Over 31 years after Timothy Weah’s father George found the back of the net at the historic Santiago Bernabeu, the U.S. men’s national team forward followed suit.
Weah scored Marseille’s opening goal on Tuesday night, but the Ligue 1 side fell 2-1 at Real Madrid in UEFA Champions League action. The 25-year-old became the first American to score in this season’s league phase.
A turnover from Los Blancos in their own half allowed Mason Greenwood to pounce and lead a Marseille counter attack. Weah’s diagonal run behind Greenwood allowed the midfielder to play in his attacking teammate, before Weah rifled a shot past Thibaut Courtois.
It was Weah’s first goal for the French club since joining from Juventus earlier this summer.
Weah’s father George also scored against Real Madrid in a European competition, scoring the lone goal in a 1-0 quarterfinal first leg victory in the 1993-94 UEFA Winners’ Cup.
Marseille’s lead would only last six minutes though as Kylian Mbappe’s penalty-kick equalizer leveled the match for Real Madrid.
Despite falling down to 10-men after the hour mark, Real Madrid would use a second penalty-kick goal from Mbappe to seal three points at home.
Weah played 78 minutes in the match before being substituted off with an apparent injury.
Marseille will have another crucial match approaching this weekend with PSG making the trip to town.
Weston McKennie involved in 4-4 thriller with Borussia Dortmund
The thrilling match of Tuesday’s Champions League slate came from Turin.
Weston McKennie played 59 minutes on Tuesday as Juventus used a 96th minute equalizer from Lloyd Kelly to draw Borussia Dortmund 4-4 at home. The Bianconeri were down 4-2 late in the match but goals from Dusan Vlahovic and Kelly helped them earn one point at home.
Karim Adeyemi’s opener came in the 52nd minute for Dortmund before Kenan Yildiz drew Juventus level 11 minutes later.
The Bundesliga visitors once again grabbed a lead, this time at 2-1 thanks to Felix Nmecha’s goal. However, Vlahovic’s first tally of the night would made it 2-2 with 20+ minutes to play.
Yan Couto and Ramy Bensebaini both scored to give Niko Kovac’s squad a 4-2 advantage, but Vlahovic and Kelly scored two minutes apart in stoppage time to give the Serie A hosts a share of the spoils.
McKennie was quiet on the night while fellow American Cole Campbell was an unused substitute for Dortmund.
Both teams return to league play this weekend.
Ricardo Pepi, Sergino Dest, and PSV thumped at home by Union St. Gilloise
It was a forgettable return to Champions League play for reigning Eredivisie winners PSV.
Peter Bosz’s squad suffered a shocking 3-1 home loss to Belgian visitors Union St. Gilloise. Promise David and Anouar Ait El Hadj both scored in the first half while Kevin Mac Allister scored in the second half to ice the result.
Ruben van Bommel scored a late consolation for the hosts.
Ricardo Pepi was guilty of Union SG’s opening goal after the PSV forward’s wild clearance led to him fouling Christian Burgess in the box. David made no mistake on the spot kick, giving Union SG a 1-0 lead.
El Hadj doubled the visitors lead before the break ahead of Mac Allister’s insurance finish nine minutes from time.
Pepi played 74 minutes in the loss while Sergino Dest logged the full 90 minutes at right back.
Monaco getting owned.
Tillman yanked 10 minutes into the second half. He wasnt good.
Weah’s shot is underrated. He has to have one of the hardest shots in the game. His crosses also have venom. His second attempt had Courtois sprawling despite the placement not being wide enough. He just hits the ball so dang hard it causes problems. I want to see him shoot more for club and country. He doesn’t have a cannon…it’s more of a turbo sledge hammer.
Im watching Musah I have to say he struggles defensively and he still struggles when in advanced positions. He still is really good dribbling and breaking lines but his passing is pretty average. I know I’ll get heat for this, but right now Roldan has more to his game.
Very impressive!…. Not only did he score the only only non-penalty goal in the game but his shot, ball control and timing was first class.
In addition to that, he he was feeling it and tested Courtois twice. Absolutely good game!
That run Weah made…wow. Came all the way from the left back spot to the far edge of of the right-side half-space, overlapped the dribbler, and then hit it at close to full speed from a tough angle. The keeper probably shouldn’t have given up the near post but Weah also hit it high and the keeper had already gone low and them’s the breaks. Not a whole lot of guys with the eyes and the raw pace to make that run and the last thing you expect if you’re the other team is for the freaking left back to pop up on the right side of the field when you’re trying to contain the right winger driving towards the middle on a break.
He’s maybe not an every-game player – Timo’s not a guy suited for breaking down low blocks, for instance – but in an open game he’s lethal, and what a weapon he is to have in your 23. (Or 26).
I think the criticisms of Pepi on the penalty are unfair. He was facing his own goal when a ball came at him chest high and he chested it down, in order to kick it away. He went to kick it away on the volley, unaware that an opponent was right behind him and while the ball was in the air the opponent got in there and Pepi hit him instead of the ball. Yes, he wasn’t much on offense, but nobody on PSV was. Perisic, probably their most significant addition this year, was especially disappointing. You would never know by watching this game that he used to be considered world class. He was below average at best. The whole team looked sluggish.
Weah often shines when the stakes are highest great goal and a strong game away vs Madrid in Champions Leagues commands respect. Not so many (if any?) US players achieved this.
Pepi on the other hand played a nightmare of a game. Naive on the first penalty and then being weak back to goal directly leading to second goal. Didn’t score any points with Poch on that one…
Pepi selfishly shot from a tight angle on a fast break, when he should have squared to a teammate who had a better chance of scoring. Dest had a stinker as well. That being said, no one on that team looked ready to play. Union bossed them the entire match.
DC josh,
“Pepi selfishly shot from a tight angle on a fast break, when he should have squared to a teammate who had a better chance of scoring.”
Selfish?
You can say that about every good goal scorer. The man is paid to shoot from tight angles on fast breaks and score and ask questions later. If I’m the coach I’m not going to yell at him about it either because I don’t want him hesitating.
No matter how ridiculous the situation, if Pepi thinks he can make it I want Pepi to shoot. He’s proven he can score. I’m not paying him to get assists.
And just because you can see another player is about to come into a better spot to score, it does not mean that Pepi sees the same thing you do. He’s not watching himself on a monitor.