Making his fifth-consecutive cameo for Dutch giants PSV, American forward Ricardo Pepi added to his increasing goal list this season.
Pepi came off the bench on Friday and scored his fourth goal of the season in all competitions. Peter Bosz’s men rolled to a 5-2 league victory over Fortuna Sittard, sitting in second place and just behind Feyenoord on goal difference.
Not long after Fortuna Sittard cut into the PSV lead, Pepi put the match on ice with a confident finish in the 82nd minute. Ryan Flamingo’s pass allowed Pepi to race upfield before chipping goalkeeper Mattijs Branderhorst.
PSV would add a fifth and final goal of the night to further pad its lead, extending its winning run to five matches in all competitions.
As for Pepi, he gained some valuable confidence heading into a midweek UEFA Champions League trip to Olympiakos. The U.S. men’s national team striker will aim to be among the starters before the November camp roster is announced.
In England, Tyler Adams scored his first goal in England. Ethan Horvath helped Sheffield Wednesday earn one point against West Bromwich Albion. Brenden Aaronson and Leeds United suffered a hammering at Brighton & Hove Albion.
In Spain, Johnny Cardoso returned to the Atletico Madrid bench but did not feature in a shutout win over Sevilla.
In Italy, Weston McKennie and Juventus claimed three points away from home while Yunus Musah did not feature for Atalanta.
In Germany, Joe Scally and Borussia Moenchengladbach ran away with a 4-0 win at St. Pauli. Lennard Maloney retained his starting lineup spot as Mainz picked up three points as well in Bundesliga action. Kristoffer Lund and FC Koln rolled to three points.
In France, Folarin Balogun came off the bench but Monaco suffered a home loss to Paris FC. Korbin Shrader logged a full 90 minutes in Lyon’s league victory.
Elsewhere, Auston Trusty played 120 minutes as Celtic outlasted Rangers to reach the Scottish League Cup Final. Sergino Dest went the distance in PSV’s lopsided Eredivisie win. George Bello assisted in LASK’s Austrian Bundesliga win. Donovan Pines and Grazer also celebrated three points. Erik Palmer-Brown came off the bench but Panathinaikos fell to Volos FC. Bryan Reynolds and Westerlo went the distance but Westerlo lost in league play.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Tyler Adams started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 80 minutes in Bournemouth’s 3-1 loss to Manchester City on Sunday.
Brenden Aaronson started and played 90 minutes in Leeds United’s 3-0 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 2-0 win over Brentford on Saturday.
Antonee Robinson is OUT (Knee Injury) for Fulham.
Championship
Josh Sargent started and played 90 minutes in Norwich City’s 2-0 loss to Hull City on Saturday.
Aidan Morris started and played 70 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 3-0 loss to Watford on Saturday.
Caleb Wiley did not dress for Watford.
Haji Wright started and plated 67 minutes in Coventry City’s 3-2 loss to Wrexham on Friday.
Ethan Horvath started, made SIX SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Sheffield Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
Daryl Dike came off the bench and played one minute for West Bromwich Albion.
George Campbell did not dress for West Bromwich Albion.
Patrick Agyemang started and played 80 minutes in Derby County’s 3-1 win over Sheffield United on Saturday.
Charlie Kelman started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 68 minutes in Charlton Athletic’s 1-1 draw with Swansea City on Saturday.
Damion Downs came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Southampton’s 2-0 loss to Preston North End on Saturday.
FA Cup
Jonathan Tomkinson started and played 90 minutes in Cheltenham Town’s 1-0 win over Bradford City on Saturday.
Aidan Dausch came off the bench, scored ONE GOAL, and played 31 minutes in Forest Green Rovers’ 4-3 loss to Luton Town on Friday.
Lynden Gooch started and played 45 minutes in Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 loss to Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
WSL
Phallon Tullis-Joyce started, made ONE SAVE, and played 90 minutes in Manchester United’s 3-2 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday.
Emily Fox came off the bench and played 31 minutes in Arsenal’s 4-1 win over Leicester City on Sunday.
Catarina Macario, Naomi Girma, Alyssa Thompson dressed but did not play in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over London City Lionesses on Saturday.
Spain
La Liga
Johnny Cardoso dressed but did not play in Atletico Madrid’s 3-0 win over Sevilla on Saturday.
La Liga 2
Konrad De La Fuente started and played 90 minutes in AD Ceuta’s 2-0 win over Cordoba on Sunday.
Germany
Bundesliga
Lennard Maloney started and played 90 minutes in Mainz’s 1-1 draw with Werder Bremen on Saturday.
Kristoffer Lund started and played 90 minutes in Cologne’s 4-1 win over Hoffenheim on Sunday.
Joe Scally started and played 78 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 4-0 win over St. Pauli on Saturday.
James Sands started and played 55 minutes for St. Pauli.
Gio Reyna came off the bench and played 12 minutes for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Noahkai Banks started and played 90 minutes in Augsburg’s 1-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Friday.
Cole Campbell did not dress for Borussia Dortmund.
Malik Tillman did not dress in Bayer Leverkusen’s 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Timmy Chandler did not dress in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 1-1 draw with FC Heidenheim on Saturday.
Kevin Paredes is OUT (Injury) for Wolfsburg.
2. Bundesliga
Mael Corboz started and played 90 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld’s 2-2 draw with Darmstadt on Saturday.
John Tolkin started and played 86 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 2-1 loss to Preussen Munster on Friday.
Maxi Dietz started and played 90 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 2-1 loss to Paderborn on Sunday.
Julian Green started and played 82 minutes for Furth.
Johan Gomez came off the bench and played 29 minutes in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 2-1 loss to Nuremberg on Saturday.
John Brooks did not dress in Hertha Berlin’s 2-0 win over Dynamo Dresden on Saturday.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd came off the bench and played three minutes in Waldhof Mannheim’s 2-0 loss to Hoffenheim II on Sunday.
Italy
Serie A
Weston McKennie started and played 85 minutes in Juventus 2-1 win over Cremonese on Saturday.
Ben Cremaschi dressed but did not play in Parma’s 3-1 loss to Bologna on Sunday.
Yunus Musah did not dress in Atalanta’s 1-0 loss to Udinese on Saturday.
Christian Pulisic is OUT (Hamstring Injury) for AC Milan.
Serie B
Gianluca Busio started and played 90 minutes in Venezia’s 2-1 loss to Catanzaro on Sunday.
Jonathan Klinsmann started, made TWO SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Cesena’s 2-1 loss to Bari on Sunday.
Andrija Novakovich started, scored TWO GOALS, and played 78 minutes in Reggiana’s 4-3 loss to Avellino on Saturday.
France
Ligue 1
Folarin Balogun came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Monaco’s 1-0 loss to Paris FC on Saturday.
Tim Weah did not dress in Marseille’s 1-0 win over Auxerre on Saturday.
Mark McKenzie did not dress in Toulouse’s 0-0 draw with Le Havre on Sunday.
Tanner Tessmann started and played 15 minutes in Lyon’s 0-0 draw with Stade Brest on Sunday. Tessmann was replaced after Lyon were reduced to 10-men.
Premiere Ligue
Korbin Shrader started and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 1-0 win over Paris FC on Saturday.
Lily Yohannes, Lindsey Heaps did not dress for Lyon.
Crystal Dunn, Eva Gaetino did not dress in PSG’s 2-0 win over Le Havre on Saturday.
Portugal
Liga Portugal
Jordan Pefok started and played 45 minutes in Tondela’s 2-1 loss to AVS Futebol SAD on Sunday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in PSV’s 5-2 win over Fortuna Sittard on Friday.
Ricardo Pepi came off the bench, scored ONE GOAL, and played 30 minutes for PSV.
Taylor Booth came off the bench and played nine minutes in FC Twente’s 1-1 draw with FC Groningen on Sunday.
Zach Booth did not dress in Excelsior’s 2-2 draw with Telstar on Saturday.
Scotland
League Cup Semifinal
Auston Trusty started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 120 minutes in Celtic’s 3-1 extra time win over Rangers on Sunday. Celtic will face St. Mirren in December’s Cup Final.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is OUT (Achilles injury).
Premiership
Dante Polvara and Aberdeen are off this weekend.
Belgium
Pro League
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo’s 1-0 loss to Genk on Sunday.
Griffin Yow came off the bench and played 45 minutes for Westerlo.
Marlon Fossey did not dress in Standard Liege’s 3-1 win over Sporting Charleroi on Friday.
Austria
Bundesliga
George Bello started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in LASK’s 1-0 win over BW Linz on Saturday.
Donovan Pines started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK’s 3-1 win over Rheindorf Altach on Saturday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas is OUT (Suspension) for Hajduk Split.
Greece
Super League
Erik Palmer-Brown came off the bench and played 13 minutes in Panathinaikos’ 1-0 loss to Volos on Saturday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Matthew Hoppe started and played 90 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 2-1 win over Vejle on Sunday.
Jonathan Amon did not dress for Vejle.
Gavin Beavers, Justin Che dressed but did not play in Brondby’s 2-0 win over Silkeborg on Sunday.
Finland
Veikkausliga
Benji Michel came off the bench and played 20 minutes in HJK’s 2-2 draw with Gnistan on Monday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Richie Ledezma came off the bench and played 34 minutes in Chivas’ 1-0 win over Pachuca on Sunday.
Cade Cowell did not dress for Chivas.
Alex Zendejas is OUT (Injury) for Club America.
Still surprised Matko Miljevic never gets mentioned on this thread. He is an American abroad. 1 goal 1 assist this past weekend for Huracan.
Hopefully Pepi starts seeing more than just a handful of minutes a game soon.
I think they’re just going slow after maybe rushing him back in August. They’ve got two games every week so they’re taking it slow.
My dude, Ricardo Pepi…..this kid with a little bit more physical attributes like speed and strength / physical stamina……..will be a handful for ANY team. That touch is pure class and individual skill.
Girma dressed! That’s great! Looking forward to her making her return to the pitch.