DeAndre Yedlin went to Sunderland with the hopes of finding consistent playing time. Right now, he’s getting just that.
Yedlin started his third consecutive game for Sunderland on Saturday, and went the distance as the Black Cats picked up their first win of the Premiership campaign. Sunderland defeated 10-man Newcastle United, 3-0, and Yedlin helped the club post its first cleansheet of the season by manning his usual right back spot. The victory ended a nine-game winless run, and moved Sunderland to 18th place, two points away from safety.
It was not all good news in England. Geoff Cameron suffered an early injury in Stoke City’s 2-0 loss vs. Watford on Saturday, and had to be removed. Cameron was substituted nine minutes into the match because of a thigh injury, and was replaced by Marc Wilson. There is no exact word yet on how long Cameron will be out of action, but he is expected to miss out on Tuesday’s Capital One Cup clash with Chelsea.
A pair of Americans went at it in the Championship on Saturday. Tim Ream and Fulham prevailed in their match vs. Danny Williams and Reading, picking up a 4-2 victory at home to put a halt to a four-game skid. Ream played from whistle to whistle for the Cottagers while Williams started and lasted until the 86th minute.
Here is how the Americans Abroad performed this weekend:
ENGLAND
Premiership
- Tim Howard started, played 90 minutes, and made three saves in Everton’s 2-1 loss vs. Arsenal on Saturday.
- Brad Guzan started, played 90 minutes, and made two saves in Aston Villa’s 2-1 loss vs. Swansea City on Saturday.
- Geoff Cameron started and played nine minutes in Stoke City’s 2-0 loss vs. Watford on Saturday.
- DeAndre Yedlin started and played 90 minutes in Sunderland’s 3-0 win vs. Newcastle United on Saturday.
- Lynden Gooch did not dress for Sunderland.
Championship
- Jonathan Spector started and played 45 minutes in Birmingham City’s 2-0 loss vs. Hull City on Saturday.
- Eric Lichaj started and played 90 minutes in Nottingham Forest’s 1-1 draw vs. Ipswich Town on Saturday.
- Danny Williams started and played 86 minutes in Reading’s 4-2 loss vs. Fulham on Saturday.
- Andrija Novakovich did not dress for Reading.
- Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 4-2 win vs. Reading on Saturday.
- Emerson Hyndman did not dress for Fulham.
- Cody Cropper did not dress in Milton Keynes Dons’ 3-0 loss vs. Queens Park Ranger on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
SCOTLAND
- Gedion Zelalem started and played 61 minutes in Rangers’ 1-0 win vs. St Mirren on Sunday.
GERMANY
Bundesliga
- John Brooks dressed but did not play in Hertha Berlin’s 1-0 win vs. FC Ingolstadt 04 on Saturday.
- Fabian Johnson started and played 90 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 3-0 win vs. Schalke 04 on Sunday.
- Timmy Chandler came off the bench and played one minutes in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-1 win vs. Hannover 96 on Saturday.
- Aron Johannsson did not dress in Werder Bremen’s 3-1 win vs. Mainz on Saturday. He is recovering from a hip injury.
- Alfredo Morales started, played 67 minutes, and received a yellow card in FC Ingolstadt 04’s 1-0 loss vs. Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
2. Bundesliga
- Terrence Boyd did not dress in RB Leipzig’s 2-1 win vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf on Friday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
- Bobby Wood started and played 90 minutes in FC Union Berlin’s 2-0 loss vs. SC Paderborn 07 on Saturday.
- Andrew Wooten started and played 72 minutes in SV Sandhausen’s 0-0 draw vs. Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday.
- Caleb Stanko dressed but did not play in SC Freiburg’s 1-0 loss vs. St Pauli on Sunday.
- Shawn Barry started and played 90 minutes before being substituted in stoppage time in FSV Frankfurt’s 3-2 win vs. VfL Bochum on Friday.
FRANCE
- Alejandro Bedoya did not dress in FC Nantes’ 2-0 win vs. Caen on Friday.
NETHERLANDS
- Rubio Rubin did not dress in FC Utrecht’s 2-1 win vs. PEC Zwolle on Friday.
- Desevio Payne did not dress in FC Groningen’s 1-1 draw vs. NEC Nijmegen on Sunday.
NORWAY
- Zarek Valentin started and played 90 minutes FK Bodo/Glimt’s 3-0 loss vs. Lillestrom on Sunday.
- Danny Cruz dressed but did not play for FK Bodo/Glimt.
- Cole Grossman started and played 90 minutes in Stabaek IF’s 2-1 loss vs. Viking FK on Sunday.
- Ethan Horvath started and played 90 minutes in Molde FK’s 2-1 win vs. Aaelsund on Sunday.
- A.J. Soares started and played 90 minutes in Viking FK’s 2-1 win vs. Stabaek IF on Sunday.
- Erik Hurtado started and played 77 minutes in Mjondalen IF’s 1-1 draw vs. IK Start on Friday.
- Rhett Bernstein dressed but did not play for Mjondalen IF.
MEXICO
- Michael Orozco did not dress in Club Tijuana’s 3-1 loss vs. Monterrey on Saturday.
- Paul Arriola did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- Alejandro Guido did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- Joe Corona came off the bench and played 20 minutes in Veracruz’s 3-2 win vs. Toluca on Friday.
- Greg Garza and Atlas did not play this weekend.
- Jose Torres dressed but did not play in Tigres UANL’s 0-0 draw vs. Dorados de Sinaloa on Saturday.
- Edgar Castillo started and played 90 minutes in Monterrey’s 3-1 win vs. Cluba Tijuana on Saturday.
- Ventura Alvarado did not dress in Club America’s 1-0 loss vs. Queretaro on Saturday.
- Jonathan Bornstein started and played 90 minutes in in Queretaro’s 1-0 win vs. Club America on Saturday.
- Gabriel Farfan did not dress in Jaguares de Chiapas’ 3-2 win vs. Pumas UNAM on Sunday.
- William Yarbrough and Club Leon play Puebla on Sunday evening.
- Miguel Ibarra and Club Leon play Puebla on Sunday evening.
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What do you think of these performances? Impressed with the job Yedlin has been doing these last few weeks? How worried are you about Cameron’s injury?
Share your thoughts below.
There are still a number of players from these leagues missing. Charlie Horton and Paul Rachubka in the Championship. Fafa Picault in 2. Bundesliga. Alex DeJohn in Norway.
Also, Gboly Ariyibi at Chesterfield.
He’s in League One, so his exclusion is more justifiable.
This just shows the drop in quality of the USMNT pool. I am a big MLS fan and have been for almost 20 years. However, the quality of play, although much higher than it was 15-10 years ago, is still not nearly on par with the top 6 leagues. We need a national team with players that are good enough to start and/or play regularly.
I agree with this but where are those players going to come from? MLS seems content in investing on over-priced foreign players to develop their brand rather than attempting to invest in local player development…the college system gives players a great education but costs them time and development years they can never get back. The club system in America (pay-for-play) is a complete joke and completely disregards those who cannot afford the insane fees. There’s a lot broken in our development system that needs fixing and the question is who has the stones to do it?
Julian Green sighting…he started and scored 3 goals against Augsburg II in the Regionalliga
Rangers with a perfect 33 points from 11 matches, with 34 goals for and 6 against. I wonder if they’ll become a target for American plays once again after returning to the SPL.
Other standings note- Gladbach is in 7th, but just 4 points out of 3rd and 3 points out of 4th, after a terrible start in the league. They could wind up returning to the Champions League, and if they get a luckier group draw than this year, I think they’re the kind of club that would have a chance of advancing out of the group.
I hope that US players stay away from the SPL. That league is crap and has been for a long, long, time.
It is messed up how Alvardo has gone down in the pecking order for his team. Also are Stanko and Gooch with the reserves. Stanko should be on the same level as Bobby Wood, or at least making the first team.
Perhaps it might be interesting to get updates on what the guys who don’t even dress are doing during the games, it could really spice up this dying section.
Ventura Alvarado washed and polished Jurgen Klinnsmanns car during Club America’s 1-0 loss vs Queretaro on Saturday
and so on…
haha!
Nor art should get brought into January camp now that he’s a regular starter for Molde. Young keeper starting in Europe is a great thing to have with Howard’s age and travel complaints as well as Guzan’s recent inconsistency
I’d have no problem bringing him in but he is playing a league that is below MLS standard so “starting in Europe” isn’t as impressive as it might otherwise sound.
was it anti-USMNT players in TJ this past weekend.