photo by Nick Turchiaro/ISIphotos.com
By FRANCO PANIZO
It was a goal-filled weekend for the Americans Abroad contingent, as four different players found the back of the net on the biggest scoring output of the early European season.
Clarence Goodson was among the players to tally, netting his first goal of the season in Brondby IF's 1-1 draw with FC Copenhagen on Saturday. Goodson's finish came in the waning moments of the match when he raced onto a cross and headed it home, and it helped Brondby avoid a fifth defeat in its first six games of the season.
Another defender who scored was Michael Parkhurst. The U.S. men's national team fullback hit the winner in FC Nordsjaelland's 1-0 triumph over AGF Aarhus on Sunday, giving him decisive goals in each of Nordsjaelland's last two games. The goal was his second of the season.
Jozy Altidore and Alejandro Bedoya were the other two players to score for their respective clubs. Altidore netted his second consecutive brace for AZ Alkmaar in their 3-1 win against Heracles, while Bedoya buried a bicycle kick in his debut for Helsingborgs IF, a 2-1 defeat to Elfsborg.
Here's how the Americans Abroad fared this weekend:
ENGLAND
Premiership
- Tim Howard and Everton play Manchester United on Monday.
- Clint Dempsey did not dress in Fulham's 5-0 win vs. Norwich City on Saturday.
- Brad Friedel started, played 90 minutes and made one save in Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 loss vs. Newcastle United on Saturday.
- Brad Guzan dressed but did not play in Aston Villa's 1-0 loss vs. West Ham United on Saturday.
- Eric Lichaj dressed but did not play for Aston Villa.
- Geoff Cameron did not dress in Stoke City's 1-1 draw vs. Reading on Saturday.
Championship
- Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Bolton Wanderers' 2-0 loss vs. Burnley on Saturday.
- Stuart Holden did not dress for Bolton Wanderers. He is recovering from a knee injury.
- Jonathan Spector came off the bench and played 27 minutes in Birmingham City's 1-1 draw vs. Charlton Athletic on Saturday.
- Will Packwood started and played 63 minutes for Birmingham City.
- Conor Doyle dressed but did not play in Derby County's 2-2 draw vs. Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
- Robbie Rogers did not dress in Leeds United's 1-0 win vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
- Robbie Findley did not dress in Nottingham Forest's 1-0 win vs. Bristol City on Saturday.
- Zak Whitbread did not dress in Leicester City's 2-0 win vs. Peterborough United on Saturday.
League One
- Frank Simek came off the bench and played one minute in Carlisle United's 1-1 draw vs. Stevenage on Saturday.
GERMANY
- Steve Cherundolo started and played 62 minutes in Hannover 96's 6-1 win vs. FC Nottingen 1957 in the first round of DFB Pokal on Sunday.
- Jermaine Jones did not dress in Schalke 04's 5-0 win vs. 1 FC Saarbrucken in the first round of DFB Pokal on Sunday.
- Fabian Johnson did not dress in TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's 4-0 loss vs. Berliner AK '07 in the first round of DFB Pokal on Saturday.
- Danny Williams did not dress for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
- Joe Gyau did not dress for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
- Timmy Chandler started and played 120 minutes in FC Nurnberg's 3-2 extra time loss vs. Havelse in the first round of DFB Pokal on Sunday.
- Alfredo Morales came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Hertha Berlin's 2-1 loss vs. Wormatia Worms in the first round of DFB Pokal on Sunday.
- John Anthony Brooks did not dress for Hertha Berlin.
- Andrew Wooten did not dress in Kaiserslautern's 3-1 win vs. Hansa Rostock in the first round of DFB Pokal on Sunday.
NETHERLANDS
- Jozy Altidore started, played 90 minutes and scored TWO GOALS in AZ Alkmaar's 3-1 win vs. Heracles on Sunday.
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PORTUGAL
- Oguchi Onyewu did not dress in Sporting CP's 0-0 draw vs. Vitoria Guimaraes on Sunday.
- Tony Taylor started, played 61 minutes and received a yellow card in G.D. Estoril Praia's 2-1 loss vs. Olhanense on Friday.
- Caleb Patterson-Sewell started and played 90 minutes in Vitoria Setubal FC's 2-2 draw vs. CD Nacional on Sunday.
BELGIUM
- Sacha Kljestan came off the bench and played 8 minutes in RSC Anderlecht's 2-1 win vs. Mons on Saturday.
RUSSIA
- Eugene Starikov did not dress in Zenit St. Petersburg's 1-1 draw vs. Anzhi Makhachkala on Sunday.
AUSTRIA
- Terrence Boyd dressed but did not play in Rapid Vienna's 3-0 win vs. SK Sturm Graz on Saturday.
DENMARK
- Michael Parkhurst started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in FC Nordsjaelland's 1-0 win vs. AGF Aarhus on Sunday. You can see the goal here.
- Clarence Goodson started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in Brondby IF's 1-1 draw vs. FC Copenhagen on Saturday.
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- Conor O'Brien and SonderjyskE play Odense BK on Monday.
- Charlie Davies came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Randers FC's 1-0 win vs. Silkeborg IF on Saturday.
SWEDEN
- Alejandro Bedoya started, played 90 minutes, received a yellow card and scored a GOAL in Helsingborgs IF's 2-1 loss vs. Elfsborg on Saturday.
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- Brian Span and Djurgardens IF play Dalstoprs IF in the second round of Svenska Cupen.
NORWAY
- Josh Gatt did not dress in Molde FK's 2-1 win vs. Sandefjord in the quarterfinals of the NM Cupen on Saturday.
- Steve Clark and Honefoss BK did not play this weekend.
- Mix Diskerud and Rosenborg BK did not play this weekend.
- Sean Cunningham and Stabaek IF did not play this weekend.
- Chad Barrett sand Valerenga did not play this weekend.
MEXICO
- Jose Torres did not dress in Pachuca's 1-0 loss vs. Toluca on Sunday.
- Herculez Gomez started and played 51 minutes in Santos Laguna's 2-1 loss vs. Pumas UNAM on Saturday.
- DaMarcus Beasley started and played 90 minutes Puebla's 3-0 loss vs. Morelia on Friday.
- Sonny Guadarrama did not dress in Atlante's 1-1 draw vs. Monterrey on Saturday.
- Jonathan Bornstein did not dress in Tigres UANL's 2-1 loss vs. Club Tijuana on Friday.
- Michael Orozco Fiscal started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in San Luis' 1-0 loss vs. Chivas de Guadalajara on Saturday.
- Edgar Castillo started and played 90 minutes in Club Tijuana's 2-1 win vs. Tigres UANL on Friday.
- Joe Corona started and played 69 minutes for Club Tijuana.
- Greg Garza dressed but did not play for Club Tijuana.
- Ventura Alvarado did not dress in Club America's 4-0 win vs. Queretaro on Saturday.
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What do you think of these performances? Impressed that four players combined for five goals this early into the season? Surprised that two defenders in Goodson and Parkhurst netted?
Share your thoughts below.
i think so too. he needed the rest.
not that i really care, but Boca played this weekend.
Jones too.
Yup, the same can be said for Johnson and Williams.
good point. with JK you really don’t an idea where he is going to go with next.
And leading Eredivisie in scoring after scoring 4 goals in 2 games.
Fulham are hoping the price will be driven up by desperation as the window nears closing. That means we can look forward to these kinds of media spats for the next week-plus.
I refuse to believe Clint has taken himself out of the club. He’d be there with the rest of his guys unless specifically instructed not to be.
This is a strategem. Fulham don’t care how it makes Clint look or what effect it has on his career as it moves forward, all they care about is getting the most they can for him. They feel the way to do that is to keep him on the market and hope a bidding war starts in the eleventh hour.
I believe Fulham has categorically rejected all offers for him and told teams that their asking price was well over market value. I don’t believe for one second that a player who scores 23 goals in England splitting time as a forward and as a midfielder doesn’t draw any offers (which is what Fulham are claiming).
I have no idea what Al-Fayed wants.
Go to the right side of this page under the SBI Soccer Blog Roll and click the link for Yanks Abroad Soccer Highlights.
I doubt it. Its up to the owners and they don’t want to keep an unhappy player nor do they want to lose out on the money.
They don’t win enough games.
The most depressing thing Jol has said was that he wished the transfer window ended when the games began. Are Fulham really going to screw Dempsey?
My thinking is that they just gave Boyd a rest with all the travel that he has done in the past week.
I thought that he was a German player
A couple of things. First – What is the time table for Holden coming back?
Second – I am a huge Clint fan, but it seems like he has handled this situation all wrong. He should have been training and playing, while behind closed doors he could be demanding a transfer. Why doesn’t he hand in a transfer request? After this weekend I am sure Liverpool is looking for some help.
Guzan has a chance this season. He just needs Given to screw up and then maintain some consistency and he’s all good
Will Guzan retire on the bench? Has anyone seen Will Packwood play? How is his skill and passing? I read he’s 6’3. We can definately use defenders that height.
He’s American, they’ll pass on the $$ out of spite.
Unless you want to see Torres at CAM again, then yes.
Anderlecht has a new coach, and it seems like he doesn’t rate Sacha much. Gatt is still recovering from a small injury or strain. Don’t know about Boyd, but he’s young and has never played a full season of top level soccer. Hopefully his coaches are just easing him in!
Timmy Chandler???
Great to see Spector and Packwood getting minutes for Birmingham. Specs has been out since about March and just making his way back – replaced Packwood at right back. Lots of right backs getting time in Europe even if Lichaj isn’t getting time.
What’s up with Sasha, Boyd, and Gatt not playing? I thought they both were firmly starters, no?
He’s excellent in 3 Bundesliga but pretty much a sub in 2 Bundesliga but you never know. Glad he’s scoring though.
Hat trick against a big Bundesliga club must do wonders for self-esteem
Clarence Goodson is always handy to score a goal due to his 6’4 height. But his team Brondby has been crap for the past year. What’s up with that?
Any footage of the Bradley goal?
My favorite part of Jozy’s second goal is after he scores the camera cuts to the manager doing a fist pump, then it cuts back to Jozy doing the exact same fist pump. I’m pretty sure this needs to be analyzed in detail.
ok OK, you’re right. Way to bring us all down.
Eh, Andy in Atlanta killed the metaphors with that one. So, no more metaphors please.
BTW: Bradely scored 2-0 in the 3-0 Rome’s friendly victory vs Tessaloniki Sunday night.
The boy is growing well ;o)
Good chance for him if Danielino would join ManCity.
Nnaah no way. Daniele is going to stay… I hope…
Amazing performance by Matt Taylor against a decent 1. Bundesliga team. Too bad he is playing for a Third League team (SC Preussen Münster). Maybe the hat-trick will catch the attention of a second league team before the transfer deadline ends August 31. Here is a link to a photo of Taylor celebrating one of the goals.
http://tinyurl.com/9y5tgol
I don’t understand, A in A. Why would Clint want now to stay and play under a jerk of a coach who has spent the last few days with the support of club management viciously attacking Clint and trying to destroy his reputation? A player should be able to decline to sign a contract extension in order to move to a new team without being publicly slaughtered, don’t you think? I, for one, will never be able to support Fulham again. Unforgivable what they have done to Clint. I would imagine that Martin “Darth Vader” Jol’s bullying antics have forever burned the bridge between Fulham and Dempsey.
Now it is only a question of whether Fulham let’s him go by August 31 and collects a 5-10 million transfer fee or keeps him until his contract expires in June, meaning Dempsey will sign a pre-contract in January as a free agent and Fulham will not get one single cent for him. In January Clint might not be able to sign with a Champions League team, but there will be several decent teams (including, possibly, Everton) lining up for his services.
If I had to bet on the outcome, I would say Fulham will not pass up the money, but — nice guys that they are — will make Clint suffer as long as possible before agreeing to a transfer about five minutes before midnight on August 31.
Josimar is scoring some nice goals.
There is pretty much no way Delaney is playing for the US. His preference is Denmark. If he is never good enough to even be cap tied as a fringe player for Denmark, then he would also never be good enough to be called in by the US. So then the only hope is some sort of rift, and that is unlikely.
WoW, seems like 95% of our players didnt play
I watched the FC Copenhangen and turned if off right before Goodson scored….
I was more interested to see if our potential dual national player “Thomas Delaney” was back from injury. I hope we can get him to play for the US
He didn’t play. Subs were Weimann for Holman, Bannan for Delph, and Gardner for N’Zogbia.
That may be true but Clint hasn’t had full training in a while (he at the least missed a chunk of preseason) so he’s likely not fully game-fit anyways. Besides, after the offensive showing Fulham just had, I don’t think Jol is just going to throw him back into the starting XI for a bit if he isn’t transferred and I also doubt Clint will be placed into the starting XI of whatever team he goes to right away. More than likely, he’s going to be coming off the bench for a couple weeks once this issue is resolved.
“A while”? There is a transfer deadline you know. The whole thing will be resolved one way or the other soon enough…
Lots of did not dress and did not plays. I’m too lazy to look up which leagues are still in preseason and regional tournaments, but it does seem like a lot of did not plays.
if he doesn’t play in the 2 weeks, would he should still be called for the Jamaica games?
As a Fulham fan.. I hope Clint sees it in his heart to just that though…. Fulham could be something special this season with Clint, so unless Arsenal comes knocking he should stay… aside from being a bigger club and perhaps more weekly wages, Liverpool is a lateral move to a team that I think will turn out to be a train wreck all year long…
Guess everyone else has to pick up the yanks-abroad scoring slack since Clint probably won’t be scoring any goals for a while.
Says here that Lichaj came on in the 74th minute.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/premier-league/2012-2013/west-ham-united-aston-villa-515551.html
Matt Taylor started and scored a hattrick in a game against Werder Bremen in the DFB-Pokal.
+1,000,000
Jol is the bitter ex spreading false malicious rumors on Facebook, and then a week later breaking down and pleading “I’m sorry I lied please baby will you give me one more chance?”
Michael Bradley started for AS Roma, played 90 minutes, and scored a GOAL (bold) in their 3-0 victory in their final preseason game.
Meanwhile Fulham supporters have become the guy that had his incredibly hot girl cheat on him then when the relationship was over refuses to admit that she was actually hot…
A lot of Americans did not get dressed this weekend, it seems.
Dempsey has become the hot girl at the party that won’t talk to anybody but the alpha male.