WEEKEND WRAP: Friday/Saturday/Sunday/Monday - All England All The Time

Happy New Year to you all and Thank You for your continued support of our Blog.

Peculiar to English football, those 6 day following Christmas, see teams (some) playing 3 games in 6 days. It heralds the half-way point in the season, and for fans a fantastic holiday gift. I extended the list this weekend to include Monday. We did see an Assist from Eric Lichaj and a clean sheet from Brad Guzan, so not a wash for our boys in England.

The Transfer Window has opened in a handful of countries - you can see the list here - and we have fired up our running list of transfers involving Americans here

FRIDAY

DeAndre Yedlin went 90 and picked up a yellow as Newcastle re-captured the top position in the English Championship beating down Nottingham Forest and Eric Lichaj (90 + Assist). Earlier in the week, and following Newcastle's 0 -1 home loss, Brighton took the lead away with a 3 - 0 win over QPR. Today Newcastle got back on track - although this could be short-lived, as Newcastle lead by 2 points, and Brighton have to play 1 more game.

Gboly Ariyibi only went 57 minutes today as Chesterfield lose on the road to Port Vale in England's League One. only 3 points separate the bottom 5 teams in the league

Perry Kitchen (90) Bjorn Johnsen (90 +yellow) and Hearts had a rare home loss, 0 - 1, to Aberdeen as the visitors scored the only goal, and extend their 3rd place position over Hearts to 6 points. Hearts who were in 2nd not that long ago have a 1W/2D/2L record for the last 5 matches, which will not get you into Europe play next season....time to sharpen up guys!

Tim Ream and Fulham traveled to face Danny Williams (yellow) and Reading in the English Championship - it was a struggle from the get-go, and at half time the officials abandoned the game due to bad weather. Both players did complete the first half.

SATURDAY

Falkirk and GK Danny Rogers (90) seem to have picked up a bad habit - scoring first and then losing. Today Falkirk only held the lead for about 2 minutes in the first half, then lost it late in the second. That's 2L/2D and 1 win in the last 5 as they are rapidly losing position in the Scottish Championship

GK Brad Guzan, an unused sub, as Middlesbrough traveled to Manchester United and lost a heart-breaker 2 - 1 after 2 goals in as many minutes, late in the game, 85' & 86'. Rumors have had Brad leaving in the January window...remember his contract is through 2018 - so no free's here. MLS will have to pay

Solid middle of the table clash in England's Championship between Barnsley and Birmingham with Jonathan Spector (90) ended in a 2 - 2 draw. Both teams on 35 points, but realistically neither team will reach promotional play-off spot this season

in England's League One, Duane Holmes was an unused sub for Scunthorpe as they visited Bolton and lost 2 - 1 on a 90 minute + goal. The period of poor form has really hurt Scunthorpe who have fallen to 3rd and out of the automatic promotion spot. The promise (earlier this season) of a runaway league championship has completely disappeared

SUNDAY

Cameron Carter-Vickers was an unused sub as Tottenham traveled to Watford and dispensed with them easily 1 - 4. Tottenham has moved into 4th place in England's Premiere League

GK Brendan Moore (90) was between the sticks in an 10 goal thriller as visitors Torquay and home team Forest Green settle for a 5 - 5 draw in England's National League

Kris Scott was an unused sub as Nuneaton won 1 - 0 over Tamworth in England's National League (North) That's 4 wins in a row for Nuneaton

Jon-Paul Pittman went 90, as Harrogate rescued a point at Stockport on a 89 minute OG (GK completely missed a back pass) I am sure that Harrogate will be happy with a point and the end of a 2 game skid in England's National League (North)

MONDAY

GK Brad Guzan get the start and the shut-out as Middlesbrough and Leicester end the game goalless in the English Premier League

Jonathan Spector went 90 for Birmingham, as they welcomed visitors Brentford to St Andrews. Birmingham had the lead going into the 2nd half, but fell 1 - 3 in their England Championship match (3 loses 1 draw in their last 5, since Zola took over as manager)

DeAndre Yedlin was an unused sub as Newcastle visited Blackburn and fell 1 - 0. I am sure that Newcastle's 2 losses in 3 games has Rafa wondering what's gone wrong.

Danny Williams (90) and Reading left it late as they traveled to Bristol City and came away with all 3 points in a 2 - 3 win in the English Championship. Reading sit in 3rd place with a game in hand

Tim Ream went 90 for Fulham and saw their lead disappear in 2 minutes as Brighton score 74' & 75' goals - Fulham never recovered and started the year with a 1 - 2 loss

Eric Lichaj (90) captained Nottingham Forest in today's contest with Barnsley, but he could not martial his team to a win as Forest fall 0 - 1 (Nottingham now with 4 straight losses)

GK Paul Rachubka was on the bench for Bury as they fell 1 - 3 at home to league leaders Sheffield Utd, in England League 1

Gboly Ariyibi joined the game in the 66th minute for Chesterfield, but with minimal impact, as Chesterfield and MK Dons end this one scoreless in England League 1

Duane Holmes, started and went 68' as Scunthorpe could only manage a 1 - 1 draw with Peterborough, as Scunthorpe's bad patch continues in League One

Kevin Dzierzawski got a couple of minutes at the end of the game for Peterhead as they traveled to Brechin and won 0 - 1, breaking their losing streak and helping themselves out of the relegation zone

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WEEKEND WRAP: Amazing Friday, Saturday, Sunday - Features (13) Goals, (6) Shut Outs, (6) Assists

An amazing 3 days of soccer by our lads in Europe and around. 13 Goals (at last count) 6 Assists and 6 Shut Outs. The big news, I guess is Bobby Wood's goal, his 2nd in 2 games, and of course the Iceman Aron Johannson back as a started for Bremen scored from a PK - I watched the game and he was truly ice-cold on the kick, finally DeAndre Yedlin got off the mark as well at Newcastle. Elsewhere our USYNTeamers were going great guns, Haji Wright scoring and Weston McKennie with an assist in a U19 game for Schalke, Romain Gall scored again in Sweden as well as Mukwelle Akeale getting a goal and an assist in Spain for the Villarreal C squad and Kyle Scott got an assist for Chelsea in EPL2. Daniel Schmidt continues to get shut outs for Yamaga in Japan, and Brendan Moore finally gets his first since joining Torquay full time. Finally we had 2 lesser known players who both scored twice for their teams and deserve a shout-out. Alassane Kane scored for Bayern Hoff in Germany and Kyrian Nwabueze scored his brace for Ararat in Armenia. OK to the list

If you want just the short version read on below. Otherwise the full details are below (by day)


GOALS
Danny Williams (England)
Kyrian Nwabueze x 2 (Armenia)
Jann George (Germany)
Haji Wright (Germany)
Alassane Kane x2 (Germany)
Bobby Wood (Germany)
Romain Gall (Sweden)
Ryan Malone (Germany)
Mukwelle Akale (Spain)
DeAndre Yedlin (England) 
Aron Johannsson (Germany)

SHUT OUTS
Brendan Moore (England)
Danny Rogers (Scotland)
Bakary Sanyang (Germany)
Daniel Schmidt (Japan)
Josh Wicks (Sweden)
Tim Murray (Finland)

ASSISTS
Kyle Scott (England)
Conor O'Brien x 2 (Denmark)
Weston McKennie (Germany)
Duane Holmes (England)
Mukwelle Akale (Spain)


FRIDAY

Christian Eissele came off the bench at minute 68 as Kemi lost their home meeting with League leaders HJK 0 - 2 in Finland's Veikkausliiga

Will John was an unused sub for RoPS as they lose at Ilves 2 - 1, with just 7 games left RoPS has picked a bad time to go flat, they have now dropped from 3rd (Europa) to 5th in the table, and it doesn't get any easier

KuPS with GK Craig Hill (in 18) defeated 2nd place visitors Mariehamn and Brian Span (87 ) 2 - 1 a result that moves KuPS up to 3rd and pings Mariehamn's attack on 1st place in the league. Mariehamn are 4 points out of 1st place and have a game in hand, as they make their charge.

Russel Canouse went 90, picked up a Yellow, in Bochum's 0 - 2 defeat at Wurzburger in Germany's 2Liga. This was Russel's first start for Bochum

Royal Fennel went 90 for his new team Hallecher as they won 2 - 1 at home against Munster

Marc Heider, went 90 and picked up a Yellow, as Osnabruck beat Wehen 1 - 0 in Germany 3Liga

Alex De John was an unused sub, in Start's 1 - 4 home loss to Aalsund in Norway's Tippeligaen

JC Mack went 86, in Selfoss's goalless draw with Fram in Iceland's Inkasso-deildin

Gedion Zelalem went 90 for Arsenal's U23 squad as they visited Derby County U23 and won 1 - 3

GK Quentin Westberg had a tough day for Tours as they fell 3 - 1 at Amiens in France Ligue 2

Jordan Siebatcheu went 82 as Reims had no trouble with GFC Ajaccio in France Ligue 2, winning 2 - 0. Reims have now moved in the #2 spot

Kyle Scott started for Chelsea U23, as they beat Tottenham U23 in England Premier League 2 - Kyle was extremely active and although not credited with an Assist his shot, that was parried by the Tottenham GK, went directly to a Chelsea player for a header and a goal

Julian Green was an unused sub, as Bayern visited Schalke and got a 0 - 2 result, keeping them perfect for the season, in Bundesliga

Danny Williams went 90, and Scored on an ET (94) PK to give Reading a 2 - 1 win over Ipswich in England's Championship. After a slow start Reading now has 7 points from their last 3 games and move into 3rd place in the Championship.

SATURDAY

Jamil Fearington went 90, picked up a yellow as Bronshoj visited Fredensborg BI in Denmark Division 2

Also In Denmark Division 2, Anton Peterlin went 90, as B93 visited HIK and came away with a 0 - 2 win

Kyrian Nwabueze Scored Twice, as Ararat visited Alashkert in Armenia's Premier League in a game that Ararat won 1 - 3 - their first win of the season

In Denmark Superliga, George Fochive (90 + Yellow) hosted Conor O'Brien (90 + 2 Assists) and Horsens in a game of 2 halves, Viborg scored twice in the first 25 minutes and looked good for the points, until Horsens turned it on with 4 unanswered goals, to win 2 - 4

In Germany 3Liga, Sean Barry (in 18/DNP) could not stop Sonnenhof and GK David Yelldell (in 18/DNP) as they fell 1 - 3 at home

Also in 3Liga, Jann George Scored Regensburg's 2nd goal as they visited Lotte and took a 2 goal first half lead, but ultimately fell short, losing 3 - 2

In Germany Junior Bundesliga (Nord) McKinzie Gaines (62) and Wolfsburg U19 are on top of the league following their 2 - 0 win over Braunschweig U19

In Junior Bundesliga (West) Schalke U19 with Weston McKennie (90 + Yellow + Assist) made his debut and Haji Wright (90) visited M'Gladbach U19 and won 0 - 2 with the first and winning goal Scored by Haji Wright on the stroke of half-time

In Finland Kakkonen (Group A) PEPO with GK Nathan Stokie (90) and Jakeem Johnson (90) lost their home game against visitor KuFu 98 1 - 2 after scoring in the 90th + minute - PEPO have had a pretty good season (currently 4th) but are a little to far behind to make a run at promotion this season

IN Germany's Regionaliiga (Bayern) Alassane Kane Scored twice for Bayern Hof as they visited Burghausen and came away with a point in a 2 - 2 draw Alassane went 90 and picked up a yellow in the game, which gives him 3 goals this season

In Finland Ykkonen, Mike Banner came off the bench for the final 18 minutes to help #4 KPV win 2 - 3 at #3 TPS Turku

In Kakkonen (Group B) Mitchel Lopez went 90 as BK-46 beat visitors SalPa 1 - 0 to put them into a promotional play-off spot BK-46 have won 4 of their last 5.

In Iceland Inkasso-deildin, Johnatan Lama came off the bench with 5 minutes left in the game as Huginn visited Leiknir and managed a 1 - 1 draw, and a valuable point as they pull 3 points clear of the drop zone

In Bundesliga, Timothy Chandler went 90 for Frankfurt as they visited Darmstadt in a 1 - 0 loss (both teams have a win and loss to start the season)

Also in Bundesliga, Ingolstadt and Alfredo Morales (58 + Yellow) have not had a good star to the season. Today they fell 0 - 2 to a high flying Hertha and John Brooks (90) who are currently in the #2 spot

Bobby Wood Scored for Hamburg (2 goals in 2 games) giving them the lead as they visited Leverkusen, and Hamburg may have gotten away with a point - but 2 Leverkusen goals in ET handed them a tough loss - Bobby went 81 minutes today

In England.s Premier League, GK Brad Guzan (in 18/DNP) gave way to Victor Valdez, following his WCQ in the US. as Middlesborough fell 1 - 2 at home to Crystal Palace for their first loss of the season

In EPL (Battle of the Cameron's) Geoff Cameron (90) and Stoke were walloped by Cameron Carter-Vickers (in 18/DNP) and Tottenham 0 - 4. This has been an absolute disastrous start of the season for Stoke with 1 point from 4 games and 3 straight loses

In England's Championship, Johnathan Spector went 90 and picked up a yellow as Birmingham beat Fulham at Craven Cottage 0 - 1 (Note: no Americans in the Fulham(erica) 18 today - Tim Ream rumors off MLS return? )

GK Paul Rachubka held his usual spot as back-up GK for Bury as they won 2 - 1 at home against Shrewsbury in England League One

Gboly Ariyibi and Chesterfield could not break through home team Oldham's defense in a game that ended goalless

Duane Holmes got an Assist on the first goal, and went 81 minutes as Scunthorpe thumped visiting Southend 4 - 0 putting them into 2nd place with a game in-hand

GK Brendan Moore must be feeling good after today's Shut Out for Torquay as they beat York 2 - 0 in the English National League

In Iceland Inkasso-deildin, Grindavik with Will Daniels firmly planted on the bench, visited Thor Akureyri and were beaten 4 - 3. Grindavik still look a good bet for promotion

Perry Kitchen went 90 and Bjorn Maars Johnsen came off the bench at minute 62 as Hearts won their 3rd straight over visitors Hamilton, 3 - 1 and climbed into the #2 spot (splitting the Glasgow teams - Celtic & Rangers)

GK Danny Rogers claimed the Shut Out for Falkirk as they visited Raith Rovers in Scotland's Championship and came away 0 - 2 winners

Kevin Dzierzawski (90) and Peterhead gained their first win of the season as they beat Queen's Park 2 - 0

Romain Gall Scored early for Nykopings (the eventual winner) as they went on to beat Enskede 3 - 0 in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra) This is Nykopings 3rd straight win / 4 of 5

In Regionaliiga (Sudwest) Ryan Malone Scored, received a Yellow in 88 minutes of play as Stuttgart Kickers visited Koblenz and drew 1 - 1

Also in Regionaliiga (Sudwest) Charlie Rugg came off the bench at 59 minutes as Pirmasens visited Saarbrucken and drew 1 - 1

In Oberliga (Bayern Nord) Oscar Ortiz went 90 as SC Feucht visited Wurzburger and fell 3 - 0

In Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) GK Bakary Sanyang gets the Shut Out for TSG Pfeddersheim as they visited Burgbrohl and Charlie Butte (90) and won 0 - 1

In Oberliga (Bayern Nord) Julian Ceesay went 90 as Amberg hosted Eichstatt and drew 1 - 1

In Sweden Division 2 (Norra Svealand) Sasa Plavsic was in the 18 (no further info) as S. Kerbura lost 2 - 0 at Sundbybergs and their collapse continues with 4 straight losses, that have taken them out of promotion contention.

In Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra) Jochen Graf came off the bench with 15 minutes left in the game as Oskarshamn dropped points at home in a 0 - 2 defeat

In Sweden Division 2 (Norra Gotaland) GK Jeff Gal (90) and Stephen Golz (90) conceded an early goal by Orebro-Syrianska, then Lidkopings FK fought back to take the lead, finally conceded again in a game that end at 2 - 2

Ismar Tandir was in the 18 but did not play as Javor visited SP. Subotica in Serbia's Super Liga in a game that ended with a 1 - 1 draw - Javor only have 2 points from their last 5 games

Jon-Paul Pittman (67) started for Harrogate as they suffered their first defeat of the season to Alfreton 1 - 0 in England's National League (North)

Kris Scott was removed/replaced from the bench before the game (injury?) started today as Nuneaton came from a goal behind to tie Alfreton 1 - 1

Mukwelle Akale Scored for Villarreal C squad against CF Torre Levante in Spain and is also credited with an Assist in the 2 - 1 win - wow! This was the game, #1 and #2 (same points separated by GD) now there is separation

In Norway Tippeligaen, GK Alex Horwath was on the bench as Brann drew 0 - 0 with Viking - the result hurts Brann in an extremely contested league, where 2 points separate #2 Brann from #6 Sarpsborg - Brann cannot be dropping points at this stage especially at home

Christian Pulisic was an unused sub as Dortmund visited, Bundesliga newcomers, RB Leipzig and fell 1 - 0 for their first loss of the season (Note: no T Boyd for RBL)

Rubio Rubin was an unused sub for Utrecht as they tied 1 - 1 at Zwolle - Utrecht are having a slow start only 3 points from 5 games and still looking for their first win

DeAndre Yedlin came off the bench at the 73 minute, and Scored in ET sealing the 0 - 2 win for Newcastle as they visit Derby County in the Championship. That's 4 wins out of the last 5, and a #2 spot for Newcastle, after an awful start to the season

Cordt Andreas Flätgen (69) and Borussia Neunkirchen lost at home 0 - 2 to Hertha Wiesbach in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Hunter Gorskie went 90 as Legnica went to Olsztyn in Poland Division 1, and came away with the win, 3 points and a 2 game win streak

Timothy Tillman (72 + Yellow) and Bayern U19 were handed their first loss of the season as they lost big to Mainz U19 Final Score 1 - 4

Kevin Coleman got 5 minutes as Kaiserslautern U19 visit Karlsruher U19 and won 1 -2 in Junior Bundesliga (Sud)

Toni Suddoth (90) and Stuttgart U19 didn't have any answers when Freiburg U19 came to town, losing 0 - 2 also in Junior Bundesliga (Sud)

SUNDAY

GK Daniel Schmidt earned another Shut Out as Yamaga beat Kyoto 2 - 0 in Japan's J-League Division 2. This was Daniel's 3rd straight Shut Out

In Germany's 2Liga, Jerome Kiesewetter came off the bench at minute 65 and Dusseldorf drew 1 - 1 with Furth. Dusseldorf's 3rd draw in their 4 games this season

Also in 2Liga, Andrew Wooten went 90, as Sandhausen beat Kaiserslautern 2 - 0 for their first win of the season.

In Denmark Division 1, Ryan Finley joined the action at minute 71, as Naestved fell 1 - 3 to cellar dwelling Vendsyssell

Oh dear, Caleb Stanko (28) and Vaduz got absolutely clobbered by Lausanne 5 - 0 in the Swiss Super League. Vaduz has 2 wins in the last 5 and 3 losses.

Eddy Prugh received a straight RED Card and Bodens fell 1 - 3 to Strombergs in Sweden's Division 2 (Norrland) Bodens has had an OK season, sitting in the #3 spot, but have lost 2 straight games and now have lost their captain, for at least the next game

Eric Lichaj, went 90 as Nottingham visited Aston Villa in the English Championship and earned a point in a 2 - 2 draw with the relegated Villa

In Finland Kakkonen (Group C), Lawrence Smith (90) and Chris Corcoran (in 18/DNP) and GBK visited GK Scott Angevine and YPA in a game that had GBK score twice and walk away with all three points

Also in Finland Kakkonen (Group C), Jossimer Sanchez went the full 90 as Narpes visited PPT and lost 2 - 1

In Sweden's Superettan, AFC and GK Josh Wicks (90), faced off with Assyriska FF and Paul Torres (90) and settled for a goalless draw. Of course until a few weeks back Paul Torres and Josh Wicks were team-mates at AFC.

Babajide Ogunbiyi went 90 as Hobro beat Nykobing 1 - 0 in Denmark's Division 1. Hobro have started the season well, and sit in 2nd(tied) 1 point off the league lead

In Bundesliga, Aron Johannsson, seemingly back in form following his long term injury, stamped his return in his 2nd game, with an ice cold PK Goal, the score putting Bremen in the lead going in at half-time. Unfortunately Bremen could not hold the lead and fell at home 1 - 2 to Augsburg. That's 2 games and 2 losses for Bremen

In Germany Regionaliiga (Sudwest) Bryan Gaul (90) and Matt Taylor (86) had a tough time of things at home against Trier in a game that ended 1 - 1

In Regionaliiga (Nordost) The battle of Leipzig ended with RB Leipzig and Terence Boyd (70 + Yellow) and Ken Gipson (44 + Yellow) winning 0 - 1 over Lokomotive Leipzig. Ken left the game in the 44th minute (?injury)

In England Premier League 2, Brooks Lennon came off the bench as Liverpool U23 continued their weekend dominance of Leicester City winning this one 4 - 0

In Iceland Division 2, Harrison Hanley came off the bench at 57th minute as Njardvik lost 1 - 2 at home to Grotta on an ET goal

Aris Briggs Zustra came off the bench (71) as Osnabruck II beat HSC Hannover in Oberliga (Niedersachsen)

Matt Miazga was an unused sub today (he did play 45 minutes yesterday for the reserve squad) as Vitesse visited Ajax and lost 1 - 0 - Vitesse was somewhat hobbled in their attempted comeback after they had a red card and were reduced to 10 men

In Denmark Division 1, GK Michael Lansing was in the 18 as back-up goalkeeper for Vejle. His team lost 0 - 2 to Koge, maybe its time to change goalkeepers?

In Sweden's Superettan, league leaders Sirius and Patrick Hopkins (90) visited Syrianska and won 0 - 2. Sirius have extended their lead to 4 points.

In Iceland Division 2, Aegir with Daniel Kuczynski (90) and Jannik Eckenrode (12) almost pulled off the away win, despite being a man down, but ended giving up an ET goal in an game that came down to the wire at KF

Jordan Tyler went 90 as Hottur lost their home game 2 - 3 to Sindri in Iceland Division 2

Kyle Curinga (90) and Josue Soto (90) helped Jaro beat Haka 3 - 0 in Finland Ykkonen. Etchu Tabe (81) had a mad 5 minutes with 2 x Yellows/RED card for Haka. Jaro moved into 4th place within striking range of promotion

In Finland Ykkonen Isaac Kannah (90) and KTP lost to Ekenas 0 - 1 on a late goal. GK Tim Murray gets the Shut Out for Ekenas. KTP are in a spot of bother having lost 3 in a row, and are now in the relegation zone

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Ostersunds and Andrew Stadler (5) won at home against Helsingborg and GK Matt Pyzdrowski (in 18/DNP) by a 2 - 0 scoreline, moving them to 6th place

In Norway Tippeligaen, Stabaek and Cole Grossman (90) found no relief, as they hosted runaway league leaders Rosenborg and fell 0 - 2. Stabaek have enough time to get out of the relegation zone - unfortunately today was #1 Rosenborg, next up #2 Odd - they have a relegation battle on their hands

In Iceland Division 2, an exciting goal-fest between Vestri and Matt Nigro (28) and Afturelding. It looked like it would be a low scoring affair with a 0 - 0 half-time. But then it got wild with 6 goals in the 2nd half and a 3 - 3 final score, as the the teams traded goals for the last 40 minutes.

In Cyprus First Division, Louis Bennett II was in the 18 again today - he didn't make the field, but its good to see him in the mix. Anorthosis won this game at Aris 1 - 2 starting the season with 4 points from a possible 6

Josh Gatt came off the bench at 67 minute mark, for Molde in their goalless draw with Haugesund in Norway Tippeligaen - Molde are 1 point out of a Europa League spot.

Dion Acoff (84) helped last placed Throttur beat Akranes in Iceland's Pepsideild 3 - 1, which is their  first win in 12 attempts, its still very unlikely that they will avoid relegation

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WEEKEND WRAP: Saturday 5/7/2016 - Feature 7 Goals (inc Hat-Trick) End of Season Drama

Busy, Busy, day that saw 7 goals by 4 players, 1 in Philippines, 1 in Germany, 3 in Israel (video) 1 in Poland and 1 in France (video). There was an assist in England (video) and we had a couple of shut-outs by our goalkeepers 1 in Japan and 1 in Germany. In all (I covered) 54 US players played in 14 countries today - pretty impressive numbers

Lets go to the list;

GK Daniel Schmidt and Yamaga visited Verdy in Japan's J-League 2 and came away with a 0 - 4 win, another Shut-out for Daniel

NYC born Mark Winhoffer, who is a dual USA/Philippines, Scored Global's 7th goal, in an 8 - 0 demolition of FC Laos in the Philippines UFL (1st tier)

Devante Parker Scored Mainz II's 3rd goal as they welcomed Rostock in their Germany 3Liga match and beat them 4 - 0 pulling themselves out of the relegation zone with one game left in the season.

No reports just yet, but Joel Sonora left the game for Stuttgart II in the 34th minute, which generally indicates an injury. Ryan Malone was in 18 (DNP) soe Magdeburg as they played to a 1 - 1 draw in 3Liga. Stuttgart II are relegated, Magdeburg cannot reach the lone promotion playoff spot, with just one game remaining.

Royal Fennel (90) and Wurzburger hosted Marc Heider (80) and Kiel as they played to a 1 - 1 draw. Wurzburger has secured the promotional play-off spot for 3Liga.

In England's Championship, Blackburn (Adam Henley in 18 DNP) beat Reading and Danny Williams (90) 3 - 1 . Blackburn end the season at 15th, and Reading 17th.

Johnathan Spector got the start for Birmingham as they visited Cardiff. Johnathan went 90 picked up a yellow in a 1 - 1 draw. Birmingham end up in 10th place in Championship.

Fulham started Tim Ream (74) and brought Emerson Hyndman off the bench (33) as they hosted relegated Bolton and (GK Paul Rachubka in 18 DNP) and came away with a closing day 1 - 0 win.

Eric Lichaj went 90 for Nottingham as they beat MK Dons (Cody Cropper did not dress) 1 - 2. MK Dons are relegated along with Bolton and will play in League One next season.

Haji Wright played the first half for Schalke U19 as they lost 4 - 1 at Bochum U19 in Junior Bundesliga West. Schalke end up finishing the season in 2nd place. Dortmund (who also lost today) take the top spot in the league.

Christian Eissele started, went 67 minutes as 10 man Kemi beat Ilves 1 - 0 in Finland's Veikkausliiga

GK Craig Hill signed yesterday with KuPS, today he found himself in 18 (DNP) as KuPS beat VPS 1 - 0, also in Finland's Veikkausliiga

In Bundesliga, Alfredo Morales came off the bench for Ingolstadt at minute 63, as they fell to Bayern 1 - 2 as Ingolstadt's run of poor form continues.

AJ Soares started, goes 90, as Viking beat Tromso 2 - 0 in Norway's Tippeligaen. Good result for Viking now just 3 points off the top spot (in 4th)

Tim Chandler came off the bench at minute 58, picked up a yellow as Frankfurt beat Christian Pulisic (off bench at 65) and Dortmund 1 - 0.The win lifts Frankfurt 1 point above Bremen and relegation.

John Brooks, back in action at Hertha, went 90, in their 1 - 2 loss to Darmstadt. Hertha are now in a 3-way tie with Mainz and Schalke in the Europa League spots, and 3 points behind M'Gladbach for a UCL spot. Hertha play Mainz next. Darmstadt have given themselves a 3 point cushion in the relegation battle

Kevin Dzierzawski (56 minutes, yellow card) and Peterhead won't be playing in the Scottish Championship next season after losing 2 - 1 (6 - 2 agg) to their nemesis this season Ayr United in the semi-finals of the promotion play-off.

Defender BabaJide Ogunbiyi (90) and Hobro visited Randers in Denmark Superliga and lost 0 - 2. Hobro look to 2nd division football next season

GK Brad Guzan, in 18 (DNP) in a goalless draw at home with Newcastle.

Geoff Cameron went 90 for Stoke as they fell 2 - 1 at Crystal Palace

DeAndre Yedlin went 90 for Sunderland as they try to escape relegation and play in the EPL next season. In an exciting game Sunderland came from behind to beat Chelsea 3 - 2, and keep hope alive, with Yedlin providing an excellent cross/Assist to Defoe's winning goal.
Shane O'Neill was in 18 (DNP) as Cambridge visited Mansfield, in England League Two, and played to a goalless draw.

In Scotland's Premier League (European) Play-offs, Perry Kitchen(90) and Heart's played Ross County (GK Chris Konopa not in 18) to a 1 - 1 draw. Hearts are already qualified for the Europa League.

Andrew Stadler came off the bench for Ostersunds at minute 70, as they beat Kalmar 1 - 0 in Sweden's Allsvenskan.

GK Josh Wicks (90) and Tristan Bowen (in 18, DNP) and their team AFC faced off with Angelholms and Ryan Finley (90) in Sweden's Superettan in an tense affair that ended with a 3 - 2 AFC victory

Patrick Hopkins went 76 minutes, Paul Torres (in 18, DNP) as Sirius fought back from a 2 - 0 defecit to draw IK Frej 2 - 2 also in Superettan

Miserable day for Jochen Graf and Oskarshamns as they visited Osters in Sweden's Division One, and were dismantled 3 - 0

Ex Columbus Crew, Aaron Schoenfeld SCORES A HAT-TRICK as H Tel Aviv beat Yehuda in Israel Ligat ha'Al 2 - 4 Make that 8 goals in 10 games since joining H Tel Aviv.
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Hunter Gorskie Scores his first goal for Legnica as the ex NY Cosmos player gives his side a 0 - 1 win over Belchatow in Poland's Division 1

Devann Yao went 90 in BAK 07's 1 - 3 win over Victoria Berlin in Regionaliga Nordost

Fabian Hurzeler started for 1860 II, picked up 2 yellows (Red)and left the game at 79th minute as 1860 II lost 2 - 4 aginst Unterhaching in Regionaliga Bayern

Mario Rodriguez went 72, in M'Gladbach II's 0 - 3 loss to Lotte in Regionaliga West

GK Zak Steffen started, went 90 (Shut-Out) Caleb Stanko went 90 as Freiburg II pummeled Neckaretz 6 - 0 in Regionalliga Sudwest

Irvin Parra started and went 90 for Kaiserslautern II visited Hessen Kassel and came away with a 1 - 3 win in Regionalliga Sudwest

Bryan Gaul started and went 90 as Bahlinger beat Saarbrucken 1 - 2 also in Regionalliga Sudwest

Charlie Rugg came off the bench for Trier at minute 63, as thay fall to Steinbach 2 - 1 in Regionalliga Sudwest

In Iceland's Division One, JC Mack started and went 90 for his new club as Selfoss beat Leiknir 3 - 2 in their opening game of the season

Yes GK Tim Howard was present at Evertons 3 - 1 loss to Premiership Champs Leicester City, in 18 (DNP)

In Norway's Tippeligaen, Brann and Alex Horwath (in 18, DNP) welcomed Start and Alex De John (73) to town. Brann came out on top 1 - 0 and moved into a 4-way tie for 2nd place in the league. Start, are well, still waiting to start, with no wins this season

In Ireland, GK Ciaran Nugent sat this one out on the bench (DNP) as Drogheda beat Wexford 4 - 1 in the Irish Premier League

An early goal and a PK put Nantes and Alejandro Bedoya in a hole as they hosted Caen in French Ligue 1. Alejandro led the fight back and Scored, but it was not enough as Nantes fall 1 - 2 to Caen.

Bedoya GOAL (1:2) Nantes vs Caen (2016.05.07)

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WEEKEND WRAP: Sunday 4/3/2016 - Sweden Kick's Off League Play, Plus more

As much drama as happened yesterday, today was a little respite. Sweden kicked off its league play, 2 of the 3 US players in Allsvenskan were in their clubs 18, (the other plays tomorrow) both played. The big game of the day was M'Gladbach v Hertha in Bundesliga. Both Fabian Johnson and John Brooks carrying injuries from their USMNT break. Fabian (Groin) played (90/Assist) John (Ankle) did not make the 18. The result was a lopsided 5 - 0 win for M'Gladbach, who have moved into 4th place, just 3 points behind Hertha in the race to qualify for next seasons UCL.

Lets go to the list...... 

GK Daniel Schmidt started, went 90 as Yamaga visited Nagasaki in Japans J-League. Yamaga scored first, but had to settle for a 1 - 1 draw

Christian Pulisic started and went 67 minutes for Dortmund's Junior team as they beat FC Klon 1- 0 to maintain there lead at the top of the table. Yes Christian played 10 minutes for the senior squad yesterday

In Regionalliga Nordost, Ken Gipson, started, went 69 minutes and picked up a yellow card as RB Leipzig II fell 1 - 0 to Oberlausitz

Also in Regionalliga Nordost, Masami Okada started, went the 90, as Schonberg beat Luckenwalde 2 - 1

Shawn Barry, started, went 90, as Frankfurt lost 0 - 3 at home to Nurnberg in Germany 2Liga

Andrew Wooten played all 90 minutes for Sandhausen as they visited Kaiserslautern. Final 2 - 0 loss

In Regionalliga Bayern, Jann George started and played all 90 minutes for Regensburg as they fell 1 - 0 at Buchbach. The loss cut Regensburg's lead at the top of the table to just 1 point

Eugene Starikov came off the bench for Odessa at minute 55 but was unable to impact the game as visitors Odessa settled for a 1 - 1 draw with Volyn Lutsk in Ukraine's Pari-Match League.

In Denmark's Bet25 Liga, Conor O'Brien started and went 90 as Horsens beat Koge 2 - 0 to put themselves in 2nd spot in the league, with a chance of promotion to Superliga.

In Sweden, AFC United and GK Josh Wicks started the new season with a 0 - 2 win at Dagefors, in Superettan

In Netherlands, Desevio Payne came off the bench at the 85th minute, in Groningen's 0 - 1 win at Den Haag in Eredivisie (Groningen played 60 minutes a man down)

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, GK Matt Pyzdrowski and Helsingborg visited Gefle and came away with a 1 - 1 draw in their opening day game.

In Germany's Bundesliga, Fabian Johnson started, went 90 and had an Assist, as M'Gladbach punished Hertha 5 - 0. (John Brooks not in 18 for Hertha, injury)

Tim Howard, in the 18 (DNP) as Everton fell at Manchester United 1 - 0 in the EPL

Brendan Hines-Ike, came off the bench at 86th minute, as Orebro fall 0 - 2 to Djurgarden on Sweden's Allsvenskan opening day.

GK Alex Horwath, was in 18 (DNP) as Brann visited Aalesund in Norway's Tippeligaen and came away with a 1 - 2 win

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Daily Wrap: 3/1/2016 - Yedlin Features and Rescues Sunderland

So reasonably busy for a mid-week gameday in England and Germany. Some players still MIA (see bottom) quite a few off the bench - but no real surprises. DeAndre Yedlin continues his improvement for Sunderland, look's like the (proverbial) increased playing time is paying off, he had a wonderful cross that was missed by the forward at the weekend, today a precise pass, at the 90th minute,  and the forward hit it home saving Sunderland's blushes (and salvaging a point). So here is today's action list;

Andrew Wooten started on the bench for Sandhausen as they welcomed Nurnberg in Germany 2Liga. Andrew joined the game at the 62nd minute, in a 0 - 2 home loss

Joel Sonora started on the bench for Stuttgart II as they took on Bremen II in Germany 3Liga, Joel came off the bench at minute 69, as Stuttgart II won this one 0 - 1

Royal-Dominique Fennell started for Wurzburger as they visited Hallescher in 3Liga, Royal-D went the full 90 minutes, picked up a yellow card, in a 1 -3 win for the Kickers

Marc Heider in 18 for Kiel's away fixture at Rostock, came on at minute 79, in a 1 - 0 loss

Brad Guzan had a rare start for Aston Villa as they hosted Everton in the EPL, Tim Howard was on the bench for the visitors, as Everton won 1 - 3
DeAndre Yedlin started, went 90, and is credited with an assist on Sunderland's last gasp equalizer in a  2 - 2 draw with Crystal Palace (glorious goal by Borini)

Adam Henley in the 18 today for Blackburn, but did not play, in Blackburn's 2 - 1 win over Middlesbrough in England's Championship

Gboly Ariybi started and went the full 90 for Chesterfield as they drew 1 - 1 with Blackpool in England's League One

GK Alek Gogic, was in the 18 for Fleetwood, but did not play in their 2 - 1 win over Gillingham (Alek is still waiting for his opportunity)

Zak Whitbread started and went 90 minutes for Shrewsbury as they beat Rochdale 2 - 0

Lynden Gooch started on the bench for Doncaster, came on at minute 55, but was unable to effect the outcome of a 2 - 0 loss at Swindon

Shane O'Neill came off the bench at minute 78, as Cambridge defended home turf, and won 1 - 0 over Wycombe in England's League Two

MIA's omitted from the report today;
Gedion Zelalem(Glasgow Rangers) not in 18 - probable injury, no report from Rangers
Bobby Wood(Union Berlin) - No data
Justin Kinjo(Dusseldorf II) - did not play/may have been in 18 - no further data
Matt Miazga (Chelsea) - did not make their 18 today.
Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt) - injury

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FRANCE: Alejandro Bedoya Rip's it Up for Nantes

Alejandro Bedoya won the game for Nantes in Ligue 1 today in the first 23 minutes. Alejandro received the assist on Nantes first goal by Emiliano Sala, with a tremendous flick. Then went ahead and scored the second goal (assisted by Sala) which turned out to be the winning goal in Nantes 3 - 1 win over GFC Ajaccio. The win bolstered Nantes chances of Euro play next year, moving them up to 6th (top 4 qualify)
Here are the video's of the assist and goal;

Goal Emiliano Sala ~Fc Nantes 1-0 Gazelec Ajaccio~ by worldtvhd1

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