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

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

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


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

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

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


FRIDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SATURDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUNDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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WEEKEND WRAP: Saturday/Sunday 8/13/ and 8/14 2016 - Features Young Americans, 16/17 Seasons begin

Not a good weekend to be late reporting...sorry...Well today (Saturday) starts a new year/season in the major European leagues. It's always an exciting time. 

For the future of US soccer, today is especially exciting and this season feels like the future will be on display around the world. In England, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Lyndon Gooch , Emerson Hyndman and Gedion Zelalem are gaining traction in the EPL. In Germany, Christian Pulisic, Julian Green and Russell Canouse look set for senior play this season. (IMHO) This year is the first of the transition years as US Youth stake their claim for USMNT spots for the coming 4 or 5 years. The next group are also starting their ascendancy, just a year or 2 behind, McKinze Gaines, Dallas Aminzadeh, Gboly Ariyibi,  Mukwelle Akale, Romain Gall and Luca De La Torre - to name just a few of many - just an amazing group of new young Americans on the horizon.....so yes its an exciting time for US Soccer.

Today's List is long, so if you don't want to read the whole thing, here are the notable highlights first;

Goals
Christian Eissele (Finland)
Eddy Prugh (Sweden)
Matt Nigro (Iceland)

Assists
Gboly Ariyibi (England)
Brian Span (Finland)
Cole Grossman (Norway)

Shut Outs
Daniel Schmidt (Japan)
Ethan Horvath (Norway)
Scott Angevine (Finland)
Jeff Gal (Sweden)

Here is the full (well most) list for this weekend;


SATURDAY

Russell Canouse came off the bench at the 85th minute, as Bochum visited Karlsruher and held them to a 1 - 1 scoreline for the away point in Germany 2Liga

In Sweden Division 2, Eddy Prugh Scored Bodens 2nd goal as they won at home game against Ange 2 - 0

Devante Parker went 90 for Mainz II as they visited Duisburg in Germany 3Liga, and probably wished they had stayed at home - losing 4 - 0. The early season has not smiled on Mainz II so far.

GK Kenneth Kronholm went 90 as Kiel fell 1 - 0 at Fortuna Koln on an early first half goal

Jann George (90) and Regensberg still have not lost so far this season as they visited FSV Frankfurt (who were missing Shawn Barry) and came away with a 1 - 1 draw, a point and a place on top of Germany 3Liga

Marc Heider (82) started for Osnabruck and Robbie Kristo was (in 18 / DNP) as Osnabruck beat Magdeberg 3 - 2 on an 87th minute goal, maintaining their record of no losses so far this season

GK David Yelldell did not make the roster today for Sonnenhof

In Finland Veikkausliiga, Kemi and Christian Eissele hosted Inter Turku. Christian came off the bench, for Kemi, at minute 82, and Scored at 90+ from a PK in a 3 - 1 win

Will John (90) and RoPS visited SJK in Finland's Veikkausliga as they battle for a European spot next season. SJK were to strong on the day as RoPS fall 3 - 1

Theo Siebatcheu came off the bench for Reims at minute 72 as they visited Valenciennes in a France Ligue 2 game that ended goalless.

In Germany 2Liga, Fafa Picault went 90 as St Pauli fell 0 - 2 at home to Braunschweig for their 2nd loss in their opening 2 games

McKinze Gaines (67 + Yellow) as Wolfsburg U19 faced off with Hannover 96 U19 and Lyonel Hyer (8) in Junior Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost) in a game that saw Wolfsburg U19 2 - 0 winners

In Germany Regionalliga (Nordost) Devann Yao went 90 as BAK 07 beat Meuselwitz 1 - 0

Dallas Aminzadeh came off the bench at minute 49 as Oldenburg visited Lupo Martini and came away with a 0 - 1 win in Regionalliga (Nord)

Omar Castro played the first half in Braunschweig II 1 - 2 loss to Norderstedt also in Regionalliga (Nord)

Ryan Malone (90 + Yellow) and Stuttgart Kickers visited Elversberg and came away with a point after a 1 - 1 draw

In Finland Kakkonen (Group C) Lawrence Smith (90) and Chris Corcoran (90) could not find a way through the defense of Hercules in a game that ended goalless

Conor O'Brien (89) and Horsens held on for a 3 - 3 draw with Silkeborg in Denmark's Superliga , as Silkeborg came from a 3 - 1 deficit to tie things up late in the 2nd half.

England's Premier League is back, Cameron Carter-Vickers (in 18/DNP) as Tottenham visited Everton and drew 1 - 1 (no DeAndre Yedlin today)

Stoke had Geoff Cameron in their 18, as they visited Middlesbrough and drew 1 - 1 (no Brad Guzan today) Geoff never got off the bench in a typical 1st game of the season

In England's Championship opening day Johnathan Spector and Birmingham visited Leeds and came home with 3 points after a 1 - 2 win

Fulham who have a small American contingent only used Tim Ream as a time waste 90 min sub, as they visited Preston and won 1 - 2

Adam Henley only lasted the first half as Blackburn visited Wigan and were trounced 3 - 0

Reading are another team with a small group of US players, started Danny Williams (90) as they made the trip to Wolves. 2 goals either side of half-time (42 & 47) sealed the home teams win as Reading fall 2 - 0 to start their season

Gboly Ariyibi (90) and Chesterfield had no trouble in their home opener against Swindon in England's League 1. winning with ease 3 - 1 Gboly was credited with the Assist on their 3rd goal

Duane Holmes went 58 for Scunthorpe as they fought back from a 2 goal deficit to draw 2 - 2 at Fleetwood in League 1

GK Paul Rachubka was an unused sub as Bury visited Gillingham and fell 2 - 1

GK Brendan Moore (90) was on a shut-out until the 90th minute when Torquay's defense let him down and Barrow scored an equalizer in 1 - 1 draw in the Vanarama National League

Perry Kitchen played the 2nd half as Hearts visited Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League in a game that saw no goals by either side.

Kevin Dzierzawski (90) and Peterhead seem to have started this season in a real funk, losing their pre-season cup games and friendlies and now both of their league games. After battling, and just coming up short of promotion last season, they are winless this. today they fell 0 - 3 to East Fife.

In Sweden Superettan, Sirius and Patrick Hopkins (90) extended their lead at the top of the table to 5 points, beating Ljungskile 0 - 2

In Germany Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) GK Bakary Sanyang (New York) started and went 90 in TSG Pfeddersheim's 3 - 1 loss to SV Rochling

Also in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) Charlie Butte went 90 for SpVgg Burgbrohl in their 0 - 4 dismantling by SV Gonsenheim

In Oberliga (Bayern Nord) Julian Ceesay went 90 in Amberg's 3 - 0 over FC Sand

Eric Friedlander was in the 18, but did not play for SpVgg Ansbach in their 1 - 1 draw at Erlenbach/Main in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Oscar Ortiz went 90 in SC Feucht goalless draw at Wurzburger II, also in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

GK Alex Horwath never got off the bench as Brann visited Valerenga in Norway's Tippeligaen in a 3 - 2 loss. Brann are still holding on to 3rd place despite the loss

Lyndon Gooch made his EPL debut today putting in 65 energetic minutes in Sunderland's 2 - 1 loss at Manchester City 

Mukwelle Akale gets his first senior squad minutes as he comes off the bench at minute 61 for  Villarreal in a friendly loss with  CD Leganés 3 - 2

SUNDAY


Timothy Tillman went 90 as Bayern Munich U19 hosted Freiburg U19 in a Junior Bundesliga game that saw Bayern win 2 - 1

GK Daniel Schmidt gets another Shut Out as Yamaga visit C-Osaka in Japans J League 2 and come away with a 0 - 1 win and maintain the 2nd place position

Emerson Hyndman was not in squad today (Ankle Injury) for Bournemouth in their EPL opener against Manchester United - Final Bournemouth 1 - 3 Manchester United

GK Ethan Horvath gets the Shut Out for Molde as they visit Aalesund in Norway's Tippeligaen and leave with 3 points, winning 0 - 2

Royal Fennel was in 18/DNP as Wurzburger were held at home 1 - 1 by Kaiserslautern in Germany's 2Liga

In Germany's Regionalliga (Nordost) Masami Okada went 85 as FC Schonberg visited Luckenwalde and drew 1 - 1

In Finland Kakkonen (Group C) GK Scott Angevine gets the Shut Out as YPA win again (4 out of 5) this time 1 - 0 over 2nd place MuSa

In Iceland Division 2, Vestri overcame Aegir 2 - 0 as Matt Nigro (86) Scored Vestri's opening (and winning) goal. Aegir and Jannik Eckenrode (58 + Yellow) had no answer today and have now lost 4 in a row, relegation problems really will worry them now

In Sweden Superettan, Paul Torres (90) and Assyriska fell 0 - 1 at home to Degerfors a disappointing result for Assyriska, who have lost 4 of the last 5 and are now in the relegation zone 5 points from safety, behind Degerfors

Also in Superettan, AFC United, GK Josh Wicks (90) and Tristan Bowen (59) gave up a 2nd half goal as they visited IK Frej and lost 1 - 0. AFC remain in 3rd place, and are still within range of 2nd place as Halmstad also lost today (2 points separate the teams)

In Sweden Division 2 (Norra Gotaland) Lidkopings FK beat Kortedala IF with GK Jeff Gal getting the Shut Out for Lidkopings

In Iceland Division 2, Jordan Tyler (90) and Hottur beat KV Reykjavik by 3 - 2. Hottur are in 8th (12 team league) place and look sure to end in the middle of the table, as they are to far behind for promotion, and to far ahead for relegation.

Harrison Hanley went 83 minutes for Njardvik as they drew 2 - 2 with Volsungurin Iceland's Division 2.

In Finland's Veikkausliga, Brian Span (90) was credited with the Assist on Mariehamn's first goal, as they went on to beat VPS 0 - 2. The win, the first in 5 games has given Mariehamn the top spot in Veikkausliga.

In Finland Ykkonen, Jaro with Josue Soto (90) and Kyle Curinga (90) visited GrIFK and came away 2 - 3 winners as they continue their rebound (2 wins 2 draws in last 4 games)

Mike Banner (90) and KPV hosted Gabriel Wirtz(in 18/DNP) and Jazz Pori in a 6 goal thriller that ended in a 3 - 3 draw. Both teams with something to play for, Jazz to salvage their season and escape relegation, KPV to move into a promotion spot (they are 4 points behind)

In Kakkonen (Group C) Jossimer Sanchez (90) and Narpes Kraft put together an emphatic 4 - 1 win over Lapua. Narpes are now 6 points clear of the relegation zone

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Brendon Hines-Ike and Orebro found a way to win at Hacken, 0 - 1, and break a 2 game losing streak and snatch up 3 points, in a very close grouping of teams battling for the last Europa League spot ( Malmo are 6 points ahead of this group of 4 teams)

In Norway's Tippeligaen, Start and Alex De John (in 18/DNP) gained a rare point as they visited Stromsgodset and left with a 1 - 1 draw. Start who almost certainly will be relegated playing spoiler - Stromsgodset were hoping for 3rd place after this weekend

Stabaek are still struggling, but today Cole Grossman (90) was credited with an Assist on their first goal, then later they had to fight back to get a 2 - 2 draw at Viking. Stabaek have now had 4 draws and a loss in their last 5 games, they are 2nd from bottom, but amazingly only 3 points from safety

In a friendly news, Timothy Chandler started for Frankfurt as they beat Spanish side Celta Vigo. Christian Pulisic was not in Dortmund's squad for the German Super Cup (he is playing Monday in another friendly) and Julian Green was in the 18 / DNP for Bayern Munich in their win

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WEEKEND WRAP: Sunday 8/7/2016 Features Goals, Shut Outs and Some Tough Loses

In comparison to yesterday, its been a fine day for US Players across the pond. 4 Goalkeepers had shut outs, in Japan, Sweden and Germany, with a special shout out to Scott Angevine who has yet another shut out notched on his belt, in Finland. We had two multi-goal games, in Sweden's Superettan, where Tristan Bowen found the net twice (and Josh Wicks got a shut out) in a 5 - 0 victory, and in Sweden Division 2, where Sasa Plavsic led a storming come-back in a 7 - 3 win. Jann George opened his account in Germany, and Isaac Kannah continue his scoring ways. We also had a double Assist game when Brian Span had the assist on Mariehamn's 2 goals, and finally young Brendan Hines-Ike got the start in Sweden.  So a lot to be happy about today.

To the list;

GK Daniel Schmidt and Yamaga were held to a goalless draw by Mito in Japan's J League 2. Yamaga has to watch out, 2 draws in 2 weeks has slipped them 7 points adrift of first place Sapporo, with several teams catching them up. Officially, Daniel gets a Shut Out

In Switzerland Super League, Vaduz and Caleb Stanko visited Lugano and came away with all 3 points in a 0 - 2 win, there first win of the young season. Caleb went the 90 today

In Germany 3Liga, Marc Heider (90) started and Robbie Kristo (19) came off the bench as Osnabruck could only manage a 1 - 1 draw at home to Duisburg

Also in 3Liga, Sonnenhof (GK David Yelldell did not dress today) hosted Regensburg and Jann George (90) in an exciting game that saw 7 goals and 2 red cards, as Regensburg came back from 2 goals down to win 3 - 4. Jann Scored his first league goal of the season, that tied the game at 3 apiece

AFC United needed a win to keep pace with Sirius at the top of Superettan and our two US players provided, Tristan Bowen Scored twice (AFC's 1st and 2nd) ans GK Josh Wicks got the Shut Out as AFC thumped Varnamo 5 - 0

Royal-Dominique Fennell (in 18/DNP) just watched as Wurzburger Kickers lost at Braunschweig 2 - 1 in their opener in 2Liga

In Norway Tippeligaen, Cole Grossman (90) and Stabaek had shown some life recently after a disastrous start to the season, today they slipped back as they lost their home game to Haugesund 0 - 1. The loss denied them the chance to elevate themselves from the relegation zone.

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Brendon Hines-Ike (90 + Yellow) got the nod with the starting 11 as Orebro visited #2 Norrkoping and fell 3 - 1

GK Adam Benn (90) gets the Shut Out as Niendorf 1 draw 0 - 0 with Rugenbergen in Oberliga (Hamburg)

Julian Ceesay (90) and Amberg visit DJK Bamberg and get a point in a goalless draw in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Omar Castro went 90 minutes in Braunschweig II 3 - 2 loss at Luneburger Hansa in Regionalliga (Nord)

Finland had a full schedule today with some shocking scores across the leagues

In Veikkausliiga, League leaders Mariehamn started Brian Span (61) and he rewarded his choice with 2 first half Assists. But the normally powerhouse at home Mariehamn gave up 3 2nd half goals and lost their game with cellar dwellers HIFK 2 - 5. Mariehamn still hold top spot, but now shared with HJK (@ 30 points each)

RoPS and Will John (25) had little problem with VPS as they won 2 - 0 and move into 3rd place in the league (with a game in hand over the 2 teams above them)

In Ykkonen, Jaro with Kyle Curinga (90) and Josue Soto (90) provided Ekenas GK Tim Murray with a day to forget as Jaro dismantled Ekenas 5 - 0. Jaro are still in the relegation zone, but with 1 win and 2 draws in the last 3 games are creeping to safety, and are probably feeling pretty good about their chances for survival.

Gabriel Wirtz went the full 90 in Jazz Pori's 3 - 2 win over GrIFK in a game that saw 3 changes in leads (Daniel Stevens did not dress today for GrIFK) Incidentally Jazz are bottom of the league, so with Jaro the 2 bottom teams won today

Also in Ykkonen, KTP and Isaac Kannah (90) played an amazing game against KPV and Mike Banner (90 + Yellow) with Isaac Kannah Scoring KTP's 2nd goal, they took a 4 - 0 lead, that was whittled down by KPV to 4 - 3 before KTP found the net for a 5th and put the game away 5 - 3

In Kakkonen (Group C) GK Scott Angevine (90) kept the score sheet blank with a Shut Out as YPA visited VIFK and the attack dis the rest with a 0 - 1 win. YPA who had a disastrous start to the season has now won 7 of their last 8, are well entrenched in mid-table, who knows what would be if they had started the season better

Jossimer Sanchez went 90 for Narpes Kraft, as they visited AC Kajaani, also in Group C, and were well beaten 4 - 0, the trip back home will probably be in silence. Narpes has now lost 3 of their last 4 games.

Charlie Butte (90) was on the losing side today as Burgbrohl lost 3 - 0 at Neunkirchen in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

In Israel B.Jerusalem and Adam Sparstein were on the wrong side of a 2 - 4 scoreline. H. Beer Sheva came from behind twice, before pulling away in this Toto Cup game. B Jerusalem are out.

In Norway Tippeligaen, Alex Horvath (in 18/DNP) and Brann won their home meeting with Stromsgodset 1 - 0 - which leap-frog's them over today's visitors into 3rd place (Europa League) and 1 point behind #2 Odd

Also in Tippeligaen, Alex De John (in 18/DNP) and Start continued there slide into Obos-Ligaen (2nd tier) with a 1 - 2 home loss to Odd. With no wins this season and only 7 points from 19 games survival just does not look a possibility

Christopher Harris and Boo FK played to a goalless draw at Sollentuna in Sweden Division 2 (Norra Svealand) a pretty good result for cellar dwelling Boo FK against the league leaders

Sasa Plavsic (90) who scored earlier this week was in action today for S.Kerbura as they won 7 - 3 in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Svealand) Leading his club back from a 1 - 3 deficit to Norrtalje Scoring 2 goals in the comeback

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

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

Straight to the list;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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WEEKEND WRAP: Sunday 7/31 : Features Goals in Sweden, Bosnia

Today was one of those busy, but unremarkable day's. We saw a couple of players starting with new clubs, loanee Caleb Stanko, Robbie Kristo, AJ Soares all made debut's. Ken Gipson started for RB Leipzig II, Connor O'Brien continues to start, and 2 Americans in Bosnia, Danijal Brkovic and Nermin Crnkic both played the first 2 games of the season (Brkovic has scored in both games)

To the list;

GK Daniel Schmidt and Yamaga visited Tokushima in Japan J League 2 and came away with a point as they drew 2 - 2. Yamaga has slipped into 2nd place, but still in a good position for promotion

Caleb Stanko went 90 minutes for Vaduz as they fell to league leaders, Basel in the Swiss Super League 1 - 5. This was Caleb's first appearance for his new club, probably not one he will want to remember

In Germany 3Liga, Marc Heider (87) and Robbie Kristo (13) helped their team Osnabruck win their season opener at Munster 0 - 1, good omen, lets hope

In Sweden's Superettan, GK Josh Wicks (90) and Tristan Bowen (66 + Yellow) helped get their team AFC Utd. back on track, as they beat Varbergs 0 - 2, solidifying 3rd place in the league - 2 points out of 2nd place and 4 points out of the top spot

In Germany Regionalliga (Nordost) Matsumi Okada (90) and Schonberg hosted Devann Yao (90) and BAK 07 in their season opener. Schonberg had little trouble with the visitors winning the game 3 - 0

Also in Regionalliga (Nordost) Ken Gipson (90) and RB Leipzig II won their opener at home 2 - 0 against Hertha II

In Denmark's Superliga, Connor O'Brien (90 + Yellow) has now played in all three games for Horsens and all three have been draws !! Today they kept the streak alive as Horsens and Connor drew 2 - 2 at (busy with Europa League Qualifying) Brondby

In Sweden Division 2 (Norrland) Bodens continued their travels up the league table with a 1 - 2 win at Valbo. Eddy Prugh started, went 90 and Scored Bodens first goal. Bodens are now in 3rd spot, 2 points away from automatic promotion.

In Germany Oberliga (Bayern Nord) Julian Ceesay (90) and Amberg walloped Erlenbach 6 - 0

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, GK Matt Pyzdrowski was in 18/DNP as Helsingborg visited Hacken and gained a point in a 1 - 1 draw

In Bosnia's Premier League Celik Zenica visited Radnik Bijeljina and came away with a 2 - 3 win. Danijal Brkovic Scored Celik Zenica's 3rd and winning goal in ET (90+1), that's 2 goals in 2 games for his new team

A full menu of games in Finland today

In Veikkausliiga, KuPS and GK Craig Hill (in 18/DNP) hosted RoPS and Will John (73) in a 1 - 1 draw. Just 1 point separates the two 4th and 5th spots.

Veikkausliiga leaders Mariehamn and Brian Span (90) visited Lahti and only managed a 1 - 1 draw. The result opens the door for HJK to gain and pass Mariehamn at the top, they are now just 1 point behind

In Ykkonen, Mike Banner (90) and KPV held off JJK after falling behind, to win this one 2 - 1

In Kakkonen (Group C) Jossimer Sanchez went 90 as Narpes Kraft fell 0 - 3 to MuSa (who now share top spot) Narpes are far enough above the drop zone that they should survive

GK Scott Angevine (90) and YPA had their 5 game win streak ended by league leaders OPS 1 - 3. It had to come to an end sometime, no shame in losing to top team.

In Norway Tippeligaen, #3 Brann and GK Alex Horwath (in 18/DNP) beat #2 ODD 1 - 3 - Brann are now just 1 point out of 2nd place (both Brann and ODD are in Europa League spots)

In Denmark Superliga, AJ Soares got his first 16 minutes of playing time with Aarhus as they suffered their first loss at home to Randers 1 - 2 

In Bosnia Premier League, Nermin Crnkic put in a days work for Sarajevo as they won 2 - 0 over Zrinjski, with a 1 and 1 record (4pts) they share top spot with a slew of clubs.

Cole Grossman (90 + Yellow) and Stabaek visited Stromsgodset in Norway's Tippeligaen, after 3 goals in the first 7 minutes things calmed down and the game ended a 2 - 2 draw. The fortunes of both clubs are affected by the result - Stabaek are just above the relegation zone on GD and Stromsgodset are just out of European Play, by GD

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WEEKEND WRAP: Long Weekend - Friday/Saturday - Features Goals and Opening Day's

A pretty busy weekend, that started yesterday. Leagues around the world are starting their fall seasons as most that are playing are now starting to clear-up the pro/rel situations (yes, there is plenty of time still) So far this weekend we have Goals, including a Hat-Trick and a 2 goal performance, in Australia, Finland, Israel and Scotland. We have Shut Outs by our goalkeeper core, in France and Scotland  and just for good measure 2 players appeared for Tottenham against Atletico Madrid in their friendly.

Let go to the list;

FRIDAY 

In Finland's Ykkonen,  Jazz Pori and Gabriel Wirtz (30) was on the end of a whooping 0 - 4 by TPS Turku. Jazz fall further behind, with only 1 point in last 5 games and are 9 points adrift at the bottom of the league ....sad

In Denmark Superliga, Viborg and George Fochive (in 18/DNP) have had a rough start to the season, but today's 2 - 1 win over Esbjerg has given them hope, I'm sure.

Alex De John (in 18/DNP) and Start have 7 points (7 Draws) from 18 games, today was no different from a team that just can't figure out how to win, losing 1 - 0 at Sarpsborg in Norway's Tippeligaen. Start are now 6 points behind there closest rival.

In Sweden Division 2 (Norra Gotaland) GK Jeff Gal did not have one of his best days as his team Lidkopings FK lost 2 - 0 at Grebbestads IF

In Germany Regionalliga (Nord) Omar Castro ( 90 + Yellow) and Braunschweig II visited Meppen for their first game of the season and lost 3 - 1

In France, Ligue 2 kicked of its season, and Tours with GK Quentin Westberg registered a Shut Out as they were held 0 - 0 by AC Ajaccio

In Poland, Hunter Gorskie and Legnica played the first game of the season in the Polish Division 1. Hunter went 90 and Legnica won 1 - 0 over Gornik Z. Good start to the season

GK Ciaran Nugent (in 18/DNP) and Sligo Rovers managed yet another draw at home (that's 3 draws in the last 4) in their game with #3 Derry County, in Ireland's Premier League.

FRIENDLIES

Good performance (although a loss) as 2 US players represented Tottenham as they played Atl. Madrid in a game that ended 0 - 1. Cameron Carter Vickers started and went 90, and USMNT, DeAndre Yedlin went 60 (interestingly at left back)

SATURDAY

In Australia's, NPL Victoria, the North Geelong Warriors won 3 - 0 on a HAT-TRICK by Kene Eze (72) over Whittlesea Ranges. - FYI Kene is a 24 y/o striker from Sayreville NJ and played for Pittsburgh Riverhounds before moving to Australia

3Liga kicked off in Germany, and the small contingent of US players
GK David Yelldell was in the 18/DNP for Sonnenhof as they visited Chemnitzer (Mario Rodriguez was not on the roster today) and came away with a goalless draw

GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) and Kiel welcomed Shawn Barry (67) and FSV Frankfurt for their opener in a game that ended 1 - 1

Mainz and Devonte Parker (90) started their season off with a 2 - 2 draw at home against Zwickau after falling 2 goals down, then hitting 2 in 2 minutes

Jann George (90) helped Regensburg win their first game of the season (and first game back in 3Liga) 2 - 0 over Rostock
                                                                                                                   
In Finland Veikkausliiga, Christian Eissele (8) came off the bench late for Kemi as they ended goalless with visitors VPS. Kemi are far enough the drop zone to probably be safe, but 2 points from their last 5 games will make their fans a little nervous

In Finland Kakkonen (Group A), GBK beat AC Kajaani 3 - 0. Lawrence Smith Scored 2 of the 3 as Kajaani drop their first in 5 games (and 1 spot - to 3rd) while GBK get their first win in 5 (and move up to fifth). Chris Corcoran (90) played a full game for GBK.

In Germany's Oberliga (Bayern Nord) Oscar Ortiz went the 90 as SC Feucht lost at home to Viktoria Aschaffenburg 0 - 2 - That's just 1 point in the first 4 games of the season for SC Feucht

In Scotland's BetFred Cup, Falkirk and GK Danny Rogers get the Shut Out as they win 2 - 0 over Brechin and advance to the next round

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Ostersunds and Andrew Stadler (18) were held to a goalless draw against Elfsborg

In Scotland's BetFred Cup, Peterhead won 3 - 4 over Dumbarton on PK's after an exciting match finished even at 3 - 3. Kevin Dzierzawski Scored Peterhead's opening goal (he also scored his PK), but Dumbarton came flying back taking a 3 - 1 lead, before Peterhead found the way back to equalize. The PK's were a disaster for both sides Dumbarton 'missed' 5 and Peterhead 'missed' 4 to decide the outcome

In Sweden's Superettan, Assyriska and Paul Torres (90) whooped Atvidabergs 4 - 0. Paul is still trying to get his first score of the season under his belt, and Assyriska seems to be giving the opportunity with 2x90 minute games since he joined. Today's win pull Assyriska out of the relegation zone.

In what must be the laugher of the day, Augsburg II and Benedict Laverty (30) absolutely dismantled Seligenporten 12 - 0 (Correct - Twelve) in Regionalliga (Bayern)

Alassane Kane came off the bench for the 2nd half as Bayern Hof dropped a home game to 1860 Munich II 1 - 3 in Regionalliga (Bayern)

In Sweden's Superettan, league leaders Sirius and Patrick Hopkins (90) visited Ryan Finley and Angelholms and came away with all 3 points in a 0 - 2 win. Sirius now 2 points clear at the top (5 games 5 wins), Angelholms are next to bottom

In Israel's Toto Cup, H. Tel Aviv won their opener 0 - 2 over Yehuda. Aaron Schoenfeld Scored the first (an ultimately winning) goal

Ismar Tandir came off the bench at minute 83, as Javor drew 1 - 1 with Novi Pazar in Serbia's Super Liga, so 2 draws to start the season for Javor

As a young player, its difficult to break into the first team, Theo (Sachem) Wilson is in that position. He did not make the 18 today (his 2nd time) but with his team winning in the early season most coaches will not change what's working. Today Gorica beat Radomlje 2 - 1 and puts them tied at the top of Slovenia Prva Liga. 

Don Cowan, started went 90 for Longford Town in Ireland's Premier League, as they drew 1 - 1 at home with Galway. Their second draw in as many games still leaves them 5 points adrift at the bottom of the table.

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MID_WEEK WRAP: Small Mid-Week Wrap 7/26-27 - Features Iceland and Friendlies

So enough has been going on to warrant a small update during the week. (This will be normal when the seasons all start again) Iceland was very busy yesterday 7/26. With US players participating and scoring goals. Friendlies are all over the place, and of course Christian Pulisic made the headlines with a very late goal, and a PK, in Dortmund's 1 - 2 loss to Man City

OK to the list;

WEDNESDAY

In Iceland Division 2, Hottur and Jordan Tyler (90) hosted Vestri and Matt Nigro (78) in an exciting game, well for Hottur fans anyway, as they went down form 2 early goals before Jordan led them back when he Scored in the 38th minute, after that Hottur continued to take the game to Vestri, ultimately winning 3 - 2.

In  Inkasso-deildin, GK Will Dieterich (90) got the Shut Out as Haukar visited Akureyri and came away with the 0 - 1 win

Also in Inkasso-deildin, Grindavik and Will Daniels (90) hosted Huginn and Johnatan Lama (26) as they battled to a 2 - 2 draw (Grindavik were unlucky that they missed a 2nd half PK)

Back in Iceland Division 2, Aegir and Jannik Eckenrode (90) welcomed Afturelding and found themselves losing 0 - 1 

Harrison Hanley (89) and Njardvik didn't fair any better as they visited IR Reykjavik and came away with a 1 - 0 loss

In the Iceland Cup Semi-Finals, Selfoss and JC Mack were ousted from the competition after losing 1 - 2 to Valur. JC went 90 and Scored Selfoss' only goal.

In Friendlies:

Terence Boyd started for RB Leipzig Scoring there 1st (and winning) goal as they played Royal-Dominique Fennell and Wurzburger Kickers to a 2 - 0 victory

Lyndon Gooch was an unused sub as Sunderland beat Dijon 2 - 3 

THURSDAY

Jakeem Johnson (90) and PEPO 1 continued their winning ways in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A) with a 3 - 0 win over Sudet. That's 3 wind out of 4 games to pull themselves into mid table.

GK Michael Lansing was on the bench for his first game for new club Vejle BK in Denmark Division 1. Vejle drew  0 - 0.

Hertha and John Brooks (90) hosted Danish club Brondby  in Europa League qualifiers winning the game 1 - 0 on a first half goal - is that going to be enough to take to Denmark in the 2nd leg?

In Friendlies

Dortmund and Christian Pulisic (45) had a hard day against Manchester City in a marque friendly (part of Asia International Champions Cup) Christian Scored at 90 +6 to send the game to PK's (where he did Score his) where Dortmund eventually fell 5 - 6 

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WEEKEND WRAP: Sunday 7/24/2016 - Features 2 x 2 goal games Plus more goals

Well today's game's took on an unexpected vibe. Way fewer games than yesterday involving US Players and way more goals!  First, congratulations to GK Daniel Schmidt who now has 11 shut-outs in Japan. Denmark and Moldova (yes) opened their season's for real this weekend, with many more starting this coming week or so. OK Goals!!! there were goals (7), including 2 brace's in Finland and in Germany (Friendlies), Congrats to Jakeem Johnson and Jerome Kiesewetter and, we identified a US player Florida born Mitchell Lopez who is a dual USA - Brazil, who scored in Finland today.

Lets go to the list;

GK Daniel Schmidt does it again with a Shut-out for his team Yamaga in Japan J2 as they win 1 - 0 over V-Vareen Nagasaki. This is Daniel's 11th shut-out in 24 games this season (Record is 24 games, allowed 20 goals, 11 Shut-outs)

In Denmark SuperLiga, Connor O'Brien goes 90 for Horsens as they draw 1 - 1 with Sondejyske, this makes it 2 draws in 2 games

In Denmark Division 1, Naestved and Sammy Adjei lost their season opener 0 - 1 to Nykobing.

In Sweden Division 2 (Norra Svealand) Sasa Plavsic went 90 for S. Kerbura as they visited Habo and lost 4 - 3 on a 90 +7 minute goal

Alex De John started and went 90 in Norway's Tippeligaen as Start hosted Valerenga in a bottom of the table clash and as has been the case all season Start lost 2 - 4 - even though it is only half-way through the season Start look doomed and Division One football next year looks almost certain.

Mitchell Lopez (USA/Brazil dual) Scored BK-46 2nd goal in their 1 - 3 win over EsPa in Kakkonen (Group B) Mitchel (90 + yellow) is a 23 year old MF from Opa-locka Florida, played a year for Ft Lauderdale before moving to Finland and BK-46

In Sweden Superettan, AFC with GK Josh Wicks (90) and Tristan Bowen (61) suffered a rare home loss to Trelleborgs 1 - 2. Over the past few weeks AFC has some shaky form (2w, 2l, 1d) that has toppled them from early season dominance into 2nd place (Halmstad, in 3rd, are a point below and play later today)

In Moldova, Academia Chisinau and Jairo Aquino won their season opener 4 - 1 against Ungheni in Divizie Nationala...the win puts them top on GD

In Finland Veikkausliiga Kemi and Christian Eissele (81) visited Ilves scored first but ended having to settle for a point in a 1 - 1 draw, giving them their first point in 5 games.

RoPS and Will John (25) did just enough to win 1 - 0 over HIFK and increase their unbeaten streak to 7 (in league play) and move them up to 3rd place.

In Finland's Ykkonen, an exciting game between GrIFK and Daniel Stevens (20) and Ekenas and GK Tim Murray ended in a 3 - 2 win for GrIFK. It looked as though Ekenas would grab a point when they scored in the 90th minute and made it 2 - 2, but GrIFK hit back at 90+3 to take all 3 points

In the other Ykkonen game KTP and Isaac Kannah (90) visited TPS and came away with the points as Isaac Scored the opener for KTP in their 1 - 3 win.

In Kakkonen (Group A) PEPO 1 had no trouble when they visited Futura. Jakeem Johnson Scored a brace in the 1 - 3 win, which takes them out of the relegation zone.

In Sweden Allsvenskan, GK Matt Pyzdrowski is still polishing the woodwork, and had to watch Helsingborg lose at home again 0 - 2 to Hacken. That's 4 loses in the last 5 games as Helsingborg sink lower in the standings.

In Sweden Superettan, an exciting game between leaders Sirius and Patrick Hopkins (90) and Assyriska FF and Paul Torres (90) who just transferred from Sirius. It looked like the game was going to be a laugher after Sirius took a 3 - 0 lead, then Assyriska went on a tear scoring 3 unanswered goals to tie things up shortly after the start of the 2nd half. But Sirius is just to strong this season scoring two 2nd half goals to win the game 5 - 3 and extend their first place points.

Angelholms had the unenviable task of visiting high flying Halmstad in Superettan today. Ryan Finley (90 + yellow card) and Angelholms did 'OK' losing by only 1 - 0.Halmstad now pass AFC into 2nd place splitting the two teams that have US players #1 Sirius (and now) #3 AFC. (only 4 points separate 1 thru 3) at the season mid-point.

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In Germany, 2Liga Sandhausen and Andrew Wooten (85) took on Spain's Seville in a pretty close match that Seville won 1 - 2. Sandhausen's goal was Scored by Andrew, briefly giving the hosts the lead.

In another of those laugher's, that they seem to love in Germany, 2Liga side Dusseldorf and Jerome Kiesewetter visited Regionalliga's Wegberg-Beeck, who were today's punching bag, in a 1 - 8 thumping. Jerome Scored 2 goals

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WEEKEND WRAP: 7/17/2016 Sunday Features Goals by Boyd and Gall

A day off returns from injury, a full plate of Finland football and friendlies.

Reported late last week that USMNT Terrence Boyd was back in training, well today he hit the fiels and a goal to announce his return. There are a few weeks to go till the start of the season and RB Leipzig will be happy to have Terrence back, I'm sure. Conor O'Brien is back in action for Horsens in Denmark's Superliga, he went 90 today, lets hope he stay's healthy.

3 Goals today, Terrence Boyd in a blow-out win by RB Leipzig over amateur competition, Romain Gall gets another as his team wins 2 - 0 and Marc Heider scored again - that's 2 games 2 goals for his new team Osnabruck.

Goalkeeper Scott Angevine almost got another shut-out today for YPA who have now officially turned things around from a 0-1- 5 start, with 6 wins - amazing!!

OK, to the list;

Conor O'Brien started for Horsens in their Denmark Superliga opener as they visit Aalborg. Conor went 90 as it looked like Horsens would open with a win, but Aalborg hit in the 89th minute and the game ended 1 - 1.

USYNT Romain Gall started for Nykoping in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra) as they hosted Umea. Romain went 90 and Scored Nykopings 2nd goal in a 2 - 0 win.

In a friendly, against Oberliga side FC Frankfurt, Terrence Boyd Scored the 8th goal for RB Leipzig in a 0 - 10 drubbing. Great that Terence is back and playing, he still has a month to get ready for the season

Marc Heider (90) Scored for Osnabruck as they hosted Porto in a friendly. The goal came early in the first half, unfortunately Osnabruck could not hold the lead and succumbed in the end 1 - 2

In Germany's Oberliga (Bayern Nord) Eric Friedlander came off the bench in the 75th minute for SpVgg Ansbach as they drew 1 - 1 with TSV Großbardorf. It was both teams opener of the new season (and completed round 1 of the league)

Finland had a full plate of games today....

In Veikkausliiga, League leaders Mariehamn and Brian Span (85) relied on 2 first half goals as they visited PK-35 Vanta. Mariehamn are 3 points clear at the top with the 0 - 2 win

Rovaniemi and Will John (16) took an early lead against Lahti, and then found themselves battling for the 1 - 2 win

In Ykkonen, Ekenas and GK Tim Murray (90) hosted Haka and Etchu Tabe (79) in an exciting game that saw Ekenas score twice (81,83) in 3 minutes late in the 2nd half. Ekenas won the game 2 - 1 for their 3rd win in a row

KPV and Mike Banner (90) who started the year out so well have now lost 5 in a row, including today's 3 - 0 loss to Oulu. Obviously they are slipping out of contention fast

Daniel Stevens came off the bench at the 78th minute as GrIFK lost 2 - 0 at #1 TPS Turku

In Kakkonen (Group C) GBK with Lawrence Smith (90) and Chris Corcoran (90) visited MuSa and suffered a 2 - 1 loss

GK Scott Angevine looked like he would get another shut-out, but an 84th minute goal by TP-47 put an end to that plan, but YPA and Scott won again, that's six straight wins for them (after 12 games YPA started with 1 draw - 5 loss)

Jossimar Sanchez (90) and Narpes Kraft visited VIFK and came away with all 3 points in a 0 - 2 win, a good result for Narpes who are (were) hovering above the drop zone

In Sweden Allsvenskan, Orebro and Brendan Hines-Ike (45) are a little shaky right now, they are maintaining their 4th spot but have only gotten 6 points from a possible 15 (5 games) Brendan came off the bench and played the second half and picked up a yellow card as Orebro could only manage a 0 - 0 draw.

In Norway's Tippeligaen, GK Ethan Horvath (90) and Molde were held at home by Start and Alex De John (90) in a back and forth game that ended at 2 - 2

Cole Grossman went 90 as Stabaek hit back quickly after going down 0 - 1 to Brann and GK Alex Horwath (in 18/DNP) in a game that ended all tied up at 1 - 1. Stabaek are now above the drop zone

Gorica started their season in Slovenia and won 2 - 0. Theo Wilson was not in the squad today, but I am sure he will find his way on to the 1st team.

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WEEKEND WRAP: 7/10/2016 Sunday - Features Goals and a Shut-out in Finland

So not a particularly busy day today, but we did get some action from our guys. 2 goals, an assist and a shut-out. The goals in Finland, as was the shut-out, the assist came in Norway. We have identified a couple of players in Australia's lower leagues that we will be following, today we give mention to Kene Eze who has been on fire scoring goals at will it seems. Anyway,

To the List;  

GK Daniel Schmidt and Yamaga move in to 2nd place in Japan J2 after 4 - 2 home victory over Kanazawa - Daniel has now played 22 games with a record of W13 D5 L4 he has 10 Shut-outs and has let in 18 goals - pretty good for his 1st season with Yamaga.

Daniel Stevens comes off the bench at 65th minute in GrIFK loss to league leaders JJK in Finland's Ykkonen. Final 0 - 1

Kene Eze started for North Geelong Warriors in Australia's NPL (West Victoria) as they get back to winning ways and move up to 3rd place after beating Melbourne City 2 - 0. No goal today for Kene, who has 11 goals and 3 assists so far this season (11 games)

Andrew Stadler (90) and Ostersunds beat Jonkopings 1 - 0 in Sweden's Allsvenskan breaking a 2 game losing streak.

In Finland's Veikkausliiga, Christian Eissele (90) and Kemi had no answers to league leaders HJK's attack and lost 2 - 0

GK Craig Hill gets the Shut-out for KuPS as they beat HIFK 1 - 0 in their Veikkausliiga game and move into 3rd position in the table

After this weeks Europa League loss, Brian Span got to rest on the bench as Mariehamn beat #4 Ilves 3 - 1 and maintains their position tied points at the top of Veikkausliiga (with HJK)

Will John (88) and RoPS continued their winning ways, after qualifying for the next round of the Europa League with a 2 - 1 win over Inter Turku.

In Finland's Ykkonen, it looked like Etchu Tabe (90) 35th minute goal would provide Haka with the win, but a 90 +4 goal by Jaro ruined his teams hopes of 3 points. Josue Soto (78) featured for Jaro and Kyle Curinga remained on the bench.

Mike Banner (45) only lasted the first half as KPV battled TPS Turku to a 2 - 3 loss. Today's result dropped KPV from 1st to 3rd in the league (below TPS Turku, who have the same points total)

Lawrence Smith Scored again, and Chris Corcoran came off the bench at the 60th minute as GBK gained a valuable point against VIFK to stop their 2 game losing streak with a 2 - 2 away draw.

Things could not be better for GK Scott Angevine and YPA as they continue their recovery from the disastrous start to the season. YPA have now won 5 straight (after gaining only 1 point in their first 6 games) after today's 5 - 1 drubbing of Santa Claus (this RoPS junior side)

Jossimer Sanchez (90) and Narpes Kraft suffered a huge defeat at the hands of Kakkonen (Group C) leaders OPS, after a 10th minute goal took the wind from their sails, final score 3 - 0.

In Sweden's Division 1 (Norra) USYNT Romain Gall (90) and Nykopings drew 1 - 1 with Umea. Nykopings are still undefeated in their last 5 (2W 3D 0L) 

In Sweden Allsvenskan, Helsingborg looked like they would get some needed points, but fell at the line giving up 3 2nd half goals and losing 2 - 4. GK Matt Pyzdrowski was in 18/DNP - Hmm! another case of maybe you should change your keeper?

In Norway's Tippeligaen Stabaek and Cole Grossman (90) have won a game!! Cole was also credited with the Assist as Stabaek visited Lillestrom and won 1 - 2 in a back-and-forth game that ended with the 89th minute assist by Cole. Stabaek are no longer in the bottom 3.


 

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