contract up at AFC United on December 31st, and as a 'bit player' he may not survive at the club now they promoted to Allsvenskan. Tristan could find his way back to MLS where he played for LA Galaxy, Chivas USA, Seattle and NE Revolution before moving to Sweden.
Wisconsin's Andrew Stadler's contract with Ostersunds is up on December 31st, (some sites have the center forward gone already)
Illinois GK Matt Pyzdrowski's contract is not up at Helsingborgs IF until 31st of December 2017. Helsingborgs were relegated to Superettan. Matt had an up and down season his positioning as #1 or #2 Keeper may come down to movement by other players.
As reported earlier, Paul Torres (Dual US/VZ) was released by Assyriska who were relegated from Superettan to Division 1.
Also of note Romain Gall (Dual US/France) left Nykoping in Sweden's Division 1 a few weeks ago. The US U20 & ex Columbus Crew mid-fielder, will certainly be snapped up quickly. Nykopings website states that Romain is looking for a club of higher status.
So it looks like we could see our Swedish (Allsvenskan) contingent down to 3 players - Brendan Hines-Ike who has a long-term contract in place with Orebro SK and GK Josh Wicks who just signed with Sirius, both playing in the the top tier Allsvenskan. One in Superettan, GK Matt Pyzdrowski, who has another year on his contract, ( and I am guessing here), None in Division 1 as Jochen Graf (Dual US/Ger) has his contract finishing up with Oskarhamns, Division 1 (South), on Dec 31st, my expectation is a release here. As stated above, Romain Gall has already been released by Nykoping Division 1 (North)
So there it is from prominence to minimal in Sweden.
Just wanted to start today's wrap with an apology for an error concerning Japan' Yamaga. The promotional playoff was a single game, not as I reported a 2 leg match-up. Yamaga lost the game and will continue to play in J-League 2 next season (sad) congratulations to them and Illinois, GK Daniel Schmidt who had an amazing 20 Shut-Out Season. I believe that Daniel will move back (he was on loan) to Vegalta Sendai in Japan's Top Tier.
OK, this week, sadly not a stellar week for our boys. There were 8 goals, but only 5 players scored. Great to see Washington DC native Jordan Siebatcheu hit 3, although the competition was somewhat lacking. Jon- Paul Pittman had a great game scoring twice for Harrogate giving them the win. Bjorn Johnsen scored for Hearts, his 3rd of the season, seems to found his touch and Hearts now have him as a starter. Andrew Wooten moves up to 4th in the 2Liga Golden Boot race with his 8th. And, young Dual, defender, Toni Suddoth finds the net for the first time. There were no assists and no shut outs this week. Of note, Bobby Wood came back from his 3 game suspension, putting in 17 minutes at the end of Hamburgs game, Rubio Rubin was in Utrecht's 18 - twice, playing for the junior squad and polishing the bench for the seniors. As has been the case over the past few weeks, young Americans dominate the names on the list, as UCL, Internationals and end of season reduces the number of games being played at the senior level.
To the list. Below is the (really) short list - the full comprehensive list follow immediately after.
GOALS
Andrew Wooten - Germany
Jordan Siebatcheu (3) - France
Toni Suddoth - Germany
Jon-Paul Pittman (2) - England
Bjorn Johnsen - Scotland
FRIDAY
Fafa Picault was an unused sub in St.Pauli's goalless draw at home to Kaiserslautern in Germany's 2Liga - Fafa's first 18 for a few games
Jann George got 24 mins off the bench in Regensburg's 0 - 1 loss at home to Erfurt in Germany's 3Liga. Regensburg started the season full of promise, has now lost 3 of their last 4 and slipped a long way down the table
GK David Yelldell was back-up GK today as Sonnenhof got a very late goal to win 2 - 1 over Wehen in Germany's 3Liga, breaking a 2 game losing streak
Dallas Aminzadeh only went 35 mins before being subbed out (assume injury) as Oldenburg visited Hannover II and grabbed a point in this 1 - 1 draw in Regionalliga (Nord)
Rubio Rubin went 90 for Jong Utrecht in their Eerste Divisie 3 - 1 win over FC Emmen
Shane O'Neill went 90 in NAC Breda's 3 - 1 win over Almere in their Eerste Divisie match up in Netherlands
In Regionalliga (Sudwest) Charlie Rugg came off the bench at minute 16 for Pirmasens as they beat Bryan Gaul (90) Matt Taylor (7) and Offenbach 2 - 0
In the English Championship, League Leaders Newcastle totally imploded with 2 (Two) Red Cards (that ended in 2 (Two) missed PK's, and an OG (86') as they fall to Nottingham and Eric Lichaj (90) 2 - 1. DeAndre Yedlin played 90 for Newcastle and also picked up a Yellow Card very late in the game. I have a feeling that Rafa Benitez was not to happy with his team today
SATURDAY
Tim Tillman went 90 before being subbed out, as Bayern U19 drew 2 - 2 with Freiberg U19 in Junior Bundesliga (Sud)
Andrew Wooten went 90 and Scored Sandhausen's first goal as they went on to beat Nurnburg 1 - 3 in Germany's 2Liga. Shawn Parker was in 18/DNP for Nurnburg. Andrew is now 4th on the Top Scorers list for 2Liga with 8 goals
A HAT-TRICK for Jordan Siebatcheu in France's Coupe de France as Reims absolutely destroys amateur club Villeneuve Metropole 0 - 7
Brooks Lennon started for Liverpool U23 as they visited Leicester City U23 and fell 2 - 1 in the Premier League International Cup (Group C) Right now it looks doubtful that either team will get out of the group stage
Devante Parker went 90 as Mainz II visited Aalen in Germany's 3Liga in a game that ended goalless. Mainz II are having a horrible season and are now bottom of 3Liga.
Marc Heider (90) Robbie Kristo (29) and Osnabruck scored first and held on as they traveled to Fortuna Koln in 3Liga and managed a 1 - 1 draw, which keeps them in first place in 3Liga
Royal Fennell was missing from Hallescher's home game against Bremen II today because of a red card suspension, but Hallescher still won 2 - 0 and they are now one step closer to to the top spot (held by Osnabruck)
NOTE: Currently the top five teams in 3Liga (Osnabruck, Hallescher, Duisburg, Kiel & Chemnitzer) all have Americans in their squad. They are only separated by 3 points
GK Kenneth Kronholm, went 90 as Kiel traveled to Rostock, and came away with all 3 points in a 1 - 4 win in 3Liga
Corey Anton (90) Kevin Coleman (81) as Kaiserslautern U19 visited Stuttgart Kickers U19 and won 0 - 1 in Junior Bundesliga (Sud)
Toni Suddoth went 82 and Scored Stuttgart U19's only goal as they fall 1 - 3 to Ingolstadt U19 in Junior Bundesliga (Sud)
Good to see Aron Johannsson back from injury (and on the bench) as Bremen beats Ingolstadt 2 - 1 in Bundesliga. Alfredo Morales still out with a knee injury.
Christian Pulisic (12) and Dortmund beat up on M'Gladbach and Fabian Johnson (12) 4 - 1 with both American's entering the game at the same break (weird) with 12 minutes left to play (maybe because Bruce Arena was in the house?)
John Brooks (90) and Hertha, came back from 2 - 1 down to beat Wolfsburg 2 - 3, on a 90+1 PK
NOTE: Currently the top 6 in Bundesliga includes 5 teams (Bayern, RB Leipzig, Hertha, Dortmund & Frankfurt) that have American's in their squad. They are separated by 6 points
Joel Sonora (33) for Stuttgart II as they visit Saarbrucken in Regionalliga (Sudwest) and come away winners by a 0 - 2 margin
Ryan Malone got 73 minutes in as Stuttgart Kickers got thumped 0 - 3 by Homburg in Regionalliga (Sudwest)
Cameron Carter-Vickers was an unused sub as Tottenham destroyed Bob Bradley's Swansea 5 - 0 in England's EPL
Another 5 - 0 whooping, this time in the English Championship, where Danny Williams got a straight Red and Reading fell 5 - 0 at Fulham, where Tim Ream went 90.
And another 0 - 5 drubbing, as Chesterfield and Gboly Ariyibi get booted from the FA Cup by Wycombe
Both Conor O'Brien (Horsens) and George Fochive (Viborg) stayed on the bench as visitors Viborg won 1 - 2 in the Danish Superliga
Jon-Paul Pittman Scored Twice, as Harrogate beat Telford 2 - 1 in England's National League (North) breaking a rough period of 3 losses and 1 draw.
Bjorn Johnsen (90) Scored Hearts opening goal as they give up a 2 - 1 lead in the 86th minutes as Ross County fight back to get a 2 - 2 draw with (then) 2nd place Hearts. Captain, Perry Kitchen went 90, in what would seem to be a disappointing result as Hearts slip to 3rd behind Rangers
Things didn't look good for (GK) Danny Rogers and Falkirk as they gave up the first goal to visitors St.Mirren, but 3 unanswered goals gave them the resulting 3 - 1 win in Scotland's Championship and kept them in contention for promotion
Kevin Dzierzawski came off the bench after 16 minutes as Peterhead welcomed Airdrieonians in Scotland's League One. Peterhead found themselves down 0 - 3 in the first 20 minutes, a score just to much to recover from, as they fall 2 - 4
Shaq Moore went 90 as Levante UD B drew 0 - 0 with Eldense in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 3)
GK Benjamin Machini on the bench for Barakaldo as they visited Leioa in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 2) in their 2 - 0 loss
Piakai Henkel got on the pitch for the final 9 minutes as Bahlinger beat Karlsruher II in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)
GK Bakary Sanyang was on the losing side as Pfeddersheim fell 0 - 1 at home, to Rochling in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) That's 4 losses and 1 draw in their last 5 games as Pfeddersheim find themselves on a downward trajectory in the league standings
Vaduz looks doomed in Switzerland's Super League as they fall again, this time 3 - 0 to Luzern. Caleb Stanko was an unused sub again today. Vaduz needs points badly, maybe their next opponent Lausanne (who have lost their last 6 games) can provide some relief ?
Matt Miazga came off the bench at 90+4 - not sure if second's count as play time? - as Vitesse beat Zwolle 3 - 1 in Netherlands Eredivisie. Win moves them up to 7th (tied 6th) and in the mix for a play-off spot for Europa League next season
SUNDAY
In New Zealand Premier League, Matt Wiesenfarth played the final 12 minutes for Canterbury United as they fell 0 - 1 at Waitakere United. After a 5 game unbeaten run to start the season, Canterbury has now lost 2 straight.
Rubio Ruben was an unused sub today for Utrecht as they visited Den Haag, in Netherlands Eredivisie. Not unexpected as Rubio went 90 on Friday for the junior squad. Utrecht won this one 0 - 2, and move 1 spot above Vitesse
Haji Wright went 90 for Schalke U19 as they beat Oberhausen U19 1 - 0 to take over the #1 spot, ahead of Dortmund U19 in Junior Bundesliga (West)
Russell Canouse, got 10 minutes in as Bochum visited Bielefeld and fell 1 - 0, both teams have been struggling of late, in Germany's 2Liga
Jerome Kiesewetter was an unused sub in Dusseldorf's goalless draw at Wurzburger, also in Germany's 2Liga
Devann Yao played the last 16 minutes in BAK 07's 1 - 4 win at Lok. Leipzig in Regionalliga (Nordost)
In Germany 3Liga, Shawn Barry went 90, as FSV Frankfurt fell 0 - 1 at home to Magdeburg. Its a close race in the league, and although FSV has only 2 points from its last 4 games, they are still only 4 points out of the final promotion spot
Bobby Wood got to play 17 minutes for Hamburg as, amazingly, they won their first league game of the season 0 - 2 at Darmstadt in Bundesliga. This was Bobby's first game since 10/30 when he received a 3 game red card suspension
In Portugal's Segunda Liga, Keaton Parks started for Varzim as they traveled to Covilha, in a game that saw Varzim lose a player to a red card (61' - 2 x yellow) and miss on a PK. That made a comeback very difficult for the road team, as they lost this one 2 - 0
Jack McBean went 90 as Coventry City were well beaten by Cambridge United - 4 - 0 - in the FA Cup. Coventry are out of the competition.
Aris Briggs Zustra went 58 minutes in Osnabruck II 2 - 0 win over Bornreihe in Oberliga (Niedersachsen). Osnabruck II now in 4th place - 2 points out of 2nd.
Timothy Chandler had another strong game as Frankfurt traveled to Augsburg, in Germany's Bundesliga, and came away with a point in a 1 - 1 draw. The result helps Frankfurt maintain its 5th place spot in the league
In Norway, the relegation playoff between Stabaek and Jerv ended in a 2 - 0 win for Stabaek (2 - 1 on Agg.) So Stabaek survive and will play in Tippeligaen (will be renamed Eliteserien) in 2017. Cole Grossman was not in the 18 for today's match, raising concern as to his future with the club. (His contract is up on Dec 31st)
Eric Palmer-Brown went 90 for FC Porto B as they hosted Benfica B in Portugal's Segunda Liga. The 'Classico' ended in a 1 - 1 draw after an 82nd minute Benfica B goal. Note: Eric was an unused sub for the senior squad in a Portuguese Cup game versus Belenenses this last Tuesday, so its safe to say he is on the cusp.
Joshua Perez was an unused sub today (after last weeks debut) for Serie A club Fiorentina as they played Palermo to a 2 - 1 win. Fiorentina moves up to 8th place in Serie A.
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