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Americans Abroad: Weekend Preview

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By FRANCO PANIZO

Rosenborg BK have started their season just as well as anyone could have imagined. They have won all three of their league games, scored nine goals and are yet to concede.

It has been a good run of form for Rosenborg at the start of the new campaign, and Mix Diskerud will look to make sure it continues this weekend.

Rosenborg host IK Start on Friday and Diskerud will try to help his club grab a fourth straight victory while extending their shutout streak to 360 minutes. Whether they accomplish the latter feat or not, Rosenborg could use a win in order to try and avoid falling behind fellow perfect team, Aalesund, in the Eliteserien standings.

Herculez Gomez is another player who will be aiming to help his club build on recent success. Fresh off securing advancement to the CONCACAF Champions League final on Tuesday, Gomez and Santos Laguna will attempt to knock off Toluca at home on Friday. The match at Estadio Corona will be Santos’ third in seven days, so Los Guerreros will need a concentrated effort in order to avoid an upset result.

If you’re wondering what other match might be worth watching, look no further than Geoff Cameron and Stoke City’s clash with Manchester United on Sunday. Stoke are just three points clear of the drop zone and a result at home against the league leaders could go a long way in helping the Potters secure another year of play in the Premiership.

Here is who the Americans Abroad take on this weekend:

FRIDAY

Zak Whitbread and Leicester City play Jonathan Spector, Will Packwood and Birmingham City. (Spector and Packwood are out injured.)

Steve Cherundolo and Hannover 96 play SC Freiburg.

Alfredo Morales, John Anthony Brooks and Hertha Berlin play FC Ingolstadt 04.

Andrew Wooten and SV Sandhausen play TSV Eintracht Braunschweig.

Mix Diskerud and Rosenborg BK play IK Start.

Herculez Gomez, Benji Joya and Santos Laguna play Toluca.

SATURDAY

Brad Guzan, Eric Lichaj and Aston Villa play Fulham.

Tim Howard and Everton play Queens Park Rangers.

Sebastian Lletget and West Ham United play Southampton.

Stuart Holden and Sheffield Wednesday play Leeds United.

Conor Doyle and Derby County play Blackburn Rovers.

Tim Ream and Bolton Wanderers play Bristol City.

Frank Simek and Carlisle United play Preston North End.

Mike Grella and Scunthorpe United play Walsall.

Oguchi Onyewu and Malaga play Osasuna.

Carlos Bocanegra and Racing Santander play Girona.

Timmy Chandler and FC Nurnberg play Bayern Munich.

Fabian Johnson, Danny Williams and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim play VfL Wolfsburg.

Jermaine Jones and Schalke 04 play David Yelldell and Bayer Leverkusen. (Jones is out injured.)

Joe Gyau and St Pauli play Bobby Wood and TSV 1860 Munich.

Maurice Edu and Bursaspor play Mersin Idmanyurdu.

Terrence Boyd and Rapid Vienna play FC Magna Wr. Neustadt.

Josh Gatt and Molde FK play Sogndal.

Joe Corona, Edgar Castillo, Greg Garza and Club Tijuana play Cruz Azul.

Ventura Alvarado and Club America play Leon.

SUNDAY

Geoff Cameron, Brek Shea and Stoke City play Manchester United.

Michael Bradley and AS Roma play Torino.

Michael Parkhurst and FC Augsburg play Eintracht Frankfurt. (Parkhurst is out injured.)

Jozy Altidore and AZ Alkmaar play FC Utrecht.

Eugene Starikov and FK Rostov play FK Rubin Kazan.

Sacha Kljestan and RSC Anderlecht play Club Brugge in the Belgian playoffs.

Charlie Davies and Randers FC play Esbjerg.

Clarence Goodson and Brondby IF play SonderjyskE.

Brian Span and Djurgarden IF play BK Hacken.

Steve Clark and Honefoss BK play Haugesund.

DaMarcus Beasley, Michael Orozco Fiscal and Puebla play Jaguares de Chiapas.

Jose Torres, Jonathan Bornstein and Tigres UANL play Pumas UNAM.

MONDAY

Conor O’Brien and FC Nordsjaelland play FC Copenhagen.

Alejandro Bedoya and Helsingborg IF play Mjallby.

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Which of these games are you most looking forward to? Do you expect Diskerud to help Rosenborg continue their run of good form vs. Start? Can Stoke City get a result at home against Manchester United?

Share your thoughts below.

Comments

  1. There are so many Americans littering the Championship these days – it makes me glad that Verizon FINALLY got beIn Sport. If Spector wasn’t injured I would def. watch that LEicester BC match. I have always thought Whitbread was one of the biggest hard luck cases for the USMNT ever. When he was healthy at Norwich last year he looked like the real deal.

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  2. Definitely keeping an eye on that Leicester City v Birmingham City game this afternoon, as Leicester are tied with Bolton 2 points out of the promotion playoff. So, sorry Zak, but let’s go Birmingham.

    And on a related note, did anybody see Bolton had an “ask Stu” on their official twitter feed yesterday? Kinda surprising given that he’s not even with the team at the moment.

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  3. Everyone see Terrence Boyd’s new tattoo? I might have to watch him Saturday to check it out. Also maybe we should get him to talk to John Anthony Brooks before the U-20s.

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    • Mix >> Gatt

      Actually if you had Gatt’s speed and movement with Mix’s touch on the ball, you would have one heck of a player.

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