Geoff Cameron was one of two American players to pick up a win in EFL Championship play this weekend, helping QPR to a 2-0 victory over Preston North End in London.
The veteran midfielder started and played 90 minutes at Loftus Road Stadium, while continuing to provide experience on the pitch. Cameron won four of seven duels, while making eight recoveries, winning two aerial battles, and making one clearance. Cameron, 34, has made 14 appearances in league play this season, with Saturday’s win bumping QPR to 14th in the second division standings. Up next for Cameron and QPR is a trip to Birmingham City on Wednesday as the busy schedule continues.
Elsewhere, Weston McKennie played the full 90 minutes for Schalke but was unable to help his side to a win. Zack Steffen and Alfredo Morales played 90 minutes in a lopsided loss to Borussia Dortmund. Christian Pulisic was ineffective in a road loss to Everton, Tim Ream and Fulham lost to Bristol City at home, and Eric Lichaj and Hull City defeated Stoke City at home.
Erik Palmer-Brown and Austria Wien earned a 2-2 draw against rivals Rapid Wien. Chris Durkin earned his first start for Sint-Truiden, but could not help his team avoid a loss to Club Brugge. Niko Hamalainen continued to rack up first team minutes for Scottish side Kilmarnock.
Here’s a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
PREMIER LEAGUE
Christian Pulisic started and played 90 minutes in Chelsea’s 3-1 loss to Everton on Saturday.
DeAndre Yedlin and Newcastle United face Southampton on Sunday.
EFL Championship
Eric Lichaj started and played 90 minutes in Hull City’s 2-1 win over Stoke City on Saturday.
Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 2-1 loss to Bristol City on Saturday.
Geoff Cameron started and played 90 minutes in QPR’s 2-0 win over Preston North End on Saturday.
Duane Holmes started and played 90 minutes in Derby County’s 1-0 loss to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
Antonee Robinson started and played 90 minutes in Wigan Athletic’s 2-1 loss to Luton Town on Saturday.
Matt Miazga started and played 45 minutes in Reading’s 3-2 loss to Birmingham City on Saturday.
Luca De La Torre dressed but did not play for Fulham.
Cameron Carter-Vickers did not dress for Stoke City.
League One
Matthew Olosunde started and played 73 minutes in Rotherham United’s 1-0 loss to Rochdale on Saturday.
Charlie Kelman is OUT (Injury) for Southend United.
Lynden Gooch is OUT (Injury) for Sunderland.
premier league cup u-23
Indiana Vassilev and Aston Villa face Middlesbrough on Monday.
Kyle Scott did not dress in Newcastle United’s 1-0 loss to Reading on Saturday.
Germany
Bundesliga
Weston McKennie started and played 90 minutes in Schalke’s 2-1 loss to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
John Brooks started and played 90 minutes in Wolfsburg’s 1-0 loss to Freiburg on Saturday.
Zack Steffen, Alfredo Morales started and played 90 minutes in Fortuna Dusseldorf’s 5-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
Tyler Adams did not dress in RB Leipzig’s 3-1 win over Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Khiry Shelton did not dress in Paderborn’s 1-0 win over Sunday.
Fabian Johnson did not dress in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 2-1 win over Bayern Munich on Sunday.
Giovanni Reyna dressed but did not play for Borussia Dortmund.
Timothy Chandler dressed but did not play in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 2-2 draw with Hertha Berlin on Friday.
Josh Sargent is OUT for Werder Bremen. (Injury)
2. Bundesliga
Bobby Wood dressed but did not play in Hamburg’s 1-0 loss to Heidenheim on Friday.
Sebastian Soto dressed but did not play in Hannover’s 3-2 win over Erzgebirge Aue on Saturday.
Julian Green is OUT for Greuther Furth.
3. Liga
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Bayern Munich II’s 3-2 loss to Duisburg on Sunday.
Terrence Boyd started and played 90 minutes in Hallescher FC’s 1-0 loss to Kaiserslautern on Saturday.
McKinze Gaines came off the bench and played 12 minutes in Sonnenhof Grobaspach’s 1-1 draw with 1860 Munich on Saturday.
Timothy Tillman did not dress for Bayern II.
Regionalliga
Michael Edwards came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Wolfsburg II’s 5-0 win over Werder Bremen on Sunday.
Brady Scott dressed but did not play in Koln II’s 1-0 loss to Fortuna Koln on Friday.
u-19 Bundesliga
Ulysses Llanez started and played 88 minutes in Wolfsburg’s 3-2 win over St. Pauli on Saturday.
Taylor Booth started and played 83 minutes in Bayern Munich’s 2-0 win over Augsburg on Saturday.
Matthew Hoppe started and played 76 minutes in Schalke’s 2-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.
Thomas Vincent Robinson dressed but did not play in FC Energie Cottbus’ 2-1 win over Holstein Kiel on Sunday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in Ajax’s 2-0 win over Willem II on Friday.
Haji Wright started and played 90 minutes in VVV Venlo’s 2-0 win over FC Emmen on Saturday.
Desevio Payne did not dress for FC Emmen.
Eerste Divisie
Richard Ledesma started and played 80 minutes in Jong PSV’s 1-1 draw with Go Ahead Eagles on Friday.
Alex Mendez and Jong Ajax face Roda JC on Monday.
Chris Gloster did not dress for Jong PSV.
Belgium
Pro League
Chris Durkin started and played 89 minutes in Sint-Truiden’s 2-1 loss to Club Brugge on Saturday.
Ethan Horvath dressed but did not play for Club Brugge.
Brendan Hines-Ike dressed but did not play in Kortrijk’s 1-1 draw with Mechelen on Saturday.
Kenny Saief did not dress in Anderlecht’s 0-0 draw with Charleroi on Sunday.
Turkey
Super Lig
Tyler Boyd dressed but did not play in Besiktas’ 3-2 win over Kasimpasa on Sunday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Christian Cappis started and played 90 minutes in Hobro’s 0-0 draw with Horsens on Friday.
Emmanuel Sabbi and Yosef Samuel dressed but did not play for Hobro.
Louicius Don Deedson came off the bench and played one minute for Hobro.
Michael Lansing dressed but did not play for Horsens.
Jonathan Amon did not dress in Nordsjaelland’s 1-0 loss to Kobenhaven on Sunday.
Spain
Segunda Division
Shaq Moore dressed but did not play in Tenerife’s 2-0 loss to Malaga on Friday.
France
Ligue 1
Theoson Jordan-Siebatcheu did not dress in Rennes’ 2-1 win over Angers on Saturday.
Timothy Weah is OUT for Lille. (Injury)
Austria
Bundesliga
Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 90 minutes in Austria Wien’s 2-2 draw with Rapid Wien on Sunday.
Jesse Marsch and RB Salzburg defeated WSG Wattens 5-1 on Saturday.
Greece
Super League
Gboly Ariyibi started and played 90 minutes in Panetolikos’ 3-0 loss to Olympiakos on Saturday.
Sweden
The Allsvenskan and Superettan seasons are on break.
Scotland
premier league
Niko Hamalainen started and played 90 minutes in Kilmarnock’s 3-0 loss to Livingston on Saturday.
Kevin Silva dressed but did not play in Hearts’ 1-0 loss to Motherwell on Saturday.
Scottish Cup
Matt Polster did not dress in Rangers’ 1-0 loss to Celtic on Sunday.
championship
Ian Harkes started and played 90 minutes in Dundee United’s 2-1 win over Alloa Athletic on Saturday.
James Murphy came off the bench and played one minute in Arbroath’s 1-1 draw with Dundee on Saturday.
Cyprus
First DivisioN
Danny Williams came off the bench and played three minutes in Pafos FC’s 1-0 win over New Salamis on Friday.
Italy
Serie B
Andrija Novakovich started and played 90 minutes in Frosinone’s 2-0 win over Juve Stabia on Sunday.
Switzerland
pro league
Jonathan Klinsmann did not dress in St. Gallen’s 4-1 win over FC Thun on Sunday.
Argentina
superLIGA
Joel Sonora came off the bench and played 24 minutes in Arsenal Sarandi’s 2-0 win over Huracan on Saturday.
Alan Sonora did not dress in Independiente’s 1-0 loss to Banfield on Friday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Ventura Alvarado did not dress in Necaxa’s 1-0 second leg loss to Monterrey on Saturday. Monterrey won 3-1 on aggregate.
ascenso MX playoffs
Tony Alfaro dressed but did not play in Zacatepec’s 2-2 second leg draw with Zacatepec XXI on Friday. Zacatepec lost 5-3 on aggregate.
Geoff Cameron……the veteran midfielder…..AGAIN MIDFIELDER……starting and playing 90 minutes at Loftus Road Stadium, while continuing to provide EXPERIENCE on the pitch. A former EPL now EPL Championship player….
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Yet even at the END of his amazing career, people like to argue that he is a CB and not an EPL caliber Midfielder that could have elevated the overall talent level of the USMNT……to justify certain “other players” being on the USMNT (some of who are out of Contract with NO MLS TEAMS REALLY RUSHING FOR THEIR SERVICES!!!!). lol, Interesting
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#RESPECTGEOFFCAMERON
ageing midfielder, cancer to the team in the past…..we’ve moved on from him, you should too, but if your narrative helps you sleep better than continue on brother!!!!
Ronnie, the cancer on the team was the manager who benched Cameron (an EPL starting CB at the time) and decided to start OG Gonzolez in his place in Couva and we all know what happened next.
@Ronniet,
I’m with you brother and I appreciate you letting me come to terms with my painful woes but if you are talking about “ageing midfielder or a cancer to the team in the past” we still have some in camp that need to be routed out in order for this team to succeed. If it comes down to an aging EPL player or aging MLS player well I trust you can take it from there……
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@Joe Dirt
+1
my point exactly!!!!
other than Bruce Arena’s ambiguous “bad egg” comment, i’ve never seen any evidence of Geoff Cameron being “cancer” in any way.
It doesn’t really seem like Joe’s point and yours are the same at all. We all know your referencing Bradley, but Joe is saying he should have replaced Omar, not Bradley.
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I’m hoping we don’t see Bradley in the semis in June. Adams should be healed, Weah should be healed allowing Tyler and Wes in a double pivot with CP in front with Weah and Morris (or Ledezma, Pomykal, or Gio). I don’t see anyway Bradley makes it to qualifying next fall barring injuries to Yueill, Adams, Morales, McKennie.
Johnnyrazor, I was referencing the “cancer on the team in the past” comment. There were various issues that lead to the down fall of the team but Geoff Cameron was not one of them. Hence he was never a cancer on this team. Ronniet and I both referenced what we thought was cancerous on the team but at the end of the day we both agreed that it was not Cameron.
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“I’m hoping we don’t see Bradley in the semis in June. “……Hahaha, just be ready for a major disappointment this June
It will be interesting to see how Marsch does after Haland is sold and maybe a couple others. Seem to have plenty of fire power for the league but do they have enough for Europa League (assuming they won’t upset Liverpool this week).
There were an awful lot more of ___played in __’s loss to___ than there were ___played in __’s win over ___
Kevin Silva DID dress for Hearts on Saturday.
1st time ever!