May 21, 2017

WEEKEND WRAP: 5-19-2017: Up and Down all over Europe & More

So, its been a very busy weekend with lots to talk about (18 Countries), although if I say 2 goals 1 assist 2 shut outs it doesn't sound like much. Let see........

Maki Tall makes his senior debut and scores, Jordan Siebatcheu scores the goal that gives his team the top spot in their promoted team. Keeper Jeff Gal makes in 7 games undefeated in Sweden....come on guy's a lot happened this weekend. Mael Corboz, Kenneth Kronholm will play in Germany's 2Liga next season and if all goes well Jann George will join them, Weston McKennie and Haji Wright were on the senior squad roster for the first time in Bundesliga Keeper Ethan Horvath will be starting in the UCL for Club Brugge next year....all of this adds to the earlier reported DeAndre Yedlin and Newcastle in the EPL, Aaron Schoenfeld and M.Tel Aviv in Europa League, Dortmund and Christian Pulisic in UCL - there is so much good news for our guys over there....its time to celebrate a great season.

OK here the extremely short version........

GOALS
Jordan Siebatcheu - France
Maki Tall - France

ASSISTS
Geoff Cameron - England

SHUT OUTWill Dieterich - Iceland
Zac Lubin - Sweden
 
........and the longer comprehensive version  (with goals, assists, clean sheets, debut's and  ups and downs

FRIDAY

Brian Span (90) as Mariehamn traveled to HIFK in Finland's Veikkausliiga and grabbed a point in a 1 - 1 draw

Etchu Tabe (90) in Ekenas 0 - 1 loss at home to Honka in Finland's Ykkonen. Ekenas have started the season in the worst possible way - 3 straight loses!!

Jacob Bushue (90) Mitchell Lopez (90 + yellow) in BK-46 0 - 2 win at host FC Jazz in Finland's Kakkonen (Group B). BK-46 get their first win of the season

Timothy Wilson (90) in OTP's 0 - 3 loss at home to league leaders AC Kajaani in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C). OTP only 1 point from 4 games!!

Devonte Small was an unused sub as Reynir traveled to Ægir and grabbed a point in a 2 - 2 draw in Iceland 3rd Division

Jordan Siebatcheu Scored from the spot tieing the game and providing the point that gave Chateauroux the top spot in the French National League. Chateauroux had already grabbed promotion, but its sweet to win the league as well. Congratulations to the team and Jordan on a great season

Meanwhile in France's Ligue 2, USYNT Maki Tall makes his 1st team debut for Tours and Scores 5min after coming in off the bench (54'). Unfortunately it was in a losing effort as Tours lost 3 - 2 at AC Ajaccio. But how great is that, Maki Debut and Goal.

GK Jeff Gal (90) and BK Forward continue their winning way's, remain undefeated after 7 games and lead Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Svealand) following a 2 - 1 over Habo. Jeff has only allowed 4 goals this season.

Kyle Knotek (90) Chad Barson (90) as Linkoping City were held 2 - 2 in Sweden Division 2 (Sodra Svealand) by Kumia. Linkoping retains its lead (for a short while) following the draw, and like BK Forward in the North, they remain undefeated through 7 games.

GK Danny Rogers was the backup keeper for Falkirk as they battled Dundee Utd in their attempt to gain promotion into the Scottish Premier League. The attempt came up short as they fell 1 - 2 on the day and 3 - 4 on agg. Still, an excellent season for Falkirk, and they came so close.

SATURDAY

In Australia NPL (Victoria) Kene Eze (90) as North Geelong defeated Pascoe Vale 1 - 0 on a 90+4 goal. The win gets the Warriors off the bottom of the table

Jalon Brown and Alec Faulkner both started for Valentine Phoenix in Australia's NPL (Northern NSW) as they beat Weston 2 - 1. Valentine are in 3rd place in the table

Kyrian Nwabueze started for Shirak as they won 2 - 3 (nearly gave away a 3 goal lead) against hosts Ararat in the Armenian Premier League

GK Daniel Schmidt (90) and Vegalta Sendai visited Yokohama in Japan's J-League and grabbed an away point in a 1 - 1 draw, which breaks their 2 game losing streak

Last day of the regular season for Germany's 3Liga, Mael Corboz was not in the squad today as Duisburg beat Zwickau 5 - 1 and clinched top spot - 2Liga awaits next season

GK Kenneth Kronholm was the backup keeper today (I am assuming some kind of fitness situation) as Kiel shut-out Royal Fennel and Hallescher in 3Liga. Kiel have gained Promotion to 2Liga next season, while Hallescher will regroup and wonder what happened at the end of the season (only 2 points from their last 5 games) Final 3 - 0

Jann George left the game at 28' (?injury) but Regensburg found a way to win 0 - 1 at Munster and will now face an as yet unnamed opponent in a pro/rel match with a team from 2Liga, after Sunday's games

Another team that was flying high mid-season Sonnenhof ended in 10th place after losing 4 - 1 at Erfurt. GK David Yelldell was the backup keeper for Sonnenhof, Joe Gyau and Mario Rodriguez are both injured and saw little action in the last few weeks. Sonnenhof only managed 2 points from their last 5 games.

Devonte Parker was an unused sub as Mainz II won 4 - 0 over Koln in a game that was for pride at Mainz II as they are relegated to Regionalliga next season. Mainz II surprisingly ended the season undefeated in the last 5 games, only dropping 2 points in that period....if only they had performed like that earlier

No Marc Heider or Robbie Kristo for Osnabruck on their close-out game, which ended goalless. Osnabruck ended in a respectable 6th place, while Paderborn are relegated to Regionalliga

The final relegation team, Shawn Barry (90) and FSV Frankfurt were well beaten by Wehen 4 - 1 - Shawn was given the Captains arm-band for today's game

So 3Liga will look a lot different for us next season - 2 teams (possibly 3) are promoted to 2Liga and 2 teams relegated to Regionalliga - 3 teams remain in 3Liga (assuming that our players remain with their current clubs) to try again next season

Jamil Fearrington (90) as Bronshoj beat Marienlyst 1 - 0 in Denmark's Division 2 (Promotion Group) Neither team had much to play for in this game. Bronshoj face league leaders Thisted next

Kyle Gurrieri (90 + yellow) GK Tony Halterman (90) as Nordvärmland FF fall at Lidkopings FK 5 - 4 in a game that saw them come so close to completing the comeback, in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Gotaland)

Ismar Tandir started for FK Sloboda as they fall at home to FK Krupa 1 - 3 in the Bosnian Premier League (Championship Group) Sloboda are even with Krupa in 4th place but they both trail Sarajevo by 14 points

Hunter Gorskie was an unused sub as Legnica won 3 - 2 at home to Tychy in Poland's Division 1. Legnica are in 3rd place 2 points behind 2nd place Sosnowiec and promotion with 2 games left to play

Marcus Salandy-Defour came off the bench to replace an injure team-mate in the 24th minute, Anton Peterlin went 90 as B93 fall 1 - 0 at Kolding IF in Denmark's Division 2 (Promotion Group) These two teams are tied in 3rd place and chasing Brabrand for 2nd spot and promotion

Mayowa Alli came off the bench for the final 15 minutes, as Thisted had little trouble as they traveled to Dalum IF in the Denmark Division 2 (Promotion Group) Thisted are 13 points ahead of the pack with only 1 loss in the last 17 games, and promotion looks assured

In Germany's Bundesliga, Christian Pulisic got to play the 2nd half as Dortmund battled Bremen to a 4 - 3 final score. Dortmund end the day 3rd in the table and will play in UCL next season - Congrats to Dortmund and Christian

Timothy Chandler (90) wore the Captains arm-bad as Frankfurt hosted high flying RB Leipzig and held the visitors to a 2 - 2 draw

Bobby Wood, went 90, despite reports he is nursing a sore knee, to help Hamburg survive in Bundesliga - mission accomplished as the home team scored with only 2 minutes left, to win 2 - 1 in a thriller.

John Brooks only lasted the 1st half as Hertha hosted Leverkusen in their attempt to make European football happen next season. Well, Hertha lost big 2 - 6, but ended the season in 6th place, (they were tied with Koln but dropped by GD) and will enter the Europa League in the qualification round, that's what happens when you lose 3 of your last 5

Oh so cool, both USYNT Weston McKennie (13) and Haji Wright (in 18 DNP) got the opportunity to dress for the senior squad at Schalke as they traveled to Ingolstadt and Alfredo Morales, who got 1 minute of playing time, and played to a 1 - 1 draw. Alfredo and Ingolstadt are relegated to 2Liga, Schalke ended up 10th, and will start planning their 2018 season campaign for Bundesliga

Fabian Johnson managed 74 minutes as M'Gladbach hosted Darmstadt in a game that had little meaning in Bundesliga, the game ended 2 - 2. Darmstadt who still had Terrence Boyd out injured are relegated to 2Liga. My personal opinion is that Terrence will not be with Darmstadt next season

Stefan Antonijevic came off the bench in injury time as Lillestrom traveled to League Leaders Rosenborg and battled to a 1 - 1 draw, in Norway's Eliteserien. An excellent result for the visitors who are struggling some, so far, this season

Omar Castro off the bench at 55' in Braunschweig II 1 - 2 loss to Wolfsburg II in Regionalliga (Nord)

Masami Okada (90 + yellow) in Schonberg's 2 - 1 win over Neustralitz in Regionalliga (Nordost)

Charlie Rugg left the field at 20 minutes (?injury) as Pirmasens beat Steinbach 2 - 0 in Regionalliga (Südwest)

Matt Taylor (50) Bryan Gaul (90) as Offenbach fall 2 - 0 at Stuttgart II in Regionalliga (Südwest)

Alassane Kane played the 1st half as Bayern Hof fall 0 - 1 at home to Schalding-Heining in Regionalliga (Bayern)

Oscar Ortiz went 90 in SC Feucht's 0 - 1 home loss to ASV Neumarkt in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Fabian Hurzeler (90) as Pipinsreid fight back from a 2 goal deficit to draw 2 - 2 with DJK Vilzing in Oberliga (Bayern Sud)

GK Bakary Sanyang and Pfeddersheim won their final game of the season 2 - 4 at FC Karbach in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Kevin Olali (90) in Morlautern's 1 - 1 draw at home to Pirmasens II in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Not a good day for GK Malcolm Little as Haunstein visited Koblenz in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) and lost 3 - 0

Eric Lickert (11) for Freiburg II as they beat Balingen 3 - 0 in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)

Demarveay Sheron (90) in Karlsruher II 2 - 3 loss at home to SV Spielberg in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)

In Iceland Inkasso-deildin, JC Mack (90) and Selfoss lost their first game of the season to GK Will Dieterich (90) and Grotta - Shut Out goes to Will in a 0 - 1 win. Selfoss still shares the lead at the top of the table

Kevin Dzierzawski was an unused sub for Peterhead as they are well beaten 1 - 5 on the day, 2 - 7 on aggregate by Forfar, in the 2nd leg of their relegation battle. Peterhead are relegated to Scotland's League 2 next season, after only 1 season in League 1.

GK Zac Lubin (90) gets the Shut Out as Ljungskile traveled to Husqvana in Sweden Division 1 (Sodra) and managed a goalless draw. This is Zac's 3rd shut out in Ljungskile's first 6 games of the season (4 GA)

Tanner Sica (90) Neil Slooves (90) in Tindastoll's 1 - 3 loss to Njardvik in Iceland Division 2. This was Neil's debut match for Tindastoll

GK Alex Horwath was the backup keeper for Brann as they traveled to Sogndal in Norway's Eliteserien and won 2 - 3 . Brann move into 2nd place on the table after 3 straight wins

Brendan Hines-Ike (90) in Orebro's goalless draw at Halmstad in Sweden's Allsvenskan. Orebro breaks 4 game losing streak with the draw

GK Steve Clark (90) Conor O'Brien (19) as Horsens travels to Esbjerg and comes away with a point in a 1 - 1 draw in Denmark's Superliga (Relegation Play-offs) 1st leg - actually an away draw should give Horsens the advantage at home next week

Aaron Schoenfeld (90) in M.Tel Aviv 0 - 2 loss to B.Jerusalem in Israel's Ligat ha'Al (Championship Group) M.Tel Aviv had already qualified for the Europa League, and held on to 2nd place in the league - Overall, a pretty successful season

Caleb Stanko (45) only got the first half in, as Vaduz fall 2 - 1 on the road, to #3 Lugano (who currently hold the spot as Switzerland's representative in Europa League) a tall order, and although the score looks close the game was not Vaduz goal came in ET

SUNDAY

Bjorn Johnsen (90) Perry Kitchen (in 18 DNP) as Hearts traveled to Celtic, losing 2 - 0 in Scotland's Premier League (Championship Group). Hearts end the season with 4 straight losses, 5th place

In Denmark 1st Division, Sammy Adjai (18) as Naestved are held goalless by league leaders Hobro. With 1 game left, Naestved will be relegated

Chris Thorsheim (90) as Nykobing FC traveled to Skive in Denmark 1st Division and won 2 - 3. The win makes little difference for Nykoping, who are firmly mid-table, but Skive slipped in their effort to gain promotion

GK Mike Lansing was the backup keeper today as Vejle hosted Helsingor, losing 0 - 1 at home to the #3 team

Lawrence Smith (90) Jossimer Sanchez (90) as GBK traveled to KajHa and won 1 - 3. GBK's first win of the season, and a lift off the bottom in Finland's Kakkonen (Group C)

GK Ethan Horvath started and went 90, as Club Brugge hosted Gent and won 2 - 1 - Club Brugge and Ethan will play in the UCL next season. Gent will play in Europa League. (Kenny Saif a US dual who declared for Israel scored Gent's goal)

Shane O'Neill (90 + yellow) as NAC Breda hosted Volendam in the Play-offs in Netherlands. Shane picked up a yellow, but survived the game as Breda win 2 - 0 (4 - 2 on agg) and move on to the next round

GK Josh Wicks (90) and Sirius had a spot of trouble holding visitors Hammarby to a 1 - 1 draw. Sirius slipped to 4th, even though they are undefeated in their last 5 matches

In Germany 2Liga

Russell Canouse was an unused sub as Bochum fall 1 - 3 to St Pauli. Bochum finished 9th

Jerome Kiesewetter (90) as Dusseldorf hosted Aue and won 1 - 0 finishing the season with 2 wins, in 11th place

Kevin Lankford (78) as Heidenheim won 2 - 1 over 1860 Munich on 2 late goals (86 + 90+4) Good job from Heidenheim who finished 6th (1860 in relegation play-off which I believe will be against Jann George and Regensburg)

Julian Green was an unused sub in Stuttgart's 4 - 1 drubbing of Wurzburger take the top spot in the table and are promoted back into the Bundesliga. Julian has spent much of the season on the bench - no word on his future at this point

In the English Premier League, Lyndon Gooch came off the bench at 62' as Sunderland ended their season, and their time in the EPL with a 5 - 1 loss to EPL Champions Chelsea

Cameron Carter-Vickers is still suffering with a knee injury so playing today was out of reach, but Tottenham won with ease as they crushed Hull 1 - 7. Tottenham had already earned their spot in the UCL, hopefully CCV will be a starter next season

GK Brad Guzan can finally put a horrid experience at Middlesbrough behind him (assuming his move to Minnesota is still on) today saw relegated Middlesbrough whooped 3 - 0 at Liverpool (who snagged England's final UCL spot)

Geoff Cameron (90) provided the Assist on Peter Crouch's goal as Stoke won their final game of the season 0 - 1 at Southampton, finishing the season at 13th.

Danijal Brkovic started on the bench as Celik Zenica faced off with Olimpic Sarajevo in Bosnia's Premier League (Relegation Group) and won with ease 4 - 1 . Celik are undefeated in their last 5

Daniel Stevens was an unused sub in GrIFK's defeat at KPV in Finland's Ykkonen. GrIFK only 2 points in their first 4 games

Isaac Kannah (90) in Mikkeli's (MiPK) goalless draw with Lahti, in Finland's Kakkonen (Group A)

Harrison Hanley in his debut for Haukar, came off the bench at 79' helped his team fight back for a 1 - 1 draw with IR in Iceland's Inkasso-Deildin. Haukar are undefeated after 3 matches

GK Kris Devaux, after a run of 4 straight shut outs gave up a 2nd half goal, as Bryne visited Vidar in Norway's Division 2 (Group 2) and managed a 1 - 1 draw on an ET goal, to remain in 3rd place, and undefeated on the season.

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