New Faces: The Spring migration to Scandinavia has almost finished, young Americans have found their way to Sweden and Finland and are now starting to get play time on their new teams. I have written about some in the blog already, Kyle Gurrieri, Tony Halterman, Michael Stewart, Will Weber in Sweden Chad Barson, Timothy Wilson, Joshua Bushue, Dylan Autran, Ian Garrett and Paul Blanchette in Finland also Jalon Brown tear it up in Australia with schoolmate Alec Faulkner. Marcus Salandy-Defour in Denmark, Tanner Sica, Gregory Conrad and Devonte Small in Iceland and those just featured this week - there are more in the wings
Goals this week from saw Christian Eissele finally get off the mark, Kyle Gurrieri get his first and Jalon Brown continue his form with his 6th this season.
Keepers saw mixed results overall with Jeff Gal suffering his first loss of the season (not a bad run at all - 10 games only 6 goals allowed) Paul Blanchette got his 2nd (consecutive) shut out and Zac Lubin his 4th shut out in 8 games.
OK here's the short list......
GOALS
Will Daniels - Iceland
Mitchel Lopez - Finland
Jalon Brown - Australia
Felix De Bono - Finland
Christian Eissele - Finland
Kyle Gurrieri - Sweden
Brian Span - Finland
SHUT OUT
Steve Clark - Denmark
Alex Horwath - Norway
Paul Blanchette - Finland
Zac Lubin - Sweden
Daniel Schmidt - Japan
.......and here's the more comprehensive list ( you will see many names that are new to you)
MONDAY
The week starts off with a thrilling Championship Match with EPL Promotion as the prize and Manager David Wagner (ex USMNT striker) takes his team, Huddersfield, from almost relegated last season - to Premier League this, with a 1 - 0 final score (decided by PK's) Danny Williams (90 + ET + PK) and Reading fall on the very last kick (4 -3 on PK's) Wow!!!
Daniel Stevens (23) and GrIFK visited Honka (and probably wished they didn't) and got thumped 5 - 0 in Finland's Ykkonen. GrIFK firmly in last place now
Christian Eissele (90 + yellow) still hasn't found his scoring form this season as Jaro traveled to TPS Turku in Finland's Ykkonen and lost 1 - 0. Jaro in 6th place, but with 2 games in hand
Jacob Bushue (90) Mitchel Lopez (90) as BK-46 hosted KaPa and held on for a goalless draw in Finland's Kakkonen (Group B)
Brandon Hines-Ike (90) as Orebro welcomed Sirius and GK Josh Wicks (90) in their Sweden Allsvenskan match up. Orebro won the competition 2 - 1 after Sirius missed a 1st half PK. Sirius in a big drop out of top 3, down to 7th, Orebro out of bottom 3 (4 points above red zone)
GK Matt Pyzdrowski (90) and Helsingborg remain the only undefeated team in Sweden's Superettan after winning 3 - 1 over Syrianska. They sit in 2nd place.
Kyle Knotek (90) and Chad Barson (90 + yellow) as Linkoping City won 1 - 0 on an OG over (then 2nd place) Sylvia. The 3 points boosts them into 2nd place, and yes they remain undefeated in Sweden's Division 2 (Sodra Svealand)
TUESDAY
Jann George (67) as Regensburg traveled to 1860 Munich in the 2nd leg of the Pro/Rel playoff. The game was marred by fan violence (by 1860 Ultras) and was halted for a period at the end of the game - which Regensburg won 0 - 2 (1 - 3 agg) and claimed a spot in Germany's 2Liga next season. Congrats to Regensburg and Jann on the promotion
GK Will Dieterich (90) and Grotta fought hard in their Icelandic Cup match at Akranes, finally succumbing in ET 2 - 1.
Kyrian Nwabueze and FC Shirak finished off their Armenian Premier League season with a goalless draw with Gandzasar. Shirak finished 3rd in the league and will be one of the teams to represent Armenia in the Europa League next year
Brian Span (67) in Mariehamn's 2 - 1 win over RoPS in Finland's Veikkausliga which moves them up to 5th place (within 4 points of a EU spot)
Not a good result for Horsens and GK Steve Clark (90 - Shut Out) as they are held in a goalless draw by Vendsyssel in the Denmark Superliga (Relegation Playoff Final). Conor O'Brien stayed on the bench for this match. Horsens will have to survive in the 2nd leg at Vendsyssel to avoid being relegated
GK Alex Horwath (90) get the Shut Out as Brann travel to Nest-Sotra and win 0 - 2 in Norway's NM Cup, qualifying for the next round
Stefan Antonijevic and Lillestrom didn't have it all their own way, but ended with a comfortable away win 2 - 4 also in Norway's NM Cup
In Denmark's other (Relegation Playoff Final), George Fochive (12) came off the bench to help Viborg to a 1 - 1 draw at Helsingor, so an away goal and a home match will give them the edge in the 2nd leg
JC Mack went 79' as Selfoss visited Hafnarfjordur in in the Icelandic Cup, losing 2 - 1. All the goals came in the first half, but Selfoss could not find a way through in the 2nd half
GK Paul Blanchette gets the Shut Out (Paul's 2nd consecutive) as PEPO traveled to Kultsu in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) winning 0 - 2, moving them up to 3rd place (tied 2 - GD)
THURSDAY
Fabian Hurzeler (90) in Pipinsried Pro/Rel match with Furth II ended in a 1 - 1 draw - slight disadvantage to Pipinsried for the return at Furth II
Jamil Fearrington (90) in Bronshoj 3 - 0 defeat at Brabrand in Denmark's Division 2 (Promotion Group)
Anton Peterlin (90) in B93's 1 - 3 win at Greve in Denmark's Division 2 (Promotion Group) B93 are in 5th - 6 points out of a promotional spot
Mayowa Alli (90) in an unexpected 0 - 2 home loss to Kolding in Denmark's Division 2 (Promotion Group) Thisted have already won the league, Kolding are sitting in 3rd 4 points out of 2nd (promo spot)
Weird One...Will Daniels (90) Scored Grindavik's only goal during regular time (which ended 1 - 1). Will is one of his teams top scorers, but he was omitted from the PK (first 5) and Grindavik lost 2 - 1 (on PK's) to Leiknir in Icelandic Cup.
FRIDAY
Jacob Bushue (90) and Mitchel Lopez (90+1 - subbed out in dying moments) Scored BK-46 2nd and winning goal as they win at Espoo 1 - 4 in Finland's Kakkonen (Group B) BK-46 move up to 5th after 2 wins and a draw in their last 3 games
GK Ciaran Nugent was the backup keeper today, for Galway as they traveled to Derry City in Ireland's Premier League, losing this match 2 - 1. Three losses in a row, and Galway are back in last place
Harrison Hanley off the bench at 62' trying to help Haukar as they faced off with GK Will Dieterich (90) and Grotta in Iceland's Inkosso-deildin. The match ended 1 - 1 which did not help either team ( a win by Haukar would have placed them 3rd, or a win by Grotta would have them at 4th)
Gregory Conrad came off the bench at 75' for Afturelding as they visited Njardvik in Iceland's Division 2. Afturelding falling 1 - 0. Njardvick rise to #1 Afturelding drop to 3rd.
SATURDAY
Jalon Brown (90) Scored the only goal of the game as Valentine win in their derby match with Lake Macquarie in Australia NPL (Northern NSW) Valentine move to the top of the table with the victory
Kene Eze started for North Geelong as they hosted Kingston City, losing this one 0 - 2 in Australia NPL (Victoria) I would say North Geelong are in big trouble this season and need to turn things around in a hurry
Dylan Williams went 90 for Launceston City as they hosted Northern Rangers in Australia NPL (Tasmania) losing 1 - 2 Launceston have definitely lost their mojo
Both Americans started for Ekenas as they traveled to KPV in Finland's Ykkonen. Etchu Tabe went 74 and Felix De Bono went 90 and Scored a first half PK as they fall 2 - 1 and slip to just 1 point above the red zone
Dylan Autran got to play the 2nd half as Mikkeli (MP) visited Kultsu and lost 1 - 0 in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) MP retain 3rd place in the league despite the loss. This was Dylan's debut for MP.
Ian Garrett (90 + yellow) as VIFK won their match against Lawrence Smith (90) Jossimer Sanchez (90) and GBK in Finland Kakkonen (Group C) . VIFK rise to 5th and GBK slip to 8th. This was Ian's first start for VIFK (he debuted last week with 2 minutes at the end of the game)
JC Mack went 90+3 before being subbed as Selfoss won 1 - 0 over Kopavogur in Iceland's Inkasso-deildin. The win has them tied 3rd - 2 points off 1st place
Tanner Sica (90 + yellow) in Tindastoll's 1 - 2 home loss to Magni in Iceland's Division 2. Tindastoll are having a rough start to the season with 3 straight losses, and only 2 points from 5 games
Brendan Hines-Ike went 90 in Orebro's 0 - 1 away win at Kalmar in Sweden's Allsvenskan, as they finally find their form and pull themselves up the table
Romain Gall went 61 minutes for Sundsvall as they traveled to Ostersunds falling 3 - 1 in Sweden's Allsvenskan. Sundsvall have now lost 3 straight and have slipped down the table, perched just above the drop zone
Ryan Masch went 90 as Skovde visited Karlskrona and won 0 - 2 over their close rivals in Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra) the win leapfrogs them above today's opponent
GK Zac Lubin goes 90, picks up a yellow and gets the Shut Out as Ljungskile travel to Kristianstads and win 0 - 2. Ljungskile now share the top spot in Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra) Zak now has 4 Shut Outs this season (after 8 games) and has only allowed 5 goals in that period
GK Jeff Gal (90) and BK Forward lost their first game of the season 2 - 0 at Gute in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Svealand). Forward missed their chance to go top of the league and remain in 2nd place. Jeff has only allowed 6 goals in 10 games.
Stefan Antonijevic came off the bench in ET as Lillestrom visited Stabaek in Norway's Eliteserien 2 - 4 win
Alex De John came off the bench at 63' as visitors Dalkurd had little trouble with this match, on the pitch, but the game was abandoned with Dalkurd leading 1 - 3 at Syrianska in Sweden's Superettan. Dalkurd are in 3rd place in the table.
In Sweden Division 2 (Sodra Svealand) Michael Stewart (90) Will Weber (7) as Örebro Syrianska IF traveled to Motola AIF winning 1 - 2 making it 3 straight wins and rising to tied 6th in the table
In their 2nd game this week, Linköping City and Kyle Knotek are finally beaten. Linkoping traveled to Varmbois and lose 1 - 0 unfortunately on an OG. Linkoping are still in 2nd place in the table (but only on GD)
SUNDAY
GK Daniel Schmidt gets the Shut Out as Vegalta Sendai hosted Kofu in Japan's J-League winning 3 - 0 for their 2nd straight win
GK Steve Clark (90) Conor O'Brien (90 + yellow) and Horsens enter today's match knowing that if they lose they are relegated from Denmark's Superliga. Well that didn't happen Horsens won at Vendsyssel 1 - 3 and will remain in Superliga next season
Christian Eissele (90) Scored Jaro's 2nd goal, giving his team a comfortable 2 goal lead with 15 minutes left to play .....then Haka fought back and the match ended at a 2 - 2 draw in Finland's Ykkonen. Good to see Christian get off the mark, but his team needs to do better
Timothy Wilson (90 + yellow) as OTP looked on the way to their first win of the season in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) but alas a 90+5 ET goal by Narpes Kraft led to a 3 - 3 draw. Good to see OTP actually score (they had not scored through 5 games)
Eric Friedlander got 6 minutes in as Nykopings fall 0 - 1 at home to Arameisk-Syrianska in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra) Nykopings are on a 5 game skid, which has placed them tied at the bottom of the league
Kyle Gurrieri Scored Nordvärmland FF goal, and that was enough to give them the win over Gauthiod in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Gotaland). Due to lack of info, I cannot say how long Kyle played for, or if GK Tony Halterman played (he was in 18)
GK Matt Pyzdrowski (90) and Helsingborg still retain their unbeaten status in Sweden's Superettan as they traveled to Falkenbergs and earned a 1 - 1 draw. Helsingborg are in 2nd place on the table.
GK Josh Wicks (90) as Sirius score an ET goal to earn a 2 - 1 victory over Halmstad in Sweden's Allsvenskan. Sirius back on their winning way after a rough patch the past 3 weeks, move up to 5th
Mix Diskerud went 73 as Goteborg traveled to Norrkoping in Sweden Allsvenskan, losing 2 - 0 - Goteborg are in 11th place 3 places above the drop zone
Isaac Kannah (90) as Mikkeli UP (MiPK) win 2 - 1 at home over PKKU in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A)
Brian Span (90) Scored the opening goal for Mariehamn as they traveled to KuPS in Finland's Veikkausliga on the way to a 1 - 2 win. Mariehamn on a roll with 2 straight wins move up the table to 5th (2 points off of 2nd place) in a tight group at the top of the table
George Fochive never made it off the bench as Viborg faced off with Helsingor in the other pro/rel battle in Denmark. A battle that wasn't decided until after ET, and a game that ended in a 2 - 2 draw, with Helsingor gaining the upper hand in away goals. The agg was 3 - 3. So Viborg are relegated....
GK Alex Horwath was the backup keeper today as Brann visited Odd in Norway's Eliteserien and earned a goalless draw. Brann are in 3rd place after 2 straight draws (following 3 wins)
Joshua Perez went 90 as Fiorentina U19 beat Atalanta U19 1 - 0 in the Primavera Quarter Finals....and advanced to the Primavera Semi Finals where they will meet Juventus U19
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