A week ago saw 20-year-old Haji Wright earn his first career Bundesliga minutes for Schalke in a home rout. Saturday saw Wright follow-up his debut with a 70-minute start in his side’s 1-1 road draw at Hoffenheim.
The former New York Cosmos striker started in a two-forward attack for Schalke, and earned valuable minutes for a team needing a spark up front. Wright won two duels and made one successful tackle, but was unable to get a shot on target in the match. He was later replaced by U.S. compatriot Weston McKennie who was returning from injury. Although a quiet performance, Wright will certainly get more cracks for Schalke who are four points from the top-half of the Bundesliga table.
Elsewhere, Ethan Horvath posted another clean sheet for Club Brugge in a 3-0 home success. Bobby Wood earned another start for Hannover but was unable to help his side to a win at home, while Christian Pulisic missed Borussia Dortmund’s win due to a calf injury.
DeAndre Yedlin and Newcastle fell 3-0 at home to West Ham United while Tim Ream remained a spectator for Fulham. Eric Lichaj left Hull City’s road win in London due to a calf injury. Cameron Carter-Vickers, Erik Palmer-Brown, and Geoff Cameron all earned starts for their respective clubs.
Here’s a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
PREMIER LEAGUE
DeAndre Yedlin started and played 90 minutes in Newcastle United’s 3-0 loss to West Ham United on Saturday.
Danny Williams came off the bench and played 13 minutes in Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Tim Ream dressed but did not play in Fulham’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea on Sunday.
Premier League 2 Division 2
Luca De La Torre started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 2-1 loss to Reading on Monday.
Premier League Cup
Gboly Ariyibi did not dress in Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 win over Norwich City on Friday.
EFL CHAMPIONSHIP
Eric Lichaj started and played 45 minutes in Hull City’s 3-2 win over QPR on Saturday.
Geoff Cameron started and played 63 minutes for QPR.
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 54 minutes in Swansea City’s 2-1 loss to Derby County on Saturday.
Duane Holmes came off the bench and played one minute for Derby County.
Antonee Robinson did not dress in Wigan Athletic’s 1-1 draw with Bolton Wanderers on Saturday. (Injury)
FA Cup
Lynden Gooch started and played 75 minutes in Sunderland’s 1-1 draw with Walsall on Saturday.
France
Ligue 1
Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu came off the bench and played 32 minutes in Rennes 4-1 loss to Strasbourg on Sunday.
Matt Miazga did not dress in Nantes 3-0 loss to St. Etienne on Friday.
Timothy Weah did not dress in PSG’s 2-2 draw with Bordeaux on Sunday.
Ligue 2
Quentin Westberg started and played 90 minutes in Auxerre’s 1-1 draw with Le Havre on Friday.
Germany
BUNDESLIGA
Haji Wright started and played 70 minutes in Schalke’s 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Weston McKennie came off the bench and played 20 minutes for Schalke.
Christian Pulisic did not play in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-0 win over Freiburg on Saturday. (Injury)
Caleb Stanko did not dress for Freiburg. (Injury)
John Brooks started and played 90 minutes in Wolfsburg’s 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.
Timmy Chandler did not dress for Eintracht Frankfurt. (Injury)
Bobby Wood started and played 90 minutes in Hannover’s 2-0 loss to Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
Jonathan Klinsmann did not dress for Hertha Berlin. (Selection)
Alfredo Morales dressed but did not play in Fortuna Dusseldorf’s 1-0 loss to Mainz on Saturday.
Fabian Johnson dressed but did not play in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 2-0 loss to RB Leipzig on Sunday.
Aron Johannsson did not dress in Werder Bremen’s 2-1 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Timothy Tillman did not dress in Nurnberg’s 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen on Monday.
2. BUNDESLIGA
Julian Green came off the bench and played nine minutes in Greuther Furth’s 4-0 loss to Koln on Saturday.
Andrew Wooten came off the bench and played 37 minutes in Sandhausen’s 2-1 loss to Heidenheim on Sunday.
Terrence Boyd came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Darmstadt’s 3-1 loss to Union Berlin on Saturday.
McKinze Gaines did not dress for Darmstadt.
Joe Gyau did not dress in Duisberg’s 4-0 loss to Holstein Kiel on Sunday.
REGIONALLIGA
Nick Taitague started, scored ONE goal, and played 90 minutes in Schalke’s 3-0 win over Westfalia Rhynern on Sunday.
Josh Sargent started and played 90 minutes in Werder Bremen II’s 1-0 win over Havelse on Sunday.
Brady Scott started and played 90 minutes in Koln II’s 3-2 loss to Bonner on Saturday.
Chris Gloster started and played 90 minutes in Hannover II’s 0-0 draw with Weiche Flensburg on Saturday.
U-19 BUNDESLIGA
Sebastian Soto started, scored ONE goal, and played 90 minutes in Hannover’s 2-0 win over Osnabruck on Sunday.
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Bayern Munich’s 2-2 draw with Mainz on Sunday.
Zyen Jones started, scored ONE goal, and played 89 minutes in Schalke’s 4-2 win over Bochum.
Mexico
LIGA MX
Joe Corona came off the bench and played 21 minutes in Club America’s 3-2 second leg win over Toluca on Sunday.
Eduardo Fernandez did not dress in Tigres 3-1 second leg loss to Pumas on Sunday.
Portugal
SEGUNDA LIGA
Keaton Parks started and played 90 minutes in Benfica B’s 1-0 win over Estoril Praia on Friday.
Spain
SEGUNDA DIVISION
Shaq Moore started and played 90 minutes in Reus Deportiu’s 2-0 loss to Mallorca on Saturday.
Denmark
SUPERLIGAEN
Emmanuel Sabbi started and played 66 minutes in Hobro’s 1-0 loss to Brondby on Sunday.
Jonathan Amon did not dress in Nordsjaelland’s 2-1 win over Sonderjyske on Sunday. (Selection)
Michael Lansing dressed but did not play in Aalborg’s 4-1 win over Esbjerg on Friday.
Netherlands
EREDIVISIE
Andrija Novakovich came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Fortuna Sittard’s 3-1 loss to Heerenveen on Saturday.
Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 90 minutes in NAC Breda’s 5-2 loss to FC Gronigen on Sunday.
Desevio Payne did not dress in Excelsior’s 3-3 draw with FC Utrecht on Friday.
Eerste Divisie
Sergino Dest started, scored ONE goal, and played 90 minutes in Jong Ajax’s 5-2 win over FC Twente on Friday.
Kyle Scott came off the bench and played 19 minutes in Telstar’s 1-1 draw with Almere City on Friday.
Belgium
PRO LEAGUE
Ethan Horvath started and played 90 minutes in Club Brugge’s 3-0 win over Standard Liege on Sunday.
Kenny Saief came off the bench and played two minutes in Anderlecht’s 1-0 loss to Genk on Sunday.
Brendan Hines-Ike did not dress in Kortrijk’s 1-0 win over R. Excel Mouscron on Saturday.
Juan Torres did not dress in Lokeren’s 2-2 draw with Gent on Friday.
Scotland
PREMIER LEAGUE
Emerson Hyndman did not dress in Hibernian’s 3-0 loss to Kilmarnock on Saturday.
LEAGUE ONE
Kevin Silva dressed but did not play in Raith Rovers 2-0 win over Airdrieonians on Saturday.
Austria
BUNDESLIGA
Josh Gatt started and played 64 minutes in Rheindorf Altach’s 1-0 loss to Red Bull Salzburg on Sunday.
South Korea
K-LEAGUE
Mix Diskerud did not dress in Ulsan Hyundai’s 3-1 win over Pohang Steelers on Sunday.
Switzerland
SWISS PRO LEAGUE
Kekuta Manneh dressed but did not play in FC St Gallen’s 2-0 loss to FC Thun on Saturday.