So the Winter Break is winding down in a lot of countries, and that means the friendlies season picks up as clubs start to integrate new players and look to get fitness back on track. Although their are still quite a few more friendlies scheduled, next week will will start to see a restart, and the run to glory, start up again
This week though had some fun stuff. Josh Sargent played twice for Bremen II and notched an assist in the first and a goal in the other..I like to think that this portends for the future, and another Pulisic rapid rise scenario. Kevin Lankford, who has a little more experience in Germany than Josh, managed 2 matches and scored in each. Mario Rodriguez took advantage of the break getting 2 matches in this week and scoring in one, while Jordan Siebatcheu got back on track and scored Riems 2nd Goal in France Ligue 1. Keaton Parks also became a provider, as he was credited with the assist on Benfica B's 3rd goal. Not to be left out Goal-keeper Mike Lansing made his senior team debut for Aalborg and got a clean sheet for the record as he kept Randers at bay in an all Danish friendly
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OK here's the lists...first the short list;
GOALS
Mario Rodriguez - Germany (f)
Kevin Lankford - Germany (f)
Emerson Hyndman - England
Jordan Siebatcheu - France
Josh Sargent - Germany (f)
Kevin Lankford - Germany (f)
ASSISTS
Josh Sargent - Germany (f)
Kyle Scott - England
Timothy Chandler - Germany
Keaton Parks - Portugal
SHUT OUTS
Mike Lansing - Denmark (f)
.....and the longer more comprehensive listing;
MONDAY
Matthew Olosunde (90) as Manchester United U23 lose 0 - 3 to West ham U23 in England's Premier League 2 (Group 1) United in danger of being relegated, in bottom 2 (2 points adrift of safety)
TUESDAY
Isaiah Young & Josh Sargent both start 2nd half for Bremen II in a friendly at Dynamo Dresden. Bremen II lose this one 2 - 1 with Josh Sargent providing the Assist on Bremen's goal. It was also Josh's debut for the team.
USA Sal Esposito (17 y/o) made his debut with SSC Napoli on their youth team ? one to watch?
Jann George started today in a friendly as Regensburg hosted Austrian side LASK Linz in a game that ended 3 - 3
Both Terence Boyd & McKinzie Gaines started in Darmstadt's 3 - 0 victory over Belgium side Waasland-Beveren
Shane O'Neill returned from a long lasting injury, on the bench for Excelsior today in a friendly against Scotland's Hibernian - final score 0 - 0
Mario Rodriguez & Joe Gyau came on for the 2nd half of a friendly, as Sonnenhof fall at Bayern 5 - 3. Good performance by Sonnenhof who held on for a 3 - 3 match until Franck Ribery came on for Bayern and hit a hat-trick. Mario Rodriguez Scored Sonnenhof's 3rd Goal
Aaron Schoenfeld remained on the bench as M.Tel Aviv notched another win, this time 3 - 0 over Netanya in Ligat ha'Al
Kyle Scott (87) as Chelsea U23 visited League One Portsmouth in the Checkatrade Cup. Kyle was attributed the Assist on the first Goal as Chelsea U23 win 1 - 2 and advance
(GK) Brendan Moore watched from the bench as League One Rochdale lost 0 - 1 to League Two Lincoln City, who advance in Checkatrade Cup
In Wales Premier League, Jay Denny (75 + yellow) as Newtown come from 2 goals down to win 3 - 2 at home over Cardiff Metropolitan. Only Newtown's 2nd win in their last 5 matches
WEDNESDAY
Juan Torres came off the bench at 60th minute at Lokoren traveled to Spain's Elche in a friendly, losing 4 - 3
Alfredo Morales (90) for Ingolstadt as they win their friendly 1 - 0 over Marc Heider (81) and Osnabruck in an all German friendly
Royal Fennel started for Hallescher as they had little problem handling Cottbus in a friendly that ended 0 - 4
GK Ethan Horvath started on the bench as Club Brugge visited Netherlands Groningen in a friendly and won 1 - 2. Ethan played the 2nd half
Kevin Lankford played most of the 2nd half and Scored Heidenheim's 1st Goal as they go on to win 3 - 1 over Belgium's Antwerp in a friendly
Kenny Saief played the 1st half for Anderlecht as they traveled to Netherlands Utrecht, losing 4 - 3. Good to see Kenny get the start at his new club, even if only a friendly
GK Paul Rachubka was the backup keeper as Kerala Blasters visited Delhi Dynamo in India's ISL and won 1 - 3. Kerala are 3 points off a post season play-off spot and must visit Mumbai City next - the team they need to topple to get there
THURSDAY
Kenny Saief started in a friendly as Anderlecht traveled to Netherlands Heerenveen - where they played to a goalless draw - Kenny played 68 minutes
Haji Wright started and played the first half and Ken Gipson started and played the 2nd half as Sandhausen won their friendly with Unterhaching 3 - 1
Shaq Moore started and went 90 as Levante were booted from Copa del Ray , in Spain, by Espanyol 0 - 2. Shame, they were one of the final 16 teams. Whether Shaq holds on to his starting position we will see in the coming weeks - lets hope so.
FRIDAY
Emerson Hyndman started for Bournemouth U21 as they traveled to QPR U21, and Scored the first Goal as they go on to win 0 - 3 in this friendly, that had Giles Phillips going 90 for QPR
Masami Okada played the first half for Babelsberg in a friendly at Jena in a German friendly that ended all square at 1 - 1
Terence Boyd played the 2nd half, McKinzie Gaines joined in at 63' as Darmstadt were held scoreless in a 0 - 0 draw with Wurzburger Kickers in a German friendly
GK Kenneth Kronholm had the day off as Kiel played Belgium side St Truiden to a 2 - 2 draw in a friendly
Matt Miazga played the 2nd half of Vitesse 1 - 1 draw with Scotland's Hearts
GK Quentin Westberg was on the bench for Auxerre as they draw 1 - 1 with Le Havre in France Ligue 2. Auxerre in a spot of bother 3 points above the drop zone
Jordan Siebatcheu (88) Scored Riems 2nd Goal as they go on to win 0 - 2 at Orleans in France Ligue 2. Riems are now 10 points clear at the top of the league, and have not lost a game since October 13th
Maki Tall (90) as Tours are held in a goalless draw at home by Clermont in France Ligue 2. Tours are firmly in last place and look doomed
Dion Acoff came off the bench at 63 minutes as Valur fall 1 - 3 to Fylker in Iceland's Reykjavik Cup
Andrija Novakovich (90) as Telstar hold Maastricht to a goalless draw and move into 4th place in Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Kai Koreniuk (90) as Jong AZ traveled to Waalwijk and lost 1 - 0 in Netherlands Eerste Divisie. Jong AZ are only 6 points above the drop zone.
Juan Torres (25) for Belgium's Lokoren as they visited Seoul in South Korea and won a friendly 1 - 0
SATURDAY
Sammy Adjai started for his new team Hawkes Bay in an exciting 2 - 3 win at Wellington Phoenix 2 in New Zealand's Premier League
GK Mike Lansing started today for Aalborg and gets the Shut Out as they win 0 - 1 at Randers in a friendly
Lyndon Gooch (60 + yellow) and Sunderland got thumped 4 - 0 at Cardiff in England's Championship. Sunderland play most of the 2nd half with 10 men. Still, they are dead last in the Championship
In their last Winter break friendly, Royal Fennel started for Hallescher as visited Nordhausen winning 1 - 2
Jann George started in a friendly as Regensburg visited Sonnenhof who had Joe Gyau, who entered at 59' and Mario Rodriguez, played the 2nd half. Final 0 - 2 in favor of Regensburg
Bobby Wood (74) as Hamburg visited Augsburg and lost 1 - 0 in Bundesliga. Hamburg now 2nd from bottom 2 points adrift of safety
Aaron Jóhannsson got the final 6 minutes in, as Bremen were held to a 1 - 1 draw by Hoffenheim in Bundesliga. Bremen are 1 point ahead of Hamburg, in the bottom 3 in Bundesliga
Timothy Chandler (90) gets the Assist on Frankfurt's goal but they are held to a 1 - 1 scoreline by Freiburg, who had Caleb Stanko on the bench.
GK Brady Scott started on the bench for Koln II in a friendly against Siegen in Germany. Koln II won this one 3 - 0
Danny Williams remained on the bench as Huddersfield were dis-mantled by West Ham at home 1 - 4 in the English Premier League
DeAndre Yedlin (90) in Newcastle's 1 - 1 draw at home with Swansea in the EPL. Every point for Newcastle counts at this stage, 23 points and a a good GD puts them in 14th and 3 points above the drop zone
Antonee Robinson (90 + yellow) for Bolton as they traveled to Brentford in the English Championship and lost 2 - 0, breaking a 2 game win streak...Bolton 1 point above the drop zone
Tim Ream (90) and Fulham get a very late PK and win 0 - 1 at Middlesbrough in the Championship and move above today's opponent by 1 point into 8th place
Niall Mason (90) as Doncaster are held at home 1 - 1 by Plymouth. Both teams mid-table on 35 points
GK Brendan Moore on the bench (of course) as Rochdale fall 2 - 1 at Gillingham in England's League One
Duane Holmes (90) as Scunthorpe travel to Portsmouth and force a 1 - 1 draw in League One. Scunthorpe remain unbeaten in their last 5, sit in 4th place.
Mason Robertson (90) as Peterhead beats Stirling 4 - 3 in Scotland's League Two. Peterhead have won their last 5, and sit in 2nd place 1 point off the top spot
Keaton Parks played the full 90 minutes, and is credited with an Assist on his teams 3rd goal, as Benfica B win 3 - 2 at home over Oliveirense in Portugal Segunda Liga. With 3 wins in their last 5 Benfica B are slowly moving up the table, but they still have a lot to do
Jay Denny remained on the bench as Newtown won 3 - 0 over Prestatyn in the Welsh Premier League. That's 2 straight wins - 3 of 4 and a boost up to 8th place for Newtown
Eric Lichaj (90 + yellow) as Nottingham Forest fall 0 - 1 to Aston Villa in the Championships late game. Nottingham, despite their FA Cup heroics, are in a downward spiral with just 2 points from their last 5 league matches.
All the talk this past week of Weston McKennie playing CB didn't pan for Schalke as he was left sitting on the bench as they fall 3 - 1 at RB Leipzig in Bundesliga
Ander Egiluz tarted today as Basconia visited Balmaseda in Spain's Tercera Division (Group 4) unfortunately they lost by a 1 - 0 scoreline. Basconia are just 1 point above the relegation zone
John Neeskens started today as Santaboia visited Horta in Tercera Division (Group 5) losing 2 - 1 This was Santaboia's first loss in a while
Joshua Perez came off the bench at 65' as Livorno fall 2 - 1 at Parma in a friendly in Italy
Information is hard to come by but, Junior Flores started on the bench today for Dortmund II in a 1 - 2 loss to Fortuna Koln - I'll keep looking to see if he played....
SUNDAY
Shaq Moore played for Levante UD B, he played 90 minutes / Yellow in a 2 - 2 away draw at Elche in Tercera Division (Group 6) which Levante B leads by 4 points (NB: Shaq played on Thursday, and the coach rested him for today's La Liga match)
Kyle Scott played the 1st half as Chelsea U23 pounded Sunderland U23 0 - 5 in England's EPL2 (Group 1)
In a friendly in Austria, Heidenheim and Kevin Lankford were beaten by LASK Linz 2 - 1 with Kevin Scoring Heidenheim's Goal, which at the time tied things up. This was Kevin's 2nd goal this week
Josh Sargent came off the bench for the 2nd half and 3 minutes in, Scored his 1st Bremen Goal as Bremen U23 beat Oldenburg 2 - 1 in a friendly. Josh's goal was the winner! and that's 2 matches for Bremen with an assist in the first and a goal in the second - not a bad way to start your career.
Haji Wright entered the match at 77th minute as Sandhausen were thoroughly beaten 3 - 0 in a friendly at Young Boys in Switzerland
Kofi Twumasi entered the match at the 60th minute as FC Viitorul traveled to Turkey to face the mighty Galatasaray in a friendly, and the Romanian side fall, not unexpectedly 2 - 0
GK Paul Rachubka was backup keeper for Kerala Blasters as they visited Mumbai City, and won 0 - 1 in India's ISL. Both teams are now on 14 points, and 2 points off a post-season play-off spot
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