WEEKLY WRAP: 1.29 thru 2.4.2018: Spain, Italy & Portugal Feature

We (USA) are not known for our players in Spain, Portugal & Italy. With a few exceptions we have not broken into the upper echelon in these countries. But over the past year we have slowly been infiltrating the lower leagues, and this week it was so evident that I have decided to give the Shout Out to these young guns learning their trade in Southern Europe. They may not join the few who realize first team play in La Liga or Serie A, but they are making themselves known to the 'selectors' of our young National teams, and other clubs in Europe through their own efforts.

In Spain, we have a number of young players, primarily in the Tercera (4th Tier) a sprawling league that covers 17 or so regions in Spain. As well as a few players in the (3rd tier) Segunda B. Mukwelle Akale at Villarreal and Shaq Moore at Levante are probably our best know representatives in Spain but just below them, players like Khai Celestin at CD Sariñena, Ander Egiluz at Basconia, Keeper Benjamin Machini & Akil Watts at RCD Mallorca with Ali Khatoun coming up at Leganes. Below that we have young phenom (my choice of words) Konrad de la Fuentes at Barcelona's Juvenil B along with Ben Lederman.

In Italy, Josh Perez at Livorno is probably the most well known, but a group of young players are starting to make their mark. Rafael Antonio Iacovelli moved from New York to Cesena in the Primavera, Chijioke David Aranotu is playing regularly for USD Scanzorosciate in Serie D where newcomer Jarrett Reeser is trying to break in to the Varese squad, as are other US young players across Italy.

In Portugal, everybody is familiar with Texas's Keaton Parks at Benfica, but he isn't the only one trying their talent in Portugal. Keeper CJ dos Santos & Armando Pelaez are also pushing for spots at Benfica. Jake Barros just debuted this weekend at Atletico Arco in the Campeonato de Portugal, Stephen Payne is at Varzim and Mark Withers just transferred to Salgueiros. Finally news broke this week that Keaton Parks older brother, Keeper, Kyle Parks has signed with SC Freamunde also in the Campeonato de Portugal

So there is my Shout Out - there are others in these countries, some I have identified, and some I probably have not - yet. But its exciting to see that the US has the players with talent to break into these and other countries that traditionally only look inward for their future talent. 

OK to the short list (looking good)...

GOALS
Luca de la Torre - England
Andrew Stadler (pk) - Sweden
Trevor Zwetsloot (2 pk) - Germany
Mat Miazga - Netherlands
Alfredo Morales - Germany
Andrew Stadler (pk) - Sweden
Konrad de la Fuentes (2) - Spain 
Maurice Malone - Germany 
Keaton Parks - Portugal  

ASSISTS
Keaton Parks (2) - Portugal
Christian Pulisic - Germany
Antonee Robinson - England
Konrad de la Fuentes (3) - Spain

....and to the longer more comprehensive listing;

MONDAY

Konrad de la Fuentes (88), Ben Lederman (2) as Barcelona Juvenil B visited Girona B in Spain's Liga Nacional (Group 7) winning 1 - 2

Looks like Giles Phillips remained on the bench as QPR U23 fall 3 - 2 at Colchester U23 in England's PDL (South)

Marlon Fossey (54) Luca de la Torre (90) as Fulham U23 falls 2 - 1 at West Brom U23 in England's EPL 2 (Group 2) after Luca had given them the lead with a 28th Minute Goal. Both West Brom U23 goals scored within 2 minutes at 82' & 84'

In England's EPL 2 (Group One) Kyle Scott (90) and Chelsea U23 fall 2 - 1 at Everton U23

Both Americans involved in the Manchester United U23/Tottenham Hotspur U23 clash remained on the bench today. Matthew Olosunde (Man Utd) and GK Brandon Austin (Tottenham) have contributed to their teams this season, it must be disappointing for them

Jake  Rozhansky, came of the bench at 87' as Netanya defeated B.Jerusalem 2 - 1 in Israel Ligat ha'Al. Not a good result for B.Jerusalem who are driving to the top, but Netanya will be happy with an excellent win that moves them to 5th place

In France Ligue 2, Jordan Siebatcheu (87) as Reims fall 0 - 1 at home to Lorient. Unexpected result from the league's run-away leaders

TUESDAY

Keaton Parks (90) credited with 2 Assists, as Benfica B pummels Famalicao 5 - 0 in Portugal Segunda Liga. Benfica B move up to 10th place

In England's Championship Lyndon Gooch came off the bench at 84' as Sunderland visited Birmingham and lost 3 - 1

Eric Lichaj remained on the bench as Nottingham Forest were trounced at home 0 - 3 by Preston, in England's Championship

Kris Scott made a cameo appearance coming on in the 90th minute as Weston Super-Mare beat Bath City 4 - 2 in England's National League (South)

Andrew Stadler (29) Scored in the PK shootout, Alex de John (90) missed his PK. as Dalkurd fall 1 - 0 on PK Kicks following a goalless (Pre-season competition) Atlantic Cup match against Shamrock Rovers

WEDNESDAY

USYNT Trevor Zwetsloot started on the bench today, in DFB Junioren Pokal, looked like he would only get a cameo appearance right at the end of the match - which ended going into ET (30 min) - Looks like he Scored 2 PK's in the shootout which Bremen U19 finally lost 14 to 13, losing the match
to Kaiserslautern U19 1 - 0 (after pk's)

GK Tim Murray was on the bench as FC Honka fall 1 - 4 to FC Lahti in an all Finland friendly

Joe Efford (57) as Ergotelis traveled to Panserraikos in Greece Football League winning 0 - 1. Ergotelis has not lost in their last 4 matches and is slowly climbing out of trouble.

GK Mike Lansing started for Aalborg as they visited Sparta Prague and lost 2 - 1 in a friendly

GK Danny Rogers (90) with his 2nd Start & 2nd Win as Aberdeen down Ross County 2 - 4. In 2nd place and 3 points above Rangers.

DeAndre Yedlin (90 + yellow) as Newcastle give up 85th minute goal and have to setle for a 1 - 1 draw at home to Burnley. 1 point not good enough to get free of the trouble zone

Geoff Cameron remained on the bench as Stoke were held to a goalless draw in a scrappy match with Watford in the English Premier League.

THURSDAY

No Matches Today

FRIDAY

GK Paul Rachubka was back-up keeper for Kerala Blasters as they visited Pune City, winning 1 - 2. Kerala are 2 points off a play-off spot in India's ISL

Jonathan Amon (52) for Nordsjælland as they faced off with CSKA Moscow in a friendly that ended 1 - 1

Masami Okada (90) as Babelsberg walloped Brendan Stelmak and Chemie Leipzig 4 - 4 in Regionalliga (Nordost)

Marlon Fossey (90) in his first full game since returning from injury, as Fulham U23 hosted Blackburn U23, losing 0 - 1 in England's EPL2 (Group 2) - Fulham are 5th (Promo Play-off spot) and Blackburn have taken over the #1 spot

GK Quentin Westberg was the back-up keeper as Auxerre traveled to Tours (minus Maki Tall) and won 0 - 2. Auxerre with a big jump from 16th to 11th as a reward for the win

Matt Miazga (90) took 6 minutes to Score the go-ahead Goal, as Vitesse met Groningen in Netherlands Eredivisie, winning 2 - 0. Vitesse in 6th place

Andrija Novakovich (90) in Telstar's 3 - 2 loss at Den Bosch in Netherlands Eerste Divisie. Andrija was tackled in the box a forced a penalty that gave Telstar an early and short lived lead. Telstar are still in 4th place though.

Kyle Scott came off the bench at the 74th minute, to help Chelsea U23 win 1 - 0 over Leicester U23 in England's EPL (Group 1)

Christian Pulisic (72) was credited with the Assist on Dortmund's 2nd Goal, as they went on to beat FC Koln 2 - 3 in Germany's Bundesliga. A very useful 3 points, in a win that breaks a run of 3 draws, and puts them into 2nd place (for now)

Antonee Robinson (90) gets the Assist on the only Goal of the match, as Bolton beat a pretty good side in Bristol City (5th place) 1 - 0., and are now (finally) 3 points clear of the drop zone in England's Championship

Nehemiah Perry was an unused sub as St Andrews snagged a point in a 1 - 1 draw at Gzira in Malta's Premier League

SATURDAY

GK Bill Hamid (90) in 2nd friendly of the day for Midtjylland as they lose 2 - 1 to Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande

Kevin Lankford remained on the bench as Heidenheim win 3 - 1 over St. Pauli in Germany 2Liga

Alfredo Morales (90) Scored Ingolstadt's 2nd Goal as they go on to win 3 - 0 over Furth, with Julian Green (90)

Alex De John (78) Andrew Stadler off the bench at 67' Scored in the PK Shootout but Dalkurd fall 2 - 1 to Jablonec in the Atlantic Cup

Jake Rozhansky came off the bench at 78' as Netanya visited Shmona in Ligat ha'Al and won 1 - 2. Netanya now up to 5th place

GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) and Kiel had to settle for a 1 - 1 draw with Jann George (82) and Regensburg in 2Liga

In England U18 Premier League (South), Indiana Vassilev (90) Calum Stretch (in 18 DNP) and Aston Villa U18 visited Norwich U18 and won 1 - 2. Aston Villa U18 have been in a really wobbly patch and this was their first win in 5 outings

Also in England U18 (North), Owen Otasowie (48) in Wolves U18 as they traveled to Sunderland U18 and lost 2 - 0.Wolves have now lost their last 5 and are 2nd from bottom place

Isaiah Young entered the match at 81' as Bremen II lose big at home to Munster 2 - 4 in Germany 3Liga

Royal Fennell (90) and Hallescher got the better of Osnabruck with Marc Heider (90) and Robbie Kristo (11) back from injury, winning this one 1 - 0 in 3Liga

Joe Gyau (90) Mario Rodriguez (22) as Sonnenhof were held to a 1 - 1 draw by Paderborn in Germany 3Liga

Marcel Costly played the 2nd half as Magdeburg traveled to Wurzburger losing 1 - 0. A bit of a blow to Magdeburg's promotion attempt, but still in 2nd place

Bryan Gaul played the final 3 minutes as 10 man Elversburg battled to a 2 - 2 draw at Saarbrucken in Germany's Regionalliga (Südwest)

GK Will Dieterich was the back-up keeper for Stjarman as they win the 1st Cup of the year 1 - 0 over Grindavik in Iceland's Football.net Cup

Stefan Antonijevic came off he bench at 76' as Lillestrom fall 0 - 3 to Sarpsborg in an all Norway friendly

Caleb Stanko was an unused sub as Freiburg traveled to Leverkusen and grabbed a point in a goalless draw in Bundesliga

GK Jonathan Klinsmann was the back-up keeper for Hertha as they draw 1 - 1 at home with Hoffenheim

Aron Johannsson off the bench at 56 minute as Bremen won for the first time in a while 1 - 2 at Schalke (minus Weston McKennie / injured). The 3points raises Bremen to 4th from bottom, out of the drop zone on GD

Geoff Cameron (90) as Stoke fall 2 - 1 at Bournemouth in England's Premier League

Tim Ream (90) as Fulham win 2 - 0 over Eric Lichaj (90) and Nottingham Forest. 6 straight wins for Fulham in 5th place while Nottingham are in a bit of a downward spiral with 3 loses in their last 4

Lyndon Gooch sat on the bench and watched as Cameron Carter-Vickers (90) and Ipswich win 0 - 2 at the pitiful Sunderland

Duane Holmes (90) as Scunthorpe traveled to Fleetwood and won a close match 2 - 3. This ended a really bad streak for Scunthorpe who will be hard pressed to reach the automatic promotion spot in League One and will have to hope for a good run in the play-offs. Still enough time and anything can
happen

Gboly Ariyibi off the bench at 72nd minute could not help Northampton get back into the match as Rochdale who are desperate for points, hold on to win 0 - 1 with GK Brendon Moore as their back-up keeper

Niall Mason remained on the bench as Doncaster visited Portsmouth and earned a draw in a 2 - 2 League One match

GK Danny Rogers reverted to his back-up role as Aberdeen wins big at home 3 - 0 over Hamilton in Scotland's Premier League

Jay Denny (90) as Newtown traveled to Llandudno and win 3 - 4 in Wales Premier League (Relegation Group) Newtown leads the group on GD

SUNDAY

Sammy Adjai started for Hawkes Bay United as they traveled to Tasman United and are beaten 5 - 2 in New Zealand's Premier League

Konrad de la Fuentes had 2 goals (1 PK), 3 assists, and a cross that forced an own goal as Barcelona Juvenil B won in an 8-0 romp over Josep Maria Gené . Ben Lederman came off the bench at 55 min to join Konrad. Gideon Davis started for Josep Maria Gené

Maurice Malone, started, went 90, and Scored Augsburg U19 3rd Goal in a 1 - 3 win at Frankfurt U19 in A-Junior Bundesliga (Süd/Südwest)

GK Craig Hill (90) as PEPO fall 1 - 4 at home to HIFK in Sweden Suomen Cup (Group D)

Shaq Moore went 90 as Levante B draw 2 - 2 at home with Almazora in Spain's Tercera (Group 6)

John Neeskens entered at 75' mark as Santboia win 2 - 0 over UE Vilassar De Mar in Spain's Tercera (Group 5)

In Netherlands Eredivisie, Shane O'Neill remained on the bench as Excelsior were held to a 2 - 2 draw at home by Utrecht

Alex Vedamanikam started, went 50 mins (debut) as Braunschweig U19 were thumped 5 - 0 at Bremen U19 in A-Junior Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

GK Jonathan Klinsmann started, went 90 as Hertha II beat Luckenwalde 5 - 1 in Regionalliga (Nordost)

Micah Akin started on the bench (and remained there) as Velbert were held goalless in a 0 - 0 match with SV Straelen in Oberliga (Niederrhein)

Terence Boyd off the bench at 68 minutes, as Darmstadt drop points at home in a 1 - 2 loss to Duisburg in Germany 2Liga. Darmstadt are sinking into real trouble at the bottom of the table

Matthew Olosunde (90) as Manchester United U23 traveled to Derby U23 and drew 1 - 1 even though Derby were reduced to 10 men with 15' to go, in England's Premier League 2 (Group 1) That's probably why they are at the bottom of the league

Nermin Crnkic (90' debut) and Erfurt are never going to get off the bottom and escape relegation if they lose at home like today against Zwickau in Germany 3Liga

Kenny Saief (90) as Anderlecht draw 2 - 2 at home with KV Mechelen in Belgium's Jupiler. Halts their move up the league. Of note they missed an 81st minute PK.

Joshua Perez came off the bench at 59' as Livorno draw 1 - 1 at Pistoiese in Italy Serie C (Group A)

DeAndre Yedlin (90) as Newcastle battle to a 1 - 1 draw at Crystal Palace in England's Premier League. Newcastle hovering above the drop zone, but just on GD.

Shawn Parker made the bench today for Augsburg as they win 3 - 0 over Timothy Chandler (90) and Frankfurt in Germany's Bundesliga

Keaton Parks (88) Scored Benfica B first Goal as they go on to win 1 - 3 over Keaton's old club Varzim in Portugal's Segunda Liga

Bobby Wood (90) as Hamburg battle back to earn a 1 - 1 draw at home to Hannover in Bundesliga. Hamburg needs points , quickly, they sit 2nd from bottom, 3 points adrift of safety

Ander Egiluz started today for Basconia, went 90, in a 0 - 2 loss at home to Somorrostro in Spain's Tercera (Group 4)

Chijioke David Aranotu started today for Scanzorosciate in Italy's Serie D (Group B) in a 5 - 0 win over Levico Terme

Aaron Schoenfeld came off the bench at 68' as #1 M.Tel Aviv hosted #2 H Beer Sheva winning 1 - 0 in Ligat ha'Al. a task made easier by H. Beer Sheva's 2 red cards. M.Tel Aviv are now in sole possession of top spot

Jake Barros (25) as Atlético Arcos lose 1 - 2 at home to Ad Fafe in Campeonato de Portugal (Group A)

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WEEKLY WRAP: 1.8 through 1.14.2018: All the World's a Friendly Week!

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

Don'r forget to check out all the transfers involving US Players - updated regularly here

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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WEEKLY WRAP: 12.11 Through 12.17.2017 - Chandler/Siebatcheu/Pulisic Shine

This week was really about 3 players, Timothy Chandler, Jordan Siebatcheu and Christian Pulisic - all three had outstanding matches and contributed to their teams success.

First, the wrap is a little shorter this week, weather is the culprit. So many games postponed, it will be interesting to see how, especially in Germany, these games get made up. The German Leagues just shut for the Winter Break, so no matches scheduled till mid/late January. Note: There are some Cup matches scheduled next week.

So to the shout outs.....Timothy Chandler in his first game back for Frankfurt had two assists in the first 30 minutes, enough to ensure their victory. Timothy came back energized by his time off and played maybe his best game this season. Jordan Siebatcheu gave some additional bubbles to the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, Riems, with a hat-trick performance, and for good measure, an assist. Finally, Christian Pulisic waited till the very end of the match, for effect, to score Dortmund's winning goal and send the fans into a state of delirium

Our forgotten/re-emerging player is not playing in the hallowed grounds of Europe, but in the infant ISL in India. Keeper Paul Rachubka has now played 5 straight matches since joining the Southern Indian team of Kerala and he has managed 3 clean sheet's. Paul spent the majority of his career in England.

Young Gun of the week, any one named Malone!! Maurice scored for Augsburg U19 and Ryan Scored for Lokomotive Leipzig - both in Germany

To the lists. First the short(est) list I have done

GOALS
Ryan Malone - Germany
Jordan Siebatcheu (3) - France
Christian Pulisic - Germany
Maurice Malone - Germany

ASSIST
Timothy Chandler (2) - Germany
Jordan Siebatcheu - France

SHUT OUT
Paul Rachubka - India

......and the longer more comprehensive listing;

MONDAY

Giles Phillips (10) as QPR U23 fall 2 - 1 at Millwall U23 in England's PDL (South) QPR U23 had the lead until 72nd minute - they are still top of the table though, but after 2 loses and a draw their lead is now cut to 1 point

Perry Kitchen went 90 & picked up a yellow as the hapless Randers lose 0 - 4 at home to Midtyjlland in the Danish Superliga...can any one say Division 1 next season

Aaron Schoenfeld (57) as M Tel Aviv are held to a goalless draw at M. Petach Tikva. No loses but the draws are pilling up and the points slipping away for M Tel Aviv, now in 4th place in Israels Ligat ha'Al

TUESDAY

In his all to familiar spot, Shawn Barry remained on the bench as Korona traveled to Jagiellonia and got trounced 5 - 1 in Poland Ekstraklase. 2nd straight loss for Korona, who slip to 5th, but giving up 8 goals in 2 matches - not good!

John Brooks (90) in Wolfsburg's 1 - 1 home draw with RB Leipzig. Leipzig are clearly the 2nd best team in Bundesliga, right now, so a draw and a much needed point for Wolfsburg is not such a bad result.

Kenny Saief (72) as Gent are bounced out of the Belgium Cup 4 - 1 at Kortijk in the quarter finals. Kenny's first start since returning from injury, a positive to take away (maybe the only one) from Gent's performance.

Caleb Stanko off the bench at 78' helping Freiburg maintain their 1 - 0 lead over M'Gladbach till the end of the match. An important 3 points for them. 3 wins and a draw over their last 4 matches and Freiburg are 3 points clear of the Bundesliga relegation zone (Fabian Johnson still with a back injury at M'Gladbach)

Timothy Chandler (90) is back. 2 Assists in the first 30 minutes was enough for Frankfurt to win 1 - 2 at Hamburg (minus injured Bobby Wood) The win puts Frankfurt into a 4th place tie with Dortmund and M'Gladbach. Welcome back Timmy

Christian Pulisic went 70 as Dortmund finally won a game, 0 - 2 at Mainz. Early season points have kept them in the top 4 - now they need to take this match as a turn-around

Geoff Cameron (90) as Stoke visited 4th place Burnley, this seasons big surprise in the EPL, losing 1 - 0 on an 89th minute goal

Danny Williams (90) as Huddersfield suffered another defeat, this time 1 - 3 at home to Chelsea. That's just 3 points from their last 5 matches

Jon-Paul Pittman, still rehabbing from injury, got 11 minutes in at the end of the game as Torquay got a late goal (90) to draw 1 - 1 at home with Gateshead in England's National League

WEDNESDAY

Timothy Tillman (45) played the first half in Bayern U19's DFB Junior Pokal Quarter Final match, as they traveled to Kaiserslautern U19 and lost 3 - 2

Matt Miazga (90) as Vitesse have to battle back to gain a 2 - 2 draw against the lowly Willem II in Netherlands Eredivisie

Ryan Malone (90) Scored Lokomotive Leipzig's 2nd (and winning) Goal as they go on to beat BAK 07 3 - 1 in Germany's Regionalliga (Nordost) That's 7 goals so far this season for Ryan.

Weston McKennie (90) for Schalke as they rise to the #2 spot in Bundesliga, on a 3 - 2 win over Augsburg.

DeAndre Yedlin (90) in Newcastle's 0 - 1 home defeat by Everton in England's Premier League. Newcastle have only 1 point from their last 5 matches - can Rafa pull them out of their freefall?

GK Danny Rogers, was the backup keeper, as usual, for Aberdeen as they traveled to St. Johnstone and won 0 - 3. Aberdeen tied 2nd (with Rangers) in the Scottish Premier League

Maki Tall (90) for Tours as they fall 2 - 1 at Amiens in France Coupe de la Ligue

THURSDAY

Joel Sonora (64) as Stuttgart II beat Hessen Kassel 1 - 0 in Regionalliga (Sudwest). This was Stuttgart II's first win since October 15th!!!

In Israel, M. Tel Aviv won the Toto Cup for a record 5th time. Aaron Schoenfeld came off the bench in the 86th minute to help close out the match with H.Beer Sheva at 0 - 1

Jay Denny (90) as Newtown wins 2 - 1 over Llandudno in Wales Premier League

FRIDAY

GK Paul Rachubka (90) gets the Shut Out as Kerala Blasters win 1 - 0 over North East Utd. in India's ISL (top tier) for their first win of the season

Jerome Kiesewetter (13) makes his first appearance in a while (injury) as Dusseldorf traveled to Braunschweig in Germany 2Liga and won 0 - 1. Dusseldorf now lead 2Liga, by 1 point, but have played 1 more game than those chasing to the top

Alfredo Morales (90) for Ingolstadt as they visited Union Berlin in 2Liga, winning this one 1 - 2 and moving into 4th place (over Union Berlin) Good result for them

Royal Fennell (90) as Hallescher played at league leaders Paderborn in Germany 3Liga and came away with a point in a goalless draw - great performance on their part, and helping to pull away from the relegation zone

In France Ligue 2, Auxerre traveled to AC Ajaccio an were beaten 3 - 1, with GK Quentin Westberg on the bench. Both Auxerre backs managed to score goals for the opposition - really bad defense at Auxerre!!!

Andrija Novakovich (90) as Telstar got back on the right track, winning 0 - 1 at Jong Utrecht in Eerste Divisie in the Netherlands. Telstar up to 4th place, still in the promotion mix

Kai Koreniuk (90) and Jong AZ were trounced 3 - 0 at Maastricht in Eerste Divisie. That's 4 straight losses for them, and 3rd from bottom could spell doom unless they break out of this funk

SATURDAY

Kevin Lankford (15) and Heidenheim visited Aue in Germany 2Liga and stole a point with a late equalizer in a 1 - 1 draw

Jann George (90) as Regensburg defended home-turf winning 3 - 2 over Bielefeld in 2Liga. Regensburg move up to 6th

GK Danny Rogers was back-up keeper for Aberdeen as they won easily, 4 - 1 over Hibernian in Scotland's Premier League

Bad day for Sonnenhof and Joe Gyau (71 + RED Card) Mario Rodriguez remained on thr bench as they traveled to Magdeburg and were thrashed 3 - 0 in Germany 3Liga

Isaiah Young (84) as Bremen II lost 1 - 0 at Unterhaching in 3Liga

Oh Yes!!! Jordan Siebatcheu (85) SCORES A HAT-TRICK and gets an Assist as Reims demolish Valenciennes 5 - 1 in France League 2 and maintain their 7 point lead at the top of the table, with their 4th straight win (Reims last league loss was October 13th)

Antonio Iacovelli, Off the bench at 72 min. as CD Cesena U19 throttled Parma U19 4 - 0 in Italy's Primavera 2 (Group A) for their 3rd straight win (6 matches unbeaten) and move into 3rd place (tied with 4 other teams) 4th on GD

In Bundesliga, Caleb Stanko came off the bench at 90' as a time waste for Freiburg in a disastrous 2 ET goal collapse at Augsburg. Final 3 - 3 with, as stated, 2 goals allowed in the 3 minutes of ET

Aron Johannsson made the bench today (1st appearance since knee injury) as Bremen held on for a 2 - 2 draw with Mainz in Bundesliga

Timothy Chandler came off the bench at minute 42 as Frankfurt faced off with Weston McKennie (9) and Schalke, giving up a 2 goal lead in the final 10 minutes, to draw 2 - 2

DeAndre Yedlin (90) as Newcastle visited Arsenal and fall 1 - 0 in the English Premier League. 4th straight loss, and jammed into the relegation zone for Newcastle

Danny Williams (26) in Huddersfield's 1 - 4 win at Watford in the EPL. Huddersfield firmly mid-table

Antonee Robinson (90) in Bolton's 0 - 1 loss to Burton in England's Championship

Eric Lichaj (90) in Nottingham Forest's 2 - 1 loss at Bristol City in the Championship

Cameron Carter-Vickers (69) in Sheffield United's 1 - 0 loss at Preston in the Championship

Lyndon Gooch (67) for Sunderland as they beat Fulham and Tim Ream (90), Luca de la Torre (1) 1 - 0 in the Championship. Sunderland rise above the red zone for the first time in a while

Niall Mason (90) in Doncaster's 1 - 1 home draw with Oldham in England's League One

GK Brendan Moore on the bench for Rochdale as they play to a goalless draw at home to Oxford in League One

Duane Holmes played the first half as 10 man Scunthorpe could not hold the lead against Gboly Ariyibi (30) and MK Don's in a 2 - 2 draw in League One

Geoff Cameron (90) as Stoke are trounced 0 - 3 at home by West Ham in the English Premier League. 3 straight losses for Stoke, who are now just 1 point above the relegation zone.

In Belgium's Jupiler League, Kenny Saief remained on the bench as Gent visited St Liege and played to a goalless draw. Gent hold on to 4th place, but only by 1 point

Christian Pulisic was subbed out at 90 +3, but not before he Scored Dortmund's winning Goal in the 89th minute as they came back after Hoffenheim took the early lead to win 2 - 1, Dortmund's 2nd straight. Just like that Dortmund are in 3rd place (on GD)

Juan Torres remained on the bench as Lokeren draw 1 - 1 at home with Waasland-Beveren in Belgium's Jupiler League. Lokeren are desperate for points, only 2 from their last 5, sit next to last place

Matt Miazga (90) and Vitesse traveled to Twente and grabbed a point in a 1 - 1 draw in Netherlands Eredivisie. Vitesse is real wobbly right now, and have slipped to 7th place, slowly falling out of contention for a Euro spot next season (1w, 2d, 2l in last 5)

SUNDAY

James Pendrigh (90) in Canterbury United's 3 - 0 win at home over Hawkes Bay in New Zealand Premier League

Eric Panzer came off the bench as Team Wellington were held to a goalless draw at home by Southern United in New Zealand Premier League

Maurice Malone came off the bench at 59' and Scored Augsburg U19 2nd Goal in a 2 - 2 draw at Bayern U19 in A-Junior Bundesliga (Süd/Südwest)

Julian Green (90) for Furth as they hosted Darmstadt (Boyd & Gaines both with injuries not in 18) in a match that ended 1 - 1 in Germany 2Liga. Both teams go into the winter break in the bottom 3

Ken Gipson (90) as Sandhausen beats GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) and Kiel 3 - 1. Kiel have looked wobbly for the last month, playing to draws in 4 of the last 5. Going into the winter break they have lost their top spot. Sandhausen (Wooten & Wright not in 18) have moved up to 5th place following this 2nd straight win, hopefully the momentum will survive the break.

Khai Celestin, off the bench at 71' as C.D.Sariñena get thumped 0 - 4 at home by league leaders Teruel in Spain Tercera Division (Group 17)

Joe Efford (29) as Ergotelis draw 1 - 1 at home with Apollon Pontou in Greece Football League. Ergotelis are struggling this season, 8 matches / 3 points and sitting at bottom

Keaton Parks only got the final 7 minutes in, which is a shame as Benfica was have a goal fest, as they beat Tondela 1 - 5 in Portugal's Primeira Liga. But he played....so good! Next up #1 Sporting on Jan 3rd- that will be a fun game

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WEEKLY WRAP: 12.4 through 12.9.2017: Weather Takes its Toll - But Still Goals

This weeks schedule was decimated by bad weather in Europe, primarily in the lower leagues, but noticeable even in the bigger matches. So your reading time will be less (and its good practice for me prior to the Winter break).

The shout-outs are not all positive this week, but with the reduced match's the negatives stick out a little more. We lost our Europa League teams, M.Tel Aviv, Hertha and Vitesse, but all played well in their final competition outings, with GK Jonathan Klinsmann perhaps overshadowing the other US players, with a late game saving PK save, retaining Hertha's 1 - 1 draw. On the other side of the coin, the usually reliable PK taker Andrija Novakovich, missed a PK that would have given Telstar the lead and maybe the win in the Netherlands. I don't usually follow U17 league matches, but in Saturday's B-Junior Bundesliga we had 5, yup! five, young US prospects on show in one game, and a goal from Justin Butler in the game. It was good to see Geoff Cameron play after a long time away following a concussion, welcome back Geoff, Finally in Denmark's Superliga, Jonathan Amon and Emanuel Sabbi were on opposite sides in an exciting match-up of #3 vs #4...young guns that will (IMHO) feature in the US national squads in the coming years.

Enough! to the listings, first the short listing........

GOALS
James Murphy - England
Justin Butler (U17) - Germany
Joe Gyau - Germany
Marc Heider - Germany
Joel Sonora - Germany
Kevin Olali - Germany
Cordt Andreas Flatgen - Germany

ASSISTS
Kyle Scott - England

SHUT OUTS
Kenneth Kronholm - Germany

......and the longer, more comprehensive listing;

MONDAY

James Murphy started and Scored Sheffield Wednesday U23 2nd goal as they fall hard, 5 - 2 at Crewe U23 in England's PDL (North) Wednesday's first loss in 5 matches, still top of the table though

Joe Efford (62) as Ergotelis hosted OFI Crete in Greece Football League. as they fall 2 - 4. Its been a shaky start to the season for Ergotelis with just 2 points from 6 matches, and deep into the red zone <Note> In Greece Football League the bottom 6 teams (in the 18 team league) are relegated

Shawn Barry remained on the bench as Korona traveled to Cracovia in Poland's Ekstraklasa and played to a a 2 - 2 draw. Korona now in 3rd place

Alfredo Morales lasted 68 minutes as Ingolstadt were throttled 0 - 2 by Braunschweig in Germany's 2Liga

GK Brendon Moore, sat on the bench and watched Rochdale dismantle amateurs Slough 0 - 4 in England's FA Cup

Maurits De Baar started for Jong Waalwijk as they beat hosted Jong Excelsior 1 - 2 in the Netherlands Reserve League

TUESDAY

Timothy Tillman came off the bench at 74' as Bayern U19 faced off with visitors PSG U19 and Timothy Weah (73) winning this UEFA Youth League match 3 - 1 and snagging the top spot in Group B. PSG U19 ended 2nd and will enter play-offs

Mukwelle Akale started for Villarreal C as they hosted CD Brunol in Spain's Tercera (Group 6) still coming back from injury, but good news that he started today

Emerson Hyndman (90) in Bournemouth U23 late loss at Wolves U23 2 - 1 in England's Premier League Cup

Duane Holmes remained on the bench today as Scunthorpe lost 1 - 2 to Leicester U23 in Checkatrade Trophy 1/16

Mason Robertson (90) in Peterhead's 0 - 1 away win at Stirling in Scotland's Division 2. Peterhead are now League Leaders on GD

WEDNESDAY

GK Brendan Austin (90) in Tottenham U19 convincing win over Cyprus' APOEL U19 by 4 - 1 which solidified Tottenham's top spot in UEFA Youth League (Group H) ahead of Dortmund U19 & Real Madrid U19. On to the next phase

Joshua Perez went 90 as Livorno fall 3 - 0 at Viterbese in Italy Serie C Cup. One of those matches where Livorno absolutely dominated in all aspects, but goals.

In England's Checkatrade Trophy, Gboly Ariyibi (64) for MK Don's as they are throttled by Chelsea U23 0 - 4, with Kyle Scott (82 + yellow) and an Assist on the 1st goal

In the UCL, Dortmund and Christian Pulisic (90) visited Real Madrid and lost 3 - 2. I did not see the match, but reports indicate that Christian had a good outing.

THURSDAY

Europa League Day - a pretty good day for our guys, but all for naught.

M. Tel Aviv with Aaron Schoenfeld (90) won at Villarreal in Spain 0 - 1. They did not qualify for the next round, but a great win nevertheless

Hertha Berlin and debutante GK Jonathan Klinsmann draw 1 - 1 with Sweden's Ostersunds, with Jonathan saving a PK in the 86th minute to maintain the draw for his club. Not a bad debut. Hertha are also eliminated from the competition

Likewise, Matt Miazga (90) and Vitesse are also out of the competition after beating French power, Nice 1 - 0 ending their campaign with a (sole) win

FRIDAY

Terence Boyd (90) for Darmstadt as they fall 0 - 1 at Aue in Germany's 2Liga. Darmstadt fall into the bottom 3 in the league (only 2 points from last 5 matches)

GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) gets the Shut Out as Kiel maintain their top position in 2Liga with a goalless draw at Braunschweig - Kenneth's 5th League Shut Out this season (15 matches)

Masami Okada (90 + yellow) as Babelsberg fall 2 - 1 at Hertha II in Regionalliga (Nordost)

In France Ligue 2, Auxerre, with GK Quentin Westberg on the bench, fall 1 - 2 at home to Chateauroux

Jordan Siebatcheu (89) as Reims continue their winning ways with a 1 - 2 victory at Niort. Reims are 7 points clear at the top (but have played 1 more match than 2nd place Nimes)

Tours didn't put Maki Tall on the pitch till the 88th minute, and lost 1 - 2 to Nancy, leaving them in last place well adrift of the teams above them

Maurits De Baar remained on the bench in an absolutely futile performance by Waalwijk in Netherlands Eerste Divisie. Down to 9 men in the last half an hour they get clobbered for 6 in a 6 - 0 away loss

Just to add to the misery today in the Netherlands, Andrija Novakovich (65) the usually reliable penalty taker, missed a PK that would have given Telstar the lead as they hosted FC Emmen in Eerste Divisie and played to a goalless draw. Both teams are on 27 points (6th & 7th)

Cameron Carter-Vickers remained on the bench as Sheffield United continued their spiral downturn, losing 1 - 2 to Bristol City (and surrendering 3rd place) in England's Championship. It was not that long ago that they led the division, but 1 point from 4 outings, in such a competitive league has them just hanging on to a top 6 place......

GK Danny Rogers will get his chance some-day, till then he must be content with back-up keeper role for Aberdeen, who today won 0 - 1 at Dundee, in Scotland's Premier League. Aberdeen are in 2nd place, just 4 points behind Celtic.

SATURDAY

Julian Green (90) as Furth defend home turf, winning 1 - 0 over Heidenheim in Germany 2Liga. Kevin Lankford got 10 minute in at the end of the game for Heidenheim

Jann George played the 2nd half as Regensberg fall 0 - 1 at home to Bochum in a mid-table battle in 2Liga

In A-Junior Bundesliga (Süd/Südwest) Timothy Tillman (74) and Bayern U19 forced a 1 - 1 draw with Karlsruher U19.
                                                                                                            
OK this is not a match that I would normally track, but its a fun set up that had the potential for 5 USYNT playing for their respective teams.

Malik Tillman (yes brother of) played the whole game (80) Justin Butler off the bench at 61' Scored the 2nd Goal, Jalen Hawkins came off the bench at 77' as Bayern Munich U17 hosted Ian Hoffman (off the bench at 53) Jeremiah Kasteleiner (who is not yet eligible for USYNT), remained on the bench and Karlsruhrer U17 winning 3 - 0 in B-Junior Bundesliga (Süd/Südwest)

So their you have it 5 USYNT prospects playing in one match                                                                                                            
In Germany 3Liga, Bremen II and Isaiah Young (68) got a 75th minute goal to draw 2 - 2 at Meppen. 3 straight draws for Bremen II, have pulled them out of the red zone (on GD)

Joe Gyau (90) Scored Sonnenhof's 3rd Goal and Mario Rodriguez came off the bench at 77' as they visited Munster and won big 1 - 4 in 3Liga. Sonnenhof are tied 5th (6th on GD) but still have a job ahead to reach a promotion possibility

Marc Heider (90) Scored Osnabruck's 1st (& winning) Goal as they go on to beat Unterhaching 2 - 0 in 3Liga. Robbie Kristo was an unused sub. The win pulls Osnabruck 4 points clear of the drop zone

Bryan Gaul (90) as Elversberg hosted Stuttgart II with Joel Sonora (90) Scoring at 90 +2 to force a 1 - 1 draw in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Javan Howell (90) Kouami Dalmeida (off the bench at 82) and FSV Frankfurt get the 2 - 1 win over Astoria Walldorf in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Marcel Costly (90) and Mainz II fall 1 - 3 at home to TuS Koblenz in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Oscar Ortiz (90) as Rathenow traveled to Malchower and won 0 - 4 in a lopsided victory in Oberliga NOVF (Nord)

Carlos McCrary played the 2nd half in Hessen Dreieich 2 - 0 defeat at Watzenborn in Oberliga (Hessen)

GK Bakary Sanyang (90) and Pfeddersheim found themselves down by 2 goals early, but fought back to claim a 2 - 2 draw at Jägersburg in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Kevin Olali (90) Scored Morlautern's first Goal as they go on to win 1- 2 over Idar-Oberstein in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Cordt Andreas Flatgen (80) Scored Hertha Wiesbach first Goal and they go on to win a tough one at Salmrohr 2 - 3 in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Christian Pulisic (90) as Dortmund's problems continue, with a 1 - 2 home loss to cellar dwelling Bremen in Bundesliga. Dortmund, unbelievably, on 2 points from their last 5 outings

John Brooks (90) and Wolfsburg escape Hamburg with a goalless draw. Bobby Wood out for Hamburg with a knee injury, in Bundesliga

Danny Williams got a 1 minute cameo, as Huddersfield break their losing streak with a 2 - 0 win at home over Brighton, in England's Premier League

Not the welcome back that Geoff Cameron (15) would have wanted as Stoke fall hard, 5 - 1 at Tottenham. But its great to see Geoff back in the game

Tim Ream (90) Luca de la Torre (in 18) as Fulham win 1 - 0 at home over Birmingham in the English Championship

Eric Lichaj (90) and Nottingham Forest win a hard fought 3 - 2 match-up with Bolton, Antonee Robinson (90 + yellow) in the English Championship

Lyndon Gooch (subbed out at 90 +1) and 10 man Sunderland battle their way to a goalless draw at league leaders Wolves - surely Sunderland will feel that this was a win as they struggle to get out of the relegation zone

GK Brendan Moore was backup keeper for Rochdale as they visited Bradford in England League One, losing 4 - 3

Gboly Ariyibi got a 1 min cameo as MK Don's Draw 1 - 1 at home with Shrewsbury in League One

Niall Mason (90) in Doncaster's 1 - 0 loss at Oxford in League One

Duane Holmes (84 + yellow) in Scunthorpe's 1 - 0 loss at Walsall in League One. Scunthorpe slip 2 places to 5th in the table

Jon-Paul Pittman returned from injury and played 29 minutes as Torquay were thumped 3 - 0 at Tranmere in England's National League

Antonio Iacovelli came off the bench at 72' as AC Cesena U19 traveled to Carpi U19 in Italy's Primavera 2 (Group A) and won 1 - 2

Shawn Barry remained on the bench as Korona got beat badly at home by Arka 0 - 3 in Poland's Ekstraklasa

DeAndre Yedlin (90) as Newcastle lose at home 2 - 3 to Leicester in the EPL on an 86th minute OG. Newcastle are sinking fast, just 1 point from last 5 matches hovering just 2 points clear of the red zone

Weston McKennie (90) as Schalke manage a 1 - 1 draw at M'Gladbach who were less Fabian Johnson (Back Injury) in Bundesliga. Schalke jump over M'Gladbach in the standings to #3

Keaton Parks had to watch from the bench today as Benfica won 3 - 1 over last place Estoril in a game much closer than the score would have you believe. Benfica are now tied 2nd (3rd on GD) in Portugal's Primeira Liga, with only one loss so far this season

Kenny Saief (21) continues his rehab/match fitness comeback, as Gent hosted Kortrijk in Belgium's Jupiler League, winning 2 - 1. Gent has now won 6 straight, after a shaky start to the season and sit in 4th place

SUNDAY

James Pendrigh (90) as Canterbury traveled to Southern United ans won 0 - 2 in New Zealand's Premier League.

Tristan Bowen (90) as Akademija Pandev fall 3 - 1 at Vardar in Macedonian First League. Pandev have hit a bump and are dropping rapidly, now in 4th place and 6 points out of a Europa League spot

Caleb Stanko (73), replaced an injured Freiburg team-mate early in the match, had an OG, that gave Koln a 3 - 0 lead after 30 minutes.....then Koln imploded and Freiburg pounced with a final score of 3 - 4 in Bundesliga (both teams are in the bottom 3)

Alfredo Morales (90) as Ingolstadt take advantage of a 10 man Kaiserslautern and force a 1 - 1 draw in Germany 2Liga

Royal Fennell (90) as Hallescher visited Zwickau in 3Liga and came away with a point in a 1 - 1 draw

Ken Gipson (90) in Sandhausen's 3 - 1 win over Bielefeld in Germany 2Liga

2 young American's and their teams faced off in Denmark's Superliga, as Jonathan Amon (84) and Nordsjaelland win a tight one 3 - 2 at home to Hobro and Emanuel Sabbi, who played the last 10 minutes. The teams #3 and #4 before today's match remain in those positions for another week

Juan Torres remained on the bench as Lokoren traveled to runaway league leaders Club Brugge, losing 3 - 1. Lokoren now perilously close to the relegation spot. For Club Brugge, GK Ethan Horvath is still MIA, we will have to see how his status play's out, but right now things must be horrid for him

Joshua Perez (15) and Livorno visited Carrarese in Italy's Serie C (Group A) and won 2 - 3. Livorno and Josh are now 10 points clear at the top of the table, which if it continues, will place them in Serie B next season...we just have to be patient

Keaton Parks (90) as Benfica B wins 2 - 1 over Sporting B in Portugal's Segunda Liga. Benfica B move up to 10th place. Keaton was in the 18 yesterday for the senior squad, but remained on the bench. Its good that he is getting playing time, even if its with the B team

GK Jonathan Klinsmann was the back-up keeper for Hertha today as they visited Augsburg and came away with a point on an ET (90 +1) goal in Bundesliga. Hertha need every point as their season has not gone to well so far, so this late gained point must have felt like a win

In Spain's La Liga, Shaq Moore started and played the first half as Levante fall 1 - 2 to Ath. Bilbao. This game's goals came from a PK and 2 OG.......?

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