January 29, 2017

WEEKEND WRAP: Friday, Saturday & Sunday - Germany's 2Liga, 3Liga Restart

So, this week see's the start of 2Liga & 3Liga in Germany, with some of the winter transfer movers getting their first taste of competition for their new teams, which overall have been pretty successful. If you look at the list you will see Emerson Hyndman, Julian Green, Joe Gyau, Mario Rodriguez all performing well.

My apologies for such a short intro - I am on my way to a demonstration in Washington DC - I hope you understand and also GO USA!!

Here's the short list

GOAL
Emerson Hyndman - Scotland
Mario Rodriguez - Germany

ASSIST
Andrew Wooten - Germany

SHUT OUT
Kenneth Kronholm - Germany

and the full listing below.............

FRIDAY

Jerome Kiesewetter and GK Justin vom Steeg (his first listing in the 18) were both unused subs for Dusseldorf as they hosted Andrew Wooten (90) and Sandhausen in the restart of Germany 2Liga. Andrew got off to a good start with an Assist on the games first goal after 14 minutes. Sandhausen went on to win this one 0 - 3.


Russell Canouse had to be content to sit this one out, on the bench as Bochum took the early lead, but failed to hold on....losing 2 - 1 to Union Berlin in 2Liga

A late OG (90) by Maastricht saved a point for NAC Breda and Shane O'Neill (90) in Eerste Divisie in Netherlands and moved Breda into 6th place and only 5 points out of 2nd.

Frankfurt will be happy with their 0 - 1 away win at Schalke in Bundesliga. Timothy Chandler went 90 and had a pretty good game. Frankfurt are now in 3rd place (CCL group stage), but there is quite a lot of season left, before you get over-excited (note: between 3rd and 6th only 2 points)

SATURDAY

Emerson Hyndman had his first start, went 90 and Scored for Rangers as they traveled to Motherwell and won 0 - 2 in the Scottish Premier League. Emerson seems to like playing for Rangers - with an assist (Cup) and a goal in his first 2 appearances

In Germany 3Liga, Sean Barry went 90, picked up a yellow card as FSV Frankfurt hosted Kiel and GK Kenneth Kronholm in a match that ended scoreless. Kenneth gets the Shut-Out

Hallescher and Royal Fennell (90) won their season restart 1 - 0 over Erfurt in Germany's 3Liga. Hallescher are now tied for 3rd (promotional play-off)

Marc Heider (90 +yellow) Robbie Kristo (in 18/DNP) and Osnabruck had an easy time as they hosted Munster in 3Liga, and won 3 - 0. Osnabruck. now in 2nd place 3 points out of first.

Jann George went 80 for Regensberg as they traveled to Rostock in 3Liga and played to a goalless draw. Regensberg will be happy to get a point and jump 1 point ahead of Rostock

Well represented by US Players, Sonnenhof fielded Mario Rodriguez (72) who Scored the first goal (against his last team/loan) Joe Gyau, who came off the bench at minute 72, and GK David Yelldell who watched this one from the bench as they drew 2 - 2 with Chemnitzer in 3Liga. Note: Mario scored in a friendly last week - so 3 appearances 2 goals - not bad!

Devante Parker only lasted the first half, as Mainz II visited Zwickau in a match of the bottom 2 clubs in 3Liga, losing 1 - 0. In fairness to Devante, Mainz II went down to 10 men at the very end of the 1st half and the coach made 2 changes to open the 2nd, so more llikely a strategic move. Things do look dire for Mainz II

Not a good start for Terence Boyd as he went 74 and picked up a yellow as Darmstadt got thumped at home 1 - 6 by FC Koln in Bundesliga. Unless Darmstadt find some answer's and quickly, it looks like they are heading to 2Liga.

Alfredo Morales (90) and Ingolstadt had little difficult handling Bobby Wood and Hamburg in their Bundesliga clash, with Ingolstadt coming out on top 3 - 1. Both teams are floundering at the bottom of the table, so a win helped Ingolstadt.

In England's Championship, Reading and Danny Williams (90) had a battle on their hands as they won 2 - 1 over Cardiff. Reading record of 3 wins in the last 5 games has them sitting in 3rd place.

Duane Holmes went 78 minutes as Scunthorpe had to battle to a 3 - 2 win over Port Vale in England League One. Scunthorpe are at the top of the table, after winning 3 straight, and look pretty good for promotion (at this point)

GK Brendan Moore (90) and Torquay stopped their skid at 3 games as they hosted Gateshead and won 3 - 1 in England's National League

DeAndre Yedlin was an unused sub today as Newcastle were kicked out of the FA Cup 3 - 0 by League One Oxford - not a result that I expected, but then its the FA Cup

Tottenham and Cameron Carter-Vickers (90) found themselves trailing League Two Wycombe 0 - 2 at White Hart Lane at the half, in what would have been the shock of the day (maybe the year) Coach Pochettino brought on Dembele and Alli in the 61st minute, and Tottenham scored 4 goals to scrape through this one 4 - 3 on a very late 90+7 goal

In Scotland's Championship, GK Danny Rogers (90) and Falkirk traveled to St Mirren and won 1 - 2. The win adds to their point total at 4th place and raises their hopes of a promotional playoff spot.

Kevin Dzierzawski (in 18/DNP) and Peterhead welcomed Queens Park in Scotland League One. Peterhead had no trouble dispatching the visitors 4 - 0. Peterhead who had a horrible first half of the season, have now won 3 of their last 5 and are 4 points clear of the drop.

Fabian Johnson got just a few minutes in as M'Gladbach have an exceptional game, coming from 2 - 0 to win 2 - 3 against Leverkusen in Bundesliga. M'Gladbach's 3 goals doubles their tally of away goals (they only had 3 away goals this season)

GK Benjamin Machini (in18/DNP) in Barakaldo's 1 - 0 win over Athletic Bilbao B in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 2)

Ethan Dent started for Hawkes Bay in New Zealand Premier League and helped his team to a 3 - 2 win over last place Tasman United

Matt Wiesenfarth started for Canterbury in New Zealand's Premier League as they visited and beat Wellington Phoenix U20 1 - 4

SUNDAY

Shaq Moore went 63 in Levante UD B' 0 - 1 defeat at home to L'Hospitalet in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 3)

Desevio Payne was an unused sub as Groningen visited Heerenveen in an Eredivisie match up that ended scoreless

Tim Ream went 90 for Fulham as they faced off with Hull at Craven Cottage in the FA Cup and came away with a 4 - 1 win and a trip to the next round

Shawn Parker was an unused sub as Nurnberg hosted Dresden, losing this on 1 - 2 - seems the winter break reversed their fortune

Julian Green started and played the first half, as Stuttgart traveled to St Pauli in Germany's 2Liga winning 0 - 1. Stuttgart are now shared #1 in the league after Braunschweig's draw on Saturday

League leaders Celtic absolutely dominated Hearts and Perry Kitchen (81) Bjorn Johnsen (90) thumping the 4th place Hearts 4 - 0 in Scotland's Premier League

GK Ethan Horvath is still on the bench with his new team Club Brugge - Brugge visited Gent in Belgium's top tier Jupiler League and lost 2 - 0, but maintained their top spot in the league, with 2nd place Anderlecht closing fast

In Netherlands Eredivisie, Matt Miazga came off the bench at 78th minute for Vitesse as they held on against Alkmaar. Both teams are battling for a top 7 finish and a chance for a spot in the Europa next season (Teams 4 thru 7 are in a play-off for the 2nd representative for Netherlands in the Europa League - 3rd spot is automatic)

In Germany's Bundesliga, John Brooks (90) and Hertha traveled to Freiburg, losing 2 - 1. The skid continues for Hertha who have lost 4 of the last 5 and slipped to 6th in the league

Dortmund will be disappointed at giving up a late goal to draw 1 - 1 with Mainz in Bundesliga. Christian Pulisic only got 5 minutes today, not long enough to make a difference. Dortmund, in 4th, wasted opportunity to go 3rd.

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