Jesse Marsch led Red Bull Salzburg to a domestic double in his first season as manager and will look for a strong start to the new campaign on Saturday.
Marsch lifted both the Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup last season, while also earning his first managerial victory in the UEFA Champions League. The club will look for advancement in this year’s Austrian Cup with a trip to lower league side SW Bregenz on Saturday. It will kick off the domestic schedule for the club ahead of its Bundesliga opener on Sept. 12th at Wolfsberger. Marsch could become the first American manager to win back-to-back league and cup titles should everything go the way he hopes this season.
Elsewhere, Timothy Weah is back in training with Ligue 1 side Lille and will look to make his season debut. Ian Harkes and Dundee United face Kilmarnock this weekend while Chris Durkin and Sint-Truiden travels to Eupen in Belgian league play. Romain Gall begins his loan spell with Swedish side Orebro on Sunday.
Here’s a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
France
Ligue 1
Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu and Rennes face Montpellier on Saturday.
Timothy Weah and Lille face Stade Reims on Sunday.
Netherlands
Eerste Divisie
Sebastian Soto and Telstar face Volendam on Sunday.
Sweden
Allsvenskan
Romain Gall and Orebro face Norrkoping on Sunday.
Mix Diskerud and Helsingborg face Djurgarden on Sunday.
Aron Johannsson and Hammarby face Kalmar on Sunday.
Poland
Ekstraklasa
Kenny Saief and Lechia Gdansk face Ben Lederman and Rakow Częstochowa on Saturday.
Scotland
Premiership
Ian Harkes, Dillon Powers and Dundee United face Kilmarnock on Saturday.
Cameron Harper and Celtic face Motherwell on Sunday.
Belgium
first division
Chris Durkin and Sint-Truiden face Eupen on Saturday.
Brendan Hines-Ike and Kortrijk face Cercle Brugge on Saturday.
Ethan Horvath and Club Brugge face Genk on Sunday.
Austria
CUP
Jesse Marsch and Red Bull Salzburg face SW Bregenz on Saturday.
Republic of Ireland
fai cup
Josh Gatt and Dundalk face Cobh Ramblers on Sunday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Sebastian Saucedo and Pumas face Rubio Rubin and Club Tijuana on Sunday.
Ventura Alvarado and Atletico San Luis face Club America on Saturday.
Fernando Arce and Necaxa face Cruz Azul on Saturday.
Jonathan Suarez and Queretaro face Santos Laguna on Sunday.
Weah names to the roster for Sunday.
Ledezma is said to be with Jong PSV this weekend, I assume Gloster will be too. They play Excelsior on Saturday.
Ledezma off after 41 mins that’s probably not good. Why can’t we have nice things?
Hearing precautionary, had a slight ankle knock coming in and it wasn’t feeling great.
Carter-Vickers played the second half for Spurs in a friendly in Friday.
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Wood came off the bench for 28 mins for Hamburg in a friendly
Ccv gave up a penalty
A not uncommon occurrence for him, people are usually able to draw contact because of his size and go down. Rather rough hand ball yesterday, he’s off balance as he was trying desperately to get to the line, arms go out to catch himself rebound shot hits him in the chest and bounces off his hand. Just one of those the bad luck deals, if he keeps his hands down he likely goes over and the shot goes in directly. (Note watched it on my phone so maybe it was a worse play if I saw it on a big screen)
A not uncommon occurrence for him, people are usually able to draw contact because of his size and go down. Rather rough hand ball yesterday, he’s off balance as he was trying desperately to get to the line, arms go out to catch himself rebound shot hits him in the chest and bounces off his hand. Just one of those the bad luck deals, if he keeps his hands down he likely goes over and the shot goes in directly. (Note watched it on my phone so maybe it was a worse play if I saw it on a big screen)
CCV went the full 90 on Saturday, 135 mins over the two days.