TRANSFERS: Winter 2018 Transfer Window Dates - Open/Close

 

So its that time of the year again, and if you are like me, I have trouble tracking opens/closes of transfer windows. So here's my list - I figured I would share it, so you can reference it when ever you need to. I intentionally left out many countries, some we have no active Americans playing, some are not in the Euro/Scandinavian region - so please don't troll me for leaving them out. 

We are blessed to have players all over the World, some I just have no idea about - if you know of any players that I missed,  please let me know

You can follow all the moves here;

Here are the dates for when some of the transfer windows open and close

Country  Winter Window

Sweden 8 January - 31 March

Norway 8 January - 31 March

Denmark 5 January - 31 January

Finland 17 January - 10 April

England 1 January - 31 January

Italy 3 January - 31 January

Spain 2 January - 31 January

Germany 1 January - 31 January

Holland 3 January - 31 January

France 2 January - 1 February

Portugal 3 January - 2 February

Belgium 1 January - 31 January

Bulgaria 1 February - 28 February

Greece 1 January - 31 January

Iceland 21 February - 15 May

Poland 1 February - 28 February

Russia 25 January - 24 February

Serbia 23 January - 17 February

Switzerland 16 January - 15 February

Scotland 1 January - 31 January

Turkey 5 January - 1 February

Ukraine 31 January - 2 March

USA 18 February - 11 May

Austria 1 January - 31 January

*Data primarily taken from (but not limited to) Fotboltransfers.com

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WEEKEND WRAP: Friday, Saturday, Sunday - Features 3 x 2 Goal Games & Pro/Rel in Sweden & Japan

Let's start today's wrap with some sad news. Reported earlier this week, ex New England Revolution, A.J. Soares has retired, he will not be dressed for Aarhus game this weekend - the reports have a concussion as the reason, so concussion ends another good career. Good luck in the future AJ

I added a couple of items from Thursday this week...mainly because of the play-offs in Sweden, where GK Matt Pyzdrowski is involved in a relegation battle. Otherwise its the same format as you expect. It's been a strange weekend where we have had plenty of activity from US players, but with much reduced success. We had three players score a brace for their team, but no assists (as far as I can see) and only 1 goalkeeper managed a shut-out. Some new names, as young Americans are getting their chance, Piakai Henkel, a 21 year old dual (USA/Singapore) from Florida playing with Bahlinger in Germany, USA U20 Joshua Perez made the bench for Fiorentina in Serie A, and Mael Corboz made the 18 for Duisburg.

On the Pro/Rel scene, GK Matt Pyzdrowski and Helsingborg are relegated to Superettan in Sweden. GK Daniel Schmidt and Yamaga failed to get the automatic promotion spot in Japan (on GD) but still have a chance as one of 4 teams in the J2 leagues play-off. 

OK to the list, as usual the (very) short list comes first. If you want more detail then the wrap has as much as we have identified this weekend.

The short list

GOALS
Sammy Adjei - Denmark
Haji Wright (2) - Germany
Andrew Wooten (2) - Germany
Danny Williams - England
Nermin Crnkic (2) - Bosnia

ASSISTS
No assists tracked this week

SHUT OUT
Danny Rogers - Scotland

The complete and comprehensive listing

Thursday action saw Sammy Adjei enter the game in the 78th minute and Scored for Naestved as they visited Vejle in Denmark Division 1. GK Michael Lansing was an unused sub for Vejle. With the 2nd straight loss Naestved are in trouble in the bottom 2 in the league.

In the Allsvenskan Relegation Play-off in Sweden, GK Matt Pyzdrowski and Helsingborg (Allsvenskan) drew 1 - 1 at Halmstad (Superettan) in the first leg to decide if Helsingborg will remain in the top tier. Just as a note, Helsingborg scored both goals (OG) in the game. The teams will meet at Helsingborg on Sunday

FRIDAY

In EPL2, Gedion Zelalem (90) and Arsenal U23 as they visited Tottenham U23 and won 0 - 2 Gedion was fouled in the 68th minute that led to a straight red card for Tottenham's Owen.

Marlon Fossey (90) and Luca De La Torre (90) both started for Fulham U23 as they visited Middlesbrough U23 and won handily 1 - 4 in EPL2

Omar Castro (9) came off the bench late for Braunschweig II as they lost 2 - 1 at Wolfsburg II in Regionalliga (Nord)

Connor O'Brien went 90 for Horsens in their Denmark Superliga 0 - 1 win at Lyngby, with the win Horsens moves into 6th place (Promotion Group)

Russell Canouse got 3 minutes in at the end of the 1 - 1 draw as Bochum held off visitors Braunschweig in Germany's 2Liga

Both Robbie Kristo and Marc Heider went 90 as Osnabruck visited Aalen and came away with a point in a 1 - 1 draw in Germany's 3Liga

Devann Yao played the final 4 minutes as BAK07 visited Nordhausen in Regionalliga (Nordost) and won 1 - 2

Jordan Siebatcheu off of a longish injury period came off the bench at minute 59 as Reims fell 0 - 2 at home to Laval in France Ligue 2

GK Quentin Westburg was on the bench watching Tours lose 2 - 1 to Sochaux in France Ligue 2

Shane O'Neill went 90 in #5 NAC Breda's goalless draw with #2 Venlo in Netherlands Eerste Divisie - denying Venlo first place in the league

SATURDAY

Haji Wright Scored 2 Goals in his 86 minutes on, and Weston McKennie went the whole 90 as Schalke U19 visited Leverkusen U19 in Junior Bundesliga (West) and won with ease 1 - 4

In Germany's 2Liga, Andrew Wooten Scored 2 (1 PK) as Sandhausen visited Karlsruher and won 1 - 3. Andrew went 90 minutes before being replaced in ET

In Junior Bundesliga (South) Corey Anton (17), Kevin Coleman (7) and Kaiserslautern U19 beat Frankfurt U19 2 - 1

Also in Junior Bundesliga (South) defender Toni Suddoth left the game after 28 minutes (assume injury) as Stuttgart U19 visited Nurnberg U19 and lost 2 - 1

In Serbia's Super Liga, Ismar Tandir managed 4 minutes for Javor , as they hosted Radnik and won 1 - 0, that's 3 wins in a row and 5 games without a loss for Javor as they climb up the standings

In Germany 3Liga Shawn Barry (90) and Frankfurt faced off with Duisburg where Mael Corboz was in the 18 for the first time, in a game that ended goalless.

Royal Fennell (90) and Hallescher hosted Devonte Parker and Mainz II in Germany 3Liga, and won 2 - 0 in a game that ended at 10 a-side.

Jann George (71) and Regensburg had little trouble with Wehen, as they won their home game 3 - 1, also in 3Liga

GK David Yelldell is back from injury as he was in the 18 today for Sonnenhof as they fell 1 - 3 to Magdeburg in Germany 3Liga

McKinzie Gaines went 90 as Wolfsburg U19 hosted Osnabruck U19 and after giving up a 1st half goal, came back with 4 unanswered goals in the 2nd half, to win 4 - 1 in Junior Bundesliga (Nord)

In Oberliga (Wurttemberg) Eric Lickert went 57, as Freiburg II traveled to Spielberg and drew 1 - 1. Freiberg II lead the division by 2 points, after 18 games

Piakai Henkel entered the game at minute 67 as Bahlinger SC hosted Offenburg in Oberliga (Wurttemberg) and won 3 - 1

John Brooks went 90 as Hertha traveled to Augsburg in a Bundesliga game that ended goalless. Hertha sit in 4th place

Fabian Johnson played the final 15 minutes in M'Gladbach's 1 - 2 home defeat by FC Koln. M'Gladbach are spiraling down the league, they have only 2 points from their last 5 games.

Lyndon Gooch sat on the bench for Sunderland's 3 - 0 win over Hull in England's Premier League. This was only Sunderland's second win of the season (The first was a 1 - 2 win over Bournemouth) but it takes them off the bottom, leaving Bob Bradley's Swansea who managed a 1 - 1 draw at Everton, with that dubious honor.

In the English Championship Johnathan Spector (90 + RED Card) and Birmingham hosted Bristol City and won 1 - 0. Johnathan will not be present for, at least, Birmingham's next game - which is sad as Birmingham are now in the top 5 of the league.

Tim Ream (who is seemingly out of favor) sat on the bench as Fulham managed a 1 - 1 draw at home with Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship.

Danny Williams, started, went 90 and Scored for Reading as they hosted Burton in the Championship, where they now sit in 3rd place after 4 consecutive wins

Duane Holmes went 68, as Scunthorpe beat Oldham 1 - 0 to maintain their lead of England's League One - now at 6 points over Sheffield Utd. & Bolton

GK Paul Rachubka retained his position on the bench (as back-up) for Bury Town, as they got hammered by Wimbledon 5 - 1 in England's League One

Gboly Ariyibi (90) and Chesterfield have now dropped into the pit of despair as they lost yet again - that makes 8 in a row - without a league point since September 27th - against Fleetwood 2 - 1

In England's National League, GK Brendan Moore was in the net as Torquay were held 1 - 1 at home by Wrexham

In Scotland's Championship GK Danny Rogers gets the Shut-Out as Falkirk win 0 - 1 at Ayr United

Kevin Dzierzawski came off the bench at the 60th minute as Peterhead visited Livingston in Scotland's League One and got the win 1 - 2

Ryan Malone went 68 as Stuttgart Kickers U19 fell 0 - 1 at home to league leaders Elversberg in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Stuttgart II and Joel Sonora (64) visited Wormatia and fell 3 - 1 in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Shawn Parker, who is on loan to Nurnberg, featured in the B team Nurnberg II as they traveled to Bayern Hof and thumped the home team 2 - 5 in Regionalliga (Bayern). Shawn went 90

Jon-Paul Pittman back from injury (playing full-time) went 90 and picked up a yellow card as Harrogate fell 2 - 1 at Brackley in England's National League (North)

GK Benjamin Machini was on the bench for today's 2 - 2 draw between, visitors, Barakaldo and Amorebieta in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 2)

Nicholas Edginton went 90 as Samorin hosted Nove Mesto in Slovakia's 2Liga in the last game before their Winter break, the game which ended in a 1 - 1 draw now has Samorin in a points tie for 2nd place (3rd on GD)

Cameron Carter-Vickers was an unused sub in Tottenham's late (and exciting) late win 3 - 2 over West Ham in the English Premier League

Eric Lichaj went 90 as Nottingham traveled to Ipswich and got the win 0 - 2 in the English Championship.

Christian Pulisic came off the bench late - 88th min - (his first game v Bayern) to help Dortmund win 1 - 0 over giants Bayern Munich in Bundesliga. Julian Green did not get off the bench today. So, Bayern lose their first game of the season and slip to 2nd (behind the surprising RB Leipzig) and Dortmund move up to 3rd (no losses in last 5 games)

After 4 starts, Matt Miazga was an unused sub as Vitesse visited Heerenveen in Eredivisie in the Netherlands and grabbed a 1 - 1 draw putting them in 7th place, and an opportunity to make the playoffs for a Europa League spot.

Caleb Stanko sat on last place Vaduz bench as they got hit for 6 by Swiss League Leaders Basel - things do not look good for Vaduz....

SUNDAY

GK Daniel Schmidt (90) and Yamaga won 3 - 2 over Yokohama in Japan's J-League 2. This was the final regular season game for Yamaga who finished 3rd (tied 2nd) as the red hot Shimizu pipped them at the post for the 2nd automatic promotion spot. Yamaga will join the 4 team promotion Play-off.

In Bosnia's Premier League, Sarajevo and Nermin Crnkic (90) Scored twice as they beat Mladost DK 4 - 3 after leading 3 - 0 in the first half.

In Denmark's Superliga, George Fochive came off the bench with 16 minutes left as Viborg traveled to Randers, and came up a little short, dropping this one 2 - 1 - this was Viborg's 5th straight loss.

In Germany 2Liga, Jerome Kiesewetter was an unused sub as Dusseldorf visited St.Pauli and came away with the 3 points in a close 0 - 1 win

In the Allsvenskan Relegation Play-off in Sweden, GK Matt Pyzdrowski and Helsingborg (Allsvenskan) lost their 2nd leg game 1 - 2 at home to Halmstad (Superettan) and will now drop from the top tier next season on a 2 - 3 aggregate score.

Babajide Ogunbiyi (90) and Hobro have lost their mojo!! Leading Denmark's Division 1 and looking at promotion, Hobro have now lost 3 straight (and failed to score in those games) and dropped down to 3rd. Today's game was hopefully the wake up, as they were trounced 5 - 0 by Fremad Amager

Brooks Lennon started and went 66 for Liverpool U23 as they beat Reading U23 and Andrija Novakovich, who went the 90, 2 - 0 in England's Premier League 2. Liverpool U23 are solidly in 3rd, and only 3 point back of first place Everton U23 (who won today)

DeAndre Yedlin was an unused sub as Newcastle won 0 - 2 at Leeds, and continued their, seeming, dominance of the English Championship

Rubio Rubin was an unused sub for Utrecht as they visited Twente in the Netherlands Eredivisie, and played to a 1 - 1 draw

In Italy's Serie A, USA U20 Joshua Perez made the bench for Fiorentina as they visited Empoli and handed them a thumping 0 - 4. This was Joshua's first senior squad pick, although he has to wait for his first pro start, and flags his talent and future - one to watch

Aris Briggs Zustra went 90 as Osnabruck II went to Uphusen in Oberliga (Niedersachsen) and won 0 - 2. The win moves Osnabruck II up to 3rd place.

Shaq Moore went 90 as Levante UD B were held to a 1 - 1 draw with Valencia B in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 3)

GK Brad Guzan back from USMNT duty, was on the bench as Middlesbrough fell 0 - 1 to Chelsea in the EPL

Timothy Chandler went 90 as Frankfurt traveled to Bremen and won 1 - 2 on a 90th minute goal. Frankfurt join a group of 5 teams on 21 points (3rd to 7th place) and have 5 games without a loss

Matt Wiesenfarth (12), Kris Schultz (in 18) and Canterbury United traveled to Hawkes Bay and Ethan Dent (90) managed a 1 - 1 draw and remain the only team in New Zealand's Premier League without a loss.

In Poland, Legnica and Hunter Gorskie (90) visited Gornik in a Division One match-up that Legnica won 0 - 2. Legnica move into 4th place and are within striking distance of a top 2 spot (3 points back)

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WEEKEND WRAP: Friday, Saturday, Sunday - 9 Goals, 8 Assists, 6 Shut Outs as Young US Guns Shine

If there are doubts out there about the future of 'soccer' in the USA, this weekend highlights just how promising the future looks. With many lower leagues in Europe and Scandinavia (especially) finished, you would think there would be a drop off in American player activity - a few years back and that was probably true - but this weekend the young guns showed there metal. Scoring, Creating and keeping the nets 'free of leather' the Americans across the pond are proclaiming that US Soccer is here and growing. What's also impressive is that the new crop of US players are playing in well respected leagues, in strong footballing country's Germany, England, Spain and now Portugal. It surely fires up optimism

A couple of debuts (I believe) this weekend, (Loanee) Jack McBean appeared for Coventry City senior squad and Kevin Coleman for Kaiserslautern U19 

Big Congrats to Sirius (Patrick Hopkins) & AFC United (GK Josh Wicks and Tristan Bowen) on being Promoted to the top tier in Sweden. Also to Brann (GK Alex Horwath) who finished 2nd in Tippeligaen and will represent Norway in the Europa League next season.

So enough chat, to the list. As usual for those with short attention spans, the short list is first. For those who want more detail of what is going-on with our players, just keep reading.

The Short List;

GOALS
Weston McKennie - Germany
Tim Tillman - Germany
Brooks Lennon - England
Charlie Rugg - Germany
Eric Lickert - Germany
Daniel Brkovic - Bosnia
Andrew Wooten - Germany
Terence Boyd - Germany
Joel Sonora - Germany

ASSISTS
Antonee Robinson - England
Christian Pulisic - Germany
DeAndre Yedlin - England
Gboly Ariyibi - England
Keaton Parks - Portugal
Timothy Chandler - Germany
Andrew Wooten - Germany 
Cole Grossman - Norway

SHUT OUTS
Will Pulisic - Germany 
Kenneth Kronholm - Germany
Josh Wicks - Sweden
Matt Pyzdrowski - Sweden
Daniel Schmidt - Japan
Caleb Patterson-Sewell - Portugal

The Full, comprehensive list;

FRIDAY

Jerome Kiesewetter (90) Justin Kinjo (in 18/DNP) and Dusseldorf suffered a 0 - 3 home loss to Dresden in Germany's 2Liga. This was Dusseldorf's 1st loss in 5 games (they now share 6th place with Dresden)

GK Quentin Westberg sat out (on the bench) Tours France Ligue 2 game today against Brest which ended in a 0 - 1 loss

Shane O'Neill went 90 as NAC Breda visited Jong Ajax in Netherlands Eerste Divisie as they fall 2 - 1 (Breda and Jong Ajax are tied for 5th place)

John Brooks started for Hertha, and went the full 90 as they hosted Fabian Johnson (came on at 33rd minute) and M'Gladbach. Today Hertha had the measure of their opposition  (probably not helped by a 39th minute Red card) cruising to a 3 - 0 win. (Hertha are now in 3rd place in Germany's Bundesliga)

Tim Ream came off the bench at minute 90, as Fulham visited Brentford in England's Championship and came away with a 0 - 2 win. Two wins in a row, and Fulham are now tied 6th in the Championship

Oscar Ortiz went 90 as FC Feucht won their home game with Eischatt 2 - 1 in Germany's Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Antonee Robinson went 90 and got the Assist on Everton U23 only goal of the night as they fall 1 - 4 to Norwich U23 in the England Premier League Cup

Danny Barbir started for WBA U23 as they fall at Ipswich U23 2 - 1 in their Premier League Cup match

SATURDAY

Haji Wright (90), Weston McKennie (90) and Schalke U19 took hold of the game against Rott-Weiss Essen early and never looked threatened. Weston McKennie Scored Schalke's 4th goal, and his 2nd in his last 3 games, in Junior Bundesliga (West)

GK Will Pulisic started and went 90, getting the Shut Out for Dortmund U19 in a lopsided 7 - 0 victory over Wuppertaler U19 in Junior Bundesliga (West)

Russell Canouse went 68, picked up a yellow, as Bochum visited Furth in 2Liga in Germany. Bochum fell late in a tightly contested match, 2 - 1.

Toni Suddoth (90) and Stuttgart U19 faced off against Bayern Munich U19 and Tim Tillman (90 + yellow), who Scored Bayern's 2nd goal in a 3 - 2 loss at Stuttgart in Junior Bundesliga (Sud/Sudwest) Tim had tied things up at 2 a piece, but Bayern allowed a 90th minute goal, giving Stuttgart the win

McKinzie Gaines went 78 minutes in Wolfsburg U19 0 - 2 win over St Pauli U19 in Junior Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

Jann George went 90 as Regensburg fell 3 - 1 at Bremen II in Germany's 3Liga

Royal Fennell went 90 for Hallescher as they force a goalless draw on Duisburg in 3Liga - its tight at the top of 3Liga with 9 teams separated but just 6 points after 14 games

GK Kenneth Kronholm gets the Shut Out as Kiel manage a goalless draw with Erfurt in 3Liga

Devante Parker found himself on the losing side today as Mainz II fall 0 - 2 to Sonnenhof (who are without GK David Yelldell, who is injured) in 3Liga

Robbie Kristo (73 + yellow) Marc Heider (90) and Osnabruck held on for a 1 - 1 draw with Shawn Barry (90) and FSV Frankfurt also in 3Liga

Finally in 3Liga, Mario Rodriguez was on the bench for Chemnitzer as they visited Wehen and came away with all 3 points in a resounding 0 - 3 win.

Anton Peterlin went 90 for B93 in Denmark Division 2 (Group 1) as they won 0 - 1 at Fredensborg, and qualified for a promotional play-off spot.

Just 1 goal separated #4 Bronshoj (promotional play-off) from #5 BK Frem after Bronshoj visited Hvidovre on the last regular season match and came away with 1 point in an exciting 3 - 3 draw where Jamil Fearrington went 90 in this Denmark Division 2 (Group 1) game.

In Denmark Division 2 (Group 2) Marienlyst with Jonathan Dolezal (not in 18 today) made the promotional play-off with a 2 - 0 victory over Svendborg.

Note: We have 3 teams with Americans in the Denmark Division 2 Promotion Play-offs (which is 3 for 3 in the division)

Jochen Graf did not get off the bench today as Oskarshamns drew 1 - 1 with Qviding in Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra) with the season over Oskarshamns finished 10th and remain in the division for next season (they are the only team with a US presence in this division)

Christian Pulisic went 68 minutes, provided an Assist on Dortmund's 4th goal, as Dortmund thumped the hapless (and Bobby Wood-less) Hamburg 2 - 5 in Bundesliga

Lyndon Gooch came off the bench 4 minutes into injury time, and still managed to pick up a yellow, as Sunderland got their first win of the season over Bournemouth in the English Premier League

GK Brad Guzan sat on the bench for Middlesbrough's 1 - 1 draw at Manchester City also in the EPL

Johnathan Spector went 90 as Birmingham snagged a point at Manager David Wagner's Huddersfield in a 1 - 1 draw in the English Championship

DeAndre Yedlin went 90, and grabbed an Assist on the winning goal as Newcastle continue their dominance in the English Championship with a 2 - 1 win over Cardiff

Eric Lichaj went 90, picked up a late yellow, against QPR, as both teams reduced to 10 men, played to a 1 - 1 draw in the Championship

Danny Williams went 90 as Reading had little trouble as they visited Wigan and came away with a 0 - 3 result, also in the Championship

Hunter Gorskie joined the fun for Legnica, in the 64th minute as they had little problem thumping Pogon Siedice in Poland's Division 1, for their 2nd straight win

In Scotland's Premier League Perry Kitchen (90) and Bjorn Johnsen (84) led Hearts to a hard fought 2 - 2 draw with St Johnstone. Hearts remain in 3rd place in the league

It looked like GK Danny Rogers would be on the losing side after Falkirk let in an 87th minute Morton goal, but with time running out they found the equalizer, for a 1 - 1 final score in Scotland's Championship

In Scotland's League One, Kevin Dzierzawski spent the game on the bench as Peterhead suffered a 1 - 3 loss to Brechin, which killed off their win streak at 3

BIG NEWS from Sweden - Both Sirius and AFC United ended on 61 points - #1 and #2 in Superettan - separated by 1 goal GD

Patrick Hopkins (75) and Sirius lost their game at Dalkurd 2 - 1, but with a separation of 1 goal GD, they win Superettan and are PROMOTED to Allsvenskan next season

GK Josh Wicks (90) Tristan Bowen (6) and #2 AFC battled #3 Halstad to a 0 - 2 win and are PROMOTED from Superettan to Allsvenskan next season (Halstad will be in the play-off for promotion) Josh Wicks gets the Shut Out

Paul Torres (90 + yellow) and Assyriska FF put up a great fight at the bottom of Superettan, but gave up 2 goals in the final 3 minutes, and take the 3 - 2 loss at Orgryte. It's not totally bad news though, finishing 14th means a Play-off game against Norrby, who were in 2nd place in Division 1 (Sodra), to stay in Superettan, and they have had a reasonably strong finish to the season.

Brooks Lennon went 90 and Scored the opening and winning goal for Liverpool U23 as they easily beat Huddersfield U23 3 - 0 (Liverpool Web: "Lennon’s clinical equaliser claimed a point for Liverpool in their International Cup tie with Porto in midweek, and the American forward notched his third goal in four games 25 minutes in."

Justin Kinjo, who was on the 1st team roster for Dusseldorf yesterday, played 90 minutes today for the B Team, as Dusseldorf II forced a 3 - 3 at Sprockhovel in Regionalliga (West)

Charlie Rugg went 63, picked up a yellow and Scored Pirmisans only goal as they drew 1 - 1 at Steinbach in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Julian Ceesay went 90 as Amberg played to a 1 - 1 draw at Frohnlach in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Eric Lickert (65) and Freiberg II won their game over Pforzheim 1 - 0 as Eric Scored the only goal of the game in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)

In England National League (North) Kristian Scott started for Nuneaton as they visited #3 Chorley and lost 1 - 0 as Nuneaton's problems persist

GK Paul Rachubka on the bench for Bury Town as they faced Wimbledon in the FA Cup in a game that ended even 2 - 2 - they will have to replay

Duane Holmes (67) started for Scunthorpe, picked up a yellow, as Scunthorpe had a rare loss as they fall at Charlton 3 - 1 and are now out of the FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Gboly Ariyibi (90) had the Assist on the first goal as Chesterfield visited Colchester and won 1 - 2 to advance into the 2nd round of the FA Cup. For those that still don't get the passion for the game (even at the lower levels) The big tweet of the day for Chesterfield is that they finally got revenge for an FA Cup defeat in 1958/59 !!!

Tim Chandler went 90 for Eintracht Frankfurt and was credited with the Assist on the games only goal as they beat FC Koln 1 - 0 in Bundesliga - E.Frankfurt now tied 5th (with Dortmund, FC Koln)

SUNDAY

Eric Palmer-Brown started for Porto B as they fall 1 - 0 to Cova De Piedade in Portugal's Segunda Liga

Rubio Rubin was an unused sub, as Utrecht beat Excelsior 2 - 1 in Netherlands Eredivisie

Daniel Brkovic started and Scored Celik Zenica's 1st goal, as they beat Olimpic Sarajevo 3 - 0 in Bosnia's Premier League

Cameron Carter-Vickers was an unused sub for Tottenham as they visited Arsenal, in the London derby and scored all the goals (1 OG) in a 1 - 1 draw in England's Premier League. Tottenham now have 4 draws in their last 5 games

In Germany 2Liga, Andrew Wooten (90) Scored Sandhausen's 3rd and winning goal and got the Assist on the first goal as Sandhausen hosted 1860 Munich and won 3 - 2

In Serbia , Ismar Tandir and Javor won their home game 2 - 0 against visitors Radnicki Nis as they battle back from a bad opening of the season, they are 2W/2D/1L in the last 5

Caleb Stanko (in 18/DNP) and Vaduz drew 0 - 0 at home with Grasshoppers in Switzerland's Super League. Vaduz remain on the bottom

Horsens and Conor O'Brien (90) have now lost their last 2 games, today a 1 - 5 thrashing by Midtjylland in Denmark's Superliga pushed them down, out of the championship group (that plays for Euro spots) Time to turn it around guys

Devann Yao played the 2nd half of BAK 07's 2 - 1 victory over Luckenwalde in Germany's Regionalliga (Nordost)

Matt Miazga went 90 as Vitesse lost their 2nd straight 1 - 2 to Heracles in Netherlands Eredivisie and drop places, below Utrecht (16) with 15 points

Jack McBean (I believe this is his first senior start with the club) played the 2nd half for Coventry City in their FA Cup tie at Morecombe. The game end with a 1 - 1 draw, and a replay on the horizon

GK Matt Pyzdrowski (90) gets the Shut Out as Helsingborg end their season with a 2 - 0 win over Jonkopings in Sweden's Allsvenskan. With 2 straight wins, and finishing 14th (of 16) Helsingborg find's itself in the relegation play-off spot where they will play Superettan third place Halmstad

Ostersunds and Andrew Stadler (30) lost their final game of the season 2 - 4 to relegated Gefle in Sweden's Allsvenskan - Ostersunds are mid-table and safe for next season

Shaq Moore started for Levante UD 'B' in Spain's Segunda B (Group 3) as they beat Llagostera 2 - 0. With 2 wins and 3 draws in their last 5 Levante has moved up in the league and out of immediate danger

Terence Boyd (90 + yellow) Scored RB Leipzig II's only goal as they visited Bautzen in Regionalliga (Nordost) and came away with a 1 - 1 draw

Dallas Aminzadeh played the first half as Oldenburg visited Norderstedt forcing a 2 - 2 draw in Regionalliga (Nord)

Joel Sonora (88) Scored Stuttgart II first goal as they visited Offenbach with Matt Taylor (16) and Bryan Gaul (90) both playing for the home side, in a game that ended in a 2 - 2 draw in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Ryan Finley played the 2nd half and Sammy Adjei came on for the final 17 minutes as Naestved fell 1 - 3 to Vendsyssel in Denmark's Division 1. Today's result puts Naestved in a troubling position just 1 place off bottom.

BabaJide Ogunbiyi (90 + yellow) as Hobro fall 0 - 1 to Nykobing in Denmark Division 1. The loss cuts into Hobro's lead at the top - to 1 point.

Keaton Parks played 90, and was credited with an Assist on the 2nd goal, as Varzim hosted U.Madeira in Portugal's Segunda Liga and won 2 - 1 - the win takes Varzim out of immediate danger, and gives them a 1W/2D/2L record for their last 5

George Fochive was an unused sub, as Viborg falls 1 - 2 at home to Brondby in Denmark's Superliga, Viborg are in trouble folks, 4 straight losses in their last 5

GK Bakary Sanyang (90) finds himself on the losing side for the 2nd straight weekas Pfeddersheim fall 2 - 1 at Koblenz in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Cordt Andreas Flätgen left the game after 21 minutes (? Injury ?) and Neunkirchen get thumped 1 - 5 at home to FV Diefflen in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Aris Briggs Zustra went 90 as Osnaruck II could only manage a goalless draw against Eintracht Northeim in Oberliga (Niedersachsen)

Kevin Coleman (1 min) Corey Anton (3 min) and Kaiserslautern U19 visited Furth U19 and had no luck at all, losing 4 - 1 in Junior Bundesliga (Sud/Sudwest). This may be Kevin Coleman's first appearance for Kaiserslautern U19?

In Slovakia 2Liga (West), coach Mike Keeney got the win for Samorin with defender Nicholas Edginton going the full 90. Final Samorin 2 - 0 Slovan Bratislava B - Samorin a firmly in the mix for a promotional play-off spot

GK Daniel Schmidt gets the Shut Out as Yamaga win 2 - 0 over Verdy in Japan J-League 2. With Sapporo losing their match Yamaga now share 1st place with Sapporo on 81 points each. A danger to both is Shimizu who are just 3 points behind the leaders and charging up the table with 9 wins in 10 games - their last loss was to Yamaga 2 months ago.

Ethan Dent (90) started for Hawkes Bay United in their New Zealand Premier match against defending champs Wellington. In a hard fought game, Hawkes Bay held their own until the 87th minute when they gave up Wellington's wining goal, followed by another a minute later, for a 2 - 4 loss

Matt Wiesenfarth went 72 as Canterbury United visited Auckland in New Zealand's Premier, and came away with a respectable 0 - 0 result against the league leaders. Of note, Canterbury (Dragons) are the only team in the league without a loss.

GK Mike Lansing was on the bench today as Vejle drew 0 - 0 with Frederica in Denmark's Division 1

GK Benjamin Machini was the back-up keeper for Barakaldo today as they visited Real Sociedad B in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 2) and came away with a point in a goalless draw. That's 3 consecutive draws and 2 wins in their last five.

NORWAY' TIPPELIGAEN is OVER

GK Alex Horwath (in 18/DNP) and Brann won their final season game 2 - 1 over Sarpsborg. So its Europa League football next season for Brann

Josh Gatt went 85, and Ethan Horvath sat and watched from the bench as Molde fall 1 - 0 at Lillestrom in their final game of the season. They finish a disappointing 5th

Stabaek and Cole Grossman (90) faced off with already relegated Start and Alex De John (70) in a game that Stabaek had to win to even have an outside chance of survival in the top flight. They completed their mission and Cole Grossman had the Assist on the first goal as Stabaek went on to win 3 - 0. It will be a week or so before they find out their opponent in the play-off.

GK Caleb Patterson-Sewell gets the Shut Out as Farense beat  Aljustrelense 0 - 1 in Campeonato de Portugal Prio (4th Tier)

 

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WEEKEND WRAP: Friday/Saturday/Sunday - Features 7 Goals, 2 Assists, 4 Shut Outs

Well, not the output we have seen over the past few weeks, but an eventful weekend nevertheless. Joe Gyau makes an appearance for Dortmund II, Josh Gatt scores his first in nearly 2 years, and Bobby Wood sees red (was that really deserving of a straight red?) Lot's of Pro/Rel stuff going on in Scandinavia (as well as Euro spots). Then on Friday we learned that  Ex Tulsa Roughnecks forward, Kyrian Nwabueze was cut by Ararat in Armenia.

With Americans playing in 16 countries this is quite a bit of reading to do for this weekend wrap, or you can just check out the short list below

Short List  

GOALS
Terence Boyd (Germany)
Duane Holmes (England)
Bjorn Johnsen (Scotland)
Stephen Golz (Sweden)
Nermin Crnkic x2 (Bosnia)
Josh Gatt (Norway)

ASSIST
Andrija Novakovich (England)
Gedion Zelalem (England)


SHUT OUT 
Ciaran Nugent (Ireland)
David Yelldell (Germany) * did not finish game
Josh Wicks (Sweden)
Daniel Schmidt (Japan)

The comprehensive (full) list

FRIDAY

Andrija Novakovich (76) gets an Assist, as Reading U23 fall 3 - 2 at Leicester City U23 in EPL2 (Division 1)

Matt Olosunde went 82 as Manchester United U23 visited Tottenham U23 in EPL2 and came away with a point in a 1 - 1 draw in EPL2 (Division 1)

Tim Tillman (89 + yellow - that's his 5th in 8 games) and Bayern U19 met Ingolstadt U19 and won 3 - 1 with the result they move into 2nd place in Junior Bundesliga (Sud/Sudwest)

McKinze Gaines went 74 in Wolfsburg U19 3 - 0 win over Carl Zeiss Jena U19 in Junior Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

Terence Boyd went 88, Scored RB Leipzig II's 2nd goal as they won 2 - 0 over Auerbach in Regionalliga (Nordost)

Gedion Zelalem (90) gets an Assist on Arsenal U23 4th goal as they beat up on Sunderland U23 4 - 0 Arsenal still close to the bottom of the EPL2 (Division 1)

Brooks Lennon only lasts the first half as #3 Liverpool visited #2 Manchester City U23 and fall 1 - 0 in EPL2 (Division 1)

Shane O'Neill went 90 for NAC Breda in Netherlands Eerste Divisie as they visited FC Oss in a 7 goal game and came out winners 3 - 4 with an ET goal. Breda now in 2nd place - 2 points behind #1 Jong PSV

Eric Palmer-Brown went 90 for FC Porto B in Portugal's Segunda Liga, as they beat Fafe 4 - 0 in convincing fashion, although Porto B has not lost in 4 games, this is their first win for a while

Fabian Johnson went 88, picked up a yellow, for M'Gladbach and Timothy Chandler went 90 for Frankfurt in a goalless draw in Friday's Bundesliga game

In Ireland's Premier Division, Pat McCann (90) and GK Ciaran Nugent (90) Plus he gets the Shut Out in Sligo Rovers 5 - 0 dismantling of Wexford in the final game of the season. Sligo, who did not start the season to well end up 5th - not to shabby, all things considered

Also in Ireland's Prem. Don Cowan went 90, as Longford fell 2 - 4 to #4 Shamrock Rovers in their last game of the season....One more game to go - a Play-off to survive relegation

SATURDAY

Jerome Kiesewetter (89 + yellow) Justin Kinjo (in 18/DNP) and Dusseldorf traveled to #2 Union Berlin and came away with all the points as they won 0 - 1 in Germany 2Liga. That's 3 wins in a row, and a 3rd spot in the table for Dusseldorf

Romain Gall (90) and Nykopings failed to hold #1 Brommapojkarna at home and fell 0 - 1 in Sweden Division 1 (Norra) Nykopings is going through a rough patch right now, 5 points from their last 5 games

In England's Premier League, Lyndon Gooch came off the bench at minute 84, by which time Sunderland were already down 1 - 4 to Arsenal. I guess a few minutes is better than nothing, but manager David Moyes seems a little lost for ideas right now and his decision to bring in Lyndon at that point seemed desperate

In Denmark Division2 (Group 1) Anton Peterlin (82) and B93 ended their game with Avarta goalless. B93 remain in the 'promotion group' with 20 points, Avarta lead the group.

Also in the promotion group in Denmark are Bronshoj and Jamil Fearrington (90) who beat Fredensborg 3 - 0 to maintain their #3 spot in Denmark's Division 1 (Group 1)

In Germany 3Liga, Shawn Barry (90 + yellow) and FSV Frankfurt made short-work of Paderborn as they won 3 - 0. That's 4 wins in the last 5 games for FSV, as they charge up the table.

In a game filled with American's, Royal Fennell (90) and Hallescher hosted Marc Heider (90 + yellow) Robbie Kristo (90) and Osnabruck with the advantage going to the home team, as Hallescher win's this one 1 - 0. Hallescher are unbeaten in their last 5, and sit tied 3rd, with 2 other teams)

GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) and Kiel visited Munster, and grabbed a point in a 1 - 1 draw in 3Liga

Jann George (88) and Regensburg held on for a 1 - 1 draw at home to Magdeburg, also in 3Liga

Devante Parker (11) came off the bench as Mainz II traveled to Rostock and stole a point in a 1 - 1 draw

GK David Yelldell was replaced at minute 79 (?Injury) and Sonnenhof hung on for a goalless draw against visitors #1 Duisburg in 3Liga

In Junior Bundesliga (Sud/Sudwest) Corey Anton came off the bench at minute 79 as Kaiserslautern U19 hosted Toni Suddoth (57) and Stuttgart U19 and had a comfortable home win 3 - 0 against the visitors

GK Brad Guzan watched Middlesbrough from the bench as they beat Bournemouth 2 - 0 in the English Premier League (Emerson Hyndman was not in Bournemouth's 18, again, today)

Cameron Carter-Vickers was in the 18/DNP for Tottenham as they drew 1 - 1 with Leicester City in the EPL

Tim Ream came off the bench at minute 81 as Fulham thumped Huddersfield 5 - 0 in the English Championship

DeAndre Yedlin (90) was subbed out at 90+5 as Newcastle continued their winning ways (have won last 5) at Preston with a 1 - 2 win. Newcastle are 3 points clear at the top of the table

Danny Williams (90 + yellow) and Reading hosted Eric Lichaj (90) and Nottingham and held their home advantage in a 2 - 0 win. Reading move into the top 6 and Nottingham find themselves hovering above the drop-zone.

Gboly Ariyibi (90) and Chesterfield traveled to Charlton in England's League One, and fell 1 - 0. Chesterfield have now lost 5 straight and find themselves 1 point off the bottom (4 points from safety). They need to regain last years form if they are going to survive

GK Paul Rachubka was in his 'stand-by' position on the bench for Bury, as they lost 3 - 2 at Northampton in League One

Duane Holmes (90) Scored Scunthorpe's 2nd goal (technically the winner) as they find little problem with visiting Swindon in a 4 - 1 win in England League One. Scunthorpe are having a great season, and are 3 points ahead at the top of the League.

GK Brendan Moore (90) and Torquay looked on the way to a win in the first half, up a goal at home. The 2nd half was not good though, a red card and 2 goals by Southport saw the home team fall 1 - 2 in England national League

In a thriller in Scotland's Premier League, Perry Kitchen (90 + yellow) Bjorn Johnsen (76) and Hearts traveled to Inverness and battled to a 3 - 3 draw, with Bjorn Johnsen Scoring Hearts opening goal. Hearts had started the season really well, but have recently hit a rough patch, this game will give them some confidence going forward - they retain 3rd spot (shared with 2 other teams) and are only a point behind #2 Rangers

GK Danny Rogers (90) and Falkirk visited Dundee Utd. in Scotland's Championship, and fell 1 - 0 on an 82nd minute strike. Falkirk are just out-side the promotion play-off group

Peterhead are finally finding their form, with their 3rd straight win. Kevin Dzierzawski went 77 minutes in their 2 - 0 win over Stranraer in Scotland League One.

In Sweden's Superettan, its looking really good for the top two teams, both with Americans, as AFC Utd. win today and move 7 points ahead of Halmstad who have crashed, losing their last 2 games. By my reckoning, AFC United are promoted - they have 1 game left at Halmstad. Sirius has already made the jump(promotion) into the top tier next season. Today GK Josh Wicks (90) gets the Shut Out, Tristan Bowen was in the 18/DNP and AFC united won this one 3 - 0 against Atvidabergs

Hunter Gorskie came off the bench for the final 20 minutes as Legnica traveled to Tychy and won 0 - 2 in Poland's Division 1. Legnica break a 2 game losing streak

GK Justin vom Steeg (90) for Dusseldorf II as they fall 1 - 2 at home to Oberhausen in Regionalliga (West)

Bryan Gaul (90) Matt Taylor (62) and Offenbach fall 2 - 1 at Koblenz in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Joel Sonora went 90 in Stuttgart II's 2 - 1 loss to Ulm in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Devann Yao (17) came off the bench as BAK 07 visited Cottbus and won 1 - 2 in Regionalliga (Nordost)

In Oberliga (Bayern Nord) Julian Ceesay went 90 as FC Amberg fell 1 - 3 to DJK Ammerthal

Fabian Hurzeller went 90 as Pipinsried visited Sonthofen in Oberliga (Bayern Sud) and won 1 - 2

Oscar Ortiz went 90 as SC Feucht visited Haibach in Regionalliga (Bayern Nord) and won 0 - 2

GK Bakary Sanyang had a nightmare of a game, giving up 4 goals as Pfeddersheim fall 0 - 4 at home to Wiesbach in Regionalliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Florida native (Gainsville Fl) Piakai Henkel came off the bench at minute 78 in Bahlinger SC 6 - 1 thumping of Neckaretz in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)

Shaq Moore went 90 in Levante UD B team as they drew 0 - 0 with Sabadell in Spain's Segunda Division B - (Group 3)

Joe Gyau (1) made a cameo appearance for Dortmund II in Regionalliga (West) Dortmund brought on 2 players in the 90th minute Joe was one of them. Dortmund won this game against Aachen 0 - 1

Aris Briggs Zustra went 90 in a goalless draw as Osnabruck II visited Hannover in Oberliga (Niedersachsen)

In the Bundesliga late game Christian Pulisic went 90 as Dortmund played to a goalless draw with Schalke. That's 3 straight draws, as Dortmund slip down the table Note to team: Must do better

Eric Lickert started for Freiburg II as they fell 1 - 0 at Neckarsulmer in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)

Matt Miazga went 90 as Vitesse fell 0 - 2 to PSV in Netherlands Eredivisie. This is Matt's 6th start, 5 League, 1 Cup, since his loan from Chelsea


GK Jeff Gal (90) Stephen Golz (90) and Lidkopings FK won their relegation 2nd leg match against Vanersborg 2 - 1. The aggregate score was 2 - 2 and Lidkopings FK are relegated on the away goals rule. Stephen Golz scored Lidkopings first goal, but the team will be playing in Division 3 next season.

SUNDAY
 
While you were sleeping, Matthew Wiesenfarth started for Canterbury United in New Zealand's Premier League as they visited Southern United and won 1 -3

GK Daniel Schmidt, who missed last weeks game, is back in the net for Yamaga in Japan League 2 as they visit Yamagata in one of the last games of the season. Things are tight at the top of the table so a win is important, Yamaga ended this one 0 - 1 and move within 3 points of top spot, and draw away from the #3 team by three points. Daniel Schmidt is back and gets a Shut Out for his team

Haji Wright and Weston McKennie both started for Schalke U19 as they traveled to FC Koln in Junior Bundesliga (West) and let one slip away, as they gave up a late goal, with the game ending 1 - 1

Babajide Ogunbiyi (90) and Hobro had a fun day as they visited Vendsyssel in Denmark's 1st Division and came away with a 0 - 4 win. Hobro are now 6 points clear at the top of the league

GK Benjamin Machini was in the 18 for Barakaldo in Spain's Segunda Division B (Group 2) as they went to Mensajero and came away with a point, that moves them into 4th place, and extends their unbeaten run to 5 games

Nermin Crnkic was rocking today as he led Sarajevo over Celik Zenica 4 - 0. Nermin Crnkic Scored 2 goals as the home team had no problem with the last place Zenica

Connor O'Brien (90) and Horsens visited Sonderjyske in Denmark's Superliga and hit a brick wall, falling 2 - 0. Sonderjyske has been on a bit of a run lately (4 wins out of 5) and have now jumped over Horsens in the league

Johnathan Spector (90) and Birmingham had a job on their hands today as they faced Aston Villa in a game that had the home team fighting back, for a 1 - 1 draw in the English Championship. Birmingham sit just outside the top six (on GD)

In Germany 2Liga, Russell Canouse went 90 as Bochum won their home match against Heidenheim

Sammy Adjai came off the bench with 10 minutes left in the game and helped Naestved win 1 - 2 over Nykobing in Denmark Division 1. This was Naestved's 2nd straight win and pulls them just above the drop zone

Caleb Stanko (70) and Vaduz were pummeled 5 - 0 today at Young Boys in Switzerland's Super League. Vaduz are now at the bottom of the table.

Rubio Rubin was on the bench again for Utrecht, who needed an own goal by visitors Nijmegen to get secure a 1 - 1 home draw

Dallas Aminzadeh went 90 as Oldenburg hosted Hansa in Regionalliga (Nord) and won 1 - 0

John Brooks went 90 as Hertha visited Hoffenheim in Bundesliga, and lost 1 - 0. Hoffenheim with 5 consecutive wins jumps over Hertha into 3rd place in Bundesliga. Hertha have been a little shaky lately and need to find their mojo again

Ismar Tandir was an unused sub for Javor as they traveled to FK Vozdovac in the Serbian Super Liga and won 1 - 2

Paul Torres (90) as Assyriska FF win 1 - 0 over Varnamo in Sweden's Superettan. With the win, Assyriska helped themselves, and are now in a position to lock-in a Play-off possibility to stay in Superettan next season

Keaton Parks went 65 for Varzim as they lose 2 - 1 to Penafiel in Portugal's Segunda Liga. It should be noted that when defender Keaton left the game Varzim were up 0 - 1, and gave up 2 goals in 15 minutes..the loss drops Varzim into the relegation zone (but there is plenty of time to battle out)

Jochen Graf was an unused sub as Oskarshamns visit Trollhattan in Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra) and grab a point in a 1 - 1 draw. The draw make things interesting - with 1 game left, next week, Oskarshamns are 2 points above the drop zone with 3 teams that can pass them with wins (1 can tie them with a draw) so next weeks game at home to QViding is critical, a draw may not do it

Nicholas Edginton (90) for Samorin as they visited Sered in Slovakia 2Liga (West) and lost by 1 - 0. USA Coach Mike Keeney felt that the early goal - 4th minute - really effected the games out-come. Disappointment for Samorin, who have been struggling after a good start (only 1 point from last 5 games) but they still sit in 5th place (only 1 point out of 3rd!)

A Bobby Wood Red Card, on a weak call, hammered the nail into Hamburg's chances as they fall 3 - 0 at FC Koln. Hamburg who are entrenched at the bottom of Bundesliga and still without a win, had held FC Koln scoreless up to Bobby's sending off, but 3 minutes later the floodgates opened as FC Koln pressed home their advantage

With one game left this season, Helsingborg fired on all cylinders to win 1 - 4 at bottom placed Falkenbergs. GK Quentin Westberg was back between the posts.
Helsingborg are currently 3rd from bottom in the relegation Play-off spot. Gefle who are on a charge below them are 2 points behind and mathematically can pass them. Next, and last game of the season, for both teams will decide the outcome. Gefle must visit 9th place Ostersunds (who have won their last 2) but Gefle are on a run and have not lost in their last 5 - should be an interesting game. Helsingborg will host twelfth place Jonkopings, a game that could go either way. Certainly it seems that Helsingborg has a slight edge going into the final game

Norway's Tippeligaen was pretty exciting today. Josh Gatt (80) Scored his first goal in 2 years as Molde won their next to last game 3 - 0 over hapless Stabaek and Cole Grossman (90). 
Molde cannot gain European football next season, the best they can do is 4th place. Stabaek are still in a relegation battle. They face even more hapless Start at home next week, so 3 points is a real possibility, and they will need them to aid their escape. Places 12 thru 15 are all battling to stay in the top tier Stabaek seems to have an advantage over Bodo/Glimt who will travel to #1, and UCL bound, Rosenborg, Tromso will host #3 Odd, who need to win to put a claim on 2nd place, and Lillestrom will welcome (maybe) Molde. Stabaek who have a -10 GD will need to win by at least 2 goals (depending on other outcomes) to even sniff a chance at remaining in the top tier

In the other Tippeligaen game of (USA) interest, Alex De John (90) and last place, Start could not hold-out against #2 Brann at home, and lost 1 - 2. GK Alex Horvath was in the 18 but did not play today. #2 Brann and #3 Odd are only separated by GD going into the final week, they will both represent Norway in the Europa League next season

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WEEKEND WRAP: Friday/Saturday/Sunday - Features 19 Goals, 2 Assists, 6 Shut Outs and Pro/Rel in Iceland

Terrific weekend for our American players. 5 players scored 2 goals, 6 goalkeepers had shut outs a total of 19 goals, with US players in action in 19 countries, yes naysayers Americans are making an impact around the world. 

Iceland's lower leagues have wrapped up their seasons,  Aegir will play next season in Division 3 after finishing 11th of 12 - but will have something to build on next season as they get comfort from the fact that they were relegated on goal difference. In Inkasso-deildin Huginn find themselves in the same situation, they are relegated, on goal difference, to Division 1. On the bright side, Grindavik have gained promotion to the top tier Pepsideild, congrats to them and to the US's Will Daniels, good luck next season. With 1 game left in Pepsideild, Throttur and Daniel Acoff will be relegated  to Inkasso-deildin next season.

Finland lower leagues will end next week (so look out for that) there are tremendous battles going on both at the top and bottom of all the leagues in Finland and little will be settled until the final day.

So, the list is below, as usual the short list is directly below, and the more comprehensive list is below that (there is a lot to read this week)

Here is the short list;


GOALS
Jerome Kiesewetter (Germany)
Andrew Wooten (Germany)
Terence Boyd x2 (Germany)
Shawn Barry (Germany)
Jann George x2 (Germany)
Justin Kinjo (Germany)
Harrison Hanley x2 (Iceland)
JC Mack x2 (Iceland)
Duane Holmes (England)
Jon-Paul Pittman (England)
Lawrence Smith (Finland) 
Romain Gall x2 (Sweden)
Martin Ontiveros (Luxembourg)
Nermin Crnkic (Bosnia)
 
ASSISTS
Josh Gatt (Norway)
Jon-Paul Pittman (England)

SHUT OUT
Kenneth Kronholm (Germany)
Danny Rogers (Scotland)
Bakary Sanyang (Germany)
Ciaran Nugent (Ireland)
Daniel Schmidt (Japan) 
Tim Murray (Finland) 

and the longer comprehensive list;

FRIDAY

Mitchell Lopez went 90 and picked up a yellow as BK-46 visited Klubi 04 in Finland's Kakkonen (Group B) and fall 3 - 1

GK Michael Lansing spent the game on the bench as Vejle beat Nykobing 2 - 0 in Denmark Division 1 breaking a 2 game losing streak

Jerome Kiesewetter came off the bench at the 63rd minute and Scored Dusseldorf's only goal as they visited Braunschweig and fell 2 - 1 in Germany 2Liga

Andrew Wooten went 90 and Scored an ET goal (90+3) to give his side Sandhausen an away point in a 1 - 1 draw at Furth in Germany 2Liga

Alassane Kane went 90 for Bayern Hof as they lost their Regionalliga (Bayern) game at Buchbach 3 - 0

Sasa Plavsic went 66 minutes as S. Kerburan lost 1 - 4 to Sollentuna in Sweden Division 2 (Norra Svealand) Kerburan have lost their last 5 and are out of contention for promotion

Joel Sonora started and went 77, as Stuttgart II played Mannheim to a goalless draw in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Cameron Carter-Vickers started for Tottenham (his debut for the senior squad) in EPL2, as Spurs visited Southampton losing 1 - 0. Tottenham played the last 15 with 10 men

GK Quentin Westberg (in 18/DNP) watched as Tours visited Troyes in France Ligue 2 and lost 3 - 1. Tours are now in last place and have lost their last 4 games

Shane O'Neill was an unused sub as NAC Breda won 1 - 0 at home against Graafschap in Netherlands Eerste Divisie. Breda are now (Friday) top of the division

Christian Pulisic came off the bench at the 64th minute for Dortmund as they beat Freiburg 3 - 1 in Bundesliga

Don Cowan lasted 77 minutes as Longford visited Bohemians and lost 1 - 0 in the Irish Premier League. Unfortunately, Longford look doomed and will drop a division this year

SATURDAY

Omar Castro went 90 as Braunschweig II hosted Havelse in Regionalliga (Nord) in a game that ended even at 1 - 1

McKinzie Gaines went 86 for Wolfsburg U19 as they visited RB Leipzig U19 and managed a 2 - 2 draw in Junior Bundesliga (Nord)

Anton Peterlin went 90 for B93 as they lasted out in a 1 - 1 draw with BK Frem in Denmark Division 2 (Group 1)

Terence Boyd (90) Scored Two and Ken Gipson (33 - Oh Dear, Ken has broken his ankle) as RB Leipzig II hosted Schalding and won easily 4 - 1

Marc Heider (90) Robbie Kristo (46) and Osnabuck visited Chemnitzer in Germany 2Liga and came away defeated 3 - 0. Osnabruck got a break as Lotte fell in their game, so they retain top spot (shared with Lotte) in 3Liga

Shawn Barry Scored the winning Goal for FSV Frankfurt as they hosted Aalen, and won 2 - 1. That's Shawn's first goal of the season

Royal Fennell went 90 and picked up a yellow in the game that had Hallescher beat Lotte 2 - 0 in 2Liga
 
Adan Coronado played the first half as AZAL loses at home to Inter Baki in Azerbaijan

GK Kenneth Kronholm gets the Shut Out for Kiel as they beat Mainz II 3 - 0 in 3Liga

Jann George Scored twice as Regensberg best Paderborn 3 - 0 breaking a really bad string of form where there was only 1 point from the last 4 games in 3Liga

GK David Yelldell continues as backup goalkeeper for Sonnenhof, as they fell 2 - 3 to #3 Koln in 3Liga

Justin Kinjo (89) Scored for Dusseldorf II as they went to Dortmund II and Drew 2 - 2 In Regionalliga (West)

Charlie Rugg (17) came off the bench to help Pirmasens win their game 2 - 3 over Nottingen in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Matt Nigro went 90 as Vestri fell 2 - 3 to Njardvik and Harrison Hanley who came on for the 2nd half Scored Two and gave his team the victory on the final day of the season, both teams are SAFE and will play Division 2 football next season in Iceland Division 2

GK Will Dieterich went 90 as Haukar visited Fjardabyggd and won 1 - 2 in Iceland's Inkasso-deildin and are SAFE

Will Daniels went 90 for Grindavik as they ended with a goalless draw with Fram also in Inkasso-deildin. Grindavik are PROMOTED

JC Mack ,join's the unusual list of US Players that have Scored Twice today as Selfoss win their home game with Huginn 4 - 1, Jonathan Lama was on the bench for Huginn for today's game. Huginn are RELEGATED

Tim Chandler went 90 as Frankfurt had to battle back against Hertha (John Brooks is out injured) in a game that saw 6 goals and an exciting 3 - 3 draw in Germany's Bundesliga

Bobby Wood went 84 minutes as Bayern came to town and Hamburg fell 0 - 1 (Julian Green did not make today's 18 for Bayern)

Fabian Johnson went 90 for M'Gladbach and Alfredo Morales 77 for Ingolstadt as M'Gladbach made short work of the opposition and get all three points in a 2 - 0 win

Despite playing yesterday, Tottenham has Cameron Carter-Vickers on the bench today as Tottenham visited Middlesbrough in the English Premier League that saw Tottenham gain 3 points in a 1 -2 win, that puts (temporarily at least) Tottenham into 2nd place.GK Brad Guzan was also an unused sub for Middlesbrough

Geoff Cameron went 90 as Stoke managed a 1 - 1 draw with West Bromwich in the EPL. Stoke have now drawn 2 games this season, and have now wins

Tim Ream sat on the bench as Fulham got thumped 0 - 4 at home by Bristol City in the English Championship

Johnathan Spector went 90 in Birmingham's 1 - 1 draw at QPR also in the Championship

Danny Williams went 90 for Reading in their 1 - 0 home win against Huddersfield. Reading have only dropped 2 points in the last 5 games and sit tied 4th (on GD)

Eric Lichaj went 90, picked up a late yellow, in a disappointing 2 - 1 loss at Sheffield Wednesday . The Nottingham Post said "Eric Lichaj: The American was a constant menace to the home side on the left-hand side, and could have had a goal himself with a header that should have gone in. Defended Ross Wallace well."

GK Paul Rachubka (in 18/DNP) and Bury were to much for Gboly Ariyibi and Chesterfield as they won 2 - 1 in England's League 1

Duane Holmes (90) finally has his first goal as he Scored for Scunthorpe as they hosted Sheffield United in what looked to be the winner, before they gave up a PK 3 minutes later. forcing a 2 - 2 draw.

2 early goals were to much to overcome for GK Brendan Moore and Torquay as they fall 2 - 3 to Maidstone in England National League

Perry Kitchen (90) in his first appearance as Captain and Bjorn Johnsen (11) could not get the job done today as they ended with a goalless draw at home, with Ross County, in Scotland's Premier League

GK Danny Rogers gets the Shut Out as Falkirk win their home game with Ayr 2 - 0. That's 4 in a row for Falkirk, now moved into 3rd spot

Kevin Dzierzawski (84) and Peterhead fell 2 - 1 at Brechin in the Scottish League 1. Peterhead has just not hit the form of last season and wallow in the relegation zone this early season

Jochen Graf put in a 1 min performance (snark) as Oskarshamns fell 0 - 1 at home to Tvaakers in Sweden Division 1 (Sodra) - snarky comment stems from putting a player in at min 89 when you are losing - what good is that?

GK Jeff Gal (90) and Stephen Golz had little luck as Lidkopings FK visited Uddevalla and lost 2 - 1 in Sweden Division 2 (Norra Gotaland)

Josh Gatt got 66 minutes in his first start and is credited with the Assist, and GK Ethan Horvath went the full 90 as Molde fell 1 - 3 to run-away leaders Rosenborg in Norway's Tippeligaen

Bryan Gaul went 90 for Offenbach as they visited Elversberg in a game that ended goalless in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Ryan Malone played the first half, picked up an early yellow (3') for Stuttgart Kickers as they drew 1 - 1 with Wormatia in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Oscar Ortiz went 90 as SC Feucht visited Weiden in Oberliga (Bayern Nord) and came away with a convincing 2 - 5 win

Jon-Paul Pittman Scored and had an Assist, for Harrogate (and is now in double figures for goals scored) as they beat Gloucester City 3 - 1 and maintain their top of the table spot (shared with Flyde)

Julian Ceesay went 90 in a losing effort as Amberg falls 2 - 3 to Aschaffenburg in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Jannik Eckenrode, went 90 picked up a yellow and Daniel Kuczynski (24) as Aegir won 1 - 0 over Magni in Iceland Division 2. The win, not enough to save them as Aegir are RELEGATED (on GD) from Division 2

Jordan Tyler went 90 as Hottur wins 2 - 1 at home in their last game of the season, over Grotta in Iceland Division 2 Hottur are SAFE

GK Bakary Sanyang gets the Shut Out for Pfeddersheim as they visited Cordt Andreas Flätgen (51) and Neunkirchen and gained 3 points in a 0 - 2 win in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

DeAndre Yedlin in his first start, went 75 for Newcastle as they visited Aston Villa and came away with a 1 - 1 draw in England's Championship (reports say DeAndre left with an injury?)

Hunter Gorskie in 18/DNP as Legnica visited Pruszkow and held the home team to a goalless draw in Poland's Division 1 

In Ireland's Premier League both GK Ciaran Nugent (90) and Pat McCann (90) featured for Sligo Rovers as they looked to change their fortunes with a changed line-up, as they welcomed #2 Cork City. Sligo didn't win, but they held the high flying Cork to a goalless draw. Not sure if a 0 - 0 tie warrants a Shut Out shout-out? but Ciaran gets one as this is his first start this season


SUNDAY

GK Daniel Schmidt gets the Shut Out as Yamaga win 1 - 0 at home with Shimizu in Japan J-League 2

In Germany's Junior Bundesliga (West) Weston McKennie (32) Haji Wright (80) and Schalke U19 visited Arminia Bielefeld U19 and drew 1 - 1 - Weston left the game early, but no news on if it was an injury?

George Fochive was an unused sub in Viborg's 0 - 1 loss to Lyngby in Denmark's Superliga. This is Viborg's 2nd straight loss

Jamil Fearrington went 90 as Bronshoj visited Holbaek in Denmark's 2nd Division (Group 1) and came away with a 1 - 2 win. This is only Bronshoj 2nd win of the season.

In Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) PEPO and Jakeem Johnson (90 + yellow) and GK Nathan Stokie (in18/DNP) could not find a way past Kapa, falling 1 - 0 in a game that had 2 teams going in opposite direction. PEPO have lost their mojo, Kapa have picked it up

Lawrence Smith (90) Scored again as GBK and Chris Corcoran came off the bench at 31st minute, visited OPS in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) and swapped goals back and forth for an exciting 3 - 3 draw

Jossimer Sanchez (90) and Narpes Kraft visited TP-47 in Kakkonen (Group C) and got a point, in a 1 - 1 draw

GK Scott Angevine (90) and YPA played to a 1 - 1 draw with PPT. YPA who started the season in such a funk have put on a 2nd half of the season worth a shout out. With just 1 game left this season YPA will end in mid-table.

Toni Suddoth went 90 as Stuttgart U19 were held to a 2 - 2 draw with 1860 U19 in Junior Bundesliga (Sudwest)

Shawn Parker was an unused sub as Nurnberg visited Bielefeld and came away with all the points in a 1 - 3 win in Germany 2Liga

Babajide Ogunbiyi went 90 in Hobro's goalless draw with Koge in Denmark's Division 1

Caleb Stanko was an unused sub as Vaduz visited Grasshoppers in Switzerland's Super League and lost 2 - 1. After a good start to the season things have started to go South for Vaduz

Brooks Lennon (13) came off the bench to help Liverpool U23 beat Sunderland U23 3 - 0. Today's result moves Liverpool U23 into a tie at 2nd place in England's Premier League 2

In Netherlands Eredivisie Matt Miazga (26) came off the bench in Vitesse' 2 - 1 loss at Twente. Vitesse are tied in 7th spot (last Europa League place) with 4 other teams. Good to see Matt finally getting some playing time

Rubio Rubin was an unused sub (again) in Utrecht's 2 - 0 win over Rotterdam in Eredivisie

In Finland Ykkonen, GK Tim Murray gets the Shut Out as Ekenas wins at home, 2 - 0 against GrIFK. Ekenas with 3 wins in their last 5 games should be safe as only a few games remain and they are 5 points from the drop zone

Mike Banner (90) and KPV hosted Jaro with Kyle Curinga (90) as Jaro surprised KPV winning 0 - 3 and moving to within 4 points for promotion in Ykkonen. There are only 5 points separating 1st from 4th

Eddy Prugh (90), back from a red card suspension, led Bodens to a 1 - 1 draw at league leaders Sandvikens in Sweden's Division 2 (Norrland)

Romain Gall (90) continues this weekends goal fest for Americans, Scoring Twice for Nykopings in a losing effort to Brage in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra) Romain gave his club the lead twice before they succumbed to a 75th minute goal. That's 2 straight losses.

Louis Bennett continues to wait for his chance to play as he was an unused sub as Anorthosis fell 4 - 1 at AEK Larnaca in Cyprus First Division

Paul Torres (90) and Assyriska visited Halmstad in Sweden's Superettan and came away with a point in a 2 - 2 draw, that's 5 consecutive draws for Assyriska, who need points to get out of the relegation zone

Dallas Aminzadeh (9) came off the bench late as Oldenburg visited St Pauli II in Germany Regionalliga (Nord) losing 2 - 1

Aris Briggs Zustra (16) came off the bench for Osnabruck II in Oberliga (Niedersachsen) as his team thumped Bersenbrück 4 - 0

In Finland's Ykkonen, Isaac Kannah (65) came from 1 - 3 down to draw TPS Turku 3 - 3 with 2 goals in the final 10 minutes. KTP definitely playing the spoiler here as #2 TPS needed all 3 points to help catch #1 JJK. KTP themselves needed points (a win would have be excellent) to drag themselves out of the relegation zone, with just a few games left they are 1 point from escaping the drop zone

Etchu Tabe was an unused sub in Haka's 1 - 1 draw with Oulu (who are chasing TPS) in Ykkonen. Haka are likely to end the season mid-table

In Finland's Veikkausliiga, Christian Eissele was an unused sub as Kemi fell 2 - 0 at Ilves (who take over the #3 spot)

In the big game of the day (for US player followers) in Finland, RoPS (Will John did not dress today) faced Mariehamn and Brian Span (90 + yellow card) in a battle that would help Mariehamn's charge to the top (and a Champions League spot). RoPS has dropped out of contention over tha past few weeks (only 1 win in their last 5) and with just a few games left would need the 2 teams above to just collapse. Mariehamn now sits in 2nd (Europa League) 2 points out of first place and 1 point ahead of the charging Ilves with 4 games left.

Helsingborg have only won 1 game in the last 5 (1 win 4 losses)and have slipped into the relegation zone (2 points from safety) Today they faced off with #1 Malmo with a predictable result 2 - 0. GK Matt Pyzdrowski (90) kept the score reasonable. Helsingborg must now plan ahead for a beatable team Hammarby next week

For the first half Horsens looked like they would make a game of it as they visited Midtjylland in Denmark's Superliga. Connor O'Brien (71) started and it was 2 - 2 at the half....then the 2nd half happened and Horsens allowed 3 unanswered goals, ending 5 - 2 losers...there is always the next game!!

In a crazy final 10 minutes that saw 3 goals, Martin Ontiveros (90) Scored his first goal for his new club Jeunesse Esch in Luxembourg's National Division (top tier) Martin has started 4 times this young season and his first goal resulted in a 2 - 2 draw today at #2 Fola - good result

Ring the Bells!!!!! Start has won its first game this season - after 24 attempts. Alex De John (90) and Start have beaten #4 Haugesund in Norway's Tippeligaen (they would have shared 2nd with 2 other teams if they had won) 1 - 0, so they won't be going the season without a win. Of course they are still going down, but at least for one day they can smile.

In Bosnia Premier Liga, Nermin Crnkic Scored Sarajevo's 2nd goal which (at the time) put them in the lead. A 55 minute goal by home team Siroki Brijeg tied things up at 2 - 2

In Serbia Super Liga, Ismar Tandir was an unused sub as Javor visited Borac and got a point in a 1 - 1 draw

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