Christian Pulisic’s hot run of form continues Sunday as AC Milan picked up a major win in Serie A play.
Pulisic registered one goal and one assist as the Rossoneri defeated Napoli 2-1 at the San Siro. It marked the latest impactful performance from Pulisic in club action this season.
It was a fast start from Pulisic, who teed up Alexis Saelemaekers in the third minute. Pulisic raced upfield to keep a pass inbounds before crossing across the box to a wide open Saelemaekers.
After setting up the opener, Pulisic doubled the Rossoneri’s lead in the 31st minute. A clever team play eventually was capped off with Pulisic’s one-time finish, giving the U.S. men’s national team star his sixth goal of the season in all competitions.
Despite Napoli cutting the deficit, AC Milan held on for a crucial three points at home. Pulisic played 59 minutes as AC Milan moved to the top of the Serie A table with 12 points.
Up next for the Rossoneri is a trip to Juventus on October 5.
In England, Chris Richards and Crystal Palace defeated Liverpool in a battle of Premier League unbeaten sides. Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams both featured in a head-to-head Premier League draw. Patrick Agyemang registered his second assist for Derby County.
Elsewhere in Italy, Weston McKennie and Yunus Musah both featured off of the bench in Juventus’ draw with Atalanta.
In France, Tim Weah and Marseille used a late comeback to defeat Strasbourg. Korbin Shrader registered a hat trick in Lyon’s lopsided victory over PSG.
In Germany, Malik Tillman and Bayer Leverkusen got the better of James Sands and St. Pauli. Gio Reyna did not dress for Borussia Moenchengladbach while Joe Scally registered two assists.
Elsewhere, Alex Zendejas scored a second-half brace in Club America’s league win. Ricardo Pepi left PSV’s win due to an apparent injury. Cameron Carter-Vickers and Celtic were left frustrated in a goal-less draw with Hibernian. Bryan Reynolds started but Westerlo suffered a road defeat at Union St. Gilloise. Marlon Fossey was sent off in Standard Liege’s home loss. Richie Ledezma assisted once in Chivas’ Liga MX victory.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 2-1 win over Liverpool on Saturday.
Brenden Aaronson started and played 86 minutes in Leeds United’s 2-2 draw with Bournemouth on Saturday.
Tyler Adams started and played 81 minutes for Bournemouth.
Antonee Robinson came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Fulham’s 3-1 loss toAston Villa on Sunday.
Championship
George Campbell started and played 90 minutes in West Bromwich Albion’s 1-1 draw with Leicester City on Friday.
Haji Wright started and played 72 minutes in Coventry City’s 3-0 win over Birmingham City on Saturday.
Josh Sargent started and played 90 minutes in Norwich City’s 1-1 draw with Stoke City on Saturday.
Ethan Horvath started, made THREE SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Sheffield Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with QPR on Saturday.
Aidan Morris started and played 72 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 1-1 draw with Southampton on Saturday.
Damion Downs did not dress for Southampton.
Patrick Agyemang started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 74 minutes in Derby County’s 1-1 draw with Wrexham on Saturday.
Charlie Kelman started and played 60 minutes in Charlton Athletic’s 3-0 win over Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
Caleb Wiley came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Watford’s 2-1 win over Hull City on Saturday.
Daryl Dike is OUT (Thigh Injury) for West Brom.
League One
Lynden Gooch came off the bench and played one minute in Huddersfield Town’s 1-0 win over Exeter City on Saturday.
National League
Aidan Dausch did not dress in Forest Green Rovers 1-1 draw with York City on Saturday.
WSL
Phallon Tullis-Joyce started, made ONE SAVE, and played 90 minutes in Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Liverpool on Sunday.
Emily Fox started and played 90 minutes in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Aston Villa on Sunday.
Alyssa Thompson started and played 60 minutes in Chelsea’s 4-0 win over West Ham United on Sunday.
Catarina Macario came off the bench, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 29 minutes for Chelsea.
Naomi Girma did not dress for Chelsea.
Spain
La Liga
Johnny Cardoso did not dress in Atletico Madrid’s 5-2 win over Real Madrid on Saturday.
La Liga 2
Konrad De La Fuente came off the bench and played 22 minutes in AD Ceuta’s 0-0 draw with Cadiz on Sunday.
Germany
Bundesliga
Malik Tillman started and played 75 minutes in Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-1 win over St. Pauli on Saturday.
James Sands started and played 90 minutes for St. Paul.
Joe Scally started, registered TWO ASSISTS, and played 90 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 6-4 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.
Gio Reyna did not dress for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Timmy Chandler did not dress for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Noahkai Banks came off the bench and played 31 minutes in Augsburg’s 2-1 loss to Heidenheim on Saturday.
Lennard Maloney came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Mainz’s 2-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
Cole Campbell did not dress for Borussia Dortmund.
Kristoffer Lund came off the bench and played 16 minutes in Cologne’s 2-1 loss to Stuttgart on Sunday.
Kevin Paredes is OUT (Injury) for Wolfsburg.
2. Bundesliga
John Tolkin started and played 90 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 1-0 loss to Elversberg on Saturday.
Mael Corboz started and played 90 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld’s 3-1 loss to Hannover on Sunday.
Julian Green came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 1-0 loss to Schalke on Friday.
Maxi Dietz did not dress for Greuther Furth.
Johan Gomez dressed but did not play in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 3-1 loss to Preussen Münster on Sunday.
John Brooks did not dress in Hertha Berlin’s 3-0 win over Nuremberg on Sunday.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd came off the bench, scored ONE GOAL, and played eight minutes in Waldhof Manheim’s 6-1 win over RW Essen on Saturday.
Italy
Serie A
Christian Pulisic started, scored ONE GOAL, registered ONE ASSIST and played 59 minutes in AC Milan’s 2-1 win over Napoli on Sunday.
Weston McKennie came off the bench and played 32 minutes in Juventus’ 1-1 draw with Atalanta on Saturday.
Yunus Musah came off the bench and played 14 minutes for Atalanta.
Serie B
Gianluca Busio started and played 90 minutes in Venezia’s 2-0 win over Spezia on Saturday.
Jonathan Klinsmann started, made ONE SAVE, and played 90 minutes in Cesena’s 1-1 draw with Palermo on Saturday.
Andrija Novakovich came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Reggiana’s 3-1 loss to Sudtirol on Saturday.
France
Ligue 1
Tim Weah started and played 58 minutes in Marseille’s 2-1 win over Strasbourg on Friday.
Tanner Tessmann started and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 1-0 win over Lille on Sunday.
Mark McKenzie started and played 90 minutes in Toulouse’s 2-2 draw with Nantes on Saturday.
Premiere Ligue
Korbin Shrader started, scored THREE GOALS, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 6-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday.
Lindsey Heaps started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 69 minutes for Lyon.
Lily Yohannes came off the bench and played 21 minutes for Lyon.
Crystal Dunn did not dress for PSG.
Portugal
Liga Portugal
Jordan Pefok started and played 79 minutes in Tondela’s 2-1 win over Santa Clara on Saturday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Ricardo Pepi started and played 31 minutes in PSV’s 2-1 win over Excelsior on Saturday.
Sergino Dest did not dress (Injury) for PSV.
Zach Booth did not dress for Excelsior.
Taylor Booth did not dress in FC Twente’s 3-2 win over Fortuna Sittard on Friday.
Scotland
Premiership
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 0-0 draw with Hibernian on Saturday.
Auston Trusty did not dress for Celtic.
Dante Polvara did not dress in Aberdeen’s 2-0 loss to Motherwell on Saturday.
Belgium
Pro League
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo’s 2-0 loss to Union St. Gilloise on Saturday.
Griffin Yow came off the bench and played 18 minutes for Westerlo.
Marlon Fossey started and played 62 minutes in Standard Liege’s 2-1 loss to Club Brugge on Saturday. Fossey was sent off after receiving a red card.
Austria
Bundesliga
Donovan Pines started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK’s 0-0 draw with Ried on Saturday.
George Bello started and played 74 minutes in LASK’s 1-0 loss to Wolfsberger on Saturday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas started and played 90 minutes in Hajduk Split’s 2-0 win over HK Lokomotiva on Saturday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Matthew Hoppe came off the bench and played 24 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 2-1 loss to FC København on Saturday.
Gavin Beavers did not dress in Brondby’s 5-1 win over Odense on Sunday. Beavers was called up for USMNT U-20 duty.
Jonathan Amon dressed but did not play in Vejle’s 1-1 draw with Silkeborg on Sunday.
Finland
Veikkausliga
Benji Michel and HJK host Ilves on Monday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Alex Zendejas started, scored TWO GOALS, and played 86 minutes in Club America’s 4-1 win over Pumas on Saturday.
Richie Ledezma started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 69 minutes in Chivas 2-0 win over Puebla on Friday.
Cade Cowell came off the bench and played 45 minutes for Chivas.
Really flabbergasted how much Auston Trusty has fallen off wow, smh
Eva Gaetino also played 90 minutes for the PSG women in their clash with Lyon.
Mathis Albert with a hat trick in U19 Bundesliga. Puts him with 9g 5a in 9 matches across all comps this season.
Nice. Thats Pulisic like numbers before Pulisic was brought up to the first team for Dortmund. Will we see Albert soon with Dortmunds first team?
Kovac was asked about that last week and it didn’t sound like it was in the plans in the near future. Dortmund let Pulisic and Reyna participate in U17 WC before debuting them up. They also let Jadon Sancho go play the group stage before recalling him. I would say not anytime before the winter break for sure. Mathis would be younger than all of those guys should he debut this season so I wouldn’t be surprised if he stays the entire year with U19s. If there are a lot of injuries at his position that could change there are a number of guys Kovac will play out of position on the wing as Cole Campbell can tell you.
JR,
Why does it seem like BVB does not rate Campbell the same way they rated CP, Gio and now this Albert person?
Their interest in Campbell seems more “let’s make sure we don’t let one get away for nothing” interest His talent is not in question but it seems like they are sure he’s going to need more time to make an impact than he certainly thinks he does.
It’s like Puli heard the shade that he only feasts on Serie A’s minnows.
He’s been working a long time on being an overnight success.
His primary talent was what I have seen described as his ability to disrupt a defense. You could see signs of this at Chelsea.
He just needed a run of good health , a manager who believed in him , a reasonable amount of luck and a club good enough to win things but in need of someone like CP to get to where they needed to be.
That’s not too much to ask is it?
CP and Milan have a long way to go but hopefully, they wind up winning something of note.
haha JR
hey Vacqui, a manager who truly believes in you is paramount or else it’s always something else and, you know, no that
I remember when he went here, some of us harped on that point. I think it is The key here myself