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Americans Abroad: A Look Ahead

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By FRANCO PANIZO

Oguchi Onyewu will hope to have fully recovered from the hip injury picked up against Argentina, as FC Twente has a colossal match this weekend.

Currently trailing PSV Eindhoven by one point for the top spot in the Eredivisie, Twente has its best chance to unseat the first place team as the two square off in one of Saturday's bigger matches. If Onyewu is deemed fit, and Onyewu told SBI that he is hopeful that he'll be ready, he could earn the start.

The top American goalkeepers in Europe square off this weekend as Tim Howard and Everton takes on Brad Friedel and Aston Villa in a match both teams need to move further away from the relegation zone.

Here is a rundown of who the Americans Abroad play this weekend:

FRIDAY

Amaechi Igwe, Edson Buddle and FC Ingolstadt 04 play Energie Cottbus. (Igwe is out injured.)

Luis Robles and Karlsruhe play VfL Osnabruck.

Quentin Westberg and Evian Thonon Gaillard play Nimes.

SATURDAY

Jonathan Spector and West Ham United play Manchester United.

Stuart Holden and Bolton Wanderers play Birmingham. (Holden is out injured).

Tim Howard and Everton play Brad Friedel, Michael Bradley and Aston Villa.

Marcus Hahnemann and Wolverhampton Wanderers play Newcastle United.

Jermaine Jones and Blackburn Rovers play Arsenal.

Eric Lichaj and Leeds United play Robbie Findley and Nottingham Forest. (Findley is out injured.)

Brad Guzan and Hull City play Millwall.

Conor Doyle and Derby County play Cardiff City. (Doyle is with the U.S. U-20 national team.)

Zak Whitbread and Norwich City play Scunthorpe United.

Eddie Johnson and Preston North End play Swansea City.

Mike Grella and Swindon Town play Hartlepool United.

Dominic Cervi and Celtic play Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

Maurice Edu and Rangers play Dundee United.

Steve Cherundolo, DaMarcus Beasley and Hannover 96 play Borussia Dortmund.

Daniel Williams and SC Freiburg play Mainz. (Williams is out injured.)

David Yelldell and MSV Duisburg play SpVgg Greuther Furth.

Oguchi Onyewu and Twente Enschede play PSV Eindhoven.

Marcus Tracy, Chris Rolfe and Aalborg BK play Odense BK. (Tracy is out injured.)

Ryan Miller and Halmstads BK play Kalmar.

Gustavo Adrian Ruelas and Santos Laguna play Cruz Azul.

Jonathan Bornstein and Tigres UANL play Sonny Guadarrama and Atlante.

Sammy Ochoa and Estudiantes Tecos U.A. de G. play Atlas.

SUNDAY

Clint Dempsey and Fulham play Blackpool.

Frank Simek and Carlisle United play Brentford in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final.

Timmy Chandler and FC Nurnberg play FC Cologne. (Chandler is serving a red card suspension)

Ricardo Clark and Eintracht Frankfurt play VfL Wolfsburg.

Bobby Wood and TSV 1860 Munich play Alemania Aachen. (Wood is with the U.S. U-20 national team.)

Alfredo Morales and Hertha Berlin play SC Paderborn 07.

Carlos Bocanegra and St Etienne play Valenciennes.

Jozy Altidore and Bursaspor play Fenerbahce.

Freddy Adu and Caykur Rizespor play Mersin Idmanyurdu.

Sacha Kljestan and RSC Anderlecht play Standard Liege.

Michael Parkhurst and FC Nordsjaelland play AC Horsens.

Benny Feilhaber and AGF Aarhus play Kolding.

Clarence Goodson and Brondby IF play Silkeborg IF. (Goodson is out injured.)

Jose Torres, Herculez Gomez and Pachuca play Morelia.

Edgar Castillo and Puebla play America.

Josh Gatt and Molde FK play Tromso.

Mikkel Diskerud and Stabaek IF play Rosenborg.

MONDAY

Alejandro Bedoya and Orebro SK play IFK Goteborg.

Gale Agbossoumonde and Djurgardens IF play AIK. (Agbossoumonde is with the U.S. U-20 national team.)

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Which matches are you most looking forward to? Think Onyewu will play in Twente's big match against PSV? Who do you see winning the Howard/Friedel clash?

Share your thoughts below.

Comments

  1. I love the fact that it’s actually hard to keep up with how many Americans are playing abroad.

    I remember when you could count it on one hand, haha!

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  2. The Ingolstadt game has been exciting so far, Buddle appears in excellent form today. I bet he bags one today, been close already.

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  3. I’m going to guess not. If he was the Red Bulls probably wouldn’t release him, they can’t afford to have him gone for both national team and U-20.

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  4. Was that too much? Can I still be mad at that?

    Some think I have a social disorder because I’m a US soccer fanatic. Like it’s the cause, not a symptom. If I would just switch to the church of the NFL, I’d be cured.

    But I think it’s maybe why I cant find anyone to watch soccer games with, and tend to post inappropriate comments very occasionally on popular, interesting, and entertaining blogs like SBI.

    Okay. Only on SBI. But that doesn’t make it any less popular, interesting, and entertaining, Ives.

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  5. How many of you feel like you got just what you wanted for christmas when you look at lists like this? I know it’s been said before, but the list of Americans playing abroad is beyond amazing. Look at all of them. Yeah, many are playing in second and third divisions. But I’m sure if this list looked like the Yanks Abroad list did 10-15 years ago, many of our roster that played Argentina wouldn’t be playing in Sam’s Army red.

    When I used to walk ten miles in the snow uphill both ways to school every day, before the Big Bang (or it’s US soccer equivalent- WC94 and it’s run-up), finding out how our pioneers in Europe (Mexico wouldn’t put a gringo on one of their teams to save it’s soul) was pret’ near impossible, by cracky.

    And who should we thank for our bounty? USSF? MLS? Cable TV? Claudio Reyna? John O’Brian (phhah! he was later anyway. When’s he coming back?)

    The nurse is here with my meds. He likes to make me feel better by telling me about the
    time he gave that Brazilian who f!!ked up Tab Ramos’ skull syphilis.

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  6. he’ll be on the team for the nats for a while because of being able to play cover at multiple positions

    he’s becoming pretty solid, i like him a lot more now than I used to, he used to be very shaky at times, he still is but he seems to improve over time and seems a little more consistent

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  7. looking forward to Hannover 96 vs Borussia Dortmund. it should be a really good game and Hopefully Cherundelo is healty enough to play.

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  8. So something I thought about as I watched the replay of US/Argentina…Spector has done so well for West Ham…is it translating to the pitch for the Nats? He seemed to handle the pressure of (I think) Rojo fairly well – I was happy with it. Not impressed quite, and I think he needs to work on getting some long balls up but still…I like him.

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  9. Always a great sign that the weekend is finally close when the Americans Abroad preview comes out.

    There is a great segment on Clint Dempsey in the Premier League magazine/preview show (on FSC). It is always interesting to see Yanks through the eyes of the domestic UK/European press.

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