Sheffield Wednesday suffered a disappointing EFL Cup loss on Tuesday, but Ethan Horvath wasn’t to blame for it.
Horvath made five total saves despite the Owls’ 1-0 home loss to League Two visitors side Grimsby Town. The U.S. men’s national team goalkeeper was one of the few bright spots in the match, keeping Sheffield Wednesday in the tie as long he could. However, Jaze Kabia’s 49th minute goal proved to be the difference as the League Two club pulled a second major upset in the competition.
Horvath, who joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan from Cardiff City earlier in the summer, has quickly jumped into the No. 1 role for the Owls. However, the Owls will need more than Horvath if they want to pull themselves out of their current slide in EFL Championship play.
In Europe, Tim Weah scored for Marseille in a losing effort at Real Madrid. Weston McKennie started for Juventus, as did Malik Tillman for Bayer Leverkusen.
In Denmark, Matthew Hoppe scored in Sonderjyske’s Danish Cup win.
Here is a closer look at this week’s Americans Abroad:
Europe
Champions League
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in PSV’s 3-1 loss to Union St. Gilloise on Tuesday.
Ricardo Pepi started and played 74 minutes for PSV.
Tim Weah started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 79 minutes in Marseille’s 2-1 loss to Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Yunus Musah started and played 75 minutes in Atalanta’s 4-0 loss to PSG on Wednesday.
Folarin Balogun started and played 63 minutes in Monaco’s 4-1 loss to Club Brugge on Thursday.
Weston McKennie started and played 59 minutes in Juventus 4-4 draw with Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.
Cole Campbell dressed but did not play for Borussia Dortmund.
Malik Tillman started and played 51 minutes in Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-2 draw with FC København on Thursday.
Timmy Chandler dressed but did not play in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 5-1 win over Galatasaray on Thursday.
Josh Wynder did not dress in Benfica’s 3-2 loss to Qarabag on Tuesday.
Johnny Cardoso did not dress (Injury) Atletico Madrid visit Liverpool on Wednesday.
England
EFL Cup
Chris Richards came off the bench, scored ONE GOAL, and played 29 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 4-2 penalty shootout win over Millwall on Tuesday. The teams were level 1-1 after regulation.
Ethan Horvath started, made FIVE SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Sheffield Wednesday’s 1-0 loss to Grimsby Town on Tuesday.
Germany
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd dressed but did not play in Waldhof Mannheim’s 1-0 loss to VfB Stuttgart II on Wednesday.
Denmark
Danish Cup
Matthew Hoppe started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 64 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 2-1 win over Hvidovre on Tuesday.
Greece
Cup
Erik Palmer-Brown did not dress in Panathinaikos 1-0 win over Athens Kallithea on Wednesday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Cade Cowell started and played 51 minutes in Chivas’ 0-0 draw with Tigres on Wednesday.
Richie Ledezma came off the bench and played 22 minutes for Chivas.