Gboly Ariyibi’s move to Scotland has been important for the American winger. The 24-year-old grabbed his sixth appearance for Motherwell on Sunday and netted his first goal for the club in their 4-1 loss to leaders Celtic.
The speedster picked up a rebound and rifled a left-footed shot past Scott Bain to help give Motherwell a lifeline at Celtic Park. The play came after Motherwell denied playing the ball back to Celtic after Ryan Christie was injured on the play. Ariyibi was the lone bright spot for Motherwell, recording one of his side’s two shots on goal. Steve Robinson’s side would eventually lose 4-1 which saw them drop into eighth place in the SPFL table.
After notching his first goal for the club, Ariyibi will now hope to build off his performance as Motherwell next face Kilmarnock on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, John Brooks registered an assist and helped Wolfsburg to a 3-0 shutout win over Borussia Monchengladbach with USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter in the stands. Alfredo Morales and Fabian Johnson also played the full 90 minutes for their respective clubs. Matt Miazga continued to earn starts for Reading while Eric Lichaj was not a part of Hull City’s 5-1 hammering defeat.
Cameron Carter-Vickers and Tim Ream both played the full 90 in defeats, DeAndre Yedlin helped Newcastle to a needed win over Huddersfield Town, and Ethan Horvath remained in between the posts for Club Brugge.
Here’s a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
PREMIER LEAGUE
Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 3-1 loss to West Ham United on Friday.
DeAndre Yedlin started and played 90 minutes in Newcastle United’s 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town on Saturday.
Emerson Hyndman did not dress (Selection) in AFC Bournemouth’s 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
Danny Williams remains OUT for Huddersfield Town.
EFL CHAMPIONSHIP
Matt Miazga started and played 90 minutes in Reading’s 1-1 draw with Rotherham United on Saturday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes in Swansea City’s 3-1 loss to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
Duane Holmes started and played 90 minutes in Derby County’s 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest on Monday.
Eric Lichaj dressed but did not play in Hull City’s 5-1 loss to Brentford on Saturday.
Geoff Cameron did not dress (Injury) in QPR’s 2-0 loss to Middlesbrough on Saturday.
Antonee Robinson did not dress (Selection) in Wigan Athletic’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town on Saturday.
Premier League Cup
Luca De La Torre did not dress (Selection) in Fulham’s 2-0 win over Reading on Friday.
LEAGUE ONE
Lynden Gooch did not dress (Injury) in Sunderland’s 2-0 win over Bristol Rovers on Saturday.
France
LIGUE 1
Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu did not dress (Injury) in Rennes 1-1 draw with Marseille on Sunday.
LIGUE 2
Quentin Westberg did not dress in Auxerre’s 2-1 loss to AC Ajaccio on Friday.
Germany
BUNDESLIGA
John Brooks started, registered ONE assist, and played 90 minutes in Wolfsburg’s 3-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.
Fabian Johnson started and played 90 minutes for Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Alfredo Morales started and played 90 minutes in Fortuna Dusseldorf’s 2-1 win over Nuremburg on Saturday.
Josh Sargent started and played 61 minutes in Werder Bremen’s 1-1 draw with Stuttgart on Friday.
Tyler Adams came off the bench and played 45 minutes in RB Leipzig’s 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim on Monday.
Bobby Wood came off the bench and played 25 minutes in Hannover’s 3-0 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.
Christian Pulisic did not dress (Injury) in Borussia Dortmund’s 3-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.
Timmy Chandler did not dress (Injury) for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Weston McKennie did not dress (Injury) in Schalke’s 3-0 loss to Mainz on Saturday.
Haji Wright came off the bench and played 21 minutes for Schalke.
Timothy Tillman did not dress (Selection) for Nuremburg.
Jonathan Klinsmann did not dress (Selection) in Hertha Berlin’s 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Aron Johannsson remains OUT for Werder Bremen.
2. BUNDESLIGA
Andrew Wooten started, scored ONE goal, and played 90 minutes in Sandhausen’s 3-1 loss to FC Koln on Saturday.
Julian Green started and played 90 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 0-0 draw with Heidenheim on Friday.
Joe Gyau dressed but did not play in Duisberg’s 0-0 draw with Erzgebirge Aue on Sunday.
3. LIGA
McKinze Gaines came off the bench and played 27 minutes in FC Zwickau’s 1-1 draw with FC Kaiserslauern on Sunday.
REGIONALLIGA
Chris Gloster started and played 90 minutes in Hannover 96 II’s 1-0 win vs. Jeddaloah on Saturday.
U-19 BUNDESLIGA
Chris Richards, Taylor Booth and Bayern Munich’s match against Alex Mendez and Freiburg scheduled for Saturday was postponed.
Sebastian Soto started and played 90 minutes in Hannover’s 2-0 loss to Magdeburg on Saturday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Omar Gonzalez started and played 90 minutes in Atlas 1-0 loss to Tigres on Friday.
Michael Orozco started and played 90 minutes in Lobos 3-0 loss to Club America on Saturday.
Joe Corona dressed but did not play in Club Tijuana’s 2-1 win over Necaxa on Saturday.
William Yarborough dressed but did not play in Club Leon’s 3-1 win over Pumas on Sunday.
Ventura Alvarado did not dress (Injury) for Necaxa.
Tony Alfaro did not dress (Selection) in Guadalajara’s 3-1 loss to Pachuca on Saturday.
Jose Torres did not dress (Selection) in Puebla’s 0-0 draw with Monterrey on Saturday.
Jonathan Suarez did not dress (Selection) in Queretaro’s 3-0 win over Monarcas Morelia on Saturday.
Alejandro Guido is currently on trial with LAFC.
Ascenso MX
Rubio Rubin started and played 79 minutes in Dorados 2-2 draw with Cafetaleros on Saturday.
Fernando Arce is suspended for Dorados.
Spain
SEGUNDA LIGA
Shaq Moore started and played 90 minutes in Levante B’s 1-1 draw with Hercules on Sunday.
Netherlands
EREDIVISIE
Andrija Novakovich started and played 90 minutes in Fortuna Sittard’s 4-2 loss to Heerenveen on Saturday.
Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 90 minutes in NAC Breda’s 0-0 draw with FC Groningen on Saturday.
Desevio Payne dressed but did not play in Excelsior’s 0-0 draw with FC Utrecht on Saturday.
EERSTE DIVISIE
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in Jong Ajax’s 2-0 win over Telstar on Friday.
Richard Ledezma did not dress (Selection) in Jong PSV’s 2-2 draw with Roda on Friday.
Belgium
PRO LEAGUE
Ethan Horvath started and played 90 minutes in Club Brugge’s 2-2 draw with Anderlecht on Sunday.
Brendan Hines-Ike came off the bench and played nine minutes in Kortrijk’s 6-2 win over Waasland-Beveren on Saturday.
Kenny Saief did not dress (Selection) for Anderlecht.
Denmark
Superliagen
Jonathan Amon dressed but did not play in Nordsjaelland’s 3-1 win over Vejle on Saturday.
Emmanuel Sabbi came off the bench, registered ONE assist, and played 60 minutes in Hobro’s 2-0 win over Esbjerg on Sunday.
Christian Cappis dressed but did not play for Hobro.
Mike Lansing dressed but did not play in Aalborg’s 3-0 win over Sonderjyske on Friday.
Scotland
PREMIER LEAGUE
Gboly Ariyibi started, scored ONE goal, and played 90 minutes in Motherwell’s 4-1 loss to Celtic on Sunday.
Timothy Weah dressed but did not play for Celtic.
Kevin Silva did not dress (Selection) in Hearts 1-1 draw with St. Mirren on Saturday.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Ian Harkes started and played 90 minutes in Dundee United’s 1-1 draw with Falkirk on Saturday.
Austria
Bundesliga
Josh Gatt did not dress in Rheindorf Altach’s 0-0 draw with Wolfberg on Saturday.
Sweden
Svenska Cupen
Romain Gall started and played 90 minutes in Malmo’s 2-1 loss to Osters on Monday.
You failed to mention that Ariyibi’s goal was very controversial. Celtic had out the ball out of play so the ref could attend to Ryan Christie’s injury, but Motherwell broke protocol, took the ensuing throw in and scored the goal. Even Motherwell’s manager was upset about how that goal happened.
I watched it live
hi Larry. i made a similar comment as Peter did, but half the time i return to this page that comment is missing, and only reappears when i add another comment.
this has happened with other comments i’ve made on this site.
i’m curious as to why this is.
I’m not too sure, maybe something wrong with the settings?
Is Luca de la Torre still with Fulham? I know there was talk of a loan.
Yes still with fulham he did not go out loan
Alfredo Morales got a yellow, but I thought it was undeserved. He will now miss the next game because of card accumulation. Because they were a man up for almost the whole game, Dusseldorf dominated possession, but Dusseldorf had Morales play in a defensive role, so he didn’t have much impact on the play. His team was lucky to win since one goal was an own goal and they really were outplayed a lot of the time. Their wingers are awful; so many bad crosses that led to nothing. They finally scored the winner about the 85th minute on a header from a free kick.
Anyone see Josh Sargent play?
I saw maybe 30 to 40 minutes of his time. He was largely invisible. Like Bobby Wood, he got little chance to see the ball. A couple of times Sargent either got ridden off the ball or made a bad pass and he kind of looked like he wasn’t quite ready for prime time.
I thought in the first half, he struggled to find the game, but it was largel because he was the CF against a team that was clearly going to defend in numbers.
In the 2nd half, he showed for the ball a bit better and made a couple great passes while under pressure and had bad luck when return passes either failed to reach him, or were behind him so there was little he cold do. He may have done better as the defense tired, but was subbed out before that.
Wright did dress and he played.
Haji Wright came on in the 69th minute.
“Christian Pulisic did not dress (Injury) in Borussia Dortmund’s 3-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.“
I thinks it’s official now, Pulisic is injury prone.
In other words, an admission on your behalf that you would be the wrong guy to ask on this topic, but you shared your opinion for us anyway. Thanks.
Wonder, or perhaps hoping, that its just an excuse to keep him on the bench since he is leaving soon.