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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WEEKEND WRAP: Friday/Saturday/Sunday Features Goals (11) and Assists (5)

Sorry a little late with the wrap this week. Here we go, not a bad weekend, some exciting stuff in Germany's Bundesliga, as Pulisic, Johnson and Johannsson all feature in their games. Game winning goals for Shane O'Neill, Omar Castro, Harrison Hanley and Jakeem Johnson for their teams. OK I gotta do the Bundesliga bit, Christian Pulisic is amazing every one although his position as a starter is still not guaranteed, a goal and 2 assists should create a circumstance where leaving him on the bench becomes more difficult. Fabian Johnson and Aaron Johannsson faced off in a cracking game  at M;Gladbach, both players had assists, but the game also saw Aaron receive a straight red (for descent) reports on Monday am has Aaron saying that the referee mis-heard his comment - well I guess we will see how that plays out. Also in Germany, in the U19's McKinzie Gaines had himself a game for Wolfsburg U19's scoring twice and getting an assist. Unusual for American goalkeepers, no shut out's this weekend. Finally we are still waiting for Matt Miazga to get on the field at Vitesse and two players surprisingly didn't get on the pitch this weekend, DeAndre Yedlin at Newcastle and Lynden Gooch at Sunderland, BTW both of the teams lost. OK to the list, as is normal now, the short version is directly below, the long version below that;

Here's the short version;

GOALS

Shawn Parker (Germany)
Shane O'Neill (Netherlands)
Royal Fennell (Germany)
McKinzie Gaines x2 (Germany)
Christian Pulisic (Germany)
Omar Castro (Germany)
Kevin Dzierzawski (Scotland)
Aaron Schoenfeld (Israel)
Harrison Hanley (Iceland)
Jakeem Johnson (Finland)

ASSISTS

McKinzie Gaines (Germany)
Christian Pulisic x2 (Germany)
Fabian Johnson (Germany)
Aron Jóhannsson (Germany)

And here's the long version;

FRIDAY

In Finland Veikkausliga, Kemi and Christian Eissele (6) lost 3 - 1 in their away game at HIFK (HIFK are fighting possible relegation)

GK Craig Hill was on the bench (he is KuPS backup keeper) as his team fought for a 1 - 1 draw at Lahti (KuPS are sitting in 5th place , 1 point out of 3rd and a Europa League spot)

Will John entered the game at minute 58, and helped Rovaniemi (RoPS) win 1 - 0 against relegation bound PK-35. RoPS win was very important moving them into the leagues 3rd spot, in what looks like a battle that will go down to the wire for the final Europa League spot. The gap between 3rd and 6th is 1 point and the loss of any points could be fatal for participation in next seasons European contest.

A Goal-Fest at Bochum, Russel Canouse's (in 18/DNP) team exchanged goals freely with Nurnberg and Shawn Parker (27), who Scored their 4th goal, and picked up a yellow, in a 5 - 4 loss at Bochum in 2Liga

Marc Heider, who played for the opposition for many years, went 90 as Osnabruck visited Kiel and came away with a 0 - 1 win, which must satisfy Marc, and make Osnabruck happy as they move into a tie for the top spot in 3Liga.

Brandon Hines-Ike came off the bench late in a fierce 3 - 3 draw between his team Orebro and Sundsvall in Sweden's Allsvenskan. The draw did not help Orebro keep pace with the rest of the league leaders as they are now tied 4th, but 5 points adrift of a Euro spot

Sirius still dominate Sweden's Superettan, today Patrick Hopkins went 90 as his team beat Varnamo 2 - 0 extending their lead at the top of the league to 7 points

In France Ligue 2, Jordan Siebatcheu (64) and Reims held Sochaux to a 1 - 1 draw to get an away point and a shared first place in the league. Difficult to know if this is 2 points lost or 1 gained?

GK Quentin Westberg (90) was on the losing side today as Tours fell 1 - 3 to Nimes in Ligue 2 as they drop into the relegation zone

Rubio Rubin was an unused sub as Utrecht sunk deeper and continued there poor form losing 1 - 5 at home to Groningen (Desevio Payne is still not fit to play)

In Erste Divisie Shane O'Neill came off the bench at minute 75 and Scored the winner (Breda's 3rd) in NAC Breda's 2 - 4 win over Waalwijk and move into a 3-way tie for 2nd place and promotion.

In Germany's Regionalliga (Nordost) RB Leipzig's Ken Gipson (90) and USMNT Terence Boyd (90) were lucky to get a 1 - 1 draw at Babelsberg after scoring 2 minutes into extra time.

Julian Ceesay (90) and FC Amberg visited Oscar Ortiz (90) and SC Feucht in a goal-fest that had SC Feucht win 4 - 3 in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Charlie Rugg (28) would probably preferred to stay on the bench for Pirmisans as they were dismantled by Hoffenheim II 6 - 0 in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

In Ireland's Premier League Don Cowan (90 +1) visited Finn Harps and completed their mission 0 - 1 on an early (17) goal. This is Longford's first win since March, that's 24 games ago. Draw's have kept them alive but the team above them is on 19 points - 6 above Longford - looks like the drop for Longford and Don Cowan

SATURDAY

Andrew Wooten (66) and Sandhausen visited Braunschweig in Germany's 2Liga and lost 2 - 1 to the league leaders - who are yet to lose this season 5 for 5

Jerome Kiesewetter only played the final 8 minutes as Dusseldorf lost their first game of the season at Heidenheim in 2LIga

Mitchel Lopez went 90, as high flying BK-46 lost 2 - 0 at FC Espoo in Finland's Kakkonen (Group B)

Lawrence Smith went 90 and Chris Corcoran 13 as GBK hosted TP-47 and won without much trouble 3 - 0 in Finland Kakkonen (Group C) This is GBK's 3rd straight win

Devonte Parker (3), came on late for Mainz II in Germany's 3Liga as they fell 2 - 1 at Bremen II

Royal Fennell (90) Scored as Hallescher had to come back in the 2nd half after going down 0 - 1 to Shawn Barry (90) and FSV Frankfurt in 3Liga where the final result was a 1 - 1 draw - FSV has yet to win this season.

Jann George went 77, picked up a yellow as Regensberg had their handsful with Fortuna Koln, that was drawn on a 90+4 goal by Regensburg as they hold on at home 2 - 2

GK David Yelldell was an unused sub for Sonnenhof as they drew 2 - 2 with Aalen in 3Liga

Brian Span (90) as Mariehamn visited SJK in Finland's Veikkausliiga in a game that had more importance to Mariehamn as they battle for top spot in the league and either a Champions League or Europa League. Today they failed to gain any points losing this one 1 - 0 - that's 2 losses in the last 3 games.

McKinzie Gaines (68) Scored twice and had an Assist as Wolfburg's U19 squad visited JFV Nordwest in Junior Bundesliga (Nordwest) That's 5 goals in 3 games for McKinzie

Alassane Kane went 90 for Bayern Hof as they fall at home 1 - 2 to Greuther Furth II in Regionalliga (Bayern)

Julian Green was an unused sub for Bayern and Alfredo Morales went 63 minutes for Ingolstadt in a 3 - 1 home victory for Bayern

In what is the biggest US Player story of the day, Christian Pulisic (90) Scored and had 2 Assists as Dortmund throttled Darmstadt 6 - 0. Christian receives MOTM from most sites and from what I saw of the game he deserved it - is it time to move from hype to belief??

Timothy Chandler (90 + yellow) had himself a day for Frankfurt, giving up an 87th minute PK (that Chicharito missed) to Leverkusen that would have tied the game - but with the miss Frankfurt held on to win 2 - 1

RB Leipzig were all over Bobby Wood (83 + yellow) and Hamburg as they handed them a painful home defeat 0 - 4. For those wondering Terence Boyd and Ken Gipson played on Friday for the RBL reserves

In England's Championship, Danny Williams (90 + yellow) and Reading visited Barnsley and came away with all 3 points in a 1 - 2 win

DeAndre Yedlin watched Newcastle fall 0 - 2 at home to Wolves in a game that saw Newcastle give up an OG and suffer a Red Card - Benitez needs Yedlin (IMHO)

Eric Lichaj (90) and Nottingham fell 1 - 2 at home to Norwich,  as they, Norwich battles to return to the EPL

Gboly Ariyibi went 90 in Chesterfield's convincing 3 - 0 win over Northampton in England League 1

Duane Holmes played the first half as Scunthorpe visited Shrewsbury and took all 3 points in a 0 - 1 win. Scunthorpe are now on top of the standings with a game in-hand

GK Paul Rachubka took his normal spot on the bench, as back-up, and watched as his team Bury beat host Swindon 1 - 2 in England League 1

Not a good day for GK Brendan Moore as Torquay visited Boreham Wood and lost 2 - 0 in England's National League

Jon-Paul Pittman (90) started for Harrogate as they visited Bridlington in the 2nd (Qualifying) round of the FA Cup. the game ended 1 - 1 with a replay in the week - but it shows if you don't take your opposition seriously you can be in for a shock

Will Daniels went 90 for Grindavik as they visited Akureyri in Iceland Inkasso-deildin and fell 2 - 1 after leading for most of the match. Akureyri are running away with the league at this point, unbeaten in their last 7

JC Mack went 90 for Selfoss as they visited GK Will Dieterich and Haukar in a game that end in a 1 - 1 draw

Johnatan Lama (21) and Huginn continue their disappointing season with a 0 - 4 loss to Kopavogur. Huginn are just 3 points above the drop zone and really need some points and some luck

Omar Castro Scored Braunschweig II's first (and winning) goal as they visited Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and came away 0 - 2 winners

Matt Nigro (90) and Vestri just didn't have it today as they are well beaten at Grotta 4 - 0 in Iceland Division 2

Jannik Eckenrode (90) and Danial Kuczynski (84) were on the losing side as Aegir fell 4 - 2 at Volsungur in Iceland Division 2

In Scotland's Premier League Bjorn Johnsen (72) got his first start and Perry Kitchen went 90 as Hearts fall 1 - 0 at St Johnstone as both teams now share 2nd place in the league.

Kevin Dzierzawski gave Peterhead a 0 - 2 lead after he Scored at Stenhousemuir. Unfortunately Peterhead could not hold the lead and ended having to be satisfied with a 2 - 2 draw, in Scotland's Championship

Andrew Stadler joined the action in the 60th minute, but could not help his team Ostersunds as they are beaten 2 - 0 at Kalmar after giving up 2 goals in 2 minutes, in Sweden;s Allsvenskan

GK Josh Wicks (90) and AFC hit a bump in the road at GAIS in the Superettan as they drew 1 - 1 - AFC are still in the hunt for promotion, but are a point off automatic promotion spot and may need to play a play-off to get there

GK Jeff Gal and Stephen Golz found themselves on the losing side as Lidkopings lost their home game 1 - 2 to Rynninge IK in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Gotaland)

A game leading Score from Aaron Schoenfeld did not hold up as H Tel Aviv gave up 3 goals in a 3 - 3 draw with Shmona, in Israel's Ligat ha'Al

Joel Sonora went 81 for Stuttgart II as they win 1 - 2 at Trier in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Eric Friedlander was an unused sub in Ansbach's 4 - 0 win over Frohnlach in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

GK Bakary Sanyang let 3 in and his team Pfeddersheim lost 1 - 3 to Schott Mainz in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Jordan Tyler (90) and Hottur were totally embarrassed by Afturelding 7 - 2 in Iceland Division 2 as Hottur's season is skidding out of control

Fabian Johnson (85) had an Assist for M' Gladbach as they hosted Aron Jóhannsson (36 + Assist + RED card) As M' Gladbach dominates in first half, with 4 goals - the game ended 4-1. Evidently the Iceman melted down and was sent off for dissent

GK Ethan Horvath and Molde fall 1 - 0 at Viking in Norway's Tippeligaen. Josh Gatt was in the 18, but did not play. Molde are slowly falling out of contention for the final Europa League spot.

Hunter Gorskie (in 18/DNP) as Legnica failed to hold on to a 2 goal lead at home to Katowice in a game that ended 2 - 2 in Poland Division 1

GK Danny Rogers had a solid outing as Falkirk, who have now won 3 straight, defeated Dundee United 3 - 1 in Scotland's Championship. Falkirk now tied for 3rd place

The new normal for Brad Guzan, in 18/DNP. as Middlesborough were dismantled by Everton 3 - 1 in the English Premier League

Johnathan Spector (90) as Birmingham beats Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 1 in the English Championship putting them into the top 6 (tied 3rd with 2 other teams) Good result for Birmingham

Harrison Hanley (90+5) Scored Njardvik's only goal as they draw 1 - 1 with visitors KF in Iceland Division 2. Njardvik had trailed 0 - 1 for most of the game, until Harrison's goal saved the point

Robbie Kristo played in the Osnabruck Oberliga squad today going 70 minutes in their 1 - 1 draw at Cloppenburg

Louis Bennett III is still trying to get his debut in, as he was in 18 for the 3rd week in a row, but DNP for Anorthosis in Cyprus First Division. Today they drew 2 - 2 with Zakakiou. Anorthosis have yet to lose this (early) season and sit in 6th spot.

Matt Miazga (in 18/DNP) sits out another game at Vitesse as they win 2 - 0 over GA Eagles in the Eredivisie

SUNDAY

GK Daniel Schmidt (90) and Yamaga are still on pace for promotion despite a 'blip' today in a 1 - 1 draw at Kusatsu. Sitting in 2nd place of Japan's J-League 2 and with teams closing in on them, every point is critical

In Finland, Jakeem Johnson Scored the winning goal for PEPO as the hosted MPS in Kakkonen (Group A) and won 2 - 1. At my reckoning that's 14 Goals in 11 Games for Jakeem

In (Group C) Kakkonen, Jossimer Sanchez went 90 as Narpes Kraft beat GK Scott Angevine and YPA 3 - 1 in a mid-table battle. YPA has now lost 3 straight

In Finland's Ykkonen, Mike Banner was an unused sub as KPV were held to a goalless draw by Oulu. Only 6 points separates #5 KPV from the #1 spot held by JJK

In Germany Junior Bundesliga (Sud) Toni Suddoth went 90 as Stuttgart U19 visited cross-town Stuttgart Kickers in a game that ended 1 - 1, on a 90th minute Kickers goal

In Junior Bundesliga (West) Haji Wright was subbed out at 90 minutes and Weston Mckennie went 90 and picked up a yellow as Schalke U19 beat Dortmund U19 2 - 1

In Denmark Division 1, Babajide Ogunbiy (90 + Yellow) and Hobro were well beaten, as they visited Fremad Amager, 4 - 1. Hobro has slipped a little, down to 4th place

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, GK Matt Pyzdrowski had a rare appearance as Helsingborg fell 1 - 2 at home to #1 Norrkoping. As it stands, Helsingborg will have to play a Rel/Pro play-off to stay in Sweden's top flight

The least said the better about Stoke and Geoff Cameron, now firmly at the bottom of the EPL and based on performances so far this season, likely to stay there. Today's happy opponent was Crystal Palace who whipped Stoke 4 - 1

George Fochive (90 + yellow) and Viborg visited #1 Brondby in Denmark SuperLiga and came away with all 3 points in a 1 - 2 win, on an 81st minute OG

Dallas Aminzadeh came off the bench at 72minutes to help Oldenburg in their 3 - 0 win over Egestorf-Langreder in Germany's Regionalliga (Nord) Oldenburg played most of the 2nd half with 10 men

Paul Torres (90 + yellow) as Assyriska take on IK Frej in Sweden Superettan in a game that ended goalless

Jochen Graf was an unused sub as Oskarhamns falls 3 - 1 to Oddevold in Sweden Division 1

Really surprised that Lynden Gooch was an unused sub as Sunderland visited Tottenham in the EPL and lost 1 - 0

Daniel Stephens went 90 as GrIFK were beaten at home 1 - 2 by TPS Turku in Finland's Ykkonen

Gabriel Wirtz was an unused sub (1st game back after injury) as Jazz Pori played to a 1 - 1 draw with KTP and Isaac Kannah (90) - Both teams are in the relegation zone

Conor O'Brien (90) and Horsens lost ground today as they fell 0 - 2 to #1 FC Copenhagen in Denmark Superliga

GK Alex Horwath (90) and #2 Brann visited Bodo/Glimt in Norway's Tippeligaen and came away with a 1 - 3 win that keeps pace at the top of a very tight league battle

Also in Tippeligaen Stabaek with Cole Grossman (90) visited Odd and won 0 - 1 Stabaek are now 2 points away from escaping the relegation zone

When the league top team meets the bottom team the out-come is pretty much decided before a kick of the ball, so no surprise that Start and Alex De John (90) were defeated at #1 Rosenborg 2 - 0 in Norway's Tippeligaen (Rosenborg are 18 points clear at the top, Start are bottom and 50 points behind them)

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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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TRANSFERS: Summer 2016 - The Final List of Americans who Moved

So here's my listing of moves made by Americans through the Summer Transfer window. I think I have most of them..if you think someone is missing let me know please.. I did the list by Country, bold are 'better known' players (D) are dual's who are still US eligible. If like me you track US players I believe that this will be useful for you....Here we go with the list:

Germany

David Yelldell -  David Yelldell has signed for Sonnenhof  (3Liga)
  
Jerome Kiesewetter moved from Stuttgart to Dusseldorf (2Liga)

Marc Heider Moved from Kiel to Osnabruck (3Liga)

Bobby Wood moved from Union Berlin to Hamburg (Bundesliga)

Bryan Gaul from Bahlinger to Kickers Offenbach (Regionalliga)

(D) Robin Purdy moved from Pirmasens II to Herschberg (Oberliga)

(D) Fabian Hurzeler moved from 1860 Munich II to Pipinsried (Oberliga)

Irvin Parra joined Seattle Sounders 2

Mario Rodriguez moved from M'Gladbach II to Dynamo Dresden (2Liga)
Mario was loaned to Chemnitzer (3Liga)

(D) David Spies released by Augsburg II

Ryan Malone  moved from Magdeburg to Stuttgart Kickers (Regionalliga)

Zach Steffen returned to MLS/Columbus Crew

(D) Ken Gipson moved from RB Leipzig to RB Leipzig II (Regionalliga)

Matthew Taylor signs with Offenbach (Regionalliga)

Piakai Henkel moved from SV Linx to Bahlinger SC (Oberliga)

Gabriel Padilla moved from Seligenporten II to ASV Neumarkt (Oberliga)

Oscar Ortiz moved from Dergah Spor Nürnberg to SC Feucht (Oberliga)

Eric Friedlander moved from Eintracht Bamberg to SpVgg Ansbach (Oberliga)

Evin Nadaner (previously no team) moved to FC Sonthofen (Oberliga)

Benedict Laverty to FC Augsburg II (Regionalliga)

(D) Kenneth Kronholm moved from Elversberg to Kiel (3Liga)

Travis Cantrell moved from VIFK to FC 07 Bensheim (Verbansliga)

Russell Canouse moved from Hoffenheim II to Bochum (2Liga) - this is a long term loan 

Charlie Rugg moved from Eintracht Trier to FK Pirmasens (Regionalliga Sudwest)

Dallas Aminzadeh moved from FC Rodange to Vfb Oldenburg (Regionalliga Nord)

Alassane Kane  moved from Bamberg to Bayern Hof (Regionalliga Bayern )

(D) Shawn Parker signed with Nuremberg (2Liga)

Justin vom Steeg signed with Dusseldorf (2Liga)

Mael Corboz signed with  Duisburg (3Liga)

Royal-Dominique Fennell signed with Hallescher (3Liga)

Weston McKennie signed with Schalke U19


England

DeAndre Yedlin has signed with Newcastle United (Championship)

Gedion Zelalem (Arsenal) return from loan from Rangers (Scotland)

(D) Jon-Paul Pittman move from Grimsby to Harrogate (National League)

Cody Cropper has signed with MLS/NE Revolution

Duane Holmes has signed with Scunthorpe  (League One)

Emerson Hyndman move from Fulham to Bournemouth (Premier League)

Zak Whitbread released by Shrewsbury

Tim Howard move to MLS/Colorado Rapids

Gabriel Rosario (a young American Goalkeeper) has joined Reading FC U18

Brad Guzan move from Aston Villa to Middlesbrough  (Premier League)

Paul Rachubka has joined Bury FC (League One)

Jack McBean signed with Coventry City (League One)

Taylor Rice signed with Poole Town (National League South)

Colan Balkwell signed with Chelmsford City (National League South)

Denmark

Mike Lansing, Goalkeeper from Bucknell moved to Vejle (Denmark Div. 1)

AJ Soares moved from Viking to AGF Aarhus (Denmark)

Ryan Finley has joined Naestved BK (Division 1)

France

Alejandro Bedoya moved from Nantes to MLS/Philadelphia Union

Kyle Duncan moved from Valenciennes U19 to Valenciennes ( League 2)

Dylan Romney moved from Inter Milan to Paris FC II (CFA 2) 

Scotland

Craig Reed was released by Cove Rangers

Chris Konopka joined MLS/Portland Timbers

(D) Danny Rogers from Aberdeen to Falkirk (Championship) - Loan.

Bjorn Maars Johnsen joined Hearts (Premier League)


Italy

(D) Dylan Romney moved from  Savona to Inter Milan (return from loan) Dylan has signed with Paris FC II (France)

Robert Kristo moved from Spezia Calcio (was on loan at Tuttocuoio) to Vfl Osnabruck (Germany 3Liga)

Israel

Ryan Adeleye left Hapoel Jerusalem for USL

Adam Sparstein joined B. Jerusalem (Ligat Ha'al)

Jason Gorskie joined Bnei Sakhnin (Ligat Ha'al)

Ireland

Pat McCann joined Sligo Rovers (Ireland Prem)

Armenia

Edgar Espinoza released by Shirak

Éder Arreola released by Shirak

Christian Chaney moved from Ararat to USL/Sacramento Republic 

Bryan de la Fuentes moved from Ararat to Shirak

Bosnia

(D) Nermin Crnkic moved from Slovan Bratislava to Sarajevo (Bosnia Premier League)
 

(D) Danial Brkovic signs with Celik Zenica (Bosnia Premier League)

Cyprus

Louis Bennett II has joined Anorthosis (Division 1)

Latvia

Papa Abdoulaye Faly joined BFC Daugavpils  (Virsliga)

Netherlands

Travis Brent released by Almere City (July 1st)

Charles Kazlaukas moved from De Treffers to JVC Cuijk (Derde Divisie / 4th tier)

Matt Miazga moved to Vitesse (Eredivisie)  year long loan from Chelsea

Shane O'Neil has joined NAC Breda (Erste Divisie) loan from Apollon Cyprus

New Zealand

Chris Schultz has signed with Canterbury United (Premier League)

Matt Wiesenfarth signed with Canterbury United (Premier League)

Norway

Anthony Avalos released by Vard Haugesund

Portugal

Pedro Galvão left Gil Vicente for NASL/ FC Edmonton

Serbia

(D) Ismar Tandir moved to Javor Ivanjica (SuperLiga)

Spain

Benjamin Machini  moved from RCD Mallorca B to Barakaldo CF (Segunda B Group 2)

John Neeskens joined CF Gava (Segunda B Group 3)

Emmanuel Sabbi joined Las Palmas

Shaq Moore moved to Levante UD (Segunda Liga Group 2)

Sweden

Paul Torres moved from IK Sirius to Assyriska FF (Superettan)

Austin Gochneaur joined Lidkopings FK (Sweden Division 2)

Stephen Golz joined Lidkopings FK (Sweden Division 2)

Christopher Harris joined Boo FF (Sweden Division 2)

Ryan Finley was released by Angelholms

Switzerland 

Caleb Stanko moved to FC Vaduz (Switzerland) - this is a long term loan

South Africa

(D) Dino Ramic released by Highlands Park FC

Ukraine

Eugene Starikov released by Choronomorets

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WEEKEND WRAP: Friday/Saturday/Sunday - Reduced Schedule but still Goals

So we have a reduced schedule this weekend with the International break, but a few games in the lower leagues produced some goals, a shut-out etc. and a bunch of American's plying their trade. That in mind not a whole lot to write as an introduction, and straight to the list;

The short version first;
GOALS
Eddy Prugh (Sweden)
Jon-Paul Pittman x2 (England)
Lawrence Smith (Finland)
Aris Briggs Zustra (Germany)
Sasa Plavsic x2 (Sweden)

SHUT-OUTS
Bakary Sanyang (Germany)

The full list of players and action;

FRIDAY

Alassane Kane came off the bench (62) as Bayern Hof lost at home 1 - 3 to Memmingen in Germany's Regionalliga (Bayern)

In Poland Division 1, Hunter Gorskie was an unused sub in Legnica's 2 - 0 win over Chojniczanka

Ryan Malone (90) started for Stuttgart Kickers as they came back with an 86th minute goal to draw Ulm 3 - 3 in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Oscar Ortiz went 80 minutes as SC Feucht beat Frohnlach 2 - 1 in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

In Sweden Division 2 (Norra Gotaland) GK Jeff Gal and Stephan Golz, both went 90 minutes as Lidkopings FK visited Skoftebyns IF and came away with a point after an 89th minute goal gave them a 2 - 2 draw

Charlie Rugg came off the bench with 20 minutes left and helped his team Pirmasens win their home game 2 - 1 over FC Astoria in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

SATURDAY

In Sweden Division 2, Eddy Prugh Scored again, as Bodens visited Skelleftea FF and lost this one 3 - 1 after Eddy had tied things up a 1 - 1

In Finland's Ykkonen, Etchu Tabe (90) and Haka hosted Mike Banner (26) and KPV in a game that KPV should have won, but, they allowed 2 goals in the final 3 minutes, that gave Haka a 3 - 2 win (Haka break a 2 loss run, while KPV are now in a 2 game spin)

In Finland Kakkonen (Group A) both Jakeem Johnson and GK Nathan Stokie went 90 for PEPO as they visited JaPS and came away with a 1 - 1 draw and the point

Mitchel Lopez (90) and BK 46 had no answers today as they visited FC Honka, in Kakkonen (Group B) and left humbled by a 5 - 1 loss

In Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) GK Bakary Sanyang (90) got the Shut Out for Pfeddersheim as they won their home game 2 - 0 over FSV Salmrohr

In England League One, Gboly Ariyibi (90) and Chesterfield could not hold on to their first half lead, as they visited Wimbledon and lost 2 - 1

GK Paul Rachubka was an unused sub (he is the back-up GK) as Bury, buried Port Vale 4 - 1, after a stellar 3 - 0 first half. Its Bury's first win since the season opener

2 Goals Scored by Jon-Paul Pittman, 6 minutes apart gave Harrogate the first half lead as they hosted Curzon Ashton in England's National League North. Unfortunately Harrogate could not hold their lead and drew this one 2 - 2 (Harrogate are still unbeaten this season, and sit in 2nd place)

Emerson Hyndman went 90 in Bournemouth's 1 - 2 loss to AC Milan in a friendly

Julian Ceesay went 90 as Amberg visited Alemannia Haibach and lost 3 - 1 in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

In Iceland Inkasso-deildin, Will Daniels came off the bench at minute 84 to help his team Grindavik win their home game 1 - 0 against Fjardabyggd and take the top spot in the league - Grindavik 41 points and Akureyri 40 points look a safe bet for promotion, as they are 10 points+ clear of the 3rd place team.

In Iceland Division 2, Daniel Kuczynski (79) and Jannik Eckenrode (18) helped Aegir win their home game against KV 1 - 0 which pulled them even with KV in the battle to stay relevant in Icelandic soccer as they climb out of the relegation zone

 In Portugal, Segunda Liga, Keaton Parks (3) made his debut, off the bench, for Varzim as they lost at home to Desportivo Aves 0 - 2 This was Keaton first appearance, although he has been on the bench 3 times this season.

Harrison Hanley (79) and Njardvik visited #2 Afturelding and played to a goalless draw - not a bad result for Njardvik

Jordan Tyler (90) and Hottur visited Magni in Iceland Division 2 and came away with a 0 - 1 win on a late 90 +5 goal

Kevin Dzierzawski (120) and Peterhead had already shocked Dundee United with a win at their last meeting, and they took it down to the wire today as they lost 3 - 2 in ET (116) after battling back from a (-1 minute) Dundee goal that opened the game in Scotland's Challenge Cup

GK Danny Rogers (who is a dual US/Ire) played for Ireland's U21 (clean sheet) yesterday so was not available for Falkirk's 6 - 1 win over Elgin City today in the Scottish Challenge Cup

In Sweden Division 1 (Norra) Romain Gall went 84 as Nykopings BIS won their home match v Vasteras SK 2 - 1 - that's 2 wins in a row for Nykopings who still trail Vasteras by 2 points

Christopher Harris played the first half as Boo FK fell 1 - 0 at Varmdo in Sweden Division 2 (Norra Svealand)

JC Mack went 90, as Selfoss visited league leaders Akureyri and fell 1 - 0 in Iceland Inkasso-deildin

A late, late goal by Lincoln City beat GK Brendan Moore and Torquay 1 - 2 as they drop home points

SUNDAY

In Germany, Regionalliga (Nord) Omar Castro (90 + Yellow) and Braunschweig II visited SV Eichede and came away with all the points in a 0 - 1 win - these are Braunschweig II's first points of the season, in 6 attempts

In Oberliga (Hamburg), GK Adam Benn (90) and Niendorf 1 hosted VFL Pinneberg 1, and won 2 - 1 to break a 3 game losing streak

In Finland Ykkonen, GK Tim Murray (90) and Ekenas fell 1 - 2 at home to Jazz Pori. Ekenas are now just 1 point above the relegation zone

In Finland Kakkonen (Group C) Narpes Kraft and Jossimer Sanchez (90) had no trouble dismantling FC Santa Claus 5 - 0 (GK Tyler Back was dropped from Santa Claus following last week 6 - 0 drubbing - seems that their problem is a lot bigger than at GK) Narpes now have a 4 game unbeaten streak going

Lawrence Smith (90) Scored and GBK went on to win their home game against PPT 3 - 1. GBK are in 4th, but maybe just a little to far behind to expect a shot at promotion this season

GK Scott Angevine (90 + Yellow) and YPA had a tough first half, in a game that had 7 goals and 2 red cards, despite the fight back, YPA fell 4 -3 at Hercules in Finland Kakkonen (Group C)

Some days are best forgotten, Jochen Graf (56) and Oskarshamns had a day like that today, visiting Landskrona and being thumped 4 - 0 in Sweden Division 1 (Sodra)

Charlie Butte started, went 90 as Burgbrohl got well beaten at Koblenz in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) 4 - 0

Aris Briggs Zustra, Scored and Osnabruck II won their game at Heeslinger 0 - 2 in Oberliga (Niedersachsen)

In Finland's Ykkonen, GrIFK won 2 - 0 over KTP despite a RED Card from Daniel Stevens. Issac Kannah went 90 for KTP in this game as GrIFK pulled out of the relegation zone with the win, and KTP stayed put and in trouble

In Sweden Division  2 (Norra Svealand) Sasa Plavsic Scored 2 goals (1 PK) as S. Kerbura hosted Karlbergs and were defeated 2 - 6. After a pretty good season S.Kerbura has hit a bad-spot losing 3 straight, but still sit in 6th spot.

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