WEEKLY WRAP: 7.3 through 7.9.2017: The Kids Are Alright & 14 Goals, 3 Assists & 5 Shut Outs

 I have dropped some pieces on goal-keepers, on groups of players in different countries and now US young guns - who were front and center this weekend. As we are in the throws of training games, preseason and also the lower leagues are playing or kicking off their seasons, this is the time of the young, hopeful players, not only from the USA but everywhere. For the USA read on.

Haji Wright celebrates

This past week saw the perceived promise of the future of US Soccer on display around the world and it really gives reason to get excited. Remember that these games are more often than not big vs small with scores in double figures,and are primers for the season. Also some players that I would have in this group have not started playing yet; Joshua Perez in Italy, Timothy Weah in France and Shaq Moore in Spain come to mind.

McKinzie Gaines Scores

The elder's Luca de la Torre at Fulham, Lyndon Gooch at Sunderland, Brendan Hines-Ike at Orebro in Sweden, Matt Miazga at Chelsea and Emerson Hyndman at Bournemouth all fall under the title of elders, some have played for the senior USMNT already and represent the next wave

Weston McKennie battles

The true youngsters, McKinzie Gaines at Darmstadt, Haji Wright and Weston McKennie at Schalke, Maki Tall at Tours in France have all been 'bumped' up to their teams senior squads for this coming season and all of them have responded with goals and assists, with some regularity during this early preseason. Andrija Novakovich, has been loaned for the season to Telstar in the Netherlands, while Matthew Olosunde at Manchester United, Antonee Robinson at Everton, Isaiah Thomas at Wolfsburg all have new long-term contracts while Jonathan Klinsmann and Danny Barbir are both currently without teams  Eric Palmer-Brown is playing at Sporting KC. If you keep going further, Nick Taitague, the now lone Schalke U19 and Kyle Scott at Chelsea may  break out this coming season...the list just goes on (in a good way)

Then finally there is Christian Pulisic - who doesn't really fit in the category's as a true youngster and an elder he fits both - nuf said!

So take Dr Who's TARDIS, say 5 years into the future (maybe a little more) - and conjure up your line-up for the USMNT. You can't help but feel good and a little excited.

Note here: I probably left some players off the list - If you wish, use the comment segment and let every one know...group them 1. Elders 2. True Youngsters - there are quite a few up and comings that I left off the list because, well IMHO, they have mush to prove still.

Next Week is the start of Germany's Regionaliiga and Oberliga seasons so lot's to track in next weekends wrap

OK the short list

GOALS

Gregory Conrad - Iceland

Jalon Brown - Australia

Aaron Schoenfeld - Israel

Jacob Bushue - Finland

Joe Gyau - Germany (f)

Maki Tall - France (f)

McKinzie Gaines - Germany (f)

Ian Garrett - Finland

Brendan Hines-Ike - Sweden
Luca de la Torre - England (f)

Haji Wright (4) - Germany (f)

ASSIST
Weston McKennie (2) - Germany (f)
Haji Wright - Germany (f)

SHUT OUT
Kenneth Kronholm - Germany (f)
Ethan Horvath - Belgium (f)
Paul Blanchette - Finland 
Josh Wicks - Sweden
Zac Lubin - Sweden

and the longer, more comprehensive list below.......

MONDAY
No Games

TUESDAY

Gregory Conrad Scored the tieing Goal for Afturelding in Iceland's Division 2 as they traveled to Vidar. Gregory went the full 90 minutes and picked up a yellow in ET in this away draw

Tanner Sica went 90, picked up a yellow as Tindastoll visited Volsungur in Iceland Division 2, losing this one 2 - 1

WEDNESDAY

Jalon Brown Scored (yet again) for Valentine as they win 3 - 2 over Newcastle Jets in Australia's NPL (NNSW) That's 11 goals in 8 games !!!

In a Friendly, Ken Gipson started (1st half) and Andrew Wooten started on the bench for Sandhausen as they win 2 - 1 over Luzern of Switzerland

Luca De La Torre started for Fulham in a Friendly against Piast of Poland winning 0 - 1 on a PK

GK Kenneth Kronholm got the Shut Out as Kiel faced off in a Friendly with Ukraine's Shakhtar in a goalless draw

GK Ethan Horvath gets the Shut Out as Club Brugge plays a Friendly at Oleksandriya in Ukraine, winning 0 - 3

THURSDAY

Aaron Schoenfeld (90) Scored, opening his Europa League account as M.Tel Aviv win 0 - 3 at Albania's Tirana. The aggregate for this match-up was 5 - 0 in M.Tel Aviv's favor.

Sarajevo and Nermin Crnkic (90) did not make it through to the next round of the Europa League, winning today's game 2 - 1, but losing the series 3 - 4 on aggregate, following ET and a PK shoot-out

Kyrian Nwabueze went 90 and picked up a yellow as Shirak traveled to Slovakia's Gorica carrying a 2 goal deficit, and for a short while it looked like they might pull off a surprise, unfortunately, it was just to much to ask. Shirak managed a respectable 2 - 2 draw today, but fall 4 - 2 on aggregate

Oh my, Grotta and GK Will Dieterich are just going through the worst time right now, visiting Kopavogur in Iceland's Inkasso-deildin and losing 2 - 0 and now firmly at the bottom of the table with just 5 points from 10 games

Speaking of Iceland, Dion Acoff (90) and Valur won their Europa League tie with Latvia's Ventspils 1 - 0 and will move on to the next round. Valur had a slight advantage going into today's match with a 0 - 0 away draw in the first leg, today's win gave them a 1 - 0 aggregate.

FRIDAY

Brian Span (79) as Mariehamn held on for a 2 - 2 draw at home with Ilves in Finland's Veikkausliiga. Dropped points for Mariehamn, who are fighting for a Europa League spot next season. HJK are well out in front (UCL Spot) and 6 teams are within 4 points of each other for the 2 EL spots, so dropped points - not good

Jacob Bushue (90) Scored BK-46 2nd goal from the spot, giving his team the 2 - 0 win over EsPa in Finland's Kakkonen (Group B). BK-46 who have not lost in their last 5 are now top of the division. Mitchel Lopez went 86 minutes and contributed to the teams performance.

Harrison Hanley did not get off the bench as Haukar traveled to, league leaders, Fylkir in Iceland's Inkasso-deildin and lost 2 - 0

JC Mack (90) and Selfoss battled to a 1 - 1 draw at home to Throttur in Inkasso-deildin in Iceland. Selfoss has drawn their last 2 games and remain in contention, just (they are 6 points behind 2nd place Keflavik)

In a Friendly Germany's Sonnenhof traveled to Austrian team Liefering winning 0 - 2 with a Goal from Joe Gyau in the 11th minute, that went on to be the winner.

With a new contract in hand, and an opportunity to show his worth, Maki Tall played in a friendly in France for the senior squad of Tours and Scored the sole Tours goal in a 2 - 1 defeat by Guingamp. Good showing by Maki

In a Friendly in Germany, Terence Boyd (45) McKinzie Gaines (90) and Darmstadt faced off at Worms, winning 0 - 4 with McKinzie Scoring (again) in the 15th minute (eventual winning goal)

In England, Lyndon Gooch started at forward for Sunderland as they traveled to Bury to play a friendly, which Sunderland won 2 - 3

Caleb Stanko played the 2nd half for Freiburg in a friendly against minnows FV Lörrach-Brombach winning 0 - 8

SATURDAY

Tyler Fischer came off the bench at 67th minute for Avondale as they were held scoreless at home to Hume City in Australia's NPL (Victoria)

Kenny Eze came off the bench at 52 minutes, for North Geelong as they lost their home game to South Melbourne 1 - 5 in Australia's NPL (Victoria) The Geelong Warriors are looking a fair bet for the drop at this point....

Launceston City FC and Dylan Williams were held to a goalless draw by Devonport in Australia's NPL (Tasmania). With only 6 points from 15 matches their future in the NPL looks short for Launceston

GK Daniel Schmidt and Vegalta Sendai continue their skid as they fall 3 - 0 to Kobe in Japan's J-League. That's 3 straight loses for Vegalta

In Finland's Ykkonen, Etchu Tabe (90) Felix De Bona (90) and Ekenas held on for a 1 - 1 home draw with Haka. Ekenas is hovering above the drop zone and need points if they are to survive

Dylan Autran (64) in Mikkeli's 4 - 1 loss at PKKU in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) Mikkeli is another team sliding down the league rapidly, with 3 straight loses

Mikkelin Kissat (MiKi) and Isaac Kannah were totally dismantled by KTP 0 - 6 in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A)

On Brighter news from Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) GK Paul Blanchette recorded another Shut Out as PEPO played host to Kiffen and won 2 - 0. PEPO in 4th (on GD)

In Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) Ian Garrett (82) Scored VIFK's 2nd Goal as they went on to win 2 - 4 at Narpes Kraft. VIFK have won their last 5 and sit just 1 point out of first place on the table

Tanner Sica (90) was on the losing side in a 0 - 1 home defeat for Tindastoll as the hosted Hugin in Iceland's Division 2. With 2 loses this week Tindastoll need to figure out were the problem's are quickly

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Brendan Hines-Ike went 90, picked up a yellow and Scored Orebro's only Goal as they fall 3 - 1 to Hammarby, stopping their win streak at 3 games. Orebro are far enough off the bottom to feel safe following their run

GK Josh Wicks (90) gets the Shut Out against his old team 1 - 0, as Sirius were pushed by AFC until they broke through at the 75th minute. The win has Sirius in 3rd place in Allsvenskan in their first season back. AFC has not faired well and will probably be back in Superettan next season

In what is becoming a normal thing, Eric Friedlander spent the match on the bench for Nykopings as they visited Vasteras in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra), losing 3 - 1. Nykopings needs to shore up its defense quickly, if they are to survive the drop

Ryan Masch (74) and Skovde just didn't have enough today as they fall 2 - 3 at home to Kristianstads in Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra). With just 3 points from their last 5 matches Skovde have slipped into the red zone

In a Friendly, GK Mike Lansing remains unbeaten for his new club Aalborg as the Danish side visited Rostock in Germany and earned a 1 - 1 draw

Aaron Jóhannsson started for Bremen in a friendly that was abandoned after young Ajax player, Abdelhak Nouri, collapsed during the game. Our thoughts are with the Abdelhak for a speedy recovery

Fulham looked good for the win after Luca de la Torre Scored their 2nd Goal, giving them a 0 - 2 lead over Czech team Zlin in their Friendly match, then they gave up 2 goals in 3 minutes....and the game ended 2 - 2. Tim Ream also started for Fulham

In, undoubtedly, the most tracked, and fun, friendly of the day, Schalke traveled to minnows, Erkenschwick, winning 1 - 9. Weston McKennie (90) had 2 Assists, and Haji Wright Scored 4 (Four) Goals and an Assist, in his 2nd half appearance. With so much written by others I leave it at this.

Alfredo Morales started for Ingolstadt in their Friendly with Wehen with the hosts Ingolstadt winning 2 - 1

SUNDAY

In a Friendly Lyndon Gooch and Sunderland managed a 2 - 2 draw at Hibernian in Scotland

Julian Green played the 2nd half in a Friendly in Germany, as Stuttgart visited Stuttgart kickers, in a game that ended in a 1 - 1 draw

In Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra) 5th place Ljunskile tried to stop their 3 game skid, and succeeded. GK Zac Lubin gets the Shut Out as Ljungskile traveled to Qviding and won 0 - 1. Zac played 90 and picked up a very late yellow (time wasting maybe?)

In a Friendly, Caleb Stanko played in the 2nd half for Freiburg as they had no difficulty with amateurs Freiburger winning 0 - 8

Christian Eissele came off the bench for the 2nd half as Jaro tried to make up a 1 goal difference at GriFK, but they fall short losing their Finland Ykkonen game 1 - 0. GriFK Daniel Stevens stayed on the bench for this match, which was only their 2nd win of the season. After 2 straight losses Jaro has slipped into a dangerous position 7th place in a 10 team league)

Shawn Barry got his first run out with his new team in Poland, Korona Kielce in a friendly with Greek side AEK. Shawn came off the bench in the 62nd minute in a 0 - 1 loss

Will Daniels (90) and Grindavik got back on their winning ways with a 2 - 1 win over Akureyri in Iceland's Pepsideilid. Grindavik go back to the top of the league, with Valur (the only team that can keep pace with them) and Dion Acoff, playing later today

GK Alex Horwath was the back-up keeper for Brann in Norway's Eliteserien as they traveled to Stabaek, losing this one 2 - 0. Brann are really having trouble lately, and although they sit in 2nd place they are falling further behind leaders Rosenborg, as a number of teams creep closer (Molde are on the same point total, Sarpsborg 1 behind and now Stabaek are just 3 points back) 

Dion Acoff (90) and Valur hosted Stjarnan in Iceland's Pepsidelid with a chance of taking over clear league leadership. Unfortunately Valur fell a little short drawing 1 - 1 at home. So at the end of this week of games Valur & Grindavik share the top spot, with Valur ahead on GD.

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WEEKLY WRAP: 6.26 - 7.2.2017: 17 Goals / 2 Assists/ 1 Shutout - Europa/Scandinavia & Friendlies

Well that was a lively week for our American players....17 goals!!!! ( well with a bunch coming in decidedly one-sided friendlies) But regardless it was a lot more fun tracking the action this week than a few of the past weeks....a few things that stood out to me - Terence Boyd and McKinzie Gaines are just tearing it up for Darmstadt, even if its just pre-season, both have multiple goals and assists. Jalon Brown continues to score and impress in Australia, as does Leon Taylor in Sweden. Andrew Wooten is also of to a good start with his brace.

In the nets, Paul Blanchette recovered from a weak performance on Tuesday with another Shut Out on Sunday. Mike Lansing has debuted for Aalborg in Denmark, playing 2 games this week and on the winning side both times, also a shout out to Matt Pyzdrowski with 2 PK saves in 2 games.

In the Europa League it was mixed results, with most teams (with Americans) playing away from home. Shirak lost 2 - 0 at home, hard to recover from that, Valur had a goalless draw away, Sarajevo lost 2 - 1 away - but that away goal could be critical in the return and Tel Aviv won handily at home 2 - 0

So here's the list (short first)

GOALS
Brian Span - Finland
Ian Garrett - Finland
Robbie Kristo (2) - Germany (f)
Felix De Bona - Finland
Lawrence Smith - Finland
Royal Fennell - Germany (f)
Jalon Brown (2) - Australia
Leon Taylor - Sweden
Mitchel Lopez - Finland
Andrew Wooten (2) - Germany (f)
Terence Boyd (2) - Germany (f)
McKinzie Gaines - Germany (f)
Mix Diskerud - Sweden

ASSIST
McKinzie Gaines - Germany
Branden Hines-Ike - Sweden

SHUT OUT
Paul Blanchette - Finland

....and the longer comprehensive list


MONDAY

Alex De John was on the bench and Andrew Stadler got his first minutes (9) for Dalkurd as they had little problems overcoming Norrby in Sweden's Superettan, and made the move to 2nd place in the division

Matt Pyzdrowski (90) saved his 2nd PK min as many games, as Helsingborg traveled
to Varnamo and battled to a 1 - 1 draw in Superettan. Helsingborg now sit in 3rd place, so Americans in 2 of the top 3 teams in this division in Sweden

In Iceland Pepsideilid, Will Daniels went 90 as Grindavik faced off at Breidablik and managed a goalless draw. Grindavik has only lost 1 game and are in 2nd place behind Valur and Dion Acoff by just 2 points

TUESDAY

Brian Span (90 + yellow) Scored Mariehamn's 2nd goal as they went on to beat up Inter Turku 5 - 0 in Finland's Veikkausliiga. Mariehamn has been a little hit and miss so far this season, but they are good enough to hold down the 3rd place (eventual Europa League) spot

Christian Eissele (82) as Jaro beat OPS 2 - 1 in Finland Ykkonen. Jaro are solidly mid-
table after a poor start to the season, but have improved lately with a 2w/2l/1d in their last 5

In Finland Kakkonen (Group A) Dylan Autran started and went the first half as Mikkeli fall 0 - 1 at home to Sudet. Mikkeli are another mid-table team at this point, but the league is tightly contested so they are only 4 points of the lead (4 points between 1 & 7 place)

PEPO lost today dropping them from the top position to 4th, as GK Paul Blanchette allowed 2 goals, at home, to KTP - who are now top, and lost 1 - 2, in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A)

Both Jacob Bushue and Mitchell Lopez got 90 minutes in today as BK-46 traveled to NuPS and won handily, 0 - 4. BK-46 are now in 3rd place - 2 points off the lead, and unbeaten in their last 5

Jossimer Sanchez went 90, picked up a yellow as GBK had to fight back for a 1 - 1 draw with TP-47 in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) - no shows today Lawrence Smith for GBK, Jordan Rouse for TP-47 the loss of points cost GBK their 3rd place (they drop to 5th) as TP-47 move up to 4th

Timothy Wilson (90 + yellow) as OTP visited Hercules in Finland Kakkonen (Group C) and won a thrilling 2 - 3 match, for their first win of the season. OTP are improving slowly with 1w/3d/1L record over the last 5 matches. They are still bottom, but just 3 points from safety

Ian Garrett played 66 minutes, but importantly, Scored the winning goal as VIFK traveled to PK-37 and won 1 - 2 in Finland Kakkonen (Group C). This was Ian's 2nd appearance for VIFK and his first Goal. VIFK has now won 4 straight and moved into (clear) 2nd place.

In a Friendly in Sweden, Brendan Hines-Ike went 90 as Orebro fall 0 - 1 to Djurgarden

In a Friendly (played in Sweden) Denmark's Aalborg with debutante GK Mike Lansing got the win over Hacken. Always good to start at a new team with a win - nice one Mike

In a friendly played in Lithuania, Mix Diskerud went 90 as Sweden's Goteborg lost 3 - 1 to Zaigiris.

WEDNESDAY

Michael Stewart (90) Will Weber (in 18) and Orebro Syrianska visited Boo FF in Sweden's Division 2 (Sodra Svealand) battling to a goalless draw - Orebro Syrianska are slipping behind in points, down to 6th place with 1W/2D/2L in their last 5 and are looking like a mid-table finish is most probable.

Eric Friedlander stayed on the bench as Nykopings visited IFK Lulea in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra) and won 0 - 2 - this is a big help for Nykopings as they battle to get off the bottom. This win puts them just 3 points from safety

In a Friendly in Germany, Jerome Kiesewetter played the 2nd half in a laugher as Dusseldorf laid a beating on minnows TSV Kresfel Bockum 0 - 14

and if you think that's a whooping! Russell Canouse played the second half in Bochum's 0 - 23 (yup twenty three) win over TuS Querenburg

So whats missing? Goals neither player scored in a combined 37 goals - with little detail available on these 2 matches its hard to say whether they assisted on any. First pre-season matches against tiny teams (mostly amateur) doesn't really say a lot about the winners future though

In another Friendly in Germany, Robbie Kristo came off the bench for the 2nd half and Scored 2 Goals for Osnabruck as they drilled SV Brukteria Dreierwalde 0 - 12

THURSDAY

Kyrian Nwabueze went 74 minutes as Shirak fall at home 0 - 2 to Slovakian's Gorica in the Europa League Qualifications (1st leg) - a bit of an uphill climb now for Shirak

Dion Acoff (90) as Valur traveled to Latvia and met Ventspils in their 1st leg of the Europa League Qualification, battling to a goalless draw - I think that Valur and Dion have the advantage as they host the 2nd leg in Iceland on July 5th

Nermin Crnkic (90) as Sarajevo played their first leg Europa League Qualifier in Moldovia against Zaria Balti, they lost 2 - 1 but will return home, where they have a tremendous record, and also an away goal to help if needed

Aaron Schoenfeld came off the bench at 78' as M.Tel Aviv won their home leg of the Europa League 2 - 0 over Tirana of Albania - good start for Tel Aviv

In Iceland's Inkasso-deildin, GK Will Dieterich (90) and Grotta fall 0 - 1 to Keflavik as things at Grotta just seem to be getting worse after 4 straight losses

FRIDAY

Tyler Fischer started for Avondale as they traveled to Melbourne Knights in the Australian NPL (Victoria) and came away with a 1 - 1 draw. Avondale currently sit in 4th place, and every dropped point is hurting

Christian Eissele (28) and Jaro hosted Etchu Tabe (90) and Felix De Bona (90 + yellow)
and Ekenas in Finland's Ykkonen. Ekenas broke their 3 game losing streak with the 1 - 2 win, with Felix De Bona Scoring Ekenas first goal. Ekenas are out of the red zone (barely)

Jossimer Sanchez (90) and Lawrence Smith (13) traveled to JJK in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) Lawrence Smith, back from injury, celebrated with an 85th minute Goal, helping GBK win this one 0 - 3 and getting them back on track and into 3rd place

JC Mack (90) as Selfoss held on to a 1 - 1 draw with Fram in Iceland's Inkasso-deildin. Selfoss who started the season well enough are really in an up and down mode right now, they need the points to stay in contention, sitting in 5th place

In Friendlies:

Royal Fennell (90) as Hallescher visited BAK 07 and Scored the first goal for Hallescher as they go on to win 1 - 2

Joe Gyau played the 2nd half in a friendly pitting Sonnenhof against Stuttgart Kickers in a match that ended 2 - 0 in Sonnenhof's favor

SATURDAY

Jalon Brown Scored 2 Goals as Valentine visited Adamstown in Australia's NPL (NNSW) but they still lose 4 - 2 in a blow to their championship run. They are still in 2nd place but now 4 points adrift of the leaders Lambton (I have no information on whether or not Alec Faulkner played today)

Kenny Eze started on the bench for North Geelong as they were thumped at home by league leaders Heidelberg 0 - 4 . North Geelong look doomed to slip into the obscurity of the lower leagues in Australia

GK Daniel Schmidt (90) and Vegalta Sendai had to much on their plate today as an own goal and a 90+ goal sent them down to a home defeat 2 - 3 by G-Osaka in Japan's J-League for their 2nd straight loss

Leon Taylor (90) Scored Bodens only goal in a 1 - 2 home defeat at the hands of Bollnas GIF in Sweden's Division 2 (Norrland). 2 straight loses and Bodens have slipped to 6th and look to be out of contention at this point

Isaac Kannah (90) as MiKi traveled to Kultsu in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) losing this one 2 - 0

BK-46 had little trouble in Kakkonen (Group B) winning 1 - 5 over SalPa. Jacob Bushue played into ET before being subbed out, and picked up a yellow, while Mitchel Lopez Scored BK-46's 4th goal and played 88'. BK-46 share the top spot, but in this highly contested league only 3 points separate 1 through 6.

Timothy Wilson stayed on the bench today as OTP traveled to KajHa in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) losing 2 - 1. OTP remain in last place

Tanner Sica (90) as Tindastoll hosted KV in Iceland's Division 2, winning this one 5 - 3. Tindastoll are slowly creeping up the table, with 3 wins and a draw in their last 4, now in 7th

No Romain Gal for Sundsvall today as they hosted Sirius and GK Josh Wicks (Both players are DC United Alum's) Sirius won this one 1 - 2, for their 2nd straight win and move into 3rd place. While Sundsvall slip further down after 4 straight losses in Sweden's Allsvenskan

Ryan Masch (90) as Skovde traveled to Assyriska BK in Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra) and fought to a 1 - 1 draw. Skovde have pulled themselves out of the red zone, but on the strength of 3 draws, against teams below them

Harrison Hanley stayed on the bench as Haukar whooped Leiknir F. 5 - 0 in Iceland Inkasso-deildin

Stefan Antonijevic (90) as Lillestrom win at home 2 - 0 over Strömsgodset in Norway's Eliteserien, that's 4 wins in 5 games for Lillestrom

Gregory Conrad (63) as Afturelding hosted Vestri, winning 1 - 0 in Iceland's Division 2. 2nd straight win pushes them up the table, and into contention, at 5th place

In a Friendly in Denmark, GK Michael Lansing, in his 2nd outing for AaB played the first half and suffered an OG (headed in by his defender) in their match with Vendsyssel, which AaB won eventually 3 - 2 - so technically 2 starts to Mike and 2 wins

In a Friendly in Germany, Alfredo Morales played the whole match in Ingolstadt's 1 - 0 win over Karlsruher

Andrew Wooten started Scored the 2 first half goals giving Sandhausen a 2 - 0 lead at the half against Oberliga side TuS Mechtersheim. As is usual Andrew was replaced for the 2nd half of this friendly in Germany

Maki Tall & Tours played a Friendly in France against a squad from Foot Breizh Académie The first goal (PK) was a result of a foul on Maki. Tours won the match 1 - 2, their first pre-season of the year

In a Friendly in Germany Terrence Boyd (2nd half) had 2 Goals and McKinzie Gaines had a Goal and an Assist (and drew a PK - like last week) as Darmstadt throttled minnows Victoria Griesheim 0 - 8. Its so good to see both American's at Darmstadt starting out this (pre) season so well

In a Friendly, Russell Canouse started for Bochum as they visited Shakhtar in the Ukraine. Bochum lose this one 2 - 0

Perry Kitchen came off the bench at 63' as Hearts played a Friendly at Livingston in Scotland, winning 0 - 1

Masami Okada started today for his new team Babelsberg losing their pre-season opener 1 - 3 to Altona 93 in Germany

SUNDAY

In Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) Ian Garrett went 61 in VIFK's  0 - 2 win at KuFu98. VIFK are clear in 2nd place 1 point off the lead

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Mix Diskerud (69) Scored the first goal (and eventual winner) for Goteborg as they traveled to Jonkopings. Its been an up and down start to the season (2W, 2L,1D in their last 5) they sit in 9th with 17 points the final Europa League spot is Sirius with 22, so all is not lost if they can turn things a bit more positive

For the 2nd time this week, Eric Friedlander finds himself stuck on the bench as Nykopings win 3 - 1 at home to Assyriska FF in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra). That's 2 straight wins (both this week) for Nykopings who are now just 3 points away from escaping the red zone

In a Friendly in Germany, Robbie Kristo came on in the 2nd half in an unexpected 3 - 0 loss to Wiedenbruck, who play in Regionalliga

In another German Friendly, Alfredo Morales started for Ingolstadt as they beat Oberliga side Eichstatt 4 - 0

Ljunskile and GK Zac Lubin (90) continue their trip in the wrong direction as they fall 0 - 1 at home to Angelholms - 3 straight losses and they are now in 6th place, 11 points off the top.

Brendan Hines-Ike went 90 for Orebro as they win 4 - 2 over #3 Norrkoping in Sweden's Allsvenskan. Brendan was credited with an Assist on the 3rd (and winning) goal. That 3 straight wins for Orebro who have finally woken up. They move to tied 7th (9th on GD)

Brian Span (90) and Mariehamn had a tough task visiting #2 VPS in Finland's Veikkausliiga, and they held up, battling to a goalless draw and a 3rd place spot against a team that had not lost in their last 5, a good point earned

Dylan Autran went 90 for Mikkeli as they hosted GK Paul Blanchette (90) and PEPO in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) Today was Paul's day, earning another Shut Out as PEPO win this one 0 - 2 moving into tied 3rd (4th on GD) and only 2 points off the top spot

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WEEKEND WRAP: Friday/Saturday/Sunday: Another Quiet Weekend Features Some Firsts

Well another weekend in the books. Still fairly light on number of games, but our guy's are  out there plugging away for their teams. A few of the players that have been involved ith moves this winter had their shot for the first time...GK Ethan Horvath got 20 minutes for current Belgium league leaders Club Brugge in a friendly, Emerson Hyndman was involved in the 2nd half of a friendly with his new team Scottish giants Rangers, Mario Rodriguez scored in his first game for Sonnenhof in Germany and last, but not least, after nearly a year out for injury, Desevio Payne played his first game, went the full 90 minutes and scored his first professional goal, for Groningen in the Netherlands...not a bad bunch of firsts!

Here is the full list as usual

GOAL
Mario Rodriguez - Germany (Friendly)
Desevio Payne - Netherlands
John Brooks - Germany (PK / Friendly)

The complete list follows; 

FRIDAY

GK Quentin Westberg was an unused sub in Tours 2 - 3 loss to Lens, in France's Ligue 2.

In Friendly play, John Brooks, back from injury goes 90 for Hertha and Scores a deciding PK to give Hertha the win over Spanish 4th division side Poblense

GK Ethan Horvath got 20 minutes with his new team, Club Brugge, in a Friendly against Germany's Freiburg. The Belgium League leaders, Club Brugge, won this one 3 - 1

SATURDAY

In Germany's Telekom Cup Dusseldorf lost 0 - 1 on PK's to Bayern in the semi-finals. Both Jerome Kiesewetter and GK Justin vom Steeg were unused subs in this match. Telekom Cup is one of those weird 1 day events were teams will play twice in one day - 45 minute games. Here Dusseldorf will play later in the day in the 3rd place game and Bayern will play in the final.

In England's Premier League, after 2 good performances for Middlesbrough,GK Brad Guzan was seated in place of Victor Valdez in this game that ended scoreless at Watford

In England's Championship Jonathan Spector (90) and Birmingham were held to a 0 - 0 draw by Eric Lichaj (90) and Nottingham. Both teams are on a run of bad results, so this didn't help either side

DeAndre Yedlin went 90 for Newcastle as they visited Brentford and won 1 - 2 to retake top spot in England's Championship

Tim Ream went 90 for Fulham, as they hosted Barnsley in their Championship match. Fulham won this on 2 - 0 which moves them up to 8th place.

In England's League One, Gboly Ariyibi came off the bench at the 68th minute as Chesterfield managed  only their first win since December 17, in a 1 - 0 victory over Coventry. They are still in the relegation zone but a little closer to safety

Also in League One play, Duane Holmes went 85 minutes and picked up a yellow card, as Scunthorpe traveled to Northampton and won 1 - 2. The victory gives Scunthorpe a little breathing room above #3 Bolton, and they trail leaders Sheffield United by just one point.

In England's National League GK Brendan Moore (90) gave up 2 first half goals as Torquay fell 1 - 2 to Woking, their 2nd straight loss

Harrogate had a mixed day today in the National League (North) winning the game 1 - 0 but losing 2 players to red cards, including Jon-Paul Pittman's (45) first half straight red. Harrogate are firmly in mid-table and the loss of 2 starters will probably not have an enormous effect on there season

In Scotland, GK Danny Rogers and Falkirk were held to a 1 - 1 score by Ayr in the Championship. Falkirk are firmly in 4th place, with a good opportunity at a promotional play-off spot

In Scotland's League One, Kevin Dzierzawski came of the bench on the 65th minute as 10 man Peterhead traveled to Alloa and managed a 0 - 1 win. The win takes them 4 points clear of the drop.

In Spain, Shaq Moore went 90 as Levante UD B were held at home 0 - 0 by Lieda. Levante UD B now have 4 draws in their last 5, and are just 3 points from safety in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 3) - but they really need to find a goal-scorer, they have only scored 10 goals in 21 games - whew!

In the other Telekom Cup semi-final in Germany, Fabian Johnson was an unused sub as M'Gladbach fell 0 - 1 to Mainz. M'Gladbach will play Dusseldorf in the 3rd place game, and Mainz will face Bayern in the final

and now we know who is in 3rd place - Dusseldorf beat M'Gladbach 2 - 0 in their third place play-off in Germany's Telekom Cup.GK Justin vom Steeg and Jerome Kiesewetter both remained on the bench for winners Dusseldorf while Fabian Johnson watched from the sideline for M'Gladbach

In a Friendly, Frankfurt and Timothy Chandler played Russia's Zenith St Petersburg in a game that ended scoreless

Bayern has won the Telekom Cup with a 2 - 1 win over Mainz

After nearly a year out, Desevio Payne played 90 minutes in his return, and Scored Groningen's 2nd goal (his first professional goal) - what a return for the 21 year old defender. Heracles 1 - 4 Groningen in Netherlands Eredivisie

Ethan Dent came off the bench for Hawkes Bay as they dismantled Eastern Suburbs 6 - 3 in New Zealand's Premier League

Matt Wiesenfarth came off the bench for Canterbury United in their 1 - 3 home loss to Southern United in New Zealand Premier League

SUNDAY

Matt Miazga got 5 minutes in as Vitesse hosted Twente in Netherlands Eredivisie and won 3 - 1 moving them to 7th place

In his first game for Sonnenhof, Mario Rodriguez scored the opener after 34 minutes in a Friendly against Hoffenheim. The rest of the match didn't go so well for the home team, as they fall 1 - 4, but a great start for Mario

Emerson Hyndman was on the bench for Rangers at the start of the match as they played a Friendly against Bundesliga #2 RB Leipzig - and the differences were glaring as Rangers fall 4 - 0. Emerson got his chance debuting and playing the 2nd half.

GK Benjamin Machini on the bench (he is the #2 backup GK) for Barakaldo CF in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 2) as they handed a thumpin' on Socuellamos. Barakaldo were up 4 - 0 at the half.
Reduced to 10 men in the 2nd half, they held that score for the remaining time resulting in a move up to 10th spot (4 points out of a promotional play-off position)

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WEEKEND WRAP: Saturday 0/6/2016 Features Goals, Season's Begin Across Europe

A little late with Saturday's list, life sometimes interferes with football.....anyway mixed day - on one hand excitement at the opening day(s) around Europe, on the other our guys only did OK. We started the day looking good with an assist from Andrew Wooten in Germany, then a goal from Andrew Stadler in Sweden, and I was feelin' chuffed that the day would be a good one, alas the results tell the story.

Straight to the list;

Christian Eissele came off the bench in the 89th minute as Kemi beat PK-35 in Finland's Veikkausliiga

In Germany's 2Liga, Russell Canouse came off the bench in the 89th minute in Bochum's season opener as they beat Union Berlin 2 - 1

In Germany 3Liga, GK Kenneth Kronholm went 90 in Kiel's 1 - 0 loss at Aalen, not the most promising start of the season for Kiel

Shawn Barry came off the bench at minute 75 as FSV Frankfurt hosted Erfurt in 3Liga and lost 0 - 1

Devante Parker went 56 minutes for Mainz II as they visited Paderborn and suffered a 3 - 1 defeat

GK Craig Hill sat on the bench as KuPS visited SJK and fell 1 - 0 in Finland Veikkausliiga

Eric Friedlander came off the bench in minute 75 for Ansbach in Oberliga (Bayern Nord) as they visited Viktoria Aschaffenburg and won 2 - 3

In Germany 2Liga Andrew Wooten (73) and Sandhausen hosted Dusseldorf and Jerome Kiesewetter (in 18/DNP) in a game that ended in a 2 - 2 draw. Andrew is credited with the Assist on Sandhausen's 1st goal

In Norway Tippeligaen, GK Ethan Horvath (90) and Molde held on for a 3 - 2 win over Bodo/Glimt breaking their string of no wins at 6 games (1W/1D/5L)

Kevin Dzierzawski and Peterhead visited Alloa in Scotland's Division 1, and were totally demolished 4 - 0, in their first league game of the season. They'll be having nightmares about this one

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Andrew Stadler (76) and Ostersunds had no trouble with Sundsvall winning 4 - 0. Andrew Scored Ostersunds 1st (and winning) goal

In Denmark's SuperLiga Viborg and George Fochive (in 18/DNP) were unlucky not to grab all 3 points (missing a PK) and settled for a 0 - 0 draw at Odense

The English season has started (except EPL) and in their first game Birmingham and Jonathan Spector (90) hosted Cardiff in a game that ended scoreless in the Championship

Also in the Championship, Adam Henley (90) and Blackburn started their season off with a horrible 1 - 4 loss to Norwich. An opening day game Blackburn will want to put behind them quickly

Nottingham Forest and Eric Lichaj (4) had a bit of a scare as they hosted Burton in their season opener, ultimately winning 4 - 3 after falling behind to the visitors (who scored 2 goals in 3 minutes in the 1st half)

Danny Williams (90) and Reading started their season on a positive note as they beat Preston 1 - 0 at Madejski Stadium

Gboly Ariyibi (90) and Chesterfield opened their League One season with a visit to Oxford, coming away with a point, in a 1 - 1 draw

With all the fanfare by the Scunthorpe coach over Duane Holmes (in 18/DNP) pre-season form, Duane found himself on the bench for this game as Scunthorpe made short work of Bristol Rovers 3 - 1 to open their season. Lets hope that Duane gets off the bench next week.

GK Paul Rachubka, in 18/DNP for his new team Bury Town as they open the season with a 2 - 0 win over Charlton in League One play

In the English National League, a miserable day for GK Brandon Moore, who was red-hot for Torquay last season, as they opened their season at Macclesfield and lost 2 - 0

With 90+ minutes on the clock Jon-Paul Pittman Scored, giving Harrogate a 2 - 2 draw for their opening game at Worcester. Jon-Paul;s first goal for his new team was 'most timely'

In Iceland Inkasso-deildin, Will Daniels and Grindavik visited Leiknir F. in a game that Grindavik really wanted to win. Will Scored Grindavik's 2nd goal of the day as they pummeled the hosts 1 - 4. Grindavik are now in 2nd place, just 1 point behind the leaders Akureyi

In Scotland's Championship, GK Danny Rogers and Falkirk hosted Hibernian in their season opener, falling 1 - 2 on an early 2nd half goal

Patrick Hopkins (90) and Sirius extended their lead at the top of Sweden's Superettan with a 2 - 0 win over Varbergs

In Germany Regionalliga (Sudwest) Charlie Rugg (18) and Pirmassens fell 1 - 2 to Hessen Kassel , starting their season with a tough loss

In a friendly, Bobby Wood played the 45 min for Hamburg SV and Geoff Cameron 69 minutes for Stoke City. Hamburg wins this one 1-0

Also in a friendly, GK Brad Guzan, was in the 18 but DNP as Middlesbrough faced off with Real Sociedad, game ended scoreless

And to keep it all up to date, Tim Ream (5) as Fulham's won their season opener 1-0 against Newcastle United, in the Championship yesterday

Matt Nigro and Vestri hosted IR Reykjavik in Iceland's Division 2. Falling 0 - 1 to the league leaders. It's Vestri's 2nd loss in a row (3rd in 4) as they slip out of contention

Young American GK Bakary Sanyang (New York) got the shut out as Pfeddersheim beat his old team Hauenstein 1 - 0 in Germany's Oberliga

Paul Torres (90) and Assyriska FF will want to forget today as they tumble 0 - 4 to GAIS in Sweden's Superettan, and slip into the relegation zone

Terence Boyd (90)and Ken Gipson both started for RB Leipzig in a 3 - 2 friendly win over Spanish side Eibar

Rubio Rubin (90) started for Utrecht as they kicked off their season at home against PSV, it all started out well enough with a 16th minute goal/lead but ultimately things didn't go as planned and Utrecht open the season with a 1 - 2 loss

In the Serbian Super Liga, Javor and Ismar Tandir visited Backa winning the game 0 - 1, that's the first 3 games of the season undefeated

In Poland Division 1, Hunter Gorskie went 90 as Legnica visited Kluzbork and came away with a point in a 2 - 2 draw - good start to the season, so far

Not a good result for Jason Gorskie and Bnai Sakhnin is Israel's Toto Cup as they fall to M. Haifa 2 - 1 if they want to continue past the group stage, well they need to win the next game and they need a little luck

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WEEKEND WRAP: Saturday 7/16/2016 Features Goals and Friendlies

So it looks like we are almost back to normal. In Germany 2 of the lower divisions, Regionalliga (Bayern) and Oberliga (Bayern Nord) have now started. Friendlies fill the match schedule's as teams new acquisitions get to strut their stuff and hope to make the 1st eleven.  We had 3 club debut's all in Germany, Alasane Kane with Bayern Hoff, Mario Rodrigues with Chemnitzer and Oscar Ortiz with SC Feucht. Congrats guys.

We have 6 goals (2 in friendlies) Julian Green got a start for Bayern Munich and scored (doesn't he do that every pre-season - before disappearing?) and Danny Williams scored his 2nd in Reading's preparation for England's Championship. In goals that matter...1 in Finland and 3 in Iceland round out the goals. We also had a shut-out by goalkeeper Craig Hill, again. Austin Texas' Craig has now racked up 3 shut-outs in 4 games


Here's the list;

FRIDAY

Alasane Kane got 17 minutes in for his new team, Bayern Hoff in a 4 -2 win on opening day of Regionalliga (Bayern)

Julian Ceesay (15) came off the bench for Amberg in their opener in Oberliga (Bayern Nord), as they visited DJK Ammerthal and came away with a 0 - 1 win

Mario Rodriguez was in the 18 for his new team, and came off the bench at the 58th minute for Chemnitzer as they won 2 -1 in a friendly with Czech team Bohemians

Danny Williams Scored in Reading's friendly with Saudi side Al-Taawon, in their 3 - 1 win

SATURDAY

GK Daniel Schmidt (90) and Yamaga are still winning in Japan J2, and that's a good thing as 3 teams are now tied for the top spot, today's game was at Kitakyushu, where Yamaga won 1 - 2.

In Finland's Veikkausliiga, GK Craig Hill (90) and KuPS visited Christian Eissele (10) and Kemi, Craig registered another Shut-Out, as KuPS win this one 0 - 2 and move into 3rd place.

Isaac Kannah (90) Scored the only goal of the game as KTP defeated Jazz 1 - 0 in Finland's Ykkonen. Gabriel Wirtz went 90 for Jazz

In Iceland (a full day of matches) Huginn and Johnatan Lama (21) hosted Selfoss and JC Mack (83) in an exciting 3 - 3 draw. (Both teams could have done with all 3 points, for different reasons) but on the day a draw seems a good result especially for Huginn.

Also in Inkasso-deildin, Will Daniels (90) Scored the first - and winning - goal for Grindavik, as they visited Fram and came away with a 0 - 2 win. Grindavik now move into 2nd place. That's 4 goals in the last month for Will.

GK Will Dietrich had a bad day, as Haukar were thumped 0 - 3 at home by Fjardbyggd. Both teams are hovering above the drop zone and needed the points

GK Danny Rogers and Falkirk lost their opening Group B game of Scotland's Betfred Cup 1 - 0 to Stirling

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Andrew Stadler (66) and Ostersunds fought back to gain a 3 - 3 draw with #2 Norrkoping.

GK Matt Pyzdrowski was in 18/DNP as Helsingborg won 0 - 2 at Sundsvall, breaking a 3 game losing streak.

In Sweden Division 1, Jochen Graf (14) and Oskarhamns lost 2 - 3 to Mjalby

In Iceland's Division 2, Harrison Hanley (90) and Njardvik hosted Vestri and Matt Nigro (90) who Scored a PK, in a 2 - 1 loss. Njardvik's win was the first points in 5 games, for Matt Nigro that's 4 goals in 11 games.

Aegir keep plugging away at the bottom of Iceland Division 2, today both Jannik Eckenrode (90 + Yellow) and Daniel Kuczynski (90) who Scored Aegir's first goal, could do no more in a 5 - 2 loss to Magni. For Aegir who had won their last 2 the streak came to an end.

Not for the want of trying, Jordan Tyler (90 + Yellow) and Hottur fought hard in a contentious game that saw 8 yellow and 1 red card, as Hottur visited #2 Grotta and lost 2 - 1

In Oberliga (Bayern Nord), Oscar Ortiz started and went 90 in a 0 - 0 draw as his new team SC Feucht hosted Alemannia Haibach to open their season

In a Friendly, Julian Green started and Scored for Bayern Munich as they visited Lippstadt and won 3 - 4

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WEEKEND UPDATE: 7/9/2016 PLUS Europa Quals - GOALS GALORE (7) This Saturday

Catching up a bit with the Europa League Qualifiers, only 3 of our teams  made it through to the next round. A little bit of action on Friday and Today, which has seen 7 goals. Will Daniels back from injury and now back in form hits 2, as did Justin Kinjo in a friendly in Germany..Marc Heider in his first game for his new club hit one to. I added in Daniel Kuczynski's brace in Iceland although there is some question on whether the Cal State grad is US or Can? (Iceland FA says US, Club says Canada) With so much going on I have reverted back to splitting the weekend into two.

Here's the list

EUROPA LEAGUE QUALIFIERS

Stabaek and Cole Grossman booted from Europa League Qualification 1 - 0 by Welsh team Connah's Q

Gorica and Theo Wilson lost 1 - 0 (4 -0 agg) to M. Tel Aviv and are out. Only the 2nd game played for Theo since he joined Gorica (both in Europa League) Don't fret Theo there will be good times to come

Brian Span went 90 for Mariehamn as they tied 1 - 1, but were eliminated 2 - 1 by Norway's Odd

Will John went 90 in RoPS 1 - 1 draw, but the good news is that their 2 - 0 first leg win gives them a 3 - 1 agg and they move on to the next round (RoPS play the 1st leg at home v Lokomotive Zagreb of Croatia)

Eder Arreola was not involved, but Shirak beat Dila Gori of Georgia 2 - 0 after penalties for a 2 - 1 agg win, as they get ready for the next round (Shirak start the next round at home to Trnava of Slovakia)

USMNT Perry Kitchen went 90 picked up a yellow (the only MF not subbed out) for Hearts as they beat Infonet of Estonia 2 - 4 (agg 3 - 6 ) and take this dominating performance into the next round (Hearts will travel to Malta and Birkirkara for the opener of the next round)

Martin Ontiveros started went 86 in only his 2nd game (both Europa League) for Luxembourg's Jeunesse Esch as they won there home leg 2 - 1 but are eliminated on away goals by St.Patricks of Ireland

FRIDAY

In Norway Start and Alex De John (90) really haven't started yet - they have yet to win a game this season P15/W0/D6/L9 - today the misery continued as they dropped their home game against Bodo/Glimt 1 - 4 as they say in London "woe, woe and thrice woe.

In Iceland's Inkasso-deildin, Leiknir F. put up a fight against Keflavik but succumbed to a 90+ goal to lose 2 - 3. Alexander Ainscough was in the 18/DNP and is still looking more his first minutes with his new club

Things went a little better for JC Mack (90) and Selfoss as they managed a 2nd half goal to tie things up with Fram and get out of town with a valuable point

SATURDAY

Gabriel Wirtz (90) and Jazz Pori had a difficult time with Oulu in Finland's Ykkonen as they settled for a 2 - 2 home draw. Jazz remain bottom of the league with just 6 points from 12 games.

In Iceland Inkasso-deildin, Johnatan Lama started and went 60 as Huginn fell 0 - 1 to Leiknir on an 84th minute goal. Huginn are now firmly entrenched at the bottom of the league with only 4 points from 9 games

In Iceland Division 2, Aegir are battling themselves out of trouble, they won today over Volsungur 3 - 0 with 2 goals Scored from American Daniel Kuczynski (Cal State) went 90 along with Jannik Eckenrode, Danial's tally is now 3 goals in 3 games. Aegir have now won their last 2, but still is the cellar of the league

Also in Division 2, Matthew Nigro (90) and GK Cyrus Mohseni (in 18/DNP) battled Grotta in a game that ultimately ended scoreless. Vestri are 5 points off the lead but must get some consistency going

In Sweden Division 1 (South) Jochen Graf came off the bench at minute 73 as Oskarshamns visited Hollvikens and came away with all 3 points in a 0 - 1 win

Back to Iceland Division 2 where Njadrvik visited bottom team Fjallabyggd. Harrison Hanley started for Njardvik, who lost on an own goal, matters were not helped by a 67th min red card. Njardvik were down 1 - 0 in the first half and had the advantage of an extra man for half an hour but couldn't capitalize

Jordan Tyler (90) and Hottur hosted league leaders Afturelding and scored all 3 goals in the game (Own Goal) as they won 2 - 1 and knocked the leaders off their perch

In Inkasso-deildin Grindavik thumped Thor Akureyri 5 - 0 - Will Daniels came off the bench for the 2nd half and Scored twice as Grindavik had a 4 goal 2nd half.

In Norway's Tippeligaen, Brann hosted Vålerenga with GK Alex Horwath on the bench. Brann certainly had fun as they win this one 4 - 1 and move up to 4th place in the league

Molde visited Sogndal in Norway for an exciting game that saw Molde come back from 4 goals down, but ultimately run out of time and lose 4 - 3. GK Ethan Horvath spent the game on the bench - you have to wonder if he was playing would Molde have let in 4 goals?

FRIENDLY

Justin Kinjo Scored twice as Dusseldorf drew 3 - 3 at France's L'Orient

Marc Heider who joined Osnabruck on July 1 opened his account for his new club when he Scored the opening goal in a 3 - 0 win over Dortmund II

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DAILY WRAP: 1/18/16

Test of Daily Wrap 1/18/2016
(Games/Goals/Events today)

Not much going on today - US players playing for EPL U21's were all absent from the game-day list.
Tottenham Hotspurs U21 - Cameron Carter-Vickers -did not dress
Manchester United U21 - Joshua Doughty  -did not dress

Caleb Stanko scored a 77 minute goal for Freiburg as they drew with Swiss team Luzern 1 - 1 in a friendly

Adam Henley and Blackburn beat League Two club Newport County in an 3rd Round FA Cup match in Newport - Adam came off the bench in 90th minute / time waster (Blackburn took a small contingent of subs - only 5 - including back-up GK -  filled the bench).

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