AC Milan’s quest for a top-six finish isn’t done just yet.
The Rossoneri claimed a 2-0 road victory over Venezia on Sunday with U.S. men’s national team star Christian Pulisic scoring his 15th goal of the season in all competitions. The contribution marked Pulisic’s 50th in AC Milan colors, continuing a second stellar season in Italy.
Pulisic needed only five minutes to find the back of the net after AC Milan forced a defensive mistake from Venezia. The 26-year-old was played into the 18-yard box before slotting home into the bottom-left corner.
Santiago Gimenez delivered the Rossoneri’s insurance goal in second-half stoppage time, sealing an important three points against one of Serie A’s strugglers.
Pulisic is on pace to setting a new career-high for goals in a single season, sitting one tally behind his 2023-24 haul.
AC Milan sits five points back of sixth-place Juventus with four matches remaining in league play. The Rossoneri will face Genoa and Bologna in back-to-back matches before closing their league schedule against Roma and Monza.
In England, Chris Richards and Crystal Palace advanced to the FA Cup Final. Ethan Horvath and Cardiff City suffered relegation from England’s second-tier. Tyler Adams and Bournemouth conceded a late equalizer vs. Manchester United.
In Germany, Kevin Paredes and John Tolkin suffered respective injuries in Bundesliga play. Gio Reyna featured in Borussia Dortmund’s road victory.
In France, Tanner Tessmann featured off of the bench in Lyon’s home win.
Elsewhere, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Auston Trusty and Celtic lifted the Scottish Premiership title. Jonathan Tomkinson and Ross County lost at Kilmarnock. Griffin Yow came off the bench and scored in Westerlo’s draw with Mechelen. George Bello went the distance in LASK’s 6-0 league victory.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Antonee Robinson started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 2-1 win over Southampton on Saturday.
Tyler Adams started and played 90 minutes in Bournemouth’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Sunday.
FA Cup
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday.
Matt Turner dressed but did not play for Crystal Palace.
Championship
Haji Wright started and played 90 minutes in Coventry City’s 1-0 loss to Luton Town on Saturday.
Aidan Morris started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 0-0 draw with Norwich City on Saturday.
Josh Sargent started and played 90 minutes for Norwich City.
Brenden Aaronson started and played 86 minutes in Leeds United’s 4-0 win over Bristol City on Monday.
Caleb Wiley started and played 90 minutes in Watford’s 2-1 loss to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
Ethan Horvath started, made SIX SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Cardiff City’s 0-0 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
Daryl Dike came off the bench and played 12 minutes for West Bromwich Albion.
Lynden Gooch started and played 90 minutes in Stoke City’s 2-0 loss to Sheffield United on Friday.
League One
Donovan Pines did not dress in Barnsley’s 2-1 loss to Shrewsbury Town on Saturday.
WSL
Phallon Tullis-Joyce and Manchester United are off until April 30.
Women’s Champions League
Emily Fox started and played 90 minutes in Arsenal’s 4-1 second leg win over Lyon on Sunday. Arsenal advanced 5-3 on aggregate.
Lindsey Heaps started and played 69 minutes for Lyon.
Naomi Girma started and played 45 minutes in Chelsea’s 4-1 second leg loss to Barcelona on Sunday. Barcelona advanced 8-2 on aggregate.
Catarina Macario came off the bench and played 29 minutes for Chelsea.
Mia Fishel did not dress for Chelsea.
Germany
Bundesliga
Joe Scally started and played 90 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 4-3 loss to Holstein Kiel on Saturday.
John Tolkin started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 40 minutes for Holstein Kiel. He left the match with an injury.
Kevin Paredes started and played 62 minutes in Wolfsburg’s 1-0 loss to Freiburg on Saturday.
Gio Reyna came off the bench and played nine minutes in Borussia Dortmund’s 3-2 win over Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Cole Campbell did not dress for Borussia Dortmund.
Timmy Chandler came off the bench and played four minutes in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 4-0 win over RB Leipzig on Saturday.
Lennard Maloney dressed but did not play in Mainz’s 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Noahkai Banks did not dress in Augsburg’s 2-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
James Sands is OUT (Injury) for St. Pauli.
2. Bundesliga
Julian Green started and played 90 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 1-0 loss to Ulm on Friday.
Maximilian Dietz did not dress for Greuther Furth.
Damion Downs started and played 74 minutes in Cologne’s 1-0 loss to Hannover on Sunday.
Johan Gomez started and played 60 minutes in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 1-1 draw with Jahn Regensburg on Saturday.
John Brooks is OUT (Injury) for Hertha Berlin.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd started and played 66 minutes in Waldhof Mannheim’s 0-0 draw with Stuttgart II on Sunday.
Spain
La Liga
Johnny Cardoso and Real Betis are off until May 4.
Italy
Serie A
Christian Pulisic started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 88 minutes in AC Milan’s 2-0 win over Venezia on Sunday.
Gianluca Busio started and played 64 minutes for Venezia.
Yunus Musah dressed but did not play for AC Milan.
Weston McKennie started and played 90 minutes in Juventus 2-0 win over Monza on Sunday.
Tim Weah came off the bench and played 33 minutes for Juventus.
Serie B
Kristoffer Lund started and played 90 minutes in Palermo’s 3-1 win over Catanzaro on Saturday.
Andrija Novakovich dressed but did not play in Bari’s 2-1 loss to Modena on Friday.
France
Ligue 1
Folarin Balogun came off the bench and played four minutes in AS Monaco’s 1-1 draw with Le Havre on Saturday.
Tanner Tessmann came off the bench and played 24 minutes in Lyon’s 4-1 win over Stade Rennes on Saturday.
Jordan Pefok started and played 59 minutes in Stade Reims 0-0 draw with Montpellier on Sunday.
Mark McKenzie is OUT (Suspension) for Toulouse.
Division 1 Feminine
Korbin Albert, Eva Gaetino, Crystal Dunn and PSG are off until May 3.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Paxten Aaronson started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in FC Utrecht’s 4-0 win over RKC Waalwijk on Friday.
Richie Ledezma, Sergino Dest, Malik Tillman and PSV are off until May 3.
Taylor Booth and FC Twente are off until May 4.
Ricardo Pepi is OUT (Injury) for PSV.
Eerste Divisie
Zach Booth came off the bench and played nine minutes in Excelsior’s 2-0 win over FC Emmen on Sunday.
Women’s Eredivisie
Lily Yohannes and Ajax are off until May 3.
Belgium
Pro League
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo’s 2-2 draw with Mechelen on Saturday.
Griffin Yow came off the bench, scored ONE GOAL, and played 30 minutes for Westerlo.
Marlon Fossey started and played 90 minutes in Standard Liege’s 1-1 draw with OH Leuven on Saturday.
Scotland
Premiership
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 5-0 win over Dundee United on Saturday.
Auston Trusty dressed but did not play for Celtic.
Jonathan Tomkinson started and played 90 minutes in Ross County’s 2-0 loss to Kilmarnock on Saturday.
Dante Polvara came off the bench and played 16 minutes in Aberdeen’s 1-0 win over Hibernian on Saturday.
Austria
Bundesliga
George Bello started and played 90 minutes in LASK’s 6-0 win over Austria Klagenfurt on Saturday.
Wales
Cup Final
Matt Olosunde and TNS are off until May 4.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Hajduk Split’s 2-0 loss to Osijek on Sunday.
Denmark
Superliga
Jonathan Amon dressed but did not play in Lyngby’s 2-0 win over Silkeborg on Saturday.
Gavin Beavers did not dress in Brondby’s 0-0 draw with Randers on Friday.
Matthew Hoppe did not dress in Sonderjyske’s 2-2 draw with Viborg on Saturday.
Norway
Eliteserien
Christian Cappis came off the bench and played 14 minutes in Viking’s 4-4 draw with Tromso on Sunday.
Greece
Super League
Erik Palmer-Brown came off the bench and played three minutes in Panathiaikos 2-1 loss to PAOK Salonika on Sunday.
Jonathan Gomez did not dress for PAOK Salonika.
Mexico
Liga MX
Alex Zendejas and Club America are off until May 7.
Frankie Amaya and Toluca are off until May 7.
SBI writes:
Antonee Robinson started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 2-1 win over Southampton on Saturday.
Uh. . . no, no he did not. No reason was given – i.e. injury or because he is going to get a transfer.
Saw that error too and he has no return date either.
Fotmob says early June. RotorWire says he’s expected back this Saturday vs Villa. It appears to be associated with his tendinopathy that kept him out in March. Fulham cannot make European play at this point, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they just shut him down for the year. At least Poch has time to come up with a plan B for the GC instead of the late notice before NL.
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Initial reports are Paredes will be out until at least the end is the season maybe into next fall.
Early June? Dang thats a minute smh. Don’t know if he will be back for friendlies or GC.
Another possibility is it’s the same tendon issue which is caused by usage. Since Fulham has nothing left to play for they are sitting him the rest of the season to be ready for GC. The US has twice allowed Jedi to stay and rest with Fulham. This could be repaying the favor and resting him so he’s available this summer for the US. I’d honestly rather give him the summer off to be rested for WC.
Could have sworn Kevin Paredes left match injured . Antonella Robinson has injury too and over return date, smh.
Paredes is injured again. He needs a good strength training program in this off season.
Agreed 2tone, it’s getting annoying he can’t stay fit.
Antonee Robinson has injury too and no return date, smh.*
He was having a game too. It was good battle with SCF’s LB Makengo. He was cutting infield quite a bit and causing problems with pace. It was obvious how bummed he was when he went out. Looked like a left thigh issue – it was taped all the way around. Sad for him.
Stoked for the result though! Go SCF! Imagine! Champions League to Freiburg! Sadly they have to hold off BVB. Who would have thought I’d have this issue when I was going to SCF 2. games in the 90s and picking BVB as my 1. team. Never thought SCF would climb to such heights.
Pax finishing strong here at the end of the season. With Mckennie out of the Gold Cup i would like to see him added to the roster.