With the major world leagues complete, its time to look at what's happening each week, primarily in Scandinavia, where the seasons have only recently started.
We have some really good stuff, Goals, Clean Sheets (2 Shut Outs in a week for Jeff Gal in Sweden) Promotion's and Relegation's to review
GOALS
Felix De Bono - Finland / Wednesday
JC Mack - Iceland
Haji Wright (3) - Germany
Nick Taitague (2) - Germany
Jalon Brown (2) - Australia
Lawrence Smith - Finland
Felix De Bono - Finland / Sunday
SHUT OUT
Jeff Gal - Sweden / Tuesday
Alex Horwath - Norway
Paul Blanchette - Finland
Jeff Gal - Sweden / Sunday
ASSIST
Mix Diskerud - Sweden
MONDAY
Mix Diskerud (90) gets the Assist on Goteborg's 4th goal as they beat up Romain Gall (90) and Sundsvall 0 - 4 away from home in Sweden's Allsvenskan
GK Matt Pyzdrowski (90) in Helsingborg's 1 - 2 win at Osters in Sweden Superettan. Matt and Helsingborg are the only undefeated team in the Superettan after 9 games.
Will Daniels (89) in Grindavik's 2 - 3 win at Akranes in Iceland Pepsideild
Dion Acoff (90) in Valur's 2 - 1 win over KR in Iceland Pepsideild. Valur tied for 1st place
TUESDAY
Jeff Gal gets another Shut Out in Forward BK's 0 - 3 away win at S.Kebura in Sweden's (Norra Svealand). Forward are top of the league, and remain undefeated after 8 games - Jeff has only let 4 goals past him this season
WEDNESDAY
Felix de Bono Scored Ekenas 3rd goal as they win 4 - 0 in Finland's Ykkonen over OPS - Etchu Tabe was an unused sub for the match
Stefan Antonijevic (90 + yellow) as Lillestrom traveled to Brumunddal in Norway's NM Cup and won 1 - 3 advancing to the round of 16
GK Alex Horwath gets the Shut Out as Brann travel to Lysekloster in Norway NM Cup and win 0 - 2 to advance
GK Daniel Schmidt was the backup keeper for Vegalta Sendai as they visited Sapporo in Japan's Levain Cup and won 1 - 2. Vegalta Sendai qualified for the play-offs for the cup - opponent is not set (at time of writing)
THURSDAY
Mayowa Alli was an unused sub as Thisted beat Bronshoj and Jamil Fearrington (90 + yellow) 4 - 1 to officially win Promotion to Denmark's First Division next season - Congrats to Mayowa and Thisted
Kyle Knotek (90) and Chad Barson (90) as Linkoping City traveled to Motala AIF in Sweden's Division 2 (Sodra Svealand) and won 1 - 3 Linkoping are still undefeated after 8 games and sit in 3rd place in the table 2 points out of first
Christian Eissele (90) and FC Jaro were held to a 1 - 1 draw with Honka and GK Tim Murray (in 18 DNP) in Finland's Ykkonen. Honka go top of the table with this win
Shane O'Neill (90) was handed the Captains armband as NAC Breda hosted Nijmegen in the Pro/Rel Play-off in Netherlands. NAC Breda will take a 1 - 0 lead into the 2nd leg with the slight advantage and possible promotion to Eredivisie
M.Tel Aviv lost 0 - 1 on PK's against Yehuda in the Final of the Israel State Cup. Aaron Schoenfeld was an unused sub in the match
GK Paul Blanchette gets the Shut Out as PEPO beats Isaac Kannah (90) and MiPK in Finland Kakkonen (Group A)
Ryan Masch (89) and Skovde are held to a 1 - 1 draw at home by Oskarshamns in Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra)
GK Tony Halterman was the backup keeper as Nordvärmland FF draw 2 - 2 with Skoftebyns in Sweden Division 2 (Norra Gotaland) Nordvarmland were 0 - 2 after 6 minutes and fought their way back
JC Mack (90) Scored Selfoss 2nd goal as they traveled to Keflavik and drew 2 - 2 in Iceland's Inkasso-deildin
FRIDAY
Kene Eze (90) as North Geelong Warriors fall at Bentleigh 3 - 0 in Australia's NPL (Victoria) North Geelong are having a hard time of it this season, they are 5 points astray of safety
GK Ciaran Nugent was the backup keeper today (he has been 'missing' for the past few games....as Galway lost 1 - 2 to Bohemians. 2nd straight loss for Galway and they drop into the red zone
Haji Wright (83) Scored 3 times, Nick Taitague (74) Scored twice Weston McKennie (90) as Schalke U19 beat up on GK Will Pulisic (90) and Dortmund 6 - 0 in the Westfalenpokal. Schalke U19 will play SV Lippstadt 08 in the Final on the 30th.
GK Will Dieterich had a tough day, as he and Grotta suffer a 0 - 3 loss at home to #1 Throttur in Iceland Inkasso-deildin
SATURDAY
Jalon Brown Scored Twice as Valentine beat Charlestown City 3 - 1 in Australia's NPL (Northern New South Wales) Valentine are having a pretty good season so far, third on the table and just 2 points out of first
Sammy Adjai (56) came off the bench early to replace an injured team mate as Naestved falls 1 - 0 at Helsingor in Denmark Division 1. Naestved are relegated to Division 2
Christopher Thorsheim (90) as Nykobing FC beat Fremad Amager 2 - 0 ending their Denmark Division 1 season in 7th place - and without a loss in their last 5 games
Dylan Williams (90) as Launceston City traveled to Davenport and lost 1 - 0 in Australia NPL (Tasmania) Launceston are bogged down in last place
GK Mike Lansing was the backup keeper for Vejle today as they traveled to Fredericia in Denmark Division 1, losing 3 - 1
Jossimer Sanchez (90) Lawrence Smith (90) and GBK win 1 - 0 on Lawrence Smith's Goal over OTP and Timothy Wilson (90) in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C)
Tanner Sica (90) started for Tindastoll as they traveled to Affurelding in Iceland Division 2. Suffering a dis-heartening 5 - 1 defeat
Devonte Small came off the bench at 61' as Reynir lost 1 - 2 to visitors Dalvik in Iceland Division 3
Its been a bad week for Sundsvall and Romain Gall (80 + yellow) as they lose their 2nd game 3 - 0 at Kalmar. That's 7 goals allowed - none scored in 2 games!! Just 3 points above the drop zone, in Sweden's Allsvenskan
BabaJide Ogunbiyi is still out injured, but his club #1 Hobro won today over #2 Vendsyssel FF - Final 1 - 0. The win gives Hobro the #1 spot and Promotion to Denmark's Superliga next season - Congrats to Hobro and Babajide
Brian Span (90) as Mariehamn travel to SJK in Finland's Veikkausliiga and grab an away point in a 1 - 1 draw.
Harrison Hanley came off the bench at 63' had a yellow card, for Haukar as they visited Thor Akureyri in Iceland Inkasso-deildin - losing this one 2 - 1
Christian Pulisic played the 2nd half in the DFB Pokal (Cup), in Germany, for Dortmund as they faced off with Timothy Chandler (72) and Frankfurt in a thriller that ends 1 - 2 in Dortmund's favor
Congrats to Christian and Dortmund
SUNDAY
GK Daniel Schmidt and Vegalta Sendai fell behind in the 2nd half, before scoring 2 goals in 2 minutes to beat Albirex Niigata in Japan's J-League. 2 wins and a draw in the last 3 games have moved Vegalta up to tied 7th
GK Steve Clark (90 + yellow) Conor O'Brien (45) and Horsens win 3 - 2 (4 - 3 agg) over Esbjerg in Denmark's Superliga (Relegation Playoffs) and will continue to the next (final) round with high hopes of surviving relegation
UPDATE: Horsens will play the Home/Away Relegation Playoff against Vendsyssel FF - 5/31 (H) and 6/4 (A)
Anton Peterlin (90) Marcus Salandy-Defour (9) in B93 1 - 0 win over Aarhus Fremad in Denmark Division 2 (Promotion Group). B93 sit in 5th place on the table
Mayowa Alli (90) in Thisted's commanding 0 - 3 win at Marienlyst in Denmark Division 2 (Promotion Group). Thisted has already won promotion to Division 1 next season and will win the division 2 crown
Kyrian Nwabueze started for Shirak in Armenia's Premier League, losing 3 - 1 at league leaders Alashkert. Shirak has qualified for the Europa League next season
Ian Garret was an unused sub as VIFK traveled to AC Kajaani, losing this one 2 - 1. VIFK firmly mid-table in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C) after 5 games
Jamil Fearrington (90) in Bronshoj 2 - 0 win over Dalum IF in Denmark Division 2 (Promotion Group)
GK Jeff Gal gets the Shut Out, as BK Forward dismantle IFK Aspudden-Tellus 7 - 0 in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Svealand) Forward, as with their name, going in the right direction....top of the table and undefeated this season - 2 Shut Out wins for Jeff and his team this week
Felix De Bona (90) Scored Ekenas only goal in a 1 - 1 draw at Gnistan in Finland's Ykkonen, Etchu Tabe came off the bench at 68' - this is Felix 2nd goal this week. After a horrid start losing their first 3 games Ekenas has had a good week, with 1 win and a draw.
In Sweden, Eric Friedlander would have got his first start for Nykopings, but the Sweden Division 1 (Norra) game was postponed.
In Switzerland, Caleb Stanko (90 + yellow) in Vaduz 2 - 2 draw at Luzern in Super League. Unfortunately Vaduz is relegated
Shane O'Neill (90 + yellow) as NAC Breda destroy Nijmegem 1 - 4. and with that NAC Breda return to Eredivisie next season - Congrats to NAC Breda and Shane on the Promotion
GK Zac Lubin (90) as Ljungskile win 2 - 1 over Assyriska BK in Sweden Division 1 (Sodra). Ljungskile are in third place (on GD) after 7 games (only 1 loss)
Mix Diskerud (84 +yellow) as Goteborg are held to a 1 - 1 draw by Elfsborg in Sweden's Allsvenskan. 4 points out of 6 this week seems pretty successful, but a home draw will dull the happiness over that
In Denmark Superliga (Relegation Group) Viborg and George Fochive (in 18 DNP) lost a close game to Aarhus 1 - 0. Viborg will now have to face Division 1 / Third Place FC Helsingor in the pro/rel game - this will decide their fate
GK Alex Horwath was the backup keeper for Brann as they hosted Aalesund in Norway's Eliteserien and found themselves in a battle that had an OG and a red card - with a final of 1 - 1 and the loss of at least a share of the top spot in the league for Brann. (They are 2nd on GD)
Stefan Antonijevic was an unused sub as Lillestrom blasted Tromso 4 - 1, after Tromso scored in the 1st minute of play. of this Norway Eliteserien match up.
In a match between the only 2 Iceland Premier teams that we follow, Grindavik and Will Daniels (74) held on to beat Valur and Dion Acoff (75) 1 - 0 in Pepsideild - both teams are on 10 points / 2nd place with Valur have the edge on GD
Kyle Gurrieri (90) for Nordvärmland FF as they visited Stenungsunds IF in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Gotaland) Nordvärmland FF won the game 1 - 2 GK Tony Halterman was the backup keeper for this match
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