Three appearances in and Malik Tillman is off the mark for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Tillman scored his first goal for his new club in a 1-1 home draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday. The U.S. men’s national team midfielder played the full 90 minutes at the BayArena, going head-to-head with Joe Scally in the process.
Tillman completed 92% of his passes, won four duels, drew two fouls, and made three defensive interceptions. The 23-year-old went the distance but watched as a 92nd minute equalizer from Gladbach, split the spoils for the two sides.
Tillman next will look to add to his goals when Bayer Leverkusen visits St. Pauli on September 27.
In England, Chris Richards and Crystal Palace continued their unbeaten league start. Ethan Horvath helped Sheffield Wednesday to its first league win in EFL Championship play. Aidan Morris and Middlesbrough defeated George Campbell and West Bromwich Albion.
In Italy, Christian Pulisic delivered a sensational performance for AC Milan at Udinese. Jonathan Klinsmann got the better of Gianluca Busio in their head-to-head Serie B clash.
In France, Tanner Tessmann scored Lyon’s winner at home against Angers. Lindsey Heaps also found the back of the net for Lyon’s women’s side.
In Germany, James Sands and St. Pauli lost to Stuttgart in Bundesliga play. Joe Scally started while Gio Reyna featured off of the bench for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Elsewhere, Benji Michel lifted the Finnish Cup with HJK. Alex Zendejas assisted once in Club America’s Liga MX draw with Monterrey. Rokas Pukstas started, but Hajduk Split lost at home to rivals Dinamo Zagreb. Cade Cowell and Richie Ledezma both featured off of the bench in Chivas’ home loss to Toluca. Dante Polvara and Aberdeen suffered a League Cup exit vs. Motherwell.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Tyler Adams started and played 90 minutes in Bournemouth’s 0-0 draw with Newcastle United on Sunday.
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 2-1 win over West Ham United on Saturday.
Brenden Aaronson started and played 90 minutes in Leeds United’s 3-1 win over Wolves on Saturday.
Antonee Robinson did not dress in Fulham’s 3-1 win over Brentford on Saturday.
Championship
Josh Sargent started and played 90 minutes in Norwich City’s 3-2 loss to Wrexham on Saturday.
Haji Wright started and played 86 minutes in Coventry City’s 0-0 draw with Leicester City on Saturday.
Aidan Morris started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion on Friday.
George Campbell started and played 90 minutes for West Bromwich Albion.
Ethan Horvath started, made FOUR SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Sheffield Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Portsmouth on Saturday.
Damion Downs started and played 62 minutes in Southampton’s 3-1 loss to Hull City on Sunday,
Charlie Kelman started and played 61 minutes in Charlton Athletic’s 1-0 win over Sheffield United on Saturday.
Patrick Agyemang came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Derby County’s 1-0 loss to Preston North End on Saturday.
Caleb Wiley came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Watford’s 1-0 loss to Millwall on Monday.
Daryl Dike is OUT (Thigh Injury) for West Brom.
League One
Lynden Gooch did not dress in Huddersfield Town’s 0-0 draw with Burton Albion on Saturday.
National League
Aidan Dausch did not dress in Forest Green Rovers’ 2-0 win over Woking on Saturday.
WSL
Catarina Macario started and played 45 minutes in Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Leicester City on Sunday.
Alyssa Thompson came off the bench and played 45 minutes for Chelsea.
Naomi Girma did not dress for Chelsea.
Phallon Tullis-Joyce started, made ONE SAVE, and played 90 minutes in Manchester United’s 0-0 draw with Arsenal on Sunday.
Emily Fox started and played 90 minutes for Arsenal.
Spain
La Liga
Johnny Cardoso did not dress in Atletico Madrid’s 1-1 draw with Mallorca on Sunday.
La Liga 2
Konrad De La Fuente dressed but did not play in AD Ceuta’s 1-0 win over Real Zaragoza on Sunday.
Germany
Bundesliga
Malik Tillman started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Bayer Leverkusen’s 1-1 draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday.
Joe Scally started and played 90 minutes for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Gio Reyna came off the bench and played 10 minutes for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
James Sands started and played 90 minutes in St. Pauli’s 2-0 loss to Stuttgart on Friday.
Lennard Maloney dressed but did not play in Mainz’s 4-1 win over Augsburg on Saturday.
Noahkai Banks did not dress for Augsburg.
Cole Campbell dressed but did not play in Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 win over Wolfsburg on Sunday.
Kristoffer Lund dressed but did not play in Cologne’s 3-1 loss to RB Leipzig on Saturday.
Timmy Chandler did not dress in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 4-3 loss to Union Berlin on Sunday.
Kevin Paredes is OUT (Injury) for Wolfsburg.
2. Bundesliga
John Tolkin started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 74 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 3-0 win over Karlsruher on Sunday.
Johan Gomez came off the bench and played 31 minutes in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 4-1 loss to Elversberg on Saturday.
Mael Corboz started and played 90 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld’s 3-1 loss to Greuther Furth on Friday.
Julian Green came off the bench and played 11 minutes for Greuther Furth.
Maxi Dietz did not dress for Greuther Furth.
John Brooks did not dress in Hertha Berlin’s 2-0 loss to Paderborn on Saturday.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd came off the bench and played one minute in Waldhof Mannheim’s 3-2 loss to Alemannia Aachen on Saturday.
Italy
Serie A
Christian Pulisic started, scored TWO GOALS, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 63 minutes in AC Milan’s 3-0 win over Udinese on Saturday.
Yunus Musah came off the bench and played three minutes in Atalanta’s 3-0 win over Torino on Sunday.
Weston McKennie dressed but did not play in Juventus 1-1 draw with Hellas Verona on Saturday.
Serie B
Jonathan Klinsmann started, made TWO SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Cesena’s 2-1 win over Venezia on Saturday.
Gianluca Busio started, scored ONE PENALTY KICK GOAL, and played 90 minutes for Venezia.
Andrija Novakovich came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Reggiana’s 2-2 draw with Catanzaro on Saturday.
France
Ligue 1
Tanner Tessmann started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 1-0 win over Angers on Friday.
Mark McKenzie started and played 90 minutes in Toulouse’s 1-0 loss toAuxerre on Sunday.
Tim Weah started and played 78 minutes in Marseille’s 1-0 win over PSG on Monday.
Premiere Ligue
Lindsey Heaps started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 61 minutes in Lyon’s 2-0 win over Saint-Etienne on Saturday.
Lily Yohannes started and played 61 minutes for Lyon.
Korbin Shrader came off the bench and played 29 minutes for Lyon.
Eva Gaetino started and played 90 minutes in PSG’s 5-2 win over Nantes on Saturday.
Crystal Dunn did not dress for PSG.
Portugal
Liga Portugal
Jordan Pefok started and played 83 minutes in Tondela’s 0-0 draw with Estrela de Amadora on Sunday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Ricardo Pepi started and played 90 minutes in PSV’s 2-2 draw with Ajax on Sunday.
Sergino Dest started and played 69 minutes for PSV.
Taylor Booth came off the bench and played six minutes in FC Twente’s 5-1 win over Sparta Rotterdam on Friday.
Zach Booth did not dress in Excelsior’s 2-1 win over FC Volendam on Saturday.
Scotland
League Cup
Cameron Carter-Vickers started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 4-0 win over Partick Thistle on Sunday.
Auston Trusty did not dress for Celtic.
Dante Polvara came off the bench and played 17 minutes in Aberdeen’s 1-0 loss to Motherwell on Saturday.
Belgium
Pro League
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo’s 2-0 loss to Standard Liege on Sunday.
Griffin Yow started and played 45 minutes for Westerlo.
Marlon Fossey started and played 45 minutes for Standard Liege.
Austria
Bundesliga
George Bello started and played 90 minutes in LASK’s 2-0 win over Linz on Sunday.
Donovan Pines started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK’s 1-1 draw with Rapid Vienna on Sunday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas started and played 86 minutes in Hajduk Split’s 2-0 loss to Dinamo Zagreb on Saturday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Matthew Hoppe started and played 83 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 2-2 draw with Vejle on Sunday.
Jonathan Amon came off the bench and played 11 minutes for Vejle.
Gavin Beavers dressed but did not play in Brondby’s 1-0 loss to Aarhus on Sunday.
Finland
Suomen Cup
Benji Michel came off the bench and played 20 minutes in HJK’s 1-0 win over KuPS on Saturday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Cade Cowell came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Chivas 3-0 loss to Toluca on Saturday.
Richie Ledezma came off the bench and played 22 minutes for Chivas.
Alex Zendejas started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Club America’s 2-2 draw with Monterrey on Saturday.
Bring Sands back for the next round of games. Think him, CR and Scally could play in a back 3 with Robinson and Dest as WBs
Tillman’s goal was nice, a weird deflection pop up spinner that he adjusts to and hit first time, all in that moment, very nice. he almost had one earlier too on a nice control I traffic outside the 6, spin and hit with the left, but deflected