Antonee Robinson made his long-awaited return for English Premier League side Fulham on Sunday and picked up where he left off as Marco Silva’s starting left back.
Fulham fell 3-1 to London rivals West Ham United, but Robinson logged 90 minutes in his first appearance in over one month. The 25-year-old led all players with the most duels won (6), most fouls drawn (2), and most tackles completed (2), finishing as Fulham’s best defender on the afternoon. Robinson went toe-to-toe with Hammers winger Jarrod Bowen for the entire match, limiting Bowen to only two shots on goal and zero goals from open play.
Robinson’s return to action is a major boost for Silva and the Fulham backline with the schedule continuing to be busy this fall. Fulham next hosts AFC Bournemouth on Oct. 15 before facing Aston Villa, Leeds United, and Everton later this month.
Elsewhere in England, Ethan Horvath posted a three-save shutout for Luton Town in a scoreless draw with West Bromwich Albion. Christian Pulisic scored his first Premier League goal of the season for Chelsea. Josh Sargent continued his impressive goalscoring run with Norwich City. Auston Trusty scored his first two Birmingham City goals in a 3-0 win over Bristol City.
In Germany, Joe Scally started for Borussia Moenchengladbach in a 5-2 win over Cologne.
In Spain, Yunus Musah made his return to Valencia in a road victory over Osasuna.
In France, Tim Weah made his return to action for Lille following a lengthy injury spell. Folarin Balogun went the distance for Stade Reims in a scoreless draw with PSG.
Elsewhere, Ricardo Pepi scored twice for Dutch side FC Groningen, continuing his impressive start in the Netherlands. Alan Sonora also found the back of the net for Argentinian side Independiente. Cameron Carter-Vickers returned to the Celtic starting lineup in a road win over St. Johnstone.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Christian Pulisic started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 72 minutes in Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Wolves on Saturday.
Antonee Robinson, Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 3-1 loss to West Ham United on Sunday.
Tyler Adams started and played 90 minutes in Leeds United’s 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Brenden Aaronson started and played 76 minutes for Leeds United.
Chris Richards did not dress for Crystal Palace.
Matt Turner dressed but did not play in Arsenal’s 3-2 win over Liverpool on Saturday.
Championship
Josh Sargent started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Norwich City’s 3-2 loss to Preston North End on Saturday.
Matthew Olosunde did not dress for Preston North End.
Auston Trusty started, scored TWO GOALS, and played 90 minutes in Birmingham City’s 3-0 win over Bristol City on Saturday.
Ethan Horvath started, made THREE SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Luton Town’s 0-0 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
Zack Steffen started, made FIVE SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 2-0 loss to Millwall on Saturday.
Lynden Gooch started and played 90 minutes in Sunderland’s 2-1 loss to Swansea City on Saturday.
Duane Holmes started and played 78 minutes in Huddersfield’s 2-0 win over Hull City on Sunday.
Daryl Dike is OUT (Injury) for West Brom.
Vaughn Covil is OUT (Injury) for Hull City.
PL2
Jonathan Tomkinson started and played 90 minutes in Norwich City’s 2-2 draw with Stoke City on Sunday.
Matthew Hoppe and Middlesbrough visit West Brom on Monday.
Germany
Bundesliga
Jordan Pefok started and played 65 minutes in Union Berlin’s 1-0 win over Pellegrino Matarazzo‘s Stuttgart on Sunday.
Joe Scally started and played 83 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 5-2 win over Cologne on Sunday.
Timmy Chandler came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 3-0 win over Bochum on Saturday.
Kevin Paredes came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Wolfsburg’s 1-1 draw with Augsburg on Saturday.
Gio Reyna did not dress (Injury) in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich on Saturday.
2. Bundesliga
Julian Green started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 2-2 draw with Jahn Regensburg on Friday.
Timothy Tillman came off the bench and played 23 minutes for Furth.
Terrence Boyd started and played 66 minutes in Kaiserslautern’s 1-1 draw with Hamburg on Saturday.
George Bello came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld’s 2-1 loss to Karlsruher on Friday.
Nico Carrera did not dress in Holstein Kiel’s 3-2 win over Nuremberg on Sunday.
3. Liga
Johan Gomez started and played 45 minutes in FSV Zwickau’s 1-0 loss to Wehen Wiesbaden on Saturday.
Spain
La Liga
Yunus Musah came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Valencia’s 2-1 win over Osasuna on Friday.
Luca De La Torre dressed but did not play in Celta Vigo’s 1-0 loss to Barcelona on Sunday.
Segunda Liga
Samuel Shashoua did not dress in Tenerife’s 1-1 draw with Albacete on Sunday.
Italy
Serie A
Weston McKennie came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Juventus 2-0 loss to AC Milan on Saturday.
Sergino Dest dressed but did not play for AC Milan.
Serie B
Gianluca Busio started and played 74 minutes in Venezia’s 2-1 loss to Bari on Saturday.
Andrija Novakovich started and played 54 minutes for Venezia.
Tanner Tessmann came off the bench and played 36 minutes for Venezia.
Jack DeVries dressed but did not play for Venezia.
Anthony Fontana did not dress (Injury) in Ascoli’s 2-1 loss to Modena on Saturday.
France
Ligue 1
Folarin Balogun started and played 90 minutes in Stade Reims 0-0 draw with Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday.
Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 60 minutes in Troyes 3-2 loss to Nice on Sunday.
Tim Weah came off the bench and played 16 minutes in Lille’s 1-0 win over Lens on Sunday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Ricardo Pepi started, scored TWO GOALS, and played 90 minutes in FC Groningen’s 3-2 loss to RKC Waalwijk on Friday.
Cole Bassett came off the bench and played two minutes in Fortuna Sittard’s 2-1 win over Vitesse Arnhem on Sunday.
Richie Ledezma came off the bench and played one minute in PSV’s 1-0 win over FC Heerenveen on Sunday.
Taylor Booth did not dress in FC Utrecht’s 2-1 loss to AZ Alkmaar on Sunday.
Portugal
Liga Portugal
Alex Mendez started and played 90 minutes in Vizela’s 1-0 win over Casa Pia on Sunday.
John Brooks dressed but did not play in Benfica’s 4-2 win over Rio Ave on Saturday.
Reggie Cannon did not dress (Injury) in Boavista’s 1-1 draw with Maritimo on Sunday.
Joel Sonora dressed but did not play for Maritimo.
Scotland
Premiership
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 2-1 win over St. Johnstone on Saturday.
Joe Efford started and played 90 minutes in Motherwell’s 1-0 loss to Hibernian on Saturday.
Malik Tillman, James Sands dressed but did not play in Rangers 4-0 win over St Mirren on Saturday.
Ian Harkes came off the bench and played five minutes in Dundee United’s 4-0 win over Aberdeen on Saturday.
Christian Ramirez came off the bench and played nine minutes for Aberdeen.
Dante Polvara did not dress for Aberdeen.
Belgium
Pro League
Sam Vines started and played 90 minutes in Royal Antwerp’s 2-0 win over St. Truiden on Friday.
Mark McKenzie started and played 90 minutes in Genk’s 2-1 win over Kortrijk on Saturday.
Bryan Reynolds started and played 73 minutes in Westerlo’s 2-0 win over Club Brugge on Saturday.
Marlon Fossey came off the bench and played 25 minutes in Standard Liege’s 1-0 win over Sporting Charleroi on Sunday.
Griffin Yow did not dress for Westerlo.
Owen Otasowie did not dress for Club Brugge.
Greece
Super League
Konrad de la Fuente did not dress in Olympiakos 2-1 win over OFI Crete on Sunday.
Turkey
Super Lig
Haji Wright started and played 85 minutes in Antalyaspor’s 1-1 draw with Konyaspor on Saturday.
Tyler Boyd did not dress in Besiktas 1-0 win over Giresunspor on Saturday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Christian Cappis dressed but did not play in Brondby’s 3-2 win over Randers on Sunday.
Emmanuel Sabbi did not dress (Injury) in Odense’s 1-1 draw with Silkeborg on Sunday.
Austria
Bundesliga
Sebastian Soto did not dress in Austria Klagenfurt’s 2-1 win over Austria Lustenau on Saturday.
2. Liga
Ulysses Llanez came off the bench and played 45 minutes in SKN St. Poelten’s 1-0 win over Vorwaerts Steyr on Friday.
Hungary
NB 1
Henry Wingo did not dress in Ferencvaros 2-0 win over Debrecen on Sunday.
Norway
Eliteserien
Sam Rogers started and played 82 minutes in Rosenborg’s 3-0 win over Valerenga on Sunday.
Kobe Hernandez-Foster dressed but did not play in HamKam’s 5-0 loss to Molde on Sunday.
Sweden
Allsvenskan
Forrest Lasso, Joe Corona started and played 90 minutes in Sundsvall’s 3-2 win over Goteborg on Sunday.
Jeffrey Gal, Joe Gyau started and played 90 minutes in Degerfors 0-0 draw with Sirius on Saturday. Gal made three saves in goal.
Romain Gall did not dress in Malmo’s 0-0 draw with Varnamo on Sunday.
Israel
Ligat HaAL
Josh Cohen dressed but did not play in Maccabi Haifa’s 1-0 loss to Maccabi Bnei Raina on Saturday.
Argentina
Primeira Liga
Alan Sonora started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Independiente’s 2-1 loss to Tigre on Sunday.
Brazil
Serie A
Johnny Cardoso started and played 73 minutes in Internacional’s 4-2 win over Goias on Sunday.
Pepi is scoring
I give GB credit for reaching out to the young man with belief in him rewarding, rewarding him with the opportunity in the last call ups because he had earned it throughout the qualifying cycle, and now he’s on a roll evidently
He’s feeling it
– I cannot see how Chris Richards can at this time stake a claim for a starting spot next month. Once again, zero minutes, this time against Leeds. It also seems on those sporadic occasions when he get a few minutes, there are not consequential, and not at CB.
– However, CCV, McKenzie, EPB, Scally and Vines logged minutes. Here’s hoping that continues.
– It was good to see Weah and A Robinson get some game time. Both have a few short weeks to pull it together.
– All 3 keepers got a game this week, with Turner between the pipes for UEL.
I think with Richards it’s more his competition at CB. I’m guessing he’s still injured given he hasn’t dressed since the international break when he couldn’t participate due to injury. However, I couldn’t find where Palace or Vieira talked about him being injured. EPB is pretty mistake prone and was whistled for a penalty over the weekend and was taken off for another defender, CCV was also injured for last camp its hard to rate where Berhalter sees him compared to Richards, McKenzie is playing regularly but has had some mistakes for NT. That leaves the experienced but limited Long.
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Good to see Musah get back as well.
We will miss Miles Robinson, but should feel somewhat fortunate Aaron Long is healthy. I still think CCV joins Richards in the CB pool. McKenzie didn’t impress during WCQ and EPB, as you say, needs some seasoning I suppose.
Berhalter obviously rates CCV above McKenzie and EPB since he was on the initial Sept. roster and they weren’t. What we don’t know is had he passed Long in Gregg’s mins after June.
Finally, BA hit the slalom on his opps again. I know Leeds lost the match, but I haven’t seen him hit da slalom since ‘21 CR friendly. He took less physical damage as a RW, like in his 1st match. Captain Adams had a hell of match also; to leave with a loss will over shadow his excellent play. Less than 2 months away from the “Winter Cup!” Good health & productivity for the US players is what I hope keeps happening !