While no Americans were able to find the back of the net on Saturday, several were able to lead their team to victory with vital assists.
DeAndre Yedlin, Paul Arriola and Emerson Hyndman each provided an assist on Saturday, helping their respective teams notch victories in the process. Yedlin assisted on a pair of goals in Newcastle’s lopsided victory over Rotherham United, while Paul Arriola picked up his assist just one week after scoring for Tijuana.
Hyndman, meanwhile, notched a helper in his first Rangers appearance, helping setup the game-winner in Scottish Cup action.
Elsewhere, Christian Pulisic played a full 90 in a Borussia Dortmund win while Matt Miazga’s Vitesse topped Desevio Payne’s Groningen in a Eredivisie clash of young Americans.
Here’s a closer look at Saturday’s Americans Abroad:
Brad Guzan dressed but did not play in Middlesbrough’s 3-1 loss to West Ham.
Geoff Cameron did not dress in Stoke City’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United. (Cameron is injured)
Lynden Gooch did not dress in Sunderland’s 2-0 loss to West Brom. (Gooch is injured)
Cameron Carter-Vickers dressed but did not play in Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Manchester City.
Alfredo Morales started and played 90 minutes in Ingolstadt’s 1-0 loss to Schalke.
Fabian Johnson did notdress in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 0-0 draw with Darmstadt.
Bobby Wood started and played 90 minutes in Hamburg’s 1-0 loss to Wolfsburg.
Christian Pulisic started and played 90 minutes in Borussia Dortmund ‘s 2-1 win over Werder Bremen. Aron Johannsson did not dress.
Timmy Chandler started and played 90 minutes in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 3-0 loss to RB Leipzig. Terrence Boyd did not dress.
Josh Perez did not dress in Fiorentina’s 3-0 win over Chievo Verona.
Edgar Castillo and Monterrey take on Cruz Azul.
Ventura Alvarado entered as a 67th minute substitute while Jorge Villafana dressed but did not play in Santos Laguna’s 1-1 draw with Morelia.
Jose Torres dressed but did not play while Luis Gil did not dress in Tigres’4-2 win over Club America.
William Yarbrough started and played 90 minutes in Leon’s 1-0 loss to Pumas.
Omar Gonzalez started and played 90 minutes in Pachuca’s 1-0 loss to Necaxa.
Paul Arriola played 90 minutes and provided AN ASSIST while Michael Orozco and Joe Corona each played 90 minutes in Tijuana’s 1-0 win over Chivas de Guadalajara. John Requejo, Amando Moreno and Alejandro Guido did not dress.
https://youtu.be/P-sFEQo0l00?t=1m56s
Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 1-1 draw with Queens Park Rangers.
Jonathan Spector did not dress in Birmingham City’s 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers.
Danny Williams started and played 90 minutes in Reading’s 3-2 loss to Derby County.
David Wagner’s Huddersfield Town picked up a 2-0 win over Ipswich Town.
DeAndre Yedlin played 80 minutes and provided TWO ASSISTS in Newcastle United’s Rotherham United.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDcGbHPXMJ0
Eric Lichaj started and played 90 minutes in Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 win over Bristol City.
Matt Miazga entered as a 46th minute substitute while Desevio Payne dressed but did not play in Vitesse’s 1-1 draw with Groningen.
Emerson Hyndman entered as a 73rd miunute substitute and provided AN ASSIST in Rangers’ 2-1 win over Motherwell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=94&v=EWZXv669e7k
Joe corona,paul arriola,, edgar castillo,iven cubo torres who loves usa life,and never played
whit cruz azul,happy to play in MLS,torres tigres,and luis gil tigres,michel orozco, xolos,Omar
González pachuca,wiliam yarbough,american that wash born in aguacalientes mexido,alex guido
armando gonzalez xolos,are happy to be usa citizen,not the crazy miguel ponce chivas,but live
in sacramento alejando zepeda another usa another judas who never played whit chivas soon
will be in the mls again,the argentina almeida,said that is american and he cannot play,
All these player see the crock of pena nieto,and more than 5 thousand murders, for narcotrafic
and killlins newspaper men,so they know what happen in mexico.
The other donkey who dont know of mexico,is the dumbo Jessy gonzalez who want to play there
nobody want him there,to play for the TRI,the mexican arabian gabriel lajud is much better than him.
In addition to assists Yedlin’s lightning quick closing speed and tackle when the goalkeeper coughed up the ball at the edge of the box was also impressive.
I feel like Gyasi Zardes grandparent. The video quality was too low for me to tell which one Yedlin was, ’til I picked up that he is the short blonde guy. He was involved in most of the highlights, exciting player to watch. Was that Yedlin who turned in the box and curled a left footed shot high? If so, nice to just see him use his weak foot.
This one might be a little better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uPqf79vzLw
Pulisic had some nice moments including dribbling into 4 defenders in the box but unable to push the ball home. On the other end, he lost the ball in front of goal and was lucky that the ensuing shot hit the crossbar.
Overall, I thought he had a good game with some great attacking runs that troubled Bremen.
Corona was subbed out in the second half of the Xolo game. I watched it live last evening.
Yedlin was the MOTM for Newcastle. Both of his assists were lightning quick runs down the right with excellent cutback crosses.
At least our lads seem to be getting more minutes than earlier in the season. It was hard to tell from the replay which goals Yedlin was involved in. A very nice pass from Hyndman. Hope he can play his way into the starting XI.
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Yedlin’s first assist was the first goal. Free kick tajen dee p by Shelvey and Yedlin sent over a first time centre to the scorer Murphy who turned and shot into the net. As an assist 9/10
The second assist was NUFC’s third goal when he raced down the right and just managed to cross the ball, before it went out, for Ayoze Perez to bundle the ball (probably with his shoulder) into the net. As an assist 10/10. The Toon Army love him 😉
1st and 3rd goals, with the first being the excellent one time take out of the air, and the second assist showcasing his super speed.
He dyed his hair blonde if that helps pick him out.
FJ is still not fully recovered from injury and AJ suffered a muscle pull late in the week but it wasn’t thought to be serious.