WEEKLY WRAP: 10.23 thru 10.29.2017: New Stars Shine and US Youth Players Outside of Germany

This week started slowly then built up to some fun things. Of note this week, Andrija Novakovich continues to shine in the Netherlands with another goal and an assist. Duane Holmes back as super-sub scores the winner in a thrilling 3 - 2 win for Scunthorpe. Theo Wilson makes it 4 goals in the last 3 matches in Slovenia, and welcome Joe Efford, who has played 2 meaningful matches this past week, in the Greek Cup, where he scored on his debut and...

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WEEKLY WRAP: 10.16 thru 10.22.2017: 14 Goals / 2 Clean Sheets in an Average Week of Action

Just a quick overview this week....I need some time off!!! An average week for our guys, but some things that I think stand out. Andrija Novakovich is killing it in the Netherlands, if he continues he will be 'hunted' by bigger clubs and it will be interesting to see if he can perform at the next level (there is no doubt that he is doing an excellent job at Telstar). Good to see McKinzie Gaines back in his squad, he played twice this week. Kind...

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WEEKLY WRAP: 10.9 thru 10.15.2017: Bad Week/Good News

It has not been a good week for American soccer - but its not all bad. The USMNT performance really provided a downer that was hard to swallow, but then I track US Players well known and not and realized that the future is actually not that dire. Here's a taste. In England, young US/UK dual Kyle Scott (19) made the bench in an EPL game for the first time for Chelsea, In Spain, Shaq Moore (20) was in the 18 for La Liga side Levante, and in Netherlands,...

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