Germany, England and a few other countries started their leagues (except the top tiers) and many US guys were missing...not released or transferred, just not in the squad. Germany had the largest number of American players in action - and goals 5. Of note Andrew Wooten's winner for Sandhausen, and of course, Christian Pulisic's for Dortmund in the Super Cup. Other scorers this week included Ryan Masch in a Swedish Cup game (admittedly against a minnow side) where he scored twice and a couple of goals in Australia one each from Tyler Fischer and Dylan Williams.
In the nets, Will Dieterich had another clean sheet in Iceland, returning to Haukar seems to have been a tonic, Jeff Gal, Paul Blanchette and Tim Murray all continued to win and are keeping their teams in the promotion hunt. Jonathan Klinsmann played the 2nd half of a friendly and maintained the shut out for Hertha
England's Premier League starts next weekend, then German Bundesliga the week after, so there is more action on the horizon at the highest level.
Transfers are still going on...Finland closes its window on the 9th, Sweden closes its window on the 11th and Norway on the 17th. Three countries favored by young American players - so check our transfer blog for updates.
OK to the lists, the short list first.......
GOALS
Darius Strode - Germany (f)
Tyler Fischer - Australia
Ryan Masch (2) - Sweden
Andrew Wooten - Germany
Ian-Prescott Claus - Germany
Dylan Williams - Australia
Christian Eissele - Finland
Christian Pulisic - Germany
Timothy Chandler - Germany (f)
SHUT OUT
Will Dietrich - Iceland
Jonathan Klinsmann - Germany (f) *2nd Half only
Bakary Sanyang - Germany
....and the longer more comprehensive listing
MONDAY
Shawn Barry (90) and Korona won their first game of the season in Poland's Ekstraklasa by 4 - 2 over Cracovia
Brendan Hines-Ike (90) as Orebro battle to a 1 - 1 draw at Hacken in Sweden's Allsvenskan. Orebro looking a lot better over the last 5 games
Jerome Kiesewetter (90) in Dusseldorf's 2 - 2 draw at home to Braunschweig in Germany's 2Liga in the season opener for both teams
GK Quentin Westberg was the backup keeper for Auxerre as they win 1 - 0 over Lens in France's Ligue 2
Will Daniels (75) in Grindavik's 1 - 2 loss to Vikingur in Iceland's Pepsideild. Grindavik in a real skid, with 3 straight losses, remember they were league leaders a few weeks back, now 3rd and 9 points behind leaders Valur
Talking about Valur, Dion Acoff (21) joined the game at 69' and helped his team cement a massive 6 - 0 win over hapless Akranes in Iceland Pepsidelid. Valur are now 8 points clear at the top
TUESDAY
Josue Soto (69) for his new team AC Oulu held high flying Honka to a 2 - 2 draw in Finland's Ykkonen. Honka move into the top spot, of what looks to be a 3 team race for promotion, but only on GD. GK Tim Murray, who still has no losses to his name, will be disappointed after 2 straight clean sheets. BTW. Josue Soto joined AC Oulu yesterday and suited up for today's game, he was previously at FC Jaro
Royal Fennell (90 + Yellow) wore the captain's arm-band as Hallescher hosted Jena, in Germany 3Liga, losing 0 - 2, with no help from Manu who came off the bench at 46 and was red-carded at 53 (let his team down badly) so there was no come-back for Hallescher who now have only from their first 3 games
Joe Gyau (88 + Yellow) as Sonnenhof won 2 - 0 at home over Zwickau in 3Liga. Sonnenhof are now in 2nd place, on GD, in the early season
In Today's Friendlies
Julian Green (29) for Stuttgart as they squander a 3 - 1 lead allowing Danny Williams, who started, and Huddersfield back into the game which ended in a 3 - 3 draw
Regionalliga (Nord) team Altona and Darius Strode played West Ham to a 3 - 3 draw in Germany. Darius Scored for Altona what would have been the winning goal, but an OG 15 minutes later tied it at 3 a piece
Christian Pulisic started for Dortmund and played most of the game as they fell foul to Italy's Atalanta losing 0 - 1
WEDNESDAY
Tyler Fischer Scored Avondale's 1st (& winning) goal as they traveled to South Melbourne and won 0 - 2 in Australia's NPL (Victoria) Avondale move up to 5th place, and they have a game 'in-hand' over the 3 teams directly ahead of them
Isaiah Young was on the bench as Bremen II beat Karlsruher 2 - 0 in Germany's 3Liga
Robbie Kristo came off the bench at 61' but was unable to help Osnabruck who fall 3 - 0 to Fortuna Koln in 3Liga
Bryan Gaul (90) as Eleversberg held on for a goalless draw with Sandhausen in Regionalliga (Sudwest)
Phillip Atbashyan (45) played the 2nd half in Utenis thumping by Zalgiris in Lithuania's A Lyga
Michael Stewart started for Orebro-Syrianska in the Swedish Svenska Cup (qualification) losing 2 - 3 on PK's to Karlstad
Ryan Masch (90) in Skovde's 0 - 9 away win over Skara FC in the Swedish Svenska Cup (qualification). Ryan Scored Twice - Goals #8 and #9
Ethan Horvath and Club Brugge were well beaten at Basaksehir in the European Champions League Qualification - 2nd Leg with a 2 - 0 loss and a 3 - 3 home result the aggregate was 5 - 3 Club Brugge are out of the Champions League
GK Will Dietrich gets a Clean Sheet again for Haukar as they win 2 - 0 over Thor Akureyri in Iceland's Inkasso-deildin. Haukar up to 4th place and 4 points off the 1st promotion spot.
JC Mack went 73 as Selfoss lost at home 1 - 2 to Keflavik in Iceland Inkasso-deildin. Selfoss has now lost 3 of its last 5 and slipped to 7th and effectively out of the promotion race
Tanner Sica went 90, as Tindastoll lost their home game against Afturelding in Iceland Division 2. (Gregory Conrad was not in the squad for Afturelding - injured) Tindastoll are dangerously close to the red zone, while Afturelding are in 5th place, but 7 points behind the 1st promotion spot and realistically probably won't make up the difference
In Today's Friendlies
GK Jonathan Klinsmann came off the bench and maintained the Shut Out for Hertha as they beat Neftci Baku of Azebejan 4 - 0
THURSDAY
GK Paul Blanchette (90) did not get another shut out, but PEPO did win 2 - 1 over Kultsu, and now share top spot with KTP in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A)
In Europa League Qualification action, Aberdeen were ousted 3 - 2 on aggregate following a 2 - 0 loss in Cyprus to Apollon. GK Danny Rogers was the backup keeper for Aberdeen. (Note- Shane O'Neil who returned to Apollon from NAC Breda in Netherlands has not made the 18 in any of Apollon's matches)
In Germany's Regionalliga (Nordost) Ryan Malone (90 + yellow) and Lokomotive Leipzig hosted Masami Okada (90) and Babelsberg in a game that ended in a goalless draw
Back to Europa League qualification and Israel's M.Tel Aviv pushed through to the next round with a 0 - 1 win over Panionios of Greece (0 - 2 on aggregate) Aaron Schoenfeld played the complete game and picked up a yellow in the away win
FRIDAY
In Germany's 2Liga Andrew Wooten came off the bench at 55' and Scored the winning Goal at 70' as Sandhausen remain undefeated after 2 games by beating Alfredo Morales (90) and Ingolstadt, who have yet to gain a point . Ken Gipson was on the bench for Sandhausen
GK Kenneth Kronholm found himself in a free scoring game, but came out a loser this time as Kiel fall 4 - 3 at Union Berlin (league leaders) in Germany 2Liga
Adam Benn captained Neindorfer in Oberliga (Hamburg) as they lost at home 1 - 2 to Victoria Hamburg
Maki Tall came off the bench at 55' but to no avail as Tours fall 2 - 0 at Clermont in France Ligue 2 - 2 straight losses to start the season for Tours
GK Quentin Westberg was the backup keeper for Auxerre as they lost big to Le Havre 4 - 1 - no doubt 2 red cards had something to do with the result (3 goals in last 5 minutes)
James Gulley off the bench at 61' for his new team Karlslund as they win 3 - 1 over Eskilstuna City in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Svealand) Karlslund now 5 points clear at the top of the table
Ian-Prescott Claus (90) Scored Süderelbe 2nd Goal in a 2 - 2 draw at home to Pinneberg, 1st appearance for Claus, while Elson Pllumbi spent his 1st game on the bench in Oberliga (Hamburg)
Terence Boyd came off the bench at 78' and McKinzie Gaines was nowhere to be seen (after the pair had a stellar pre-season) as Darmstadt visited Kaiserslautern and drew 1 - 1. Darmstadt continue in the league without a loss and sit in 3rd place (on GD)
In England's Championship, Eric Lichaj remained on the bench as Nottingham won their season opener 1 - 0 over Millwall
Lynden Gooch was also on the bench for Sunderland as they draw 1 - 1 at home to Derby also in the English Championship
In Today's Friendlies
Danny Williams played the 2nd half as Huddersfield draw 2 - 2 at Torino in Italy
In England, Fabian Johnson (24) and M"Gladbach fall 2 - 1 to Leicester City on 2 James Vardey goals
SATURDAY
Tyler Fischer started for Avondale in their 1 - 0 win over Kingston City in Australia's NPL (Victoria) Tyler leads all goal-scorer's in the league (with 12)
Dylan Williams Scored a 13th minute goal that was enough for Launceston to beat Hobart Zebras 1 - 0. Launceston have not lost in 5 games and are in the mix for the post season play, but waaaay behind the teams ahead of them
GK Daniel Schmidt (90) and Vegalta Sendai continue on their downward spiral - only 1 point from last 5 games, as they lose 2 - 0 at Kashima in Japan's J-League
In Germany's 2Liga, Mael Corboz stayed on the bench as Duisburg were held to a 1 - 1 draw by Bochum. Russell Canouse was not in Bochums 18. Both teams have identical records
Jared Odenback started for Lindome as they were pummeled at home 0 - 4 by Tvååkers IF in Sweden's Division 2 (Vastra Gotaland) Lindome has hit a really bad stretch, but as they were pretty good at the season start they are solidly mid-table
Oh Dear!! Isaiah Young started for Bremen II, but was sent off - Red/2 yellows - in the 67th minute as his team scraped out a 0 - 1 win over Munster in Germany 3Liga
Joe Gyau (90) as Sonnenhof visited Paderborn, and wished they had stayed home, losing this one 5 - 0. nuf said! in 3Liga
Fabian Hurzeler (90) in Pipinsried's 4 - 0 loss at the hands of Nurnberg II in Regionalliga (Bayern)
Jamil Fearrington (90) in Bronshoj 3 - 1 win over Marcus Salandy-Defour and B-93 in Denmark Division 2 (Group 1)
Jordan Siebatcheu (76 + yellow) in Reims 2 - 0 win over Orleans in France's Ligue 2. Reims share top spot in the league
Julian Ceesay (90) in Gebenbach 6 - 1 loss to Wurzburger in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)
GK Tyler Back was in the squad today as backup keeper for Nordvarmland's goalless draw with Grebbestads in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Gotaland) Very unexpected, Tyler played some last season in Sweden but was released and disappeared of the radar.
GK Bakary Sanyang gets the Shut Out as Pfeddersheim are held to a goalless draw by FSV Salmrohr in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)
GK Malcolm Little was backup keeper today for Dudenhofen as they visited Trier in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) losing 2 - 1
Kevin Olali (90) as Morlautern lose a close one at FV Engers 3 - 2 in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)
In Austria Tipico Bundesliga, Devante Parker went 65 as St. Polten traveled to #1 LASK Linz and lost 2 - 0. 3 games, 3 losses to start the season for St Polten, time to turn things around guy's
In Denmark's Superliga, Perry Kitchen (90) and Randers fall 2 - 0 at Hobro, leaving them bottom of the division with 1 point from their first 4 games!!
In England's Championship Tim Ream (90) as Fulham are held to a 1 - 1 draw at home by Norwich. Season opener for both teams
In England League One it was opening day and Niall Mason (90) and Doncaster drew 0 - 0 at home with Gillingham
Gboly Ariyibi (90) and MK Don's lost their home opener 0 - 1 to Wigan
and Duane Holmes came off the bench at 74' for Scunthorpe as they draw 1 - 1 with Wimbledon in their home opener
In Finland's Ykkonen, GK Tim Murray (90) and Honka continued to pull away at the top of the table with a 3 - 1 win over OPS
Christian Eissele (90) Scored late as Jaro visited Josue Soto (90) and Oulu in Finland's Ykkonen winning 0 - 4 in a surprising win. Oulu are pretty much out of the promotion race now, while Jaro's win raises them a little further from the red zone
Timothy Wilson only lasted the first half as OTP visited #1 AC Kajaani and got thumped 5 - 0 in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) AC Kajaani are now 12 points clear at the top only having lost 1 game all season. OTP look set for a drop into obscurity, in last place
Jordan Rouse went 90 and picked up a yellow as TP47 visited PK-37 and fought to a 3 - 3 draw in Kakkonen (Group C)
In Finland Kakkonen (Group B) Jacob Bushue (90) in BK-46 1 - 3 loss to FC Jazz. That's 3 straight losses for BK-46, who are slipping out of promotion contention fast
Alassane Kane (24) got his first action of the season with DJK Amberg in Oberliga (Bayern Nord) as they traveled to TSV Aubstadt and played to a goalless draw
In Scotland Mason Robertson (90) in Peterhead's 1 - 2 win at Annan in the Scottish League 2
Leonard Taylor (90) as Bodens visited IFK Östersund and won 0 - 1 in Sweden's Division 2 (Norrland)
Isaac Kannah (90) as MiKi traveled to Lahti in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) and won 1 - 2 for their first win in 5 attempts
In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Brendan Hines-Ike (90) and Orebro gave up a 2 - 0 halftime lead and tied 2 - 2 with Elfsborg, that's 3 straight draws for Orebro
Jon-Paul Pittman (70) as Torquay draw 0 - 0 with Tranmere in England's National League opener
Matt Miazga stayed on the bench as Vitesse took on Feyenoord in the Netherlands Super Cup Final losing 2 - 1 on PK's
Juan Torres stayed on the bench as Lokoren traveled to Kortrijk in Belgium's Jupiler League. Losing 1 - 0. Lokoren have lost both of their opening league matches
Christian Pulisic (90) Scored the opening Goal for Dortmund in thr German Super Cup match against Bayern Munich in a game that saw Bayern score in the 88th minute to tie and then go ahead and win 4 -v5 on PK's - heart-breaker for Dortmund who lose 2 - 3
In Today's Friendlies
In the Netherlands, Den Haag (with ex-American Bjorn Johnsen) played Desevio Payne and Excelsior winning 1 - 0 on a goal by Johnsen
Weston McKennie played the 2nd half as Schalke visited England's Crystal Palace in a game that ended all even a 1 - 1
Timothy Chandler Scored the winning goal in a 3 - 0 win for Frankfurt over Spain's Real Betis
Geoff Cameron started for Stoke City as they took on RB Leipzig winning 1 - 2
Cameron Carter-Vickers came off the bench at 41' for Tottenham as they won 2 - 0 over Juventus
Shaq Moore came off the bench at 71' as Levante visited Zaragosa in an all Spanish friendly with Levante falling 2 - 0
SUNDAY
In Germany 2Liga, Jann George (84) and Regensburg hosted Nurnburg and lost 0 - 1 after a late 2nd half goal. Regensberg start the season with 2 straight losses
Masami Okada (90) as Babelsberg visited Chemie Leipzig and lost 1 - 0 in Regionalliga (Nordost)
Ryan Malone (90) as Lokomotive Leipzig traveled to FSV Union Fürstenwalde in Regionalliga (Nordost) and won 0 - 2
Royal Fennell (90) for Hallescher as they visited Osnabruck and Robbie Kristo (in 18/DNP) in a back and forth battle that ended in a 3 - 3 draw in Germany 3Liga
Joel Sonora went 81 as Stuttgart II and SSV Ulm got into a goal-fest in Regionalliga (Sudwest) with Stuttgart II coming out on top 5 - 3
In Denmark Division One, Christopher Thorsheim (90) and Nykøbing FC had a rough day as they visited Vejle and got well beaten 4 - 1
Also in Denmark Division One, George Fochive went 90 as Viborg hosted Esbjerg and lost 0 - 2. Its only the 2nd game of the season for relegated Viborg, but right now they are bottom, with 2 straight losses
Darius Strode stayed on the bench as Altona traveled to Luneburger in Regionalliga (Nord) and won 1 - 2, to win their first of the season
Mix Diskerud (90) in Goteborg's 1 - 0 loss at Kalmar in Sweden's Allsvenskan
Romain Gall went 60 in Sundsvall's 1 - 1 draw at home with Ostersunds also in Sweden's Allsvenskan
Kyle Scott stayed on the bench for Chelsea as they lost to Arsenal in the FA Community Shield on PK's
In Sweden Superettan, Alex De John (90) Andrew Stadler (23) as Dalkurd traveled to Atvidabergs and won big 1 - 4. Dalkurd sitting in 2nd place (4 points out of 1st and 6 points ahead of 3rd)
GK Jeff Gal (90) and BK Forward are back on their winning way as they recover from last weeks loss with a 2 - 3 away win over Lidingo IFK in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Svealand). Forward are in 2nd place, and just 2 points out of first
In Germany 2Liga, Jerome Kiesewetter (74) as Dusseldorf traveled to Aue and came away with a 0 - 2 victory. Early day's but Dusseldorf remain unbeaten
GK Mike Lansing was the backup keeper for Aalborg as they traveled to Odense in Denmark's Superliga in a game that ended in a goalless draw
Lawrence Smith (90), Chris Corcoran (90 + yellow) Jossimer Sanchez (in 18/DNP) as GBK won 2 - 1 at home over KajHa in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C)
Ian Garrett (90) for VIFK as they fall 3 - 1 at JBK in Kakkonen (Group C) After 2 straight losses, VIFK still remain in 2nd place, although now only on GD
In Scotland's Premier League, GK Danny Rogers was the backup keeper for Aberdeen as they won their season opener 2 - 0 over Hamilton
In England's Championship, Antonee Robinson started his loan at Bolton on the bench as they faced off with Leeds United, in both teams season opener, with Bolton losing 2 - 3
In Finland's Ykkonen, Daniel Stevens (in 18/DNP) and GrIFK were held to a goalless draw by Ekenas, Felix De Bona (90) Etchu Tabe (90 + yellow). Ekenas who started the season with some pitiful results have now gone 5 matches undefeated and are in a respectable 5th place in the league
With 5 starters on the injured list, Sirius and GK Josh Wicks (90) could not overcome rising AIK Stockholm as they fall heavily 1 - 4 in Sweden's Allsvenskan. The loss drops Sirius to 4th place (on GD) a blow to their Euro chances next season. AIK move into 2nd
In Norway Eliteserien, Stefan Antonijevic played 90 minutes as Lillestrom visited Viking and held them to a 2 - 2 draw. That's Lillestrom's 3rd straight draw, you are not gonna win the league like that, but they are keeping their heads way above any relegation trouble.
Aaron Schoenfeld came off the bench at 66 minutes as M. Tel Aviv were held to a goalless draw by M. Netanya in the Israel Toto Cup (Group B)
GK Ethan Horvath (90) and Club Brugge made it 2 for 2 as they win 3 - 1 at home over Eupen in Belgium's Jupiler League. Now 1 of only 3 teams with a perfect record
GK Alex Horwath (90) and Brann nearly blew it altogether as they went 2 up, and fought till the end with Aalesund to earn an away 3 - 3 draw. Brann slip a little but are in 4th and still in the mix of things
In Today's Friendlies
Julian Green came off the bench at 67' as Stuttgart lost to Spain's Betis 1 - 2
Bobby Wood (70) started for Hamburg as they hosted Spanish side Espanyol in a game that ended 1 - 1
An all Frankfurt affair as Frankfurt's Bundesliga side with Timothy Chandler starting hosted Regionalliga side FSV Frankfurt where both Javan Torre Howell and Kouami Dalmeida started, with the outcome an easy bet - FSV fall 5 - 2
John Brooks started for Wolfsburg as they fall 0 - 2 to Italy's Fiorentina
Caleb Stanko (82) started for Freiberg as they faced off with Torino of Italy and fell 1 - 2
Shaq Moore (90) for Levante as they traveled to Alaves in an all Spanish friendly that ended in a 1 - 1 draw
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