Josh Sargent has been deserving of a chance to prove to the Werder Bremen coaching staff that he belongs with the first team. Friday saw Sargent come up with the goods for his team, scoring his first Bundesliga goal just a minute into his senior debut.
The 18-year-old U.S. Men’s National Team forward was in the right place at the right time, tapping home a loose ball to ice a 3-1 home victory for Werder Bremen. It was the team’s first victory since October 20th, but most importantly it should very well give Sargent another crack with the first team next weekend at Borussia Dortmund.
Elsewhere, Danny Williams earned his first league start for Huddersfield this campaign despite a 1-0 loss to Arsenal away from home. Tim Ream returned to Fulham’s starting XI but it was to no avail as the Londoners got demolished by Manchester United. DeAndre Yedlin was sent off for Newcastle in a home defeat, while Shaq Moore got the start in Reus Deportiu’s league win.
Here’s a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
PREMIER LEAGUE
DeAndre Yedlin started, played 57 minutes, an received a RED CARD in Newcastle United’s 2-1 loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday.
Danny Williams started and played 70 minutes in Huddersfield Town’s 1-0 loss to Arsenal on Saturday.
Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 4-1 loss to Manchester United on Saturday.
Premier League 2 Division 1
Gideon Zelalem dressed but did not play in Arsenal’s 4-1 loss to Liverpool on Saturday.
Premier League 2 Division 2
Luca De La Torre started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 1-1 draw with Stoke City on Saturday.
Gboly Ariyibi started and played 90 minutes in Nottingham Forest’s 2-0 loss to Birmingham City on Saturday.
EFL CHAMPIONSHIP
Geoff Cameron started and played 45 minutes in QPR’s 2-1 loss to Leeds United on Saturday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers dressed but did not play in Swansea City’s 3-2 win over Brentford on Saturday.
Duane Holmes came off the bench and played 13 minutes in Derby County’s 1-0 win over Wigan Athletic on Saturday.
Antonee Robinson did not dress for Wigan. (Injury)
Eric Lichaj did not dress in Hull City’s 2-2 draw with Millwall on Saturday. (Injury)
LEAGUE ONE
Lynden Gooch started and played 63 minutes in Sunderland’s 1-1 postponed draw with Accrington Stanley on Saturday.
France
LIGUE 1
Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu came off the bench and played one minutes in Rennes 2-0 win over Dijon on Saturday.
Matt Miazga and Timothy Weah saw their respective matches postponed.
Germany
BUNDESLIGA
Weston McKennie started and played 90 minutes in Schalke’s 2-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
Haji Wright did not dress for Schalke. (Selection)
Christian Pulisic came off the bench and played one minute for Borussia Dortmund.
John Brooks did not dress in Wolfsburg’s 2-2 draw with Hoffenheim on Saturday. (Suspension)
Timmy Chandler did not dress in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 1-0 loss to Hertha Berlin on Saturday. (Injury)
Bobby Wood came off the bench and played one minute in Hannover’s 1-1 draw with Mainz on Sunday.
Josh Sargent came off the bench, scored ONE goal, and played 14 minutes in Werder Bremen’s 3-1 win over Fortuna Dusseldorf on Friday.
Alfredo Morales came off the bench and played 29 minutes for Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Fabian Johnson came off the bench and played 12 minutes in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 3-0 win over Stuttgart on Sunday.
Timothy Tillman did not dress in Nuremburg’s 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
2. BUNDESLIGA
Julian Green started and played 59 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 5-0 loss to Erzgebirge Aue on Saturday.
Andrew Wooten started and played 90 minutes in Sandhausen’s 1-1 draw with Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday.
Terrence Boyd came off the bench and played one minute in Darmstadt’s 1-1 draw with Ingolstadt on Saturday.
McKinze Gaines dressed but did not play for Darmstadt.
Joe Gyau came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Duisberg’s 4-1 loss to Heidenheim on Saturday.
REGIONALLIGA
Brady Scott started and played 90 minutes in Koln II’s 2-1 win over Herkenrath on Saturday.
Jonathan Klinsmann did not dress in Hertha Berlin II’s 1-1 draw with Altglienicke on Saturday.
Chris Gloster and Hannover II’s match with VfB Oldenburg was postponed on Sunday.
U-19 BUNDESLIGA
Sebastian Soto started and played 90 minutes in Hannover’s 1-0 loss to Werder Bremen on Saturday.
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Bayern Munich’s 2-1 loss to Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Mexico
LIGA MX
Joe Corona started and played 90 minutes in Club America’s 6-1 second leg semifinal win over Pumas on Sunday.
Portugal
SEGUNDA LIGA
Keaton Parks started and played 90 minutes in Benfica B’s 1-0 win over Farense on Thursday.
Spain
SEGUNDA DIVISION
Shaq Moore started and played 90 minutes in Reus Deportiu’s 1-0 win over Alcorcon on Sunday.
Denmark
SUPERLIGAEN
Jonathan Amon came off the bench and played 17 minutes in Nordsjaelland’s 1-0 win over AGF Aarhus on Monday.
Emmanuel Sabbi started and played 87 minutes in Hobro’s 0-0 draw with Sonderjyske on Saturday.
Christian Cappis dressed but did not play for Hobro.
Michael Lansing dressed but did not play in Aalborg’s 4-2 loss to AC Horsens on Sunday.
Netherlands
EREDIVISIE
Andrija Novakovich came off the bench and played 16 minutes in Fortuna Sittard’s 3-0 loss to AZ Alkmaar on Friday.
Erik Palmer-Brown and NAC Breda face Vitesse Arnhem on Sunday.
Desevio Payne did not dress in Excelsior’s 6-0 loss to PSV on Friday.
Eerste Divisie
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in Jong Ajax’s 1-0 win over FC Oss on Friday.
Kyle Scott did not dress in Telstar’s 2-0 win over Jong AZ on Monday.
Belgium
PRO LEAGUE
Ethan Horvath started and played 90 minutes in Club Brugge’s 2-1 loss to Waasland-Beveren on Friday.
Kenny Saief did not dress in Anderlecht’s 1-1 draw with Charleroi on Sunday.
Brendan Hines-Ike came off the bench and played one minute in Kortrijk’s 1-1 draw with Genk on Saturday.
Juan Torres did not dress in Lokeren’s 1-0 loss to Oostende on Saturday.
Scotland
PREMIER LEAGUE
Emerson Hyndman came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Hibernian’s 1-0 win over Hamilton Academic on Saturday.
LEAGUE ONE
Kevin Silva did not dress in Raith Rovers 3-2 loss to Montrose on Saturday.
Austria
BUNDESLIGA
Josh Gatt did not dress in Rheindorf Altach’s 2-1 loss to St Polten on Saturday.
Switzerland
SWISS PRO LEAGUE
Kekuta Manneh started, registered ONE assist, and played 46 minutes in St Gallen’s 3-2 win over Xamax on Saturday.
No comments on Yedlin. A pretty bad mistake on his part and, after he lost the ball he got beaten for pace, forcing the foul. I thought it was a rather soft red, but he has only himself to blame. Hopefully he learned you can’t screw around with the ball, but have to have an outlet pass planned even before you receive the ball.
Absolutely brutal play by Yedlin. I thought the red may have been for denying a goal scoring opportunity, not so much for how bad the foul was. Was the Wolves guy in on a breakaway if Yedlin didn’t foul him?
It looked like Yedlin was the last man, but the replay didn’t show a wide field of view. I didn’t have a problem with the red, but I think his coach would have liked to have had VAR available based on his motions on the sideline since it was mostly a shirt tug. Usually reds on breakaways are blatant fouls.
Let’s see how Dortmund lines up for their CL match this week before we get too worried about Pulisic. He has been starting most of the CL matches so far. If he is on the bench at midweek I would be more concerned.
TBH i dont think a permanent move a away is the answer to Pulisic’s current situation. I think a loan a move would do him a world of good.
He has the talent to play/start on any other bundesliga team. What he needs is consistent games to continue to develop.
Lets remember, this is only his second full season with the first team. No need to panic. He still has alot to offer BVB and they still rate him highly.
Is not that Pulisic is playing badly, it’s just that he hasn’t improved over the last two years and it finally caught up with him. The “wonder boy” tag will only carry so far. At some point he had to start producing and he never did.
He’ll get another chance eventually but most likely in a lower ranked team.
??????? EPL
Danny Williams started*
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Josh Sargent came off the bench
Alfredo Morales came off the bench
Fabian Johnson came off the bench*
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Andrew Wooten started*
Terrence Boyd came off the bench
Joe Gyau came off the bench*
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??????? SPL
Emerson Hyndman came off the bench
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Kekuta Manneh started*
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Awesome week with a lot of US ?? influenced “activity” on the field (if you put things into perspective)
Whoa. Obviously Sargent gets the headline, but Zelalem made the bench of a Premier League game?? That’s pretty big and didn’t see that coming. Good! Maybe with the spotlight off, he has been progressing.
No, not Premier League
Whoops! Read that wrong. Nevermind. He only made the bench of the U-23 team or whatever. Sigh.
Not a Premier League game.
McKennie was switched to center forward after Schalke’s last healthy forward came off early due to a injury.
I am concerned that the USMNT current best player cannot get on the field with his club. Over the years we have barked at the moon because MB90 wasn’t playing at his clubs, Jozy wasn’t playing, Clint Dempsey wasn’t playing, Donovan should be trying to play in Europe,
etc. etc.
Are we in the for the same during this cycle with Pulisic on the bench behind a kid who is only on England’s U23 team?
Sancho will never play another minute of U23 for the national team. He’s an England first team player and he is showing that he is better than Pulisic. Best hope is that Sancho gets poached by a bigger club instead of CP so that CP can stay and continue to develop. If CP goes to Chelsea, it will be a terrible move and this is coming from a Chelsea fan. I’m USA first
What was it, 10 days ago that he played 90 minutes in an important Champions League game? To say that “he can’t get on the field for his club” is an overreaction, and not all that accurate.
This is the deal. Dortmund this year is better than they’ve been the past few years, so the competition for playing time that CP is facing is stronger. A year ago, he was competing with Shurrle and Yarmelenko, this year he’s up against Sancho and Bruun Larsen. No doubt that Sancho’s ahead of him, that kid is good enough that Premier League teams will come calling soon. Bruun Larsen and CP look to me to be about equal, though. Bruun Larsen has 14 appearances while CP has 15. CP has also been dealing with some injuries that have cost him a few games.
I agree with Chicago Josh, let’s see what happens in the UCL this week. CP’s limited time this past weekend may have been all about keeping him fresh for the UCL.
Doesn’t look good for Haji Wright if Schalke is playing a midfielder and a defender over him at forward.
Nice week Pulisic only playing one minute was frustrating. Sancho took his spot smh.
Is that in response to his pending transfer?
Champions League match coming up. My hunch is Pulisic gets the start.
Well, considering how the team is traveling without Reus, Delaney, Piszczek, Bruun Larsen, Sancho and Witsel chances he’ll start.