Erik Palmer-Brown returned to the pitch for Austria Vienna on Sunday and helped deliver a strong defensive performance by the team against rivals Rapid Vienna.
Palmer-Brown returned from injury to play 90 minutes as Austria Vienna played out a scoreless draw at home. The U.S. Men’s National Team center back was all over the place for the hosts, helping the team remain alive in the race for a top six spot. The 23-year-old won 11 of his 15 duels, completing a game-high four dribbles to go with seven clearances and 10 recoveries in his first match since February 14th.
The Manchester City loanee has been having a strong season back in Austria and will now look to remain fit for the final push of the league season. Up next for the club is a trip to Sturm Graz, sitting three points from sixth place with two matches to play.
Elsewhere, Chris Richards excelled for Hoffenheim in a 2-1 league win over John Brooks and Wolfsburg. Josh Sargent scored for the second week in a row while Luca De La Torre registered his first goal for Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo. Sergino Dest helped Barcelona earn a shutout road victory over Osasuna. Brenden Aaronson and Taylor Booth also recorded goals in Sunday’s Bundesliga showdown . Tyler Adams also impressed in a comfortable league win for RB Leipzig. Timothy Weah got the start for Lille in a 3-1 Coupe De France win over Ajaccio.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad action:
England
premier league
Antonee Robinson came off the bench and played eight minutes in Fulham’s 1-0 win over Liverpool on Sunday.
Christian Pulisic came off the bench and played one minute in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Everton on Monday.
Zack Steffen dressed but did not play in Manchester City’s 2-0 loss to Manchester United on Sunday.
Tim Ream dressed but did not play for Fulham.
Owen Otasowie did not dress in Wolves 0-0 draw with Aston Villa on Saturday.
Championship
Daryl Dike started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Barnsley’s 1-0 win over Birmingham City on Saturday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes in Bournemouth’s 1-1 draw with Preston North End on Saturday.
Paul Arriola dressed but did not play in Swansea City’s 2-1 win over Middlesbrough on Saturday.
Duane Holmes dressed but did not play in Huddersfield Town’s 0-0 draw with Cardiff City on Friday.
Geoff Cameron, Charlie Kelman did not dress in QPR’s 2-0 win over Bristol City on Saturday.
Matt Olosunde and Rotherham United’s scheduled match with Brentford was postponed on Saturday.
Jordan Morris is OUT FOR SEASON.
League One
Lynden Gooch did not dress (Injury) in Sunderland’s 2-0 win over Rochdale on Saturday.
League Two
Indiana Vassilev came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Cheltenham Town’s 3-2 win over Port Vale on Saturday.
WSL
Sam Mewis started and played 68 minutes in Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Everton on Sunday.
Rose Lavelle came off the bench and played 22 minutes for Man City.
Abby Dahlkemper dressed but did not play for Man City.
Tobin Heath and Christen Press did not dress in Manchester United’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.
Division 1 Feminine
Catarina Macario and Lyon are off this weekend.
PL 2
Folarin Balogun dressed but did not play in Arsenal U-23’s 2-2 draw with Southampton on Friday.
Sebastian Soto did not dress in Norwich City U-23’s 3-1 win over Reading on Friday.
Chituru Odunze and Leicester City U-23’s are off this weekend.
Marlon Fossey and Fulham U-23’s are off this weekend.
Germany
bundesliga
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Hoffenheim’s 2-1 win over Wolfsburg on Saturday.
John Brooks started and played 90 minutes for Wolfsburg.
Josh Sargent started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 86 minutes in Werder Bremen’s 1-1 draw with Cologne on Sunday.
Tyler Adams started and played 84 minutes in RB Leipzig’s 3-0 win over Freiburg on Saturday.
Matthew Hoppe started and played 61 minutes in Schalke’s 0-0 draw with Mainz on Friday.
Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart tied Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 on Saturday.
Timmy Chandler came off the bench and played eight minutes for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Gio Reyna did not dress (Selection) in Borussia Dortmund’s 4-2 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
2. Bundesliga
Timothy Tillman dressed but did not play in Greuther Furth’s 2-1 loss to Bochum on Saturday.
McKinze Gaines did not dress in Hannover’s 1-1 draw with Erzgebirge Aue on Saturday.
Alfredo Morales dressed but did not play in Fortuna Dusseldorf’s 3-1 win over Nuremberg on Sunday.
Bobby Wood dressed but did not play in Hamburg’s 1-1 draw with Holstein Kiel on Monday.
Julian Green did not dress for Greuther Furth.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd started and played 80 minutes in Hallescher FC’s 3-0 loss to Wehen Wiesbaden on Sunday.
Regionalliga
Joe Scally started and played 90 minutes in Borussia Monchengladbach II’s 2-0 loss to Cologne on Saturday.
Spain
la liga
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Osasuna on Saturday.
Yunus Musah dressed but did not play in Valencia’s 2-1 win over Villarreal on Friday.
Segunda Liga
Shaq Moore started and played 90 minutes in Tenerife’s 1-0 loss to Real Zaragoza on Saturday.
La Liga 2
Konrad De La Fuente started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Barcelona B’s 4-2 win over Llagostera on Sunday.
Italy
Serie A
Weston McKennie came off the bench and played 20 minutes in Juventus 3-1 win over Lazio on Saturday.
Serie B
Andrija Novakovich started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 85 minutes in Frosinone’s 2-1 win over Cosenza on Saturday.
France
Coupe De France
Tim Weah started and played 62 minutes in Lille’s 3-1 win over Ajaccio on Sunday.
Ligue 2
Nicholas Gioacchini and Caen are off this weekend.
Portugal
primeira liga
Reggie Cannon started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Boavista’s 3-0 win over Famalicao on Saturday.
Belgium
first division a
Matt Miazga started and played 90 minutes in Anderlecht’s 1-1 draw with Mechelen on Sunday.
Chris Durkin started and played 90 minutes in Sint-Truiden’s 0-0 draw with Sporting Charleroi on Friday.
Mark McKenzie dressed but did not play in Genk’s 2-0 win over Cercle Brugge on Sunday.
Joe Efford did not dress in Waasland-Beveren’s 2-1 loss to Beerschot on Saturday.
Brendan Hines-Ike did not dress in Kortrijk’s 4-2 loss to Royal Antwerp on Saturday.
Ethan Horvath is OUT with COVID-19.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Luca De La Torre started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Heracles 2-1 win over PEC Zwolle on Sunday.
Uly Llanez did not dress in Heerenveen’s 3-0 win over ADO Den Haag on Saturday.
Desevio Payne did not dress in FC Emmen’s 1-1 draw with Sparta Rotterdam on Friday.
Richie Ledezma is OUT (Injury) for PSV.
Eerste Divisie
Alex Mendez came off the bench and played eight minutes in Jong Ajax’s 2-1 loss to FC Den Bosch on Monday.
Chris Gloster and Jong PSV are off this weekend.
Austria
bundesliga
Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 90 minutes in Austria Vienna’s 0-0 draw with Rapid Vienna on Sunday.
Brenden Aaronson started, scored ONE GOAL, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Red Bull Salzburg’s 4-1 win over SKN St. Poelten on Sunday.
Andrew Wooten started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Admira Moedling’s 2-1 loss to Hartberg on Saturday.
Taylor Booth started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 80 minutes for SKN St. Poelten.
Brandon Servania came off the bench and played 20 minutes for St. Poelten.
Turkey
Super Lig
Tyler Boyd started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 89 minutes in Sivasspor’s 2-2 draw with Galatasaray on Sunday.
Mix Diskerud started and played 83 minutes in Denizlispor’s 3-2 win over Yeni Malatyaspor on Saturday.
DeAndre Yedlin dressed but did not play for Galatasaray.
Swedish
Cup
Romain Gall did not dress in Malmo’s 4-1 win over Halmstads BK on Saturday.
Nebiyou Perry did not dress in Ostersunds 1-0 loss to Mjallby on Sunday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Emmanuel Sabbi came off the bench and played 23 minutes in Odense’s 2-0 loss to Vejle Boldklub on Sunday.
Haji Wright came off the bench and played 29 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 1-0 loss to Aalborg on Monday.
Jonathan Amon is OUT (Injury) for Nordsjaelland.
First Division
Christian Cappis started and played 90 minutes in Hobro’s 1-1 draw with Fredericia on Friday.
Loucious Don Deedson started and played 55 minutes for Hobro.
Greece
Super League
Gboly Ariyibi started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Panetolikos 1-0 win over NFC Volos on Sunday.
Scotland
Premiership
Ian Harkes started and played 79 minutes in Dundee United’s 0-0 draw with Celtic on Sunday.
Dillon Powers did not dress for Dundee United.
Cyprus
First Division
Mukwelle Akale did not dress in Pafos FC’s 1-1 first leg playoff draw with Apoel Nicosia on Saturday.
Switzerland
Super League
Theoson Siebatcheu started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Young Boys 1-1 draw with FC Vaduz on Saturday.
Poland
Ekstralaka
Aron Johannsson started and played 73 minutes in Lech Ponzan’s 1-0 win over Pogon Szczecin on Sunday.
Ben Lederman dressed but did not play in Rakow’s 0-0 draw with Cracovia on Saturday.
Kenny Saief did not dress in Lechia Gdansk’s 2-2 draw with Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala on Saturday.
Hungary
NB 1
Henry Wingo started and played 77 minutes in Ferencvaros 2-2 draw with Zalaegerszeg on Sunday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Fernando Arce dressed but did not play in Necaxa’s 3-1 loss to Club Santos on Sunday.
Sebastian Saucedo did not dress in Pumas 1-0 loss to Cruz Azul on Sunday.
Ventura Alvarado did not dress in Atletico San Luis 0-0 draw with Toluca on Friday.
Berhalter is definitely going to have some choices for the friendlys this month.
Was there ever a weekend in which Americans Abroad scored 10 goals and had 3 assists before? In addition, at least 4 players (Brooks, Miazga, Dest, Richards) are starting defenders in top leagues and 2, Adams and Mckennie are aggressive defensive midfielders who are playing at the highest level. The US has never had so many players performing so well at the top level. Never for me is looking back over 50 years.
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And neither Reyna nor Pulisic were a part of this.
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GB has a problem that none of Bora, Sampson, Arena, Bradley or Klinsmann ever had. That is which talented players to leave off the squad (well Klinsmann overlooked Donavon, but that is another story).
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Miazga is in a top league??? ?
Ah Dennis. I share your enthusiasm for this burgeoning talent. But I can’t agree that we are even close to “turning away talent” for big games. We are a lot more threadbare than people think — the idea of getting our “stone-cold starters” like Brooks, McKennie, Admans, Pulisic, Steffen, Dest, Reyna on the pitch at the same time is something we have not even come close to doing. We hope that the stars align from time to time to get a our fantasy “Best XI” on the same pitch (ideally at a World Cup!) but for me it’s much more likely we have to find our way through some tricky WCQ games using far less glamorous personnel.
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But I’d definitely agree — once we qualify (and we will), there are def going to be some very good players who feel hard done by!
Well we were only missing Pulisic against Wales.
Really hope to see Siebatcheu called in and hopefully accepts. A much needed goal scorer, having a great year so far.
Could be a real nice pick up at forward. Eligible for us, France, and Cameroon. We are at a nice sweet spot, i think, France is real wishful thinking for a 24 yr old loanee playing in the swiss league. Unless he has a passion for Cameroon, we are a better national team scene. He’d instantly be up the depth chart at forward, behind Sargent.
Watching highlights of Siebatcheu and Barnsley’s loanee Daryle Dike have been amazing. They’re fast, physical and possess skills to score goals. Both can bring a totally different element to the table in the USMNT’s striker position during the super rough and, sometimes dirty, CONCACAF World Cup qualifications on the road.
Going back and reviewing the level our players available from the 2018 cycle and comparing them to what’s available now is shocking. Yes there are still a couple positions that are TBD/Thin, but most every other position has viable options.
30+ years of following the USMNT and there has never been a player pool this deep or talented.
There are going to be a lot of “snubs” at this March camp because there are so many guys playing well right now. Be interesting to see where Aaronson plays (if he doesn’t join the U23s of course). Played as a 10 for Union’s 4-4-2 diamond, playing as a wing in Salzburg’s 4-4-2 double 6.