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
