By FRANCO PANIZO
An injury may have limited Mix Diskerud’s participation in training this past week, but it did not stop him from starting and making an impact for Rosenborg.
Diskerud helped Rosenborg assure themselves of a place in Europe next season, assisting on the eventual game-winner in a 3-1 triumph over Sandnes Ulf on Sunday. The U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder showed plenty of skill and impressive vision on the 44th-minute play, collecting a pass and lifting it back into the path of darting teammate Pal Helland. The victory gave Rosenborg 54 points on the season, and guaranteed that they will finish among the top three clubs in the Eliteserien.
Herculez Gomez also had a notable outing, scoring his first Liga MX goal for Tigres on Saturday. Gomez scored via a technically-sound and gorgeous curler to the far post in the 40th minute to give Tigres a 2-0 lead, but Monterrey came back to record a point in the 2-2 draw. The goal in the Clasico Regio was the veteran’s third across all competitions for Tigres this season, and his first in league play since scoring for Santos Laguna in March 2013.
Another forward who enjoyed a memorable weekend was Jann George, the former U.S. Under-23 player. George, who is the son of an American serviceman and German mother, made his professional debut by coming off the bench for SpVgg Greuther Furth on Friday. Unfortunately for the 22-year-old George and the club, they suffered a 5-2 defeat at the hands of FSV Frankfurt.
Here is how the Americans Abroad performed this weekend:
ENGLAND
Premiership
- Tim Howard started, played 90 minutes and made two saves in Everton’s 3-1 win vs. Burnley on Sunday.
- Jozy Altidore came off the bench and played 16 minutes in Sunderland’s 2-0 loss vs. Arsenal on Saturday.
- Brad Guzan and Aston Villa play Queens Park Rangers on Monday.
- Brad Friedel did not dress in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 loss vs. Newcastle United on Sunday.
- Geoff Cameron started and played 90 minutes in Stoke City’s 1-0 loss vs. Southampton on Saturday.
- Cody Cropper did not dress in Southampton’s 1-0 win vs. Stoke City on Saturday.
Championship
- Brek Shea dressed but did not play in Birmingham City’s 8-0 loss vs. AFC Bournemouth on Saturday.
- Will Packwood dressed but did not play for Birmingham City.
- Jonathan Spector did not dress for Birmingham City. He is recovering from a thigh injury.
- Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Bolton Wanderers’ 3-1 win vs. Brentford on Saturday.
- Eric Lichaj dressed but did not play in Nottingham Forest’s 3-1 loss vs. Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
- Danny Williams did not dress in Reading’s 3-0 win vs. Blackpool on Saturday.
- Emerson Hyndman did not dress in Fulham’s 3-0 win vs. Charlton Athletic on Friday.
- Zak Whitbread started and played 90 minutes in Derby County’s 2-1 loss vs. Wigan Athletic on Saturday.
GERMANY
Bundesliga
- Fabian Johnson came off the bench and played nine minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 0-0 draw vs. Bayern Munich on Sunday.
- John Brooks came off the bench and played six minutes in Hertha Berlin’s 3-0 win vs. Hamburg SV on Saturday.
- Timmy Chandler did not dress in Eintracht Franfkurt’s 5-4 loss vs. VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. He is recovering from a groin injury.
- David Yelldell did not dress in Bayer Leverkusen’s 1-0 win vs. Schalke 04 on Saturday.
- Julian Green came off the bench and played 25 minutes in Hamburg SV’s 3-0 loss vs. Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
- Joe Gyau did not dress in Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 loss vs. Hanover 96 on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
2. Bundesliga
- Alfredo Morales started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in FC Ingolstadt 04’s 1-0 win vs. Heidenheimer SB on Sunday.
- Terrence Boyd came off the bench and played 14 minutes in RB Leipzig’s 2-0 win vs. VfL Bochum on Friday.
- Bobby Wood did not dress in TSV 1860 Munich’s 2-1 loss vs. TSV Eintracht Braunschweig on Sunday.
- Andrew Wooten started and played 90 minutes in SV Sandhausen’s 1-1 draw vs. FC Erzgebirge Aue on Sunday.
- Jann George came off the bench and played 45 minutes in SpVgg Greuther Furth’s 5-2 loss vs. FSV Frankfurt on Friday.
FRANCE
- Alejandro Bedoya did not dress in FC Nantes’ 2-0 win vs. Evian Thonon Gaillard on Saturday.
NETHERLANDS
- Aron Johannsson did not dress in AZ Alkmaar’s 2-2 draw vs. PSV Eindhoven on Saturday.
- Rubio Rubin came off the bench and played 32 minutes in FC Utrecht’s 5-1 loss vs. PSV Eindhoven on Sunday.
BELGIUM
- Sacha Kljestan dressed but did not play in RSC Anderlecht’s 2-0 loss vs. Standard Liege on Sunday.
AUSTRIA
- Conor O’Brien started and played 45 minutes in FC Magna Wiener Neustadt’s 2-0 loss vs. Austria Vienna on Saturday.
NORWAY
- Mix Diskerud started, played 77 minutes and had an ASSIST in Rosenborg BK’s 3-1 win vs. Sandnes Ulf on Sunday. You can see the assist here.
- Michael Stephens started and played 90 minutes in Stabaek IF’s 1-1 draw vs. Sarpsborg 08 on Sunday.
- Andrew Jacobson started and played 90 minutes for Stabaek IF.
- Ethan Horvath dressed but did not play in Molde FK’s 1-0 win vs. Sogndal on Sunday.
- Josh Gatt did not dress for Molde FK. He is recovering from a knee injury.
- Zarek Valentin did not dress in FK Bodo/Glimt’s 2-1 win vs. Brann on Sunday. He is recovering from an Achilles injury.
- Jeb Brovsky did not dress in Stromsgodset’s 3-2 loss vs. Haugesund on Saturday.
SERBIA
- Freddy Adu did not dress in FK Jagodina’s 1-0 win vs. Partizan on Saturday.
MEXICO
- Michael Orozco started and played 90 minutes in Puebla’s 2-1 loss vs. Atlas on Saturday.
- Edgar Castillo started and played 90 minutes in Atlas’ 2-1 win vs. Puebla on Saturday.
- Jose Torres started and played 90 minutes in Tigres UANL’s 2-2 draw vs. on Saturday.
- Herculez Gomez started, played 64 minutes, received a yellow card and scored a GOAL for Tigres UANL.
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- Ventura Alvarado dressed but did not play in Club America’s 3-2 loss vs. Queretaro on Friday.
- Jonathan Bornstein did not dress in Queretaro’s 3-2 win vs. Club America on Friday.
- Greg Garza started and played 70 minutes in Club Tijuana’s 3-3 draw vs. Club America on Sunday.
- Joe Corona did not dress for Club Tijuana. He is recovering from a foot injury.
- Amando Moreno did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- Paul Arriola did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- Alejandro Guido did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- Fernando Arce Jr did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- John Requejo did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- Joaquin Alonso Hernandez did not dress in Monterrey’s 2-2 draw vs. Tigres UANL on Saturday.
- Gabriel Farfan did not dress in Jaguares de Chiapas’ 2-1 win vs. Veracruz on Saturday.
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What do you think of these performances? How impressive was Diskerud’s assist? Think Gomez will go on a tear now?
Share your thoughts below.
What happened with Brek Shea at Birmingham City. When he first got there he was starting a little, definately seeing playing time. Got a man of the match in his first outing I think. The coach seemed to be praising him at the time. Now it seems he cant get off the bench. It seemed he was finally starting to turn things around a little for himself. What happened? Did he piss someone off?
That photo of Diskerud looks like it could be the cover of a late 80’s REM disc.
Do any League Championship yanks’ teams ever win consistently? Great that most get a run in, but it’s almost always a draw or loss.
Does anyone have a link/video of the Altidore whiffed shot/cross into the box?
So glad that Brek did not actually participate in that disaster of a game..
I’m sure it was somehow still his entire fault
Love Mix, I hope JK’s experiment with him in defense was only a way to get hi to focus in defense, but he needs to be involved in the attack. Great vision and touch. Would be great for him to step up a league and hopefully improve.
And he is straight dreamy
Way to go, Herc! Always will be one of my favorite players! Love the rags to riches guys like him and Jay DeMerit.
What position did Cameron play? How did he do?
defensive mid. only watched about half of it, but stoke were overrun the whole game–the scoreline could’ve been a lot worse. from what i saw, cameron didn’t do anything notable, either good or bad.
Seems like the MX is were our players should head to for playing time.. Makes me sad to see the DND right next to their names
Where*
So much for Anti-American Bias. If you’re good you’ll play, even in Mexico.
Anyone feel like, ironically, since Klinsmann has come in our Yanks-abroad fun has been steadily declining. I’m not saying it is caused by him. It just seems to be happening, and ironically seeing as he is the coach pushing for more european based players.
I don’t agree.
This is mostly cyclical
Five or six years ago, there were a lot fewer Americans Abroad listed on SBI but most of them got significant playing time.
Freidel, Hahnemann, Howard,Holden,Keller, Spector , Dempsey, Edu, Mikey, Dolo, Benny, Gooch, Demerit,
A lot of them got older and retired or lost their places or got hurt; some came back to MLS. Eventually a lot of the next generation will be earning regular time
Also 3 DP players rule is fairly new so more Americans are staying or coming to MLS because of more money.
Andrew Wooten. The unsung German-American. I don’t get how he hasn’t sniffed anything USA and everyone else has.
What’s happening with Bedoya?
https://twitter.com/BrianSciaretta/status/526100901757743104
Yay for Mix.