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 in the Greek Football League (2nd tier) for Ergotelis. Alfredo Morales needed 2 matches to get a goal and an assist, but that's cool and finally Joe Gyau and James Murphy both get their first league goals of the season.
Again, this week is riddled with young players trying to make their mark. As mentioned Joe Efford in Greece, then Kai Koreniuk and Maurits De Baar in Netherlands and Rafael Antonio Iacovelli in Italy as well as Ander Egiluz and Khai Celestin in Spain. The number of young Americans is increasing in Europe (and outside of Germany), which IMHO is great news. We are already seeing stars appear in the ranks of US youth, Tim Weah, Josh Sargent, Chris Durkin as examples, these players will be joined by lesser known players over the coming year or so, and will make up, what I believe, will be a USMNT like we have never seen before (well I can speculate right?)
Sweden's leagues will complete next week, while the rest of the major leagues will continue to battle it out, so see you all next weekend for the weekly wrap.
Here's the short list.........
GOALS
Alfredo Morales - Germany
Joe Efford - Greece
Marcel Costly - Germany
James Murphy - England
Joe Gyau - Germany
Jordan Siebatcheu - France
Duane Holmes - England
Maurice Malone (2) - Germany
Victor Mansaray - Sweden
Andrija Novakovich - Netherlands
Theo Wilson - Slovenia
ASSISTS
Alfredo Morales - Germany
Andrija Novakovich - Netherlands
SHUT OUT
Malcolm Little - Germany
....and the longer, more comprehensive list.....
MONDAY
GK Brandon Austin was the backup keeper as Tottenham U23 faced off in the local derby with Arsenal U23 and won 3 - 2 in England's PL2
Stefan Antonijevic (90) in Lillestrom's 1 - 0 loss at Odd in Norway's Eliteserien
Perry Kitchen (90) in Randers 1 - 1 home draw with Aalborg in Denmark Superliga. Randers still in last place
GK Zach Lubin was the backup keeper for Ljungskile as they won easily by 4 - 0 over Qviding in Sweden's Division One (Sodra) That's 3 straight wins for Ljungskile
Luca De Le Torre started for Fulham U23 as they visited Wolves U23 in England's PL2 and won 1 - 4
James Murphy started for Sheffield Wednesday U23 as they visited last place Bolton U23 and lost 3 - 1 in England's PDL
Kai Koreniuk, off the bench at 79' could not help Jong AZ as they fall 2 - 1 at FC Oss in Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Haji Wright & Ken Gipson both remained on the bench as Sandhausen gave up a 90+ goal and draw 1 - 1 with St Pauli in Germany 2Liga
Desevio Payne started for Excelsior 2 in a reserve game against NAC Breda 2. Final result 3 - 2 Excelsior, after trailing 0 - 2
TUESDAY
Mario Rodriguez started for Sonnenhof in a friendly with VfB Nachwuchs, in Germany which Sonnenhof won 2 - 0 - As far as I can tell, Mario played 90'
Fabian Johnson came off the bench at 76' as M'Gladbach visited Dusseldorf and won 0 - 1 in the DFB Pokal
Weston McKennie came off the bench at 57' as Schalke traveled to Wehen in DFB Pokal and won 1 - 3
In a match that had #1 against #2 in Sweden's Superettan, Andrew Stadler (90) Alex De John (30) and Dalkurd traveled to Brommapojkarna, losing 1 - 0. So what does that mean for next season? Dalkurd would have taken the #1 spot with a win, and remain in 2nd place. With 2 matches left and, now, 4 points behind its unlikely that they will take the top spot. Dalkurd are 4 points ahead of 3rd place Trelleborgs where they will decide who is promoted automatically and who fills the playoff spot...my take is that the Superettan ends the way it is today.
Emerson Hyndman remained on the bench as Bournemouth won 3 - 1 over Middlesbrough in a Carabao Cup match. There are many fans of Emerson who would like to see him move on from Bournemouth, where it must be somewhat disheartening for him lacking playing time.
Alfredo Morales (90) and Scored the 3rd Goal in Ingolstadt's 1 - 3 win at Furth in DFB Pokal.
GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) was on the wrong side of a 3 - 2 scoreline as Kiel traveled to Mainz in DFB Pokal and lost in ET
Jay Denny and Newtown AFC reached the final four of the Welsh League Cup as they defeated Carmarthen 0 - 2
WEDNESDAY
Joe Efford Scored on his first appearance for Ergotelis in a Greek Cup match, which ended in a 2 - 4 loss to a much stronger team, Greek Super league's Xanthi. The Greece league season kicks off next weekend, so expect to hear more of Joe
Kofi Twumasi went 90 today as FC Viitorul won 2 - 4 at CSM Scolar Resita in the Romania Cup advancing to the round of 8
Marcel Costly (90) Scored Mainz II 2nd (& winning) Goal as they hosted Freiburg II in Regionalliga (Sudwest) defeating the visitors 4 - 1
Kyrian Nwabueze (90) as Gorica win 1 - 0 over Triglav in the Slovenian Cup Quarter Finals ( 2 - 0 on agg)
John Brooks made his return from injury today, but remained on the bench in a tight DFB Pokal match between Wolfsburg and Hannover that ended in a 1 - 0 victory for Wolfsburg.
Marc Heider (90) Robbie Kristo (9) as Osnabruck fall 2 - 3 to Nurnburg in DFB Pokal
George Fochive (90) as Viborg travels to Esbjerg and hold the game goalless and snag's a point in Denmark Division 1
Christopher Thorsheim (90) in Nykobing's 1 - 1 draw with league leaders Vejle in Denmark's Division One. Nykobing is pulling away from the red zone....slowly
GK Brady Scott watched from the bench as Koln II beat up on Wuppertaler 6 - 3 in Regionalliga (West)
Ashton Gotz only played the first half as Roda beat Groningen 3 - 1 in the Netherlands KNV Beker to advance to the next round
GK Bakary Sanyang (90) as Pfeddersheim visited Mechtersheim and lost 3 - 1 in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)
Not a good day for GK Ethan Horvath (90) as Club Brugge lose for just the 2nd time this season 2 - 0 at Genk. Club Brugge unbeaten streak was 6 - going back to September 9th
Kyle Scott is still waiting for his opportunity after spending today's Carabao Cup game between Chelsea and Everton. But at least he was watching Chelsea win 2 - 1 on a 90+ ET goal and advance into the final 8
GK Danny Rogers was the backup keeper for Aberdeen as they hosted Celtic and fall 0 - 3 in Scotland's Premiership
Maki Tall came off the bench at 22 minutes (replacing an injured Cheikh Diarra) as Tours went on to beat Nantes 3 - 1 in France Coupe de la Ligue to reach the final 8 teams
Theo Wilson (66) and Krka fall 0 - 3 at home to Aluminij Kidricevo in the Pokal Slovenije quarter finals - 2nd leg. Agg 0 - 3 Krka out of the competition.
THURSDAY
Perry Kitchen off the bench at 51' as Randers traveled to Holbæk and won1 - 4 in DBU Pokalen - move into next round - Quarter Finals
Carlos McCrary made a cameo appearance as Hessen-Dreieich draw 1 - 1 at home with Bayern Alzenau in Oberliga (Hessen)
Shawn Barry (90) as Korona traveled to Zaglebie in Poland's Polish Cup, Quarter Finals, winning 0 - 1 and moving on to the Semi's
In Spain's Copa del Rey, Shaq Moore started & went 90 as Levante won 0 - 2 away from home at Girona. Congratulations to Shaq on his first senior squad start.
FRIDAY
James Murphy started for Sheffield Wednesday U23 and Scored the matches opening Goal, as Wednesday draw 2 - 2 at Nottingham Forest U23. Sheffield Wednesday lead the English PDL
Alfredo Morales (90) credited with the Assist on Ingolstadt's 3rd goal in a 1 - 3 victory at Bielefeld in Germany 2Liga
GK Jonathan Klinsmann (90) and Hertha II in a 2 - 0 defeat at Halberstadt in Regionalliga (Nordost)
Timothy Tillman (68) in Bayern II's 1 - 1 draw at home to Illertissen in Regionalliga (Bayern)
Bryan Gaul (90) as Elversberg hosted Javan Torre Howell (90) and FSV Frankfurt winning 3 - 1 - Kouami Dalmeida was also on the bench for FSV, in Regionalliga (Sudwest)
In France Ligue 1, GK Quentin Westberg was the back-up keeper as Auxerre traveled to Bourg Peronnas and draw 1 - 1. Auxerre has not lost in their last 5 matches.
Desevio Payne remained on the bench as Excelsior visited Twente in Eredivisie winning convincingly 1 - 3. Excelsior moves up to 7th in Netherlands top tier
Young American, Maurits De Baar got his 3rd look at the senior squad as hit sat on the bench for Waalwijk as they defended home turf in a 1 - 0 victory over Dordrecht in Netherlands Eerste Divisie. This was Waalwijk's first win of the season
In England, GK Brandon Austin (90) and Tottenham U23 visited Derby U23 and lost 1 - 0 in Premier League 2. Tottenham's U23 are really not having a season like their senior squad
Sheffield United (temporarily) takes over the lead of England's Championship, as Cameron Carter-Vickers (90) and the visitors Sheffield grab 3 points at Leeds in a 1 - 2 win
Ian Prescott Claus goes 90 as Süderelbe battle back for a 1 - 1 draw at home to Barmbek-Uhlenhorst in Germany's Oberliga (Hamburg)
Adam Benn (90) in Neindorf's 3 - 1 win over Curslack-Neuengamme in Oberliga (Hamburg)
SATURDAY
Young American Rafael Antonio Iacovelli was an unused sub as Cesene U19 visited Brescia U19, losing 2 - 1 in Italy's Championato Primavera 2 (Group A)
Anton Peterlin (90) in B93 0 - 1 away win at Skovshoved in Denmark's Division 2 (Group 1)
Brian Span (90) and Mariehamn fall short of Europa League qualification on GD after falling 0 - 1 at home to Ilves in the final match of the season in Finland's Veikkausliiga. Mariehamn finish the season in 5th place
GK Kenneth Kronholm (90) and Kiel visited Darmstadt in Germany's 2Liga and draw 1 - 1. Kiel remain in 2nd place
Haji Wright came off the bench at 52' but was not able to help Sandhausen as they traveled to Furth and lost today 2 - 1 in 2Liga
Masami Okada joined the action at 56' as Babelsberg fought to a 2 - 2 draw at Auerbach in Regionalliga (Nordost)
Isaiah Young off the bench at 58' as Bremen II lose 1 - 0 at Aalen in Germany 3Liga
Devann Yao (22) as Meppen traveled to Hallescher in 3Liga falling 2 - 0 and snapping their win streak at 3
Joe Gyau went 88 and Scored Sonnenhof's 2nd Goal as they beat hosts Lotte 0 - 2 in 3Liga. This was Joe's first league goal of the season
Marc Heider (90) Robbie Kristo (in 18) as Osnabruck thump Zwickau 4 - 0 in 3Liga
In Regionalliga (West) GK Brady Scott was the backup keeper as Koln U23 hosted Justin Kinjo (64) and Düsseldorf U23 and won 3 - 1
Marcel Costly (90) as Mainz II visited Roching Völklingen and won 0 - 2 in Regionalliga (Sudwest)
Player/Coach Fabian Hurzeller (90) as Pipinsried fall 2 - 5 at home to Ingolstadt II in Regionalliga (Bayern)
Oscar Ortiz (58) as Rathenow fought to a goalless draw at Anker Wismar in Oberliga NOVF (Nord)
Julian Ceesay (90) in Gebenbach 1 - 2 win at Großbardorf in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)
Malik McLemore (90) in Bayern Hof's 1 - 0 victory at home over Würzburger Kickers II in Oberliga (Bayern Nord)
In Sweden Superettan, Andrew Stadler (90) Alex De John (4) as Dalkurd win their home match against GAIS 1 - 0. The big match's are next week as #1 takes on #4 and #2 Dalkurd take on #3, with the league title and promotion on the line
Jamil Fearrington (90 + yellow) as Bronshoj defend home turf in a 2 - 1 win over Hillerød in Denmark's 2nd Division (Group 1)
In France Ligue 2, we won't be seeing Maki Tall for a few weeks as he gets a Red Card (2 x yellow) in a 2 - 0 defeat of Tours by Lorient. Tours still winless have only 2 points from 13 matches and are bogged down in last place
Elsewhere in Ligue 2, Jordan Siebatcheu (90) Scored Reims opening Goal (and eventual winner) as they went on to beat Nancy 3 - 0 and maintain their lead at the top of the table
In Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar) Kevin Olali (90) as Morlautern get lucky as a 90 + 3 OG hands them a 1 - 1 draw against GK Bakary Sanyang (90) and Pfeddersheim
In Bundesliga
A worrying trend at Dortmund where Christian Pulisic (90) lose on the road to Hannover in Bundesliga. Dortmund are still top, but now only on GD from Bayern, with RB Leipzig knocking on the door. Dortmund has only managed 1 point from their last 3 matches
With Jonathan Klinsmann playing for the reserves yesterday, Hertha did not field any Americans today as they beat Bobby Wood (56) and Hamburg 2 - 1. Hamburg are in the Red Zone, with only 1 point from their last 5 matches
Fabian Johnson (19) came off the bench for M'Gladbach as traveled to Hoffenheim and won 1 - 3 with 2 goals in 5 minutes. The win moved M'Gladbach above Hoffenheim into 6th place
Over at Schalke, Weston McKennie (13) came off the bench for the home team as they faced off with John Brooks (90) and Wolfsburg in a match that ended even at 1 - 1. Notable here John Brooks first full match since his injury, a good sign for club and country. Wolfsburg have now drawn their last 6 matches. Schalke move up to 5th place (ahead of M'Gladbach on GD)
GK Malcolm Little gets his first start of the season for Dudenhofen and gets the Shut Oot as they have little trouble defeating Saar 05 Saarbrücken 3 - 0 in Oberliga (Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar)
Demarveay Sheron (90) captained Sandhausen II as they traveled to Backnang and lost 2 - 0 in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)
Toni Suddoth (90) as Pforzheim made the trip to Astoria Walldorf 2 and won 0 - 2 in Oberliga (Baden-Württemberg)
In England's Premier League, Danny Williams (69) and Huddersfield were stopped in their track by Liverpool as they fall 3 - 0
In England's Championship, Tim Ream (90) Luca de la Torre made a cameo appearance as Fulham held on with an ET goal for a 1 - 1 draw against Bolton and Antonee Robinson (41)
In England League One, Gboly Ariyibi (80) and MK Dons could not get anything going as they fall 2 - 0 at Bristol Rovers. Just 2 points from their last 5 matches has the Dons moving in the wrong direction
Niall Mason was an unused sub in Doncaster's 0 - 1 win at Bury. Doncaster have pulled themselves 3 point clear of the red zone
Duane Holmes (19) has had a shaky period at Scunthorpe lately, going from super sub scoring goals to starter and failing to find the mark. So of course Scunthorpe put him back as super sub, and of course Duane Scored the winning Goal as his team won a back and forth battle 2 - 3 at Oldham. Scunthorpe move up to 5th place
GK Brendan Moore, continued as back-up keeper for Rochdale as they pulled off a 1 - 1 draw at bottom club Plymouth
In Scotland's Premier League, GK Danny Rogers was the back-up keeper for Aberdeen as they won 2 - 1 over Ross County. Aberdeen are firmly in 2nd place and challenging Celtic this season (1 point behind the leaders). Baring injury I doubt Danny will get much playing time, with Aberdeen doing so well
In Sweden Division 1 (Sodra) Ryan Masch (90) as Skovde won 2 - 0 over Assyriska and nudged above the relegation zone on GD, with 1 match left to play next week. Skovde will visit Husqvarna, who are just above them in the league, and Assyriska (who are tied on points with Skovde) will host #3 Utsiktens - exciting battle of survival coming
Louis Bennett (90) as Vyskov dismantled Uhersky Brod 4 - 0 in Czech Republic's MSFL. The win moves Vyskov into 3rd place
In Wales Premier League, Jay Denny (90) in Newtown's 2 - 1 loss at Llandudno. With just 1 point from their last 5 matches Newtown are in deep trouble in the relegation zone
In Scotland's League 2, Mason Robinson (90) as Peterhead win their 2nd straight 1 - 0 at home over Annan. Peterhead are sitting in 3rd place, just 3 points out of first
Ashton Gotz (90) as Roda hold on for a 1 - 1 draw with Feyenoord in Netherlands Eredivisie
Eric Lichaj (90) as Nottingham Forest find a way past Hull in a back and forth shoot-out that ends 2 - 3 in favor of Nottingham, in the English Championship. That's 2 straight wins for Nottingham
Ander Egiluz (90 + yellow) as CD Basconia traveled to Real Sociedad C and draw 1 - 1 in Spain's Tercera (Group 4)
SUNDAY
Nick Taitague (78) as Schalke U19 visited Fortuna Köln and won 1 - 5 in A-Junior Bundesliga (West)
Emanuel Sabbi (10) as Hobro traveled to Sonderjyske and draw 1 - 1in Denmark's Superliga. Hobro are in 4th place
Trevor Zwetsloot (55) for Bremen U19 hosted Lyonel Hyer (16) and Hannover U19 in a match that ended all even a 1 - 1 in A-Junior Bundesliga (Nord/Nordost)
Conor O'Brien (74) as Start fall at home 0 - 1 to Elverum in Norway's OBOS-ligaen. You could call this a shock result as 2nd place Start are fighting for promotion, while away side Elverum are fighting for survival. The good news Start and Conor are PROMOTED and will play in Eliteserien next season (still 1 match to play)
In Netherlands Eredivisie, Matt Miazga (90 + yellow) as Vitesse lost only their 2nd match this season as they fall at home 2 - 4 to #1 PSV. Vitesse are in 4th place
Maurice Malone (82) Scored 2 Goals as Augsburg U19 hosted Fürth U19 and won with ease 5 - 2 in A-Junior Bundesliga (Süd/Südwest)
Nykopings have now won 5 straight, as they beat Sollentuna 2 - 1 in Sweden's Division 1 (Norra) with Eric Friedlander on the bench today
In Sweden Division 1 (Norra) Victor Mansaray (74 + yellow) Scored Umea's 2nd Goal as they went on to dismantle Enskede IK 7 - 1. Umea are in 4th place with 1 match remaining
In Belgium Jupiler League, GK Ethan Horvath was reduced to back-up keeper today as Club Brugge walloped St Truden 4 - 1 maintaining their 8 point lead at the top of the table. Evidently the coach is upset with Ethan over an error in their last game?
Christopher Thorsheim (90) as Nykøbing FC were held to a goalless draw by Esbjerg in Denmark's Division 1
George Fochive (90) as Viborg are held at home 2 - 2 by Thisted in Denmark Division 1
In Netherlands Eerste Divisie, Andrija Novakovich (90) continues to star, with a Goal and an Assist in Telstar's 4 - 0 blasting of Almere. That's 5 goals in the last 4 matches for Andrija, 7 goals this season so far. Telstar tied 3rd in the table (4th on GD)
Romain Gall (90) in Sundsvall 1 - 4 home defeat by Hammarby in Sweden's Allsvenskan. With 1 match left Sundsvall are in the red zone (GD) they travel to Goteborg (Mix Diskerud) next week. Jonkopings the side that is ahead of them play #3 Djurgarden who must get points to qualify for Europa League in a tight race for the 2 EL spots
Joe Efford played in his first league match, entering for the 2nd half as Ergotelis were held to a goalless draw in Greece Football League (2nd tier) by Kallithea in the opening match of the season (note: Ryan Palmbaum is on the roster of Kallithea, but did not dress today)
Khai Celestin entered at 61' as CD Sariñena traveled to Atletico Monzon and battled to a goalless draw in Spain's Tercera Division (Group 14)
Joshua Perez was an unused sub as Livorno won 3 - 0 at home over Pro Piacenza in Italy's Serie C (Group A)
Rubio Rubin (15) as Stabaek hold run-away league leaders Rosenborg to a goalless draw at Rosenborg in Norway Eliteserien
Theo Wilson Scored the 4th Goal as NK Krka won their 3rd straight 4 - 2 over NK Kranj. This was Theo's 4th goal in the last 3 league matches, giving him a team leading 6 goals
Shaq Moore came off the bench for his first senior squad league match for Levante at 72' in match of 2 halves. The first half belonged to Levante, the 2nd half to Eibar as the 2 Spanish La Liga teams settled for a 2 - 2 draw. Levante have now drawn 3 straight matches
Kyrian Nwabueze (85) in Gorica's 0 - 3 win at Aluminij in Slovenia's Prva liga. Gorica in 4th place, 1 point out of the final Europa League spot. Explain: 2 teams are way out in front (tied at 34 points, battling for UCL spot) 3 teams are battling for the remaining Europa League spot, Rudar are 3rd w/23 points , Gorica next w/22, and Domzale trailing behind w/19 points.
GK Zach Lubin was stated as being in 18 for today's match at Angelholms. Currently I have no info as to whether he played or not. The match ended in a 2 - 2 draw. With both of these teams in mid-table and only 1 more to play, they are not involved in any Pro/Rel - except #6 Ljunskile are hosting Mjalby who are chasing leaders Landskrona next week, in an absolutely fascinating scenario - Mjalby trail by 3 points, but have an equal GD / have won their last 5. Landskrona have lost 3 of their last 5 - including their last 2 straight. and host #4 Karlskrona - talk about a pick'em
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