Alex Mendez and FC Vizela ended up on the losing end of Saturday’s 4-2 loss to FC Porto, but the American midfielder left the match with his first Portuguese Liga goal in stellar fashion.
Mendez scored in the 36th minute on Saturday, delivering one of the goals of the season in the Portuguese top-flight. The 21-year-old logged 90 minutes for his 25th league appearance of the season, while also completing the most dribbles (3), winning six duels, and two tackles. Mendez picked up possession outside of the box before cutting past two FC Porto defenders and rifling a left-footed shot off the left post and in. It was Mendez’s first top-flight goal of his career, after previously spending two seasons with Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie.
In Ligue 1 action, Erik Palmer-Brown played a key role in Troyes’ 3-0 win over Lille. The central defender delivered three clearances and two interceptions to help earn the clean sheet. The victory now gives Troyes a five-point gap from the relegation zone with only three matches remaining.
In English Premier League play, Christian Pulisic came off the bench and played 22 minutes in Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Everton. Josh Sargent’s return from injury was short-lived for 14 minutes as the USMNT striker re-aggravated an ankle injury. Norwich City suffered relegation with the road defeat at Aston Villa.
Elsewhere in England, Duane Holmes started and played 65 minutes in Huddersfield’s 2-1 win over Coventry City on Saturday. Huddersfield clinched a spot in the EFL Championshop promotion playoffs.
In Germany, John Brooks scored in Wolfsburg’s 1-1 draw with Stuttgart on Saturday. The crucial performance by Brooks also included a total of eight clearances for the central defender.
In Austria, Brenden Aaronson lifted the Austrian Cup for the second time in his European career. Ulysses Llanez scored and assisted once in St. Poelten’s 4-1 romp over Kapfenberger on Friday.
Elsewhere, both Jordan Pefok and Haji Wright scored for their respective clubs in league play. Pefok’s goal streak is now at four games as he is running away with the scoring title on 22 goals. Wright’s streak is at five games, but most notably his goal helped Antalyaspor earn a 2-2 draw against league-leaders Trabzonspor.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad action:
England
Premier League
Christian Pulisic came off the bench and played 22 minutes in Chelsea’s 1-0 loss to Everton on Sunday.
Zack Steffen dressed but did not play in Manchester City’s 4-0 win over Jesse Marsch’s Leeds United on Saturday.
Josh Sargent came off the bench and played 14 minutes in Norwich City’s 2-0 loss to Aston Villa on Saturday. Sargent left the match after re-aggravating an ankle injury.
Championship
Antonee Robinson, Tim Ream, started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 7-0 win over Luton Town on Monday.
Duane Holmes started and played 65 minutes in Huddersfield’s 2-1 win over Coventry City on Saturday.
Ethan Horvath dressed but did not play in Nottingham Forest’s 5-1 win over Swansea City on Saturday.
Matthew Olosunde did not dress in Preston North End’s 3-1 win over Barnsley on Saturday.
Daryl Dike is OUT FOR SEASON (injury) for West Brom.
League One
Lynden Gooch started and played 90 minutes in Sunderland’s 1-0 win over Morecambe on Saturday.
Marlon Fossey is OUT FOR SEASON (Injury) for Bolton.
Germany
Bundesliga
Joe Scally came off the bench and played one minute in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 3-1 win over RB Leipzig on Monday.
Tyler Adams dressed but did not play for RB Leipzig.
John Brooks started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Wolfsburg’s 1-1 draw with Pellegrino Matarazzo‘s Stuttgart on Saturday.
Kevin Paredes did not dress for Wolfsburg.
Ricardo Pepi dressed but did not play in Augsburg’s 4-1 loss to Koln on Saturday.
Justin Che dressed but did not play in Hoffenheim’s 4-3 loss to Freiburg on Saturday.
Timmy Chandler and Eintracht Frankfurt visit Bayer Leverkusen on Monday.
Tim Tillman started and played 89 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 1-1 draw with Union Berlin on Friday.
Julian Green came off the bench and played 17 minutes for Greuther Furth.
George Bello came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld’s 1-1 draw with Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
Gio Reyna is OUT FOR SEASON (injury) for Dortmund.
Chris Richards is OUT FOR SEASON (injury) for Hoffenheim.
2. Bundesliga
Ryan Malone started and played 90 minutes in Hansa Rostock’s 0-0 draw with Paderborn on Saturday.
Nico Carrera dressed but did not play in Holstein Kiel’s 3-2 win over Werder Bremen on Friday.
Bryang Kayo did not dress in Nuremberg’s 1-1 draw with St. Pauli on Friday.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd started and played 90 minutes in Kaiserslautern’s 3-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund II on Saturday.
Johan Gomez came off the bench and played 30 minutes in FSV Zwickau’s 3-0 lost to Turkgucu Munchen on Saturday.
Regionalliga
Taylor Booth started and played 70 minutes in Bayern Munich II’s 2-1 win over Greuther Furth II on Sunday.
Italy
Serie A
Gianluca Busio dressed but did not play in Venezia’s 2-1 loss to Juventus on Sunday.
Tanner Tessmann dressed but did not play for Venezia.
Weston McKennie is OUT (Injury) for Juventus.
Serie B
Andrija Novakovich started and played 75 minutes in Frosinone’s 3-0 loss to SPAL on Saturday.
Anthony Fontana dressed but did not play in Ascoli’s 1-0 win over Cremonese on Saturday.
Spain
La Liga
Yunus Musah came off the bench and played one minute in Valencia’s 1-1 draw with Levante on Saturday.
Matthew Hoppe came off the bench and played one minute in Mallorca’s 2-1 loss to Barcelona on Sunday.
Matt Miazga dressed but did not play in Alaves’ 2-1 win over Villareal on Saturday.
Sergiño Dest is OUT FOR SEASON (injury) for Barcelona.
Segunda Liga
Shaq Moore came off the bench and played three minutes in Tenerife’s 2-0 win over Lugo on Sunday.
Samuel Shashoua did not dress for Tenerife.
Jonathan Gomez came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Real Sociedad B’s 2-1 win over Real Valladolid on Monday.
France
Ligue 1
Tim Weah started and played 90 minutes in Lille’s 3-0 loss to Troyes on Sunday.
Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 90 minutes for Troyes.
Nicholas Gioacchini came off the bench and played four minutes in Montpellier’s 2-2 draw with Metz on Sunday.
Konrad De La Fuente is OUT FOR SEASON (injury) for Marseille.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Luca de la Torre started and played 78 minutes in Heracles’ 1-1 draw with FC Twente on Saturday.
Cole Bassett came off the bench and played 23 minutes in Feyenoord’s 3-1 win over Fortuna Sittard on Sunday.
Richie Ledezma came off the bench and played one minute in PSV’s 4-2 win over Willem II on Sunday.
Eerste Divisie
Dante Sealy is OUT (U.S. U-20 training camp) for Jong PSV.
Portugal
Liga Portugal
Reggie Cannon started and played 90 minutes in Boavista’s 2-1 win over Moreirense on Sunday.
Alex Mendez started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Vizela’s 4-2 loss to FC Porto on Saturday.
Belgium
Pro League Championship Playoff
Mark McKenzie started and played 90 minutes in Genk’s 4-2 win over KV Mechelen on Friday.
Sam Vines started and played 71 minutes in Royal Antwerp’s 0-0 draw with Union St. Gilloise on Sunday.
Scotland
Premiership Second Phase
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 1-1 draw with Rangers on Sunday.
James Sands dressed but did not play for Rangers.
Joe Efford came off the bench and played 26 minutes in Motherwell’s 1-0 loss to Dundee United on Saturday.
Christian Ramirez started and played 69 minutes in Aberdeen’s 1-0 win over Dundee FC on Saturday.
Sebastian Soto came off the bench and played one minute in Livingston’s 1-0 win over Hibernian on Saturday.
Chris Mueller dressed but did not play for Hibernian.
Ian Harkes is OUT FOR SEASON (injury) for Dundee United.
Austria
Austrian Cup
Brenden Aaronson came off the bench and played 27 minutes in Red Bull Salzburg’s 3-0 win over Ried on Sunday.
2. Liga
Ulysses Llanez started, scored ONE GOAL, registered ONE ASSIST, scored and played 90 minutes in St. Poelten’s 4-1 win over Kapfenberger SV on Friday.
Switzerland
Super League
Jordan Pefok started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Young Boys 2-1 win over Sion on Sunday.
Denmark
Superliagen Championship Playoffs
Christian Cappis started and played 73 minutes in Brondby’s 2-1 loss to Randers FC on Sunday.
Emmanuel Sabbi started and played 74 minutes in Odense’s 1-0 win over AGF Aarhus on Sunday.
Jonathan Amon is OUT FOR SEASON (Injury) for Nordsjaelland.
Hungary
Nb I
Henry Wingo did not dress in Ferencvaros’ 2-1 win over Paksi SE on Friday.
Turkey
Super Lig
Haji Wright started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Antalyaspor’s 2-2 draw with Trabzonspor on Saturday.
Tyler Boyd came off the bench and played 27 minutes in Rizespor’s 7-1 win over Goztepe on Sunday.
Sweden
Allsvenskan
Joe Gyau started and played 33 minutes in Degerfors’ 6-0 loss to Elfsborg on Sunday.
Jeffrey Gal did not dress for Degerfors.
Romain Gall and Malmo visit Hammarby on Monday.
Joe Corona started and played 73 minutes in Sundsvall’s 2-0 loss to AIK on Sunday.
Forrest Lasso did not dress for Sundsvall.
Argentina
Copa De La Liga Profesional
Joel Sonora started and played 64 minutes in Velez Sarsfield’s 3-2 win over Tigre on Saturday.
Alan Sonora did not dress in Independiente’s 1-0 loss to Lanus on Saturday.
Brazil
Gaucho
Johnny Cardoso did not dress in Internacional’s 0-0 draw with Avai FC on Sunday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Sebastian Saucedo did not dress Pumas’ 2-0 win over Pachuca on Sunday.