WEEKLY WRAP: 9.18 thru 9 24.2017: 25 Goals and Still an Empty Feeling

So we had 25 goals this week, but I still feel it was not a good week...go figure. Maybe because the goals for the most part were scored in the lower leagues, and the people that you hope would score either didn't or more likely didn't play (injury or just dropped) So lets look at the outstanding performances...Andrija Novakovich continues to shine in the Netherlands, as does Christian Pulisic in Germany. Jordan Siebatcheu played twice and scored in each game in France and Gboly Ariyibi in England has finally found his scoring touch with 3 goals in 2 weeks. My favorites Gerald Ben and Isaac Kannah have been lighting up in Finland where they have scored a goal a piece in 3 matches, and are showing how a good goal scoring tandem should be. Finally young guns Timothy Weah and Romain Gall both found the back of the net.

In goal, well the headline belongs to Jeff Gal in Sweden, where he had yet another clean sheet - and yes I have lost count - as he is ensuring his team will be in the promotion hunt in the soon to be post season.

Finally my congratulations to Valur and Dion Acoff who won the Iceland Pepsideild and will now represent Iceland in next seasons Champions League - lets hope that Dion remains with Valur and we can follow them as they look for European glory

OK, that's it....to the lists. First the short list.........

GOALS
Adam Benn - Germany
Jordan Siebatcheu - France
Travis Bowen - Macedonia
Mix Diskerud - Sweden
Andrija Novakovich - Netherlands
Christian Pulisic - Germany
Ryan Malone - Germany
Yannis Becker - Germany
Jordan Siebatcheu - France
Gboly Ariyibi - England
Marc Heider - Germany
Jack Clancy (2) - Iceland
Dallas Aminzadeh - Germany
Lyndon Gooch - England
Duane Holmes - England
Timothy Weah - France
Theo Wilson - Slovenia
Maurice Malone - Germany
Isaac Kannah - Finland
Gerald Ben - Finland
Terrence Boyd - Germany
Oscar Ortiz - Germany
Simon Megally - Sweden
Romain Gall - Sweden


SHUT OUT
Jeff Gal - Sweden

....and the longer more comprehensive list....

MONDAY

James Murphy and Sheffield Wednesday U23 hosted Giles Phillips and QPR U23 in the English PDL. QPR U23 unbeaten in their first 4 games, finally met their match as Sheffield Wed. U23 go on to win 4 - 1

Romain Gall (90 + yellow) as Sundsvall traveled to AFC Eskilstuna and won 1 - 2. The win place Sundsvall 5 points clear of the drop zone (play-off spot) in Sweden's Allsvenskan

Matthew Olosunde (90) in Manchester United U23 2 - 2 draw at Chelsea U23 in England EPL 2

TUESDAY

Sebastien Turenne Des Pres wasted no time getting into Fleetwood Towns U23 (He joined the team yesterday) and played 51 minutes in a 3 - 0 defeat by Wigan U23 in the Central League North Cup

Fabian Johnson (20) as M'Gladbach beats Stuttgart 2 - 0 in Bundesliga

Alfredo Morales was subbed off at 90 minutes as Ingolstadt held off Duisburg for a 2 - 2 draw in Germany 2Liga

Also in 2Liga, GK Kenneth Kronholm took the loss as home as visitors St Pauli win over 10 man Kiel. Kiel drop to 2nd place

Sandhausen, who have taken that #1 position from Kiel, won 1 - 0 over Union Berlin with Haji Wright getting 17', Ken Gipson (in 18) and Andrew Wooten, still not back from injury

Isaiah Young off the bench at 80' as Bremen II fall at home 1 - 2 to Hallescher in Germany 3Liga

Also in 3Liga, Joe Gyau (90) Mario Rodriguez (in 18) and Sonnenhof won 1 - 0 over Karlsruher, Sonnenhof's 2 straight win and a move up to 5th

Adam Benn (90) Scored Niendorf's 1st (& winning) Goal as they go on to beat Sasel 3 - 0 in Oberliga (Hamburg)

Weston McKennie (57) debuted for Schalke's first team...but things did not go well for them as Bayern thumped them 0 - 3 in Bundesliga. Weston was certainly a bright spot for Schalke though

Emerson Hyndman had to endure the bench until 5 minutes were left in ET, as Bournemouth had their handsful with Brighton, winning 1 - 0 in England's Carabao Cup

Antonee Robinson (90) must be wishing he was back at Everton's U23..as Bolton are trashed again, this time 3 - 0 at Crystal Palace in Carabao Cup

GK Brendan Moore was the back-up keeper for Rochdale today as they visited Bury and won 0 - 4 in England's Checkertrade Trophy

GK Quentin Westberg resumed his role as back-up keeper for Auxerre as they won 1 - 0 over L'Orient in France Ligue 2

Also in France, Maki Tall started and went 57 minutes as Tours were destroyed at home by visitors Nimes 0 - 4

Jordan Siebatcheu (67) Scored Reims 3rd Goal (PK) as they went on to beat up GFC Ajaccio in France Ligue 2. That's 4 league goals for Theo.

WEDNESDAY

Travis Bowen came of the bench and Scored Akademija Pandev 2nd Goal, in a 2 - 0 win over Pelister in Macedonia's First League. Pandev up to 2nd place

Perry Kitchen (90) in Randers 0 - 2 win over Otterup in Denmark's Landspokal Cup (Round 3)

Ashton Gotz (90) in Roda's 0 - 5 win at Capelle in Netherlands KNVB Beker

Nick Taitague (90) in Schalke U19 goalless draw at Duisburg U19 in A-Junioren Bundesliga (West)

Jacob Bushue (90) in BK-46 0 - 1 win over KaPa in Finland's Kakkonen (Group B) BK-46 are now in 2nd place, 1 point behind leaders SalPa (only 1 team advances to Promotion play-off) who they will play on Sunday 24th

Matt Miazga started for defending champions Vitesse as they lost 1 - 0 (5-3 on PK's) after ET to amateurs Swift in Netherlands KNVB Beker

Timothy Chandler (90) as Frankfurt visited FC Koln and won 0 - 1 in Germany's Bundesliga

Julian Green (90) as Furth traveled to Braunschweig and lost 3 - 0 in Germany 2Liga

Jann George only lasted the first half as visitors Regensburg lost 1 - 0 to Dusseldorf in 2Liga

Marc Heider (61) Robbie Kristo (13) and Osnabruck could not find a way through the defense at Meppen and lost 1 - 0 in Germany 3Liga

Justin Kinjo (70) as Dusseldorf U23 hosted Oberhausen in Germany's Regionalliga (West) losing at home 0 - 3

Emmanuel Sabbi (90) as Hobro traveled to Slagelse B&I and won 1 - 5 in Denmark's Landspokal Cup

Mikel Diskerud (88) Scored the matches opening goal for Goteborg but it was not enough as they fall 2 - 1 at Hammerby in Sweden's Allsvenskan

GK Josh Wicks was demoted to the bench, but Sirius continued it's seemingly unstoppable downward spiral, as the once contenders lose 3 - 1 at Jonkopings in Sweden's Allsvenskan - Sirius has lost its last 5 league matches.

GK Brady Scott was the backup keeper for FC Koln U23 as they lose 0 - 2 at home to Verl in Regionalliga (West)

Shane O'Neill (6) Desevio Payne (in 18) as Excelsior fall 1 - 2 at home to Heerenveen in Netherlands KNVB Beker

Andrija Novakovich Scored the opening goal of the match (PK) for Telstar, but they still managed to lose to 10 man VVSB (Tweede Divisie) in KNVB Beker

Bobby Wood (84) and Hamburg had no answers for Dortmund and Christian Pulisic (90) who Scored Dortmund's 3rd (his 10th) goal in a 0 - 3 rout in Bundesliga

Josh Perez (8) for Livorno as they won 3 - 0 over Lucchese in Italy's Serie C (Group A) and remain unbeaten and at the top of the table

Niall Mason (90 + yellow) as Doncaster had the job of beating Arsenal at the Emirates, they put up a valiant defense but ultimately fall 1 - 0 to the EPL side in the Carabao Cup

Eric Lichaj finally got to start again for Nottingham Forest as they traveled to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Predictable result, 5 - 1 in Carabao Cup

Lyndon Gooch (90) was given the start as Sunderland visited EPL team Everton in Carabao Cup losing 3 - 0 to make it a clean sweep by the EPL over their lower division opponents

Keaton Parks (75) as Benfica B lose 3 - 2 at Villarreal U23 in the Premier League International Cup (Group F)

THURSDAY

GK Paul Blanchette (90) as PEPO wins 2 - 1 over Mikkeli in Kakkonen (Group A) PEPO take over top spot for now) with 1 game left. KTP are 2 points behind and have 2 games left - tight

Brendan Hines-Ike (90) in Orebro's home loss to (then) last place AFC Eskilstuna...2 AFC goals in 3 minutes killed the game for Orebro who fall 2 - 3 in Sweden's Allsvenskan

GK Danny Rogers was back-up keeper as Aberdeen falls 3 - 0 at Motherwell in Scotland's BetFred Cup (quarter finals)

Stefan Antonijevic made a cameo appearance at the end of Lillestrom's 0 - 3 win over Molde in the Norway NM Cup (Semi Finals) They will play Sarpsborg in the final

FRIDAY

In Finland's Ykkonen, GrIFK with Daniel Stevens (1 min) could not hold back Honka with GK Tim Murray (90) as Honka win 1 - 2 and move within 3 points of #1 TPS. (As it stands today, Honka would play a team from Veikkausliiga in a pro/rel play-off)

Josue Soto (68) as #4 Oulu won 2 - 1 over #3 KPV in Finland Ykkonen, pretty much ensuring that KPV cannot catch Honka in the promotion race

Finally in Ykkonen, TPS done themselves a favor, staying ahead of Honka, with a 3 - 0 win over Christian Eissele (90) and Jaro

In Germany 2Liga, Haji Wright (59) and Sandhausen visited Aue, and lost 1 - 0. Ken Gipson remained on the bench for Sandhausen who drop to 4th place

GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) and Kiel beat Duisburg 1 - 3 with Kenneth 30 seconds away from a clean sheet. Kiel take over top spot in 2Liga

Masami Okada came off the bench at 68' as Babelsberg were held to a 1 - 1 draw by visitors VSG Altglienicke in Regionalliga (Nordost)

Ryan Malone (90) Scored FC Lokomotive Leipzig first (&winning) Goal as they went on to win 3 - 0 over Oberlausitz Neugersdorf in Regionalliga (Nordost) This was Ryan's 4th league goal this season

Marcel Costly (90) as Mainz II visited Schott Mainz and won 0 - 1 in Regionalliga (Südwest)

Defender Yannis Becker (90) Scored Uphusen's only Goal as they fall 2 - 1 at Cloppenburg in Oberliga (Niedersachsen)

In England's Premier League 2, GK Brandon Austin (90) and Tottenham U23 gave up 2 early goals, and they never recovered losing 4 - 2 at Liverpool U23

Also in EPL 2 action today, Matt Olosunde, only played the first half as Manchester United U23 fall to Derby U23. Matt was taken from the field on a stretcher, right at the end of the half, this looks serious, pray its not

In France Ligue 2, Maki Tall remained on the bench as Tours traveled to Orleans and fought to a 1 - 1 draw. Just the 2nd point of the season for Tours who are still bottom of the league - but a tremendous point, away from home, against a top 10 team

He just keeps Scoring, Jordan Siebatcheu (90) Scored Riems 2nd & winning) Goal as they win 1 - 2 at Quevilly Rouen in France Ligue 2. Riems are actually pulling away at the top of the table, now ahead by 4 points clear. Jordan's 5th League goal this season

GK Quentin Westberg was the back-up keeper for Auxerre today as he watched his team get its 2nd straight win 0 - 2 over Valenciennes in Ligue 2

It was a long time coming, but now Gboly Ariyibi has found his scoring mojo he can't be stopped. Today Gboly (90) Scored MK Don's 2nd Goal as they traveled to Wimbledon and won 0 - 2 in England's League One. That's Gboly's 3rd League goal in 2 weeks. MK Don's jump up to tied 8th (9th on GD)

SATURDAY

Kevin Lankford got 7 minutes as Heidenheim visited Bielefeld in Germany 2Liga and draw 1 - 1

Jann George (90) in Regensburg's 2 - 1 win over Braunschweig (who ended the match with just 8 players on the pitch) in 2Liga

Player/Coach Fabian Hurzeler (90) in Pipinsried's goalless draw with Buchbach in Regionalliga (Bayern)

Lyonel Hyer (72) in Hannover U19 1 - 5 home loss to Hamburg U19 in Germany's A-Junioren Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

Trevor Zwetsloot (90) in Bremen U19 1 - 2 win at St Pauli U19 in Germany's A-Junioren Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

Jared Oldenbeck (90) in Lindome's 1 - 0 win over #1 Sävedalens in Sweden's Division 2 (Vastra Gotaland)

Marc Heider (39) Scored Osnabruck's only goal in a 1 - 1 draw at home to Wurzburger which gets them off the bottom of the table

Joe Gyau (90) Mario Rodriguez (in 18) and Sonnenhof as they traveled to Wehen and got trashed 5 - 0

Aaron Jóhannsson played 90 for Bremen II as they visited Zwickau in 3Liga and lost 1 - 0. At least Aron got 90 minutes in, as he is in the final stages of recovery from injury

Justin Kinjo (90) as Dusseldorf U23 traveled to Erndtebrück and won 1 - 3 in Regionalliga (West)

GK Brady Scott took a 6 goal beating as Koln U23 visited Rödinghausen and lost 6 - 0 in Regionalliga (West)

Bryan Gaul came off the bench for the final 9 minutes as Elversberg visited Hessen Kassel and won 1 - 4 in Regionalliga (Südwest)

Timothy Tillman (90) in Bayern II 1 - 1 draw at home to Memmingen in Regionalliga (Bayern)

Tanner Sica (90) Jack Clancy (89) and Tindastoll won their final match 3 - 4 at Huginn in Iceland Division 2 on the strength of 2 Goals in 3 minutes by Jack Clancy. Tindastoll finish the season in 6th place

Ryan Masch (90) in Skovde's 2 - 0 defeat at Oskarshamns in Sweden's Division 1 (Sodra) Skovde are in a spot of bother, in the relegation play-off spot

GK Jeff Gal (90) and Forward maintained their 3 point lead at then top of Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Svealand) as Jeff racks up another Shut Out in a 0 - 3 win over Aspudden-Tellus.

Anton Peterlin played the 2nd half as B93 fall 3 - 1 at Hillerod in Denmark Division 2 (Group 1)

Jamil Fearrington (90 + yellow) as Bronshoj crash 3 - 0 at Skovshoved in Denmark Division 2 (Group 1)

Dallas Aminzadeh (90) Scored Blumenthaler's 3rd Goal, as they beat Bremerhaven 3 - 1 in Oberliga (Bremen)

Weston McKennie (74) as Schalke visited Hoffenheim and lose 2 - 0 in Bundesliga

Timothy Chandler (90) as Frankfurt fall 2 - 1 at RB Leipzig in Bundesliga

Kevin Olali (90) in Morlautern's 0 - 3 home loss to Jägersburg in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Demarveay Sheron (90 + Captain) Ken Gipson (90) as Sandhausen U23 lose 0 - 1 to Bahlinger in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)

Antonee Robinson (75) as Bolton lose yet again, this time to Brentford 0 - 3 at home. Bolton now just 2 points from 9 matches!!!! in England's Championship. Shame to see such a storied team in such disarray

Tim Ream (90) as Fulham hold on for a 1 - 1 draw with Middlesbrough in England's Championship.

Lyndon Gooch (90) Scored from the penalty spot to tie things up for Sunderland, but a PK awarded against them later nullified that score and Sunderland went on to lose 1 - 2 against Cardiff in the Championship. Sunderland are down there with Bolton in the bottom 3

Niall Mason (90) as Doncaster traveled to Plymouth in England League One, and won 0 - 3, that moves them out of the red zone in League One

GK Brendan Moore was the backup keeper as Rochdale had little trouble with visitors Gillingham, winning 3 - 0

Duane Holmes got the start for Scunthorpe, went 79 and Scored their 2nd Goal in a 2 - 0 win over Portsmouth. Duane's 2nd League Goal, 4th goal overall. Scunthorpe now in 5th place

In Iceland, Inkasso-deildin is done for the year, today Selfoss, JC Mack (21) faced off with Haukar and Harrison Hanley (in 18) in their season finale with Selfoss taking the match 2 - 1. Finishing 7th & 8th neither team in the Pro/Rel mix

Kyrian Nwabueze (70) made his debut today for Gorica as they beat Krsko 2 - 1 in Slovenia's Prva Liga. Gorica moves into 3rd (final Europa spot)

Andrew Stadler (90) Alex  De John (50 + Straight Red) as Dalkurd fall 1 - 0 at Varbergs in Sweden's Superettan - loss means Dalkurd are now tied for top spot (on GD) but still looking a good bet for promotion

GK Zac Lubin was the backup keeper today as Ljunskile broke their 5 match losing streak with a resounding 2 - 4 win at Assyriska in Sweden Division 1 (Sodra)

John Quintanilla (90) as Kumla defeat Michael Stewart (90) and Örebro Syrianska 2 - 1 in Sweden's Division 2 (Sodra Svealand)

Eric Lichaj on the bench as Nottingham Forest fall 2 - 1 at Aston Villa in England's Championship
? maybe time for Eric to move on?

Christian Pulisic (64) as Dortmund throttle M'Gladbach and Fabian Johnson (18) in Bundesliga

Ashton Gotz (90 + yellow) as Roda is defeated 2 - 1 by Heracles in Netherlands Eredivisie. That's 6 matches 6 losses for Roda - Hmm not good

Kyle Varley (90) as Red Star Zurich battle to a 4 - 4 draw at FC Tuggen in Switzerland 1 Liga Classic (Group 3)

Jay Denny (90 + yellow) as Newtown force a goalless draw at Prestatyn in the Wales Premier League

Mason Robertson (90) in Peterhead's 0 - 3 away win at Edinburgh City in Scotland's League Two. Peterhead move up to 2nd place

Shawn Barry remained on the bench as Korona win 2 - 1 over Wisla in Poland's Ekstraklasa

GK Tyler Back (90) as Nordvärmland hold on for a 2 - 2 draw with Stenungsunds at home in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Gotaland)

In Sweden Division 2 (Norra Svealand) both James Gulley and GK Ian McDonald-Wilkins started on the bench as Karlslunds beat Karlbergs 0 - 1, keeping pace with leaders Forward. Both teams have Americans and they both look pretty good for promotion.

Timothy Weah started and Scored the opening Goal as PSG U19 beat Orleans 3 - 1

Theo Wilson entered the match at 62' for Krka and Scored the winning goal as they beat NK Roltek Dob in Slovenia's Druga Liga. This is Theo's 3rd league goal this season.

Daquan King entered the match at 76' as FK Panevezys traveled to Dziugas Telsiai in Lithuania I Liga, winning 2 - 5

Michael Mercado (90) in Bodens 2 - 1 loss at Soderhamns in Sweden Division 2 (Norrland)

SUNDAY

Cody Sundquist (25) as Osnabruck U19 comfortably beat Kiel U19 3- 1 in A-Junioren Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

Maurice Malone (89) Scored Augsburg U19 2nd Goal as They go on to beat Unterhaching U19 0 - 3 in A-Junioren Bundesliga (Süd/Südwest)

Nick Taitague (81) as Schalke U19 won 2 - 1 over Paderborn U19 in A- Junioren Bundesliga (West)

George Fochive (90) as Viborg win a thriller 4 - 3 over Roskilde in Denmark Division 1

Christopher Thorsheim remained on the bench as Nykobing traveled to Vendsyssel losing this one 4 - 2, in Denmark Division 1.

That pair did it again in Finland Kakkonen (Group A), Isaac Kannah (90 + yellow) Gerald Ben (90) led Miki (Mikkelin Kissat) to a 3 - 1 win over GK Craig Hill (90) and Kultsu. Isaac Kannah getting the first goal, Gerald Ben getting the 3rd goal. This is the 3rd time that this pair have scored in the same game in the last 6 matches. Kultsu are now in a spot of bother, they are in the red zone (on GD) with just the 1 match left to play and its against the #3 team in the division.

In the big game of Kakkonen (Group B) Jacob Bushue (90) and BK-46 came back from a half-time deficit to draw at home 1 - 1 with leaders SalPa. So here is the run down at the top for the single promotion spot. (All teams have just 1 match left) SalPa on 43 points, Viikingt on 42 (+1 GD) BK-46 on 42. SalPa play at home against #5 TPV, Viikingt play #8 Jazz Pori at home and BK-46 play last place (and relegated) EsPa away. For BK-46 to stand any chance they have to win, and then hope for crazy results elsewhere

In Scotland's Premier League, GK Danny Rogers assumed his normal position as back-up keeper for Aberdeen as they visited Motherwell winning 0 -- 1 maintaining the #2 spot in the table

Alfredo Morales (90) as Ingolstadt traveled to Bochum and lost 2 - 0 in Germany 2Liga

Terence Boyd came off the bench at 88' and just Scored at 90' to give Darmstadt a 3 - 3 draw at home to Dresden in Germany 2Liga ? who does that!!

Julian Green (90) in Furth's 1 - 3 home loss to Nurnberg in 2Liga. Furth is in all sorts of trouble and need to start to turn things around at the bottom of 2Liga

Jordan Rouse was an unused sub s TP-47 got crushed at Narpes Kraft 6 - 0 in Finland Kakkonen (Group C)

Also in Kakkonen (Group C) Lawrence Smith (90 + yellow) Jossimer Sanchez (90) Chris Corcoran (82) and GBK won 3 - 1 over Villiketut, but with only 1 game left they cannot catch leaders AC Kajaani, and will have to settle for 2nd place, despite winning 8 straight....but a great season for GBK

Everything went wrong for Stuttgart II as they lose 0 - 3 at home to Wormatia - Joel Sonora was called into action after 21 minutes to replace an injured team-mate, then Stuttgart II needed a 2nd sub at 39' and they just never settled after that in Regionalliga (Südwest)

In Germany's Oberliga NOVF (Nord) Oscar Ortiz Scored Optic Rathenow 4th goal, and George Moushi came of the bench to debut at 63' as Rathenow went on to win 0 - 4 over CFC Hertha.

In England's Championship, Cameron Carter-Vickers (90) got a taste of the Sheffield derby, as United visited Wednesday in a thrilling 2 - 4 match that saw United pull away halfway through he 2nd half. 3 teams in the Championship share 1st place, Sheffield United are 2nd

Matt Miazga (90) as Vitesse traveled to Ajax in the Netherlands Eredivisie, and win 1 - 2, boosting them to 3rd place

Ian Prescott Claus was subbed out at the 90th minute as Suderelbe visited Buchholz in Oberliga (Hamburg) winning 0 - 1

GK Malcolm Little (90) finally got the start, but it didn't go well, as Dudenhofen visited Koblenz and lost 2 - 0 in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Julian Ceesay (90) as Gebenbach traveled to Erlangen-Bruck in Oberliga (Bayern Nord) losing 1 - 0

Alassane Kane (90) for DJK Bamberg and Malik Mclemore (90) for Bayern Hof in a Goalless draw in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

Conor O'Brien (74) in Start's 1 - 1 draw with Levanger in Norway's OBOS-ligaen. Start hold on to 2nd place (automatic promotion) with 5 matches left this season

In Sweden Division 2 (Ostra Gotaland) Peter Fives (90) Sterling Hancock (90) Simon Megally (90) Scored Nybro's only goal as they fall 1 - 4 at home to IFK Berga. Sadly Nybro looked doomed to obscurity next season

Travis Bowen started for Akademija Pandev as they win 1 - 2 at Rabotnicki in FYR of Macedonia First League. Pandev sit in 2nd place

Perry Kitchen (90) for Randers as they visited Odense in Denmark's Superliga losing 3 - 1. After the first 10 matches Randers already looked doomed..still there is time

Etchu Tabe (90) Felix De Bona (90) as Ekenas hosted Gnistan and won 1 - 0 in Finland's Ykkonen. With 2 straight wins Ekenas has pulled themselves out of relegation trouble

In Iceland Pepsideild, Will Daniels (79) as Grindavik lose again, this time at Akureyri 2 - 1

Dion Acoff came off the bench at 71' as Valur clinched the Iceland Pepsideild with a 1 - 2 win at Stjarnan and will represent Iceland in the Champions League next season. Congratulations to Valur and Dion.

Shane O'Neill (in 18) Desevio Payne (18) as Excelsior traveled to Alkmaar and won 0 - 2 in Netherlands Eredivisie

DeAndre Yedlin (90) in Newcastle's 1 - 0 loss at Brighton in the battle of the promoted (from Championship) breaks Newcastle's winning streak at 3 matches

GK Matt Pyzdrowski was the backup keeper today as Helsingborg were held at home to a scoreless draw by Falkenbergs in Sweden's Superettan

Eric Friedlander (in 18) as Nykopings battle to a 1 - 1 draw at Brage, in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra) Draw puts them 1 point above drop zone

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Romain Gall (90) Scored Sundsvall's first goal in a 2 - 2 draw at Jonkopings. Sundsvall are 3 points above drop zone

GK Ethan Horvath (90) as #1 Club Brugge traveled to #2 Charleroi and won 1 - 2 in Belgium's Jupiler League. Club Brugge lead league by 4 points, after 8 matches

Emanuel Sabbi came off the bench at 79' as Hobro fall at home 1 - 2 to Brondby on a 90th minute goal in Denmark's Superliga. Hobro slip to 4th (Brondby take over 3rd)

Bobby Wood went 90 for Hamburg, but that didn't matter as Leverkusen have a comfortable 3 - 0 win and escape the drop zone, over the 4 straight loss Hamburg team in Bundesliga

Rubio Ruben entered the match at 31' to replace an injured teammate as Stabaek drop points in a 1 - 0 loss to Kristiansund in Norway Eliteserien. 2nd straight loss for Stabaek

Stefan Antonijevic stayed on the bench as Lillstrom lose 0 - 3 at home to run-away league leaders Rosenborg in Norway's Eliteserien

GK Kris Devaux was backup keeper today for Bryne as they traveled to Honefoss and lost 2 - 1 in Denmark Division 2 (Group 2) Bryne drop to 3rd place.

Joshua Perez remained on the bench as Livorno (reduced to 10 men) beat Pistoiese 2 - 0 in Italy Serie C (Group A) which they lead, undefeated in the first 5 matches

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US Players Involved in Promotion/Relegation Race in Iceland's Top 4 Tiers

Iceland, where many young American's used to get their first taste of European Football, has lost some of its shine for US players, where we only have a handful across the top  4 leagues. (This has been the case since the growth of USL) The seasons are pretty much done and the promotions/relegation's are set. I have used the full Icelandic names for the teams in this piece.

With just 2 matches left for the top tier - Úrvalsdeild - aka Pepsideild, Valur Reykjavík, with American Dion Acoff have qualified for the Champions League next year. Their point total is unassailable at 44, with a 9 point lead.
The only other team with an American player in the top tier is UMF Grindavík with Will Daniels. Earlier in the season Grindavik looked like a contender, but they faded as the season went on and now will probably end the season 5th or 6th 

In 1. Deild - aka Inkasso-Deildin, there is only 1 match left for each team. We have 3 American's in 2 teams. Goalkeeper Will Dieterich and Harrison Hanley at Haukar Hafnarfjörður and JC Mack at UMF Selfoss. Neither team is involved in a Pro/Rel situation this season. Incidentally, the final match of the season for these 2 teams are against each other.

In 2. Deild (Division 2) there is just 1 team, with 2 American's. Tanner Sica and Gregory Conrad both play for Tindastoll, who started badly and turned things around in August. Tindastoll will end up mid-table after staying undefeated in their last 6 matches

3.Deild (Division 3) completed its season last weekend. I have only identified 2 American's at this level and their teams are going in opposite directions
Shane Haley (UVM Alum) at Thróttur Vogar finished in 2nd place and are promoted
Devonte Daryll Delroy Small at Reynir Sandgerdi has been relegated

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US Players Involved in the Promotion/Relegation Race in Finland's Top 3 Tiers

So lets look at how Finland is shaping up for US Players in respect to Promotion/Relegation

Starting in Veikkausliiga (Top Tier)
We only have one team with an American - Brian Span at Mariehamn.
With 6 matches left - Mariehamn sit in 6th with 40 points. Lahti sit in 3rd the final Europa League spot on 42 points - so with 6 matches left it is certainly possible that Mariehamn can catch them. Their current record (last 5) is 3 wins, 1 draw 1 loss - I guess I would say they need to do their job and get a little luck to qualify for European play. #1 goes to Champions League, #2 & #3 to Europa League

There are no other teams with US Players, so no relegation battle here.

In Ykkonen  (2nd Tier)
There are 4 matches left in the season

Currently TPS lead the division by 3 points for Honka who have GK Tim Murray in 2nd. KPV are 5 points behind Honka. Its a pretty good bet that Honka will finish #1 or 2...#1 is automatic promotion, #2 is a play-off situation with Team 11 of Veikkausliiga (currently HIFK) Both TPS and Honka have won their last 3, while KPV are fading - I guess I would say that Honka gets promoted which ever way the top 2 ends

In the relegation fight GrIFK look doomed - they are 5 points astray at the bottom and the competition over the next few weeks includes Honka and #4 team Haka - Daniel Stevens looks to be playing in Kakkonen next season

Note: Felix De Bona leads the Golden Boot for Ykkonen with 11 goals and Christian Eissele is 3rd with 9 goals)

Kakkonen - 3 Groups (3rd Tier)
The group winners and the best second place team have a chance of winning one of two promotion places to Ykkönen after a four team playoff. The bottom three teams in each group 10, 11 and 12 will be relegated to Kolmonen

Group A
2 Matches left

#1 KTP and #2 PEPO are locked in a great battle for the 1 spot.
PEPO has GK Paul Blanchette in their corner they sit in #2, 1 point behind KTP on 41 points
PEPO may have an ever so slight advantage as both of their upcoming opponents are in the red zone (at least on points) while KTP play 2 teams that are mid-table. Both KTP and PEPO have the same record over the last 5 matches, so nobody has an advantage of  'on a roll' 
I am guessing - this is a pick'em! 

At the bottom Kultsu with GK Craig Hill are just above the drop zone - based on GD - its just so close to call teams 10 and 11, mathematically 7 teams could still be in relegation trouble

Note. Gerald Ben is in 7th Place in the Group Golden Boot  with 6 goals

Group B
2 Matches left

Our team to follow is BK-46 with Jacob Bushue and Mitchel Lopez. They currently sit in 4th place, but only 4 points separate 1st from 4th (only 1 point between 2nd and 4th) BK-46 are on a run winning all of their last 5, but the next 2 matches are complete opposites - playing #1 SalPa and last placed EsPa (in that order) I believe that if they beat SalPa they will get into that promotion group, if not they will have to wait and see if their the best of the 2nd place teams

No relegation problems in this division 

Group C
2 Matches left

This division looks to be all but settled. AC Kajaani are 5 points ahead of GBK with Chris Corcoran, Lawrence Smith, Jossimer Sanchez & Patrick Khouri. VIFK with Ian Garrett lost the past weekend and cannot catch GBK any longer (so its a 2 horse race). It's assumed that AC Kajaani will not slip up and win the division. GBK are on a run, winning their last 5 matches, and will have to do their job winning the next 2 and hope that their point total is enough for the spot given to the best #2 team. 

At the bottom, OTP with Timothy Wilson are in last place and relegated. Mathematically TP-47 and Jordan Rouse could disappear from Kakkonen but I don't think that will happen, they only need 1 point from 2 matches to be safe

Note Lawrence Smith is tied 4th in the Group C Golden Boot with 9 goals
 
Here are the current points, with max points possible in brackets, for the 3 Groups so you can see how close this all is with just 2 games remaining - again the winner of each group and the best 2nd team qualify for the 4 team play-offs, with the top 2 play-off teams promoted to Ykkonen.

Group A
KTP 42 (48)
PEPO 41 (47)
Klubi-04 38 (44)

Group B
SalPa 42 (48)
Vikiingit 39 (45)
BK-46 38 (44)
MuSa  38 (44)

Group C
AC Kajaani 47 (53)
GBK 42 (48)

That's it - 9 teams vying for 4 places in the play-off, with 2 teams to promoted

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WEEKLY WRAP: 9.11 thru 9.17.2017: Lot's of Goals - But not by Many You Know!

So, another busy week with a ton of matches all over the world...and yes to go with that we have goals (22), assists (4) and clean sheets (5). Yeah, but hold on a minute, who are these guys scoring all these goals? Well the young and unsung are putting out their skills for you. Here...2 goal games by Timothy Tillman, Gboly Ariyibi, Gregory Conrad & Ryan Malone, exceptional performances by Andrija Novakovich 2matches, 2 goals 1 assist (and a MOTM)  Jordan Siebatcheu a goal and 2 assists in 1 game! Then we have Emmanuel Sabbi, who was on the bench for the Hobro senior squad one day , the next he scored for the junior squad and then 4 days later debuted for the senior squad (I think that defines "hunger") Cameron Carter- Vickers scored on his debut, and Andrew Stadler scored 3 minutes into extra time to give his team the win and the top spot in their division.

The goalkeepers also continued their dominance with Ethan Horvath in Belgium, Kenneth Kronholm in Germany and Jeff Gal in Sweden all piling on their clean-sheet tally's. Young Brandon Austin gets a clean sheet for Tottenham U23's and Kris Devaux who had a stellar early season (before injury) is back and adding to his value in Norway

So its been a strange week, with so many of our 'senior' players injured or on the bench its been those unsung players who have come to the fore and kept the continual growth of American soccer in the minds of teams and fans alike around the world........to the lists

First the short list........

GOALS
Emmanuel Sabbi - Denmark
Timothy Weah - France
Andrija Novakovich - Netherlands
Cameron Carter-Vickers - England
Jon-Paul Pittman - England
Timothy Tillman - Germany
George Fochive - Denmark
Andrija Novakovich - Netherlands
Timothy Tillman (2) - Germany
Alassane Kane - Germany
Jordan Siebatcheu - France
Carlos McCrary - Germany
Kevin Olali - Germany
Gboly Ariyibi (2) - England
Julian Ceesay - Germany
Gregory Conrad (2) - Iceland 
Andrew Stadler - Sweden
Ryan Malone (2) - Germany
 
ASSISTS
Andrija Novakovich - Netherlands
Jordan Siebatcheu (2) - France
Brian Span - Finland  

SHUT-OUTS
Brandon Austin - England
Kenneth Kronholm - Germany
Ethan Horvath - Belgium
Jeff Gal - Sweden
Kris Devaux - Norway

.....and the longer more complete list


MONDAY

In Denmark, Emmanuel Sabbi (who was on the bench for Hobro's senior squad on Friday) Found himself playing for the reserve team today, and Scored in the 72nd minute to give Hobro a 4 - 3 lead over Thisted. Emmanuel was subbed out at 88' and Thisted scored the equalizer at 90+3 for a final result of 4 - 4

In Finland Kakkonen (Group A) it was a 1st v 2nd as PEPO and GK Paul Blanchette (90) visited KTP - the prize - top spot in the division. Unfortunately, what looked like a positive push, with a 60th minute goal, fell apart as home team KTP, hit back with 2 goals in 6 minutes, then a red card reduced PEPO's chances of a draw, and finally KTP hammered the nail home in ET for a 3 - 1 result. PEPO are now 1 point behind and in the #2 spot (only the top team moves on to the promotional play-off)

Mix Diskerud (90 +yellow) and Goteborg pulled even at the end of the first half, and entered the 2nd half at home with hope - that was crushed a few minutes later when visitors Djurgarden scored 2 goals in 2 minutes leaving Goteborg with a home loss, the final result 1 - 3

Jordan Siebatcheu came off the bench at 71' as Reims fall 0 - 1 at home to Brest, in France Ligue 2. Two straight losses for Riems drops them to third place

Danny Williams stayed on the bench as Huddersfield lost their first match of the season, and gave up the first goals, in a 2 - 0 defeat at West Ham in the English Premier League. Huddersfield drop to 7th place.

TUESDAY

Brian Span (90) in Mariehamn's 2 - 1 win over Inter Turku in Finland's Veikkausliiga....put's them 5 points out of Europa League spot

Timothy Weah (81) Scored the winning Goal for PSG U19 in the EUFA Youth League as they visited Celtic U19 and won 2 - 3

Conor O'Brien (82) in Start's 2 - 2 draw at home to Bodo/Glimt in Norway's OBOS-Ligaen - Conor's 2nd consecutive start since joining the club

Andrija Novakovich, in his 4th start for Telstar Scored their 1st Goal to tie the game in the 1st half, as Telstar went on to a 2 - 2 draw at Jong Ajax in Netherlands Eerste Divisie. Andrija has been playing consistently, making the league Team of the Week 3 times

In the English Championship, Sunderland and Lyndon Gooch (19) hosted Nottingham Forest and Eric Lichaj (in 18 dnp) and lost their 4th straight. Nottingham broke a 2 game losing streak.

In England's League One, Mk Don's with Gboly Ariyibi (in 18/dnp) visited #2 Peterborough and lost 2 - 0. MK Don's have had a bit of an uneven season so far and sit at 15th in a 24 team league

GK Brendan Moore (90) and Rochdale looked on the wrong end of the score - then scored twice in ET to win 2 - 1 over Doncaster and Niall Mason (90). Both sides are in the lower half of the league, both on 6 points from 7 games

Usually a sub, Duane Holmes (66) started for Scunthorpe in their home match against Blackburn. Losing 0 - 1 with Blackburn making their win streak 4, while Scunthorpe has now only 1 point from their last 2 matches

Cameron Carter-Vickers (90) made his debut for Sheffield United as they traveled to Bolton and Antonee Robinson (76). Both players on loan from their EPL clubs. Cameron Scored in the first half and the goal held up for the rest of the match giving Sheffield Utd. it's 4th straight win, and moved them to 3rd place. While Bolton found no way off the leagues bottom spot - with just 2 points from 7 matches

Jon-Paul Pittman (61) Scored Torquay's only goal as they fall 3 - 1 at Bromley in the English National League, and find no relief from their horrid season (so far) as they languish at the bottom of the league, 4 points adrift already after 10 matches. Jon-Paul has scored 3 times in 7 starts

Bournemouth U23 won at Wigan U23, with Emerson Hyndman playing...that's all folks....Bournemouth did not issue a team list pre or pro match...we know that Emerson played at least 50 minutes, as a tweet mentioned a miss. Final result Wigan U23 1 - 0 Bournemouth U23

WEDNESDAY

In Finland Kakkonen (Group A) Dylan Autran (85) as Mikkeli whooped Legirus Inter 4 - 0. Mikkeli has now won 2 straight and pulled themselves 4 points above the drop zone

In Germany, Tim Tillman (subbed out at 90) Scored Bayern II 2nd (& winning) goal as they visited Nurnberg II in Regionalliga (Bayern) Final 1 - 2

In Denmark's Division One, Viborg and George Fochive (86) made it 3 wins in a row, as George Scored the 1st (& winning) Goal in a 2 - 0 home win over league leaders Vejle

In the EUFA Youth League, Tottenham U19 pummeled Dortmund U19 4 - 0 with GK Brandon Austin getting the Shut-Out

In Norway Division 2, Bryne with GK Kris Devaux (90) scored first and last, but visitors Vidar scored 3 in-between so a 2 - 3 home loss for Bryne and Kris. Bryne are still in 3rd place, just 2 points out of 1st, and 7 points above 4th place Vidar, despite the loss

In the European Champions League, Christian Pulisic (90) and Dortmund found no love at Tottenham where they fall 3 - 1 in the first game of the campaign (group stage)

In the English Championship, Fulham and Tim Ream (90) managed a 2 - 1 home win over Hull - its early season, and Fulham who are 13th (tied 11th) are only 2 points off a top 6 place.

THURSDAY

In Europa League (Group K) Vitesse with Matt Miazga (90) could not hold back Lazio and fall 2 - 3 at home in their opening group match

In Iceland Pepsideild, Valur and Dion Acoff (9) traveled to Akureyri and played to a 1 - 1 draw. Valur are 7 points clear at the top, but today's result shaved a few points off their lead. With just a few games left, Valur are still favorite for Champions League play next season

Also in Iceland Pepsideild Grindavik with Will Daniels (90) continued their downward spiral with a 2 - 1 loss at Vestmannaeyjar. Grindavik now only have 4 points from their last 5 matches

FRIDAY

Starting today with a Shut-Out, in Germany's 2Liga, GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) gets the clean-sheet as Kiel visited Aue and won 0 - 3. Kiel take over the top spot (even if its only temporary)

In Germany's 3Liga Marc Heider went 90 as Osnabruck hosted Erfurt and lost 0 - 1 - breaking their win streak at 2

Staying in Germany, I Regionalliga (Bayern) Player/Coach Fabian Hurzeler (90) as Pipinsried battles to a 2 - 2 draw at Wacker Burghausen, still in trouble the point really helps Pipinsried, and well earned at a team way above them

Fehim Dedec still waiting for his debut at Rosenheim, also in Regionalliga (Bayern) Today he sat on the bench and watched his team held to a 2 - 2 draw by Schweinfurt

In Sweden Division 2 (Norrland) Bodens with Leonard Taylor (90 + yellow) Michael Mercado (90) were held to a goalless draw by Gaellivare Malmberget - not a good result

GK Quentin Westberg was the backup keeper today as Auxerre visited #4 Nimes and got beat 3 - 0 - Auxerre in the red zone after only 1 point from last 5 matches in France Ligue 2

Maki Tall entered the match at 68' with Tours already down by 2 goals to Paris FC in France Ligue 2, which was the final result 2 - 0, like Auxerre only 1 point from the last 5 matches, and in the Red Zone

Seems that Ian Prescott Claus has lost his scoring mojo, and so has Süderelbe as they fall 0 - 4 at home to Concordia in Oberliga (Hamburg)

Andrija Novakovich had himself a day today - a Goal - an Assist and MOTM in 90 minutes for Telstar as they fight back and beat Den Bosch 3 - 2 in Netherlands Eerste Division moving them up to 10th place and still unbeaten

Perry Kitchen sat out today's match, on the bench as Randers draw 0 - 0 at home to Lyngby in Denmark's Superliga - Randers = Dead Last

GK Ethan Horvath (90) and gets the Shut-Out as Club Brugge blanks KV Mechelen 2 - 0 in Belgium's Jupiler League, taking over the top place again +2 points

Kind of disappointing that Joshua Perez did not get off the bench today for Livorno in Italy's Serie C as they visited Alessandria winning 0 - 3 and taking over 2nd place

I'm sounding like a broken record, Shawn Barry stayed on the bench as Korona lost 1 - 0 to #1 Lech in Poland's Ekstraklasa. Korona are 2 wins 3 losses in their last 5 matches and sit in 9th place.

SATURDAY

Trevor Zwetsloot (90) in Bremen U19 1 - 0 win over RB Leipzig U19 in A-Junioren Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

Nick Taitague (76) in Schalke U19 goalless draw at Bochum U19 in A-Junioren Bundesliga (West)

GK Daniel Schmidt (90) as Vegalta Sendai visited Tokyo in J-League, losing this one 1 - 0

Anton Peterlin off the bench at 78' as B93 are held in a scoreless draw by Skovshoved in Denmark's Division 2 (Group 1)

Haji Wright (59) as Sandhausen win 1 - 0 over Kaiserslautern in Germany 2Liga. Ken Gipson remained on the bench for Sandhausen

Also in Germany 2Liga, Alfredo Morales left the match after 25 minutes with, what is reported as, a thigh injury. Ingolstadt went on the win 0 - 4 at St Pauli, for only their 2nd win of the season

Masami Okada remained on the bench as Babelsberg traveled to Viktoria Berlin and won 3 -4 in Regionalliga (Nordost)

In Germany 3Liga, Isaiah Young came off the bench at 56' as Bremen II battled to a goalless draw at Rostock. Bremen II join 4 other teams on 12 points/tied 5th.

Also in 3Liga, Joe Gyau went 76' before being replaced by Mario Rodriguez as Sonnenhof traveled to Unterhaching and won 1 - 4. Sonnenhof are one of the 4 teams on 12 points (see above)

Bryan Gaul (90) in Elversberg 1 - 0 win over Ulm in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Javan Howell (90) as FSV Frankfurt hosted Joel Sonora (63) and Stuttgart II winning 1 - 0 in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Marcel Costly (90) in Mainz II 2 - 0 win over Offenbach in Regionalliga (Sudwest)

Timothy Tillman off the bench at 64' Scored 2 Goals as Bayern II romp over SpVgg Bayreuth 0 - 5 in Regionalliga (Bayern)

Oscar Ortiz got 9 minutes in at the end of the match that saw Optik Rathenow beat Zehlendorf 4 - 1 in NOVF Oberliga (Nord)

Alassane Kane (90) Scored DJK Bamberg's 2nd Goal as they go on to win 0 - 2 at #3 Wurzburger in Oberliga Bayern (Nord). 3 wins in their last 5 have pulled DJK Bamberg well off the bottom.

GK Jeff Gal keeps adding to his list of clean sheets - gets the Shut Out today as BK Forward win 2 - 0, making it 7 straight wins for the league leaders as they take care of Gute in Sweden's Division 2 (Norra Svealand)

Jared Odenbeck started for Lindome as they traveled to Vinbergs IF and fought to a 2 - 2 draw in Sweden Division 2 (Vastra Gotaland)

Nybro are just having a terrible season, today, Sterling Hancock and Simon Megalley both started with Peter Fives on the bench as Nybro visited Räppe GOIF and lost 3 - 0 in Sweden Division 2 (Ostra Gotaland)

Jamil Fearrington (90 + yellow) and Bronshoj hit the wall as they hosted BK Frem at home losing 0 - 3 - for their 5th straight loss

Ekenas with Felix Da Bona (90) and Etchu Tabe (90) have broken their losing streak with a 3 - 1 win over OPS in Finland's Ykkonen

GK Tim Murray (90) and Honka stay in striking distance of TPS Turku in Ykkonen thanks to a 1 - 2 win over Christian Eissele (90) and Jaro

Josue Soto came off the bench at 63' for Oulu as they win 2 - 1 over Daniel Stevens (27) and GrIFK. Oulu break their 3 match losing streak, while GrIFK extend their losing streak to 3 matches and are now solidly in last place (looking like GrIFK will be in Kakkonen next season)

Busy day for Jordan Siebatcheu (90 + yellow) as he Scores Riems 2nd Goal, and gets 2 Assists on the 1st and 3rd goals as Riems traveled to Sochaux and won 2 - 4. Riems break a 2 match losing streak and move into 2nd place in France Ligue 2

Jay Denny (90) in Newtown's 4 - 0 thumping of Aberystwyth in the Welsh Premier League

Jon-Paul Pittman only managed 1 half of today's match as Torquay traveled to Barrow, and battled to a 1 - 1 draw in England's National League - still no wins this season for Torquay, who have only 4 points from 11 matches and are rock-bottom

Mason Robertson (90) and Peterhead had a good day in Scotland's League 2 winning at Cowdenbeath 0 - 4, moving Peterhead up to 3rd place

In Germany's Oberliga (Hessen) Carlos McCrary came off the bench at 52' for Hessen Dreieich and Scored their 3rd Goal as they went on to win 3 - 0 over Steinbach. Hessen Dreieich 4 straight win moves them up to 4 place

Demarveay Sheron (90) in Sandhausen U23 2 - 0 loss at Weinheim in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)

Cody Sundquist came off the bench at 57' for Osnabruck U19 as they fall 6 - 3 in a goal-fest at Hamburg U19 in A-Junioren Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

GK Tyler Back was in the 18 for Nordvärmland FF as they traveled to IK Gauthiod in Sweden Division 2 (Norra Gotaland) and lost 3 - 1

Weston McKennie remained on the bench as Schalke beat hosts Bremen 1 - 2 in Germany's Bundesliga

Timothy Chandler (90) in Frankfurt's 1 - 2 home loss to Augsburg in Bundesliga

Kevin Olali (90) and Scored Morlautern's only Goal as they fall 3 - 1 at Diefflen in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)

Danny Williams (90) for Huddersfield as they draw 1 - 1 with Leicester at home in England's Premier League.

DeAndre Yedlin returned to Newcastle's team and went 90 today as they beat visitors Stoke 2 - 1 for their 3rd straight win and a share of 3rd place in the EPL with Chelsea

Tim Ream (90) as Fulham fall 2 - 1 at Burton, in England's Championship

Lyndon Gooch gets a minute as Sunderland draw 1 - 1 at Hull in the Championship. Sunderland just 6 points from 8 matches so far this season

Antonee Robinson (90) for Bolton as they lose 2 - 0 at Ipswich. Bolton have yet to win a match this season and have 2 points from their first 8 matches

Nottingham Forest lose again as out of favor Eric Lichaj remains on the bench as Forest succumb 1 - 2 to Wolves

Cameron Carter-Vickers, surprisingly, unused and on the bench for Sheffield Utd' 0 - 1 loss to Norwich (remember CCV scored last weekend in his debut)

Gboly Ariyibi (90) scored last week - and now he is on a roll Scoring 2 Goals for MK Dons as they beat GK Brendan Moore (90) and Rochdale 3 - 2 in England's League One.

Gerald Ben (90) Isaac Kannah (90) and MiKi have been a pretty good team recently, winning 3 straight but today they just didn't have it as they fall 3 - 0 at JaPS in Finland Kakkonen (Group A)

GK Paul Blanchette found himself as backup keeper today as PEPO continued its run to win Kakkonen (Group A) today they visited Keski-Uusimaa and after going down 1 - 0 came back in the 2nd half with 2 unanswered goals

Joshua Bushue (90 + yellow) was handed the Captains Arm-band today as BK-46 traveled to MuSa and won 0 - 1 in Finland Kakkonen (Group B) That's 5 straight wins for BK-46 - who are not mathematically out of the running for a promotion spot - sit 4th

Julian Ceesay (90) Scored Gebenbach's 3rd Goal as they win 3 - 1 at home over Schweinfurt in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)

In Iceland Inkasso-deildin it was not a good day for our US guy's Haukar with Harrison Hanley, who only lasted the first half were hit for 6 at home by Fylkir

Meanwhile Selfoss and JC Mack (90) got punished 4 - 0 at Throttur.
***The 2 combined games a 10 - 0 dismantling - whew!***

In Iceland Division 2 - we did much better - with Tindastoll coming back from 0 - 2 to win 4 - 2 over Völsungur. Tanner Sica (90 + yellow) and Gregory Conrad (90 + yellow) who had 2 Goals leading the revival by the end of the first half.

In Scotland Premier League, GK Danny Rogers was the back-up keeper as Aberdeen and Kilmarnock shared the points in a 1 - 1 draw. Aberdeen still in 2nd place

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Brendan Hines-Ike went 90 as Orebro fall 4 - 1 at Djurgarden

In Swedens Division 2 (Norra Svealand) Karlslunds kept pace with BK Forward for the top spot with a 2 - 1 win (in ET) James Gulley came off the bench at 73 minutes while GK Ian McDonald-Wilkins was the backup keeper today

In Sweden Division 2 (Sodra Svealand) Michael Stewart (90) as Örebro Syrianska beat Motala 4 - 2 which gave them a little breathing room in the bottom half of the table

With 4 matches left this season, Linkoping City are 9 points clear at the top of the Swedish Division 2 (Sodra Svealand) Today they won 4 - 0 over Varmbols. Chad Barson (90 + yellow) for Linkoping

Rubio Rubin came off the bench at 58' to try and help his team, Stabaek, who ere trailing Stromsgodset unfortunately he could not alter the out come and Stabaek fall 0 - 2 at home

Alex De John (18) and Andrew Stadler (7) both started on the bench, but luckily the coach put both of them on late in the match and Dalkurd with a Goal from Andrew 3 minutes into ET gave them the win at Gefle, in Sweden's Superettan. Dalkurd are 3 points ahead at the top of the league and look a good bet for promotion this season to Allsvenskan

Fabian Johnson did not get off the bench as M'Gladbach traveled to RB Leipzig and drew 2 - 2

Shane O'Neill was also left on the bench in Netherlands were Excelsior lost 1 - 2 to Heerenveen in Eredivisie

Theo Wilson came off the bench at 54 minutes as NK Krka traveled to Jadran Dekani in Slovenia's Druga Liga and fought to a 2 - 2 draw

Ashton Gotz (90 + yellow) appeared in his 2nd match for Roda as they fall 1 - 3 to Willem II in Eredivisie

Kyle Varley (90) as Red Star Zurich fall 1 - 3 at home to Thalwil in Switzerland 1.Liga Classic (Group 3) That's 2 straight losses for Red Star, still in top half of table though

SUNDAY

Maurice Malone (90) for Augsburg U19 as they visited Wehen U19, losing 1 - 0 in A-Junioren Bundesliga (Süd/Südwest)

Keaton Parks (90 +yellow) and Benfica B suffered a 2 - 0 loss at CD Cova da Piedade in Portugal's Segunda Liga - Why was Keaton playing a #6 today? Even the Benfica fans were puzzled!

Emmanuel Sabbi came off the bench at 71' , for his first appearance for Hobro as they fall hard at Midtjylland 5 - 1 in Denmark's Superliga

Ryan Malone Scored both of Lokomotive Leipzig's goals as they traveled to Altglienicke and fought to a 2 - 2 draw in Regionalliga (Nordost)

Kevin Lankford, remained on the bench as Heidenheim visited Bochum and won 1 - 2 in Germany 2Liga

Julian Green (90 + yellow) as Furth hosted Dusseldorf in 2Liga winning 3 - 1, for their first win of the young season

Jann George (58) in Regensburg's 0 - 2 home loss to Dresden, in 2Liga

George Fochive (90 + yellow) as Viborg visited Koge in Denmark Division 1 and were trounced 3 - 0, stopping their winning streak at 3 matches

Chris Thorsheim only lasted the first half as Nykobing fall 1 - 2 at home to Thisted in Denmark Division 1

Chris Corcoran (90) Jossimer Sanchez (90) as GBK traveled to Narpes Kraft and won 0 - 2 extending their win streak to 7 matches and leaving them comfortably in 2nd place in Kakkonen (Group C)

Justin Kinjo (90) as Dusseldorf U23 travel to Aachen in Regionalliga (West) and trade goals until the end with a 3 - 3 final result.

Lyonel Hyer was subbed out in ET for Hannover U19 as the battled with Hertha U19 to a 2 - 2 draw in A-Junioren Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)

GK Brady Scott was the backup keeper for Koln U23 as they draw 1 - 1 at M'Gladbach U23 in Regionalliga (West)

Toni Suddoth (90) as Pforzheim visited Karlsruher II and won 0 - 1 in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)

The frustration is mounting at Sirius as their downward spiral continues with an absolute 0 - 5 beating at home by Ostersunds in Sweden's Allsvenskan. GK Josh Wicks (90 + yellow) was between the sticks as Sirius lose their 4th straight and go from challenging for Europe play to mid-table

Travis Bowen started on the bench for Akademija Pandev as they traveled to Pobeda in Macedonia's First League battling to a 2 - 2 draw. Pandev are now 3rd (tied 2nd) a Europa League spot

Dallas Aminzadeh (90) as Blumenthaler traveled to Leher took a 2 goal lead then lost 3 - 2 in Oberliga (Bremen)

Niall Mason (90) as Doncaster dropped points at home to Duane Holmes (69) and Scunthorpe, in a 0 - 1 win for the visitors. Scunthorpe move up to the 6th spot in England League One

In Finland Kakkonen (Group A) GK Craig Hill was on the losing side as Kultsu met #1 KTP and fall 0 - 2

Today could not have gotten any worse for Ian Garrett (45) and VIFK as they visited Hercules in Kakkonen (Group C) and were dismantled by the home side in a one-sided 6 - 1 loss (VIFK's goal came in ET)

Eric Friedlander remained on the bench for Nykopings as they are held to a 1 - 1 draw with Carlstad in Sweden Division 1 (Norra). Nykopings drops into the red zone (on GD)

In Netherlands Eredivisie, Vitesse and Matt Miazga (90 + yellow) were held to a 1 - 1 draw by Venlo, who earned a 90th minute PK goal.

In Norway OBOS-ligaen, Conor O'Brien (90) as Start visited Fredrikstad and lost 2 - 1 (after scoring first) Start are still in 2nd place (automatic promotion) with 6 matches left to play

(Like Sirius in Allsvenskan) Another team in crisis is Ljunskile in Sweden Division 1 (Sodra) who have gone from contender for promotion to the lower half of the table Today they lost 0 - 2 at home to Husqvarna, making 6 straight losses since the summer break, and what was a very successful season for GK Zac Lubin has turned into a nightmare

Brian Span (90) got the Assist on Mariehamn's first goal, as they go on to win 3 - 2 over Kemi in Finland's Veikkausliiga. Mariehamn seem revitalized as they move up to 6th (2 points off a Euro place) with a 3 wins 1 draw 1 loss in the last 5 matches

Dylan Autran (44) came off early (?Injury?) as Mikkeli gave up a first half lead to lose 2 - 3 to last place Lahti in Kakkonen (Group A) ending their win streak at 2 matches

Christian Pulisic came off the bench at 66' as Dortmund demolished FC Koln in Bundesliga 5 - 0. Dortmund take over the top spot

In Norway Eliteserien, Stefan Antonijevic remained on the bench as Lillestrom were held to a goalless draw at home to Kristiansund

In Norway Division 2 (Group 2) GK Kris Devaux gets the Shut Out for Bryne as they have no trouble beating Byasen 5 - 0. Bryne has moved into 2nd place in a very close top 3 in the Division. 2 points seperate the top 3 - #1 automatic promotion #2 promotion play-off #3 better luck next year! 5 matches left in the season

In Iceland Pepsideild, Will Daniels (77) and Grindavik held off Breidablik literally down to the last minute, in a 4 - 3 win, Grindavik's first in their last 6, placing them in 5th place 6 points out of Euro play next year - but with only 2 games left the teams above would have to go through a major meltdown for Grindavik to advance

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