Folarin Balogun endured a tough day in his last time out for Ligue 1 side Monaco, but rebounded in a big way on Saturday against Marseille.
Balogun scored once and assisted once in Monaco’s 3-2 home win over Marseille, which was a bounce-back result for the club. The U.S. men’s national team striker’s right-footed shot in the 23rd minute tied the match at 2-2 before Balogun connected with Maghnes Akilouche for the eventual winning goal. Balogun’s pass was slotted home by the 21-year-old Frenchman, giving Adi Hutter’s squad a lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Balogun’s four chances created were the most by any player in the match, while he also won four duels.
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Monaco sits top of the Ligue 1 table ahead of an October 7 trip to Stade Reims.
In Italy, Christian Pulisic scored his third Serie A goal of the season. Weston McKennie and Tim Weah both featured in Juventus’ goal-less draw with Atalanta.
In England, Matt Turner made four saves in Nottingham Forest’s 1-1 draw with Brentford. Lynden Gooch started for Stoke City, but couldn’t help the Potters avoid defeat to Bristol City.
In Germany, John Brooks and Hoffenheim lost at home to Borussia Dortmund. Jordan Pefok registered one assist for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Elsewhere, Henry Wingo scored once for Ferencvaros. Bryan Reynolds and Westerlo tied Genk in Belgian Pro League play. Dante Polvara started in Aberdeen’s road victory over Rangers. Johnny Cardoso did not feature for Internacional. Caden Clark made his Vendyssel debut.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Antonee Robinson, Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea on Monday.
Matt Turner started, made FOUR SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Nottingham Forest’s 1-1 draw with Brentford on Sunday.
Auston Trusty came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Sheffield United’s 2-0 loss to West Ham United on Saturday.
Chris Richards came off the bench and played two minutes in Crystal Palace’s 1-0 win over Manchester United on Saturday.
Tyler Adams did not dress (Injury) in AFC Bournemouth’s 4-0 loss to Arsenal on Saturday.
Zack Steffen did not dress in Manchester City’s 2-1 loss to Wolves on Saturday.
EFL Championship
Duane Holmes started and played 64 minutes in Preston North End’s 4-0 loss to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
Lynden Gooch started and played 45 minutes in Stoke City’s 3-2 win over Bristol City on Saturday.
Haji Wright came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Coventry City’s 3-1 win over QPR on Saturday.
Reggie Cannon did not dress for QPR.
Vaughn Covil did not dress in Hull City’s 1-1 draw with Plymouth Argyle on Saturday.
Josh Sargent is OUT (Injury) for Norwich City.
Daryl Dike is OUT (Injury) for West Bromwich Albion.
Germany
Bundesliga
John Brooks started and played 84 minutes in Hoffenheim’s 3-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Friday.
Gio Reyna did not dress for Borussia Dortmund.
Jordan Pefok started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 64 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 3-1 win over Bochum on Saturday.
Joe Scally came off the bench and played 18 minutes for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Brenden Aaronson dressed but did not play in Union Berlin’s 1-0 loss to Heidenheim on Saturday.
Kevin Paredes came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Wolfsburg’s 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.
Paxten Aaronson came off the bench and played eight minutes for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Timmy Chandler did not dress for Eintracht Frankfurt.
2. Bundesliga
Johan Gomez started and played 81 minutes in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 1-0 loss to Hansa Rostock on Saturday.
Terrence Boyd came off the bench and played 14 minutes in Kaiserslautern’s 2-2 draw with Osnabruck on Sunday. Boyd missed one penalty kick.
Julian Green did not dress in Greuther Furth’s 1-1 draw with Elversberg on Sunday.
Nico Carrera did not dress in Holstein Kiel’s 2-0 win over Karlsruher on Saturday.
Spain
La Liga
Luca De La Torre did not dress (Suspension) in Celta Vigo’s 2-1 loss to Las Palmas on Monday.
Segunda Division
Jonathan Gomez came off the bench and played 23 minutes in CD Mirandes 1-0 win over Real Zaragoza on Sunday.
Konrad De La Fuente is OUT (Injury) for Eibar.
Italy
Serie A
Christian Pulisic started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 82 minutes in AC Milan’s 2-0 win over Lazio on Saturday.
Yunus Musah came off the bench and played 61 minutes for AC Milan.
Weston McKennie started and played 84 minutes in Juventus 0-0 draw with Atalanta on Sunday.
Timothy Weah came off the bench and played six minutes for Juventus.
Serie B
Kristoffer Lund started and played 59 minutes in Palermo’s 2-1 win over Sudtirol on Sunday.
Tanner Tessmann started and played 90 minutes in Venezia’s 3-1 win over Modena on Saturday.
Gianluca Busio started and played 80 minutes for Venezia.
Andrija Novakovich started and played 66 minutes in Lecco’s 2-1 loss to Cittadella on Saturday.
France
Ligue 1
Folarin Balogun started scored ONE GOAL, played ONE ASSIST and played 83 minutes in AS Monaco’s 3-2 win over Marseille on Saturday.
Emmanuel Sabbi came off the bench and played 20 minutes in Le Havre’s 2-0 loss to Lille on Sunday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Malik Tillman started, scored ONE GOAL, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in PSV’s 3-1 win over FC Volendam on Saturday.
Ricardo Pepi came off the bench and played 20 minutes for PSV.
Sergino Dest dressed but did not play for PSV.
Zach Booth came off the bench and played 18 minutes for FC Volendam.
Djordje Mihailovic came off the bench and played seven minutes in AZ Alkmaar’s 4-0 win over Fortuna Sittard on Sunday.
Taylor Booth came off the bench and played seven minutes in FC Utrecht’s 4-0 win over Almere City on Saturday.
Anthony Fontana dressed but did not play in PEC Zwolle’s 2-1 loss to Heracles on Sunday.
Eerste Divisie
Justin Che came off the bench and played two minutes in ADO Den Haag’s 3-0 loss to MVV on Friday.
Scotland
Premiership
Dante Polvara started and played 80 minutes in Aberdeen’s 3-1 win over Rangers on Saturday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is OUT for Celtic (Injury).
Portugal
Primeira Liga
Alex Mendez came off the bench and played 21 minutes in Vizela’s 3-2 loss to Portimonense on Saturday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Jonathan Amon came off the bench and played three minutes in Lyngby’s 2-1 win over Odense on Monday.
1. Division
Caden Clark came off the bench and played 31 minutes in Vendsyssel FF’s 3-1 loss to Aalborg on Friday.
Austria
Bundesliga
George Bello started and played 45 minutes in LASK’s 2-1 loss to Wolfsberger on Saturday.
Sebastian Soto is OUT (Injury) for Austria Klagenfurt.
Norway
Eliteserien
Christian Cappis came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Molde’s 4-0 win over Viking on Sunday.
Sam Rogers started and played 34 minutes in Lillestrom’s 2-0 loss to Brann on Sunday.
Kobe Hernandez-Foster and HamKam are off until October 4.
Belgium
Pro League
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo’s 3-3 draw with Genk on Sunday.
Griffin Yow did not dress for Westerlo.
Mark McKenzie did not dress for Genk.
Gabriel Slonina started, made THREE SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Eupen’s 3-1 loss to Anderlecht on Saturday.
Marlon Fossey started and played 70 minutes in Standard Liege’s 2-1 win over OH Leuven on Saturday.
Sam Vines did not dress in Royal Antwerp’s 0-0 draw with KV Mechelen on Saturday.
Greece
Super League
Erik Palmer-Brown did not dress in Panathinaikos 2-2 draw with PAOK on Sunday.
Croatia
1 HNL
Rokas Pukstas is OUT (Injury) for Hajduk Split.
Sweden
Allsvenskan
Joe Gyau did not dress in Degerfors’s 3-2 loss to Sirius on Saturday.
Hungary
NB I
Henry Wingo started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Ferencvaros 6-1 win over MTK Budapest on Sunday.
Brazil
Serie A
Johnny Cardoso did not dress in Internacional’s 2-0 loss to Atletico MG on Saturday.
Argentina
Copa de la Liga Profesional
Alan Sonora started and played 89 minutes in Huracan’s 1-1 draw with San Lorenzo on Saturday.
Joel Sonora dressed but did not play for Huracan.
Mexico
Liga MX
Alex Zendejas came off the bench and played 25 minutes in Club America’s 1-0 win over Pumas on Saturday.
Sebastian Saucedo came off the bench and played 32 minutes in FC Juarez’s 5-1 loss to Club Tijuana on Friday.
Reyna did dress for Dortmond he just didnt play. I watched game and saw him on bench dressed
Yeah I think the issue is how fit he is. Is he 5-10 minutes fit or 60 minutes fit? I guess he did play a U23 friendly a couple weeks ago so as long as there was no setbacks he should be available.
I just found out that Uly Llanez was in a car accident this summer and injured his elbow. The injury likely played a role in preventing him returning to SK Polten in Austria2. His contract is up in May so there was some rumblings that he wasn’t interested in transferring back there. Still Olympic eligible, even though it feels like he’s been around forever.
– Tillman is starting to make himself indispensable at PSV. One cannot see him losing his spot in the lineup given his current form, and certainly an October Nats callup
– Good to see Slolina getting starts between the pipes. With Horvath shelved until the next transfer window, he should get a callup this month.
– With Adams out, it’ll be interesting to see if Reyna gets a call. His playing time has dwindled down significantly since returning from injury, so it a callup deserved? On the other hand, some game time may be just what he needs to work himself back into relevance.
Reyna: if he’s fit he’ll be called. If BvB isn’t playing him because he’s not healthy enough to play more than a few minutes he might. If he can’t go and Dortmund is just giving him bench time for his vibes then he won’t.
” Tillman is starting to make himself indispensable at PSV. One cannot see him losing his spot in the lineup given his current form, and certainly an October Nats callup”
After one game against the worst team in the league? Volendam sucks big time. PSV must have been pretty bad off if Malik is anywhere near being indispensable. It might be more apt to say that the Volendam game at least kept Malik from the diva shitbag doghouse after his oversleeping incident.
Unless you’re going to start him or play him a lot, Gregg should leave Slonina at home.
Adams has nothing to do with whether or not Gio gets called in..
Tyler’s injury means candidates to replace him , starting with Yunus, get more chances.
If it won’t exacerbate his injury, then Gio will be called in if only so that Gio and Gregg can have that burying the hatchet (hopefully not in Gio’s back) photo op.
Gio proved that as a #10 he can make this team go. If he’s at all healthy he should start.
Glad Balogun bounced back (In my Big Sean Voice) after the two penalty miss. That French Algerian kid that scored twice was lit fire too 🔥 ⚽ 🥅
Paredes building a case for more minutes and starts this season. Hopefully he can provide quality depth on the wings for the USMNT.
Alegri should be on the hot seat. He needs to get Weah on the field. Perhaps try him at striker alongside Chiesa. Juve were wrong to get rid of Pirlo a couple seasons back. .ighr be time to bring him back.
Depends on how long Vlahovic and Millic are out as to if Weah gets minutes at F. Moises Keane has largely been a disappointment since being a highly touted teen but his goal scoring is still better than Tim has ever done. I still think moving Wes to CM is the more likely path to both Americans starting.
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Pirlo was pretty unsuccessful as a manager at Juve. Allegri might well get sacked but I don’t see Pirlo being brought back. He finished 7th last year in Turkey Fatih finished 8th the year before. His recently relegated Sampdoria is in 20th place in Serie B.
He won two trophies the year who took over, and then had to deal with Ronaldo leaving the next season his full first season. Pirlo was trying to build a different way of playing style. Juve brass got mad and impsttient that they finished fourth that season. He shouldn’t have been fired.
Don’t worry about Balo, he’s doing just fine.
Whoo baby that was a nice take and touch to space…and the finish. Oh my.
Yeah, he looks okay to me. 😉