The good times continued for Bundesliga club Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday and American defender Joe Scally was at the forefront of their most recent victory.
Scally logged one of his best 90 minutes performances of the campaign as Gladbach earned a 3-0 result over FC Heidenheim. After a struggling start to the season, Gladbach have won four matches in a row in all competitions, turning the tide this fall.
Kevin Diks, Haris Tabakovic, and Shuto Machino all found the back of the net as Eugen Polanski’s squad moved up to 11th place in the league table.
Scally was all over the place in defense, delivering a match-high four tackles, winning 11 duels, and drawing three fouls. The 22-year-old full back also completed 91% of his passes and made nine clearances.
With 12 appearances and two assists already under his belt this season, Scally is on pace for new career-highs in multiple categories.
Gladbach will continue league play on November 28 against RB Leipzig before facing St. Pauli in DFB Pokal action.
In England, Chris Richards and Crystal Palace picked up three points at Wolves. George Campbell returned to action for West Bromwich Albion. Jonathan Tomkinson scored his first goal for Cheltenham Town.
In Italy, Weston McKennie started in Juventus’ road draw with Fiorentina. Yunus Musah remained an unused substitute for Atalanta.
In Germany, Malik Tillman scored once in Bayer Leverkusen’s road victory over Wolfsburg. Noahkai Banks and Augsburg earned a crucial home win over Hamburg. Joe Scally and Borussia Moenchengladbach picked up a road victory over FC Heidenheim.
In France, Tim Weah scored in Marseille’s lopsided win over Nice. Tanner Tessmann went the distance in Lyon’s draw with Auxerre. Folarin Balogun missed Monaco’s loss through suspension.
Elsewhere, Sergino Dest and PSV stayed top of the league with a victory over NAC Breda. Auston Trusty and Celtic claimed a dramatic late victory over St. Mirren. Bryan Reynolds went the distance in Westerlo’s league draw with Gent. Dante Polvara and Aberdeen earned a major win over Hearts. Erik Palmer-Brown helped Panathinaikos earn a road win over Panserraikos. Rokas Pukstas and Hajduk Split suffered a humiliating road loss to Rijeka.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Chris Richards started and played 83 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 2-0 win over Wolves on Saturday.
Brenden Aaronson started and played 80 minutes in Leeds United’s 2-1 loss to Aston Villa on Sunday.
Tyler Adams started and played 80 minutes in Bournemouth’s 2-2 draw with West Ham United on Saturday.
Antonee Robinson is OUT (Knee Injury) for Fulham.
Championship
George Campbell started and played 90 minutes in West Bromwich Albion’s 3-2 loss to Coventry City on Saturday.
Haji Wright dressed but did not play for Coventry City.
Daryl Dike dressed but did not play for West Bromwich Albion.
Ethan Horvath started, made FOUR SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Sheffield Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to Sheffield United on Sunday.
Josh Sargent started and played 88 minutes in Norwich City’s 4-1 loss to Birmingham City on Saturday.
Patrick Agyemang started and played 70 minutes in Derby County’s 3-2 loss to Watford on Saturday.
Aidan Morris started and played 62 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 1-1 draw with Oxford United on Saturday.
Damion Downs came off the bench and played 14 minutes in Southampton’s 5-1 win over Charlton Athletic on Saturday.
Charlie Kelman did not dress (Injury) for Charlton Athletic.
Caleb Wiley is OUT (Injury) for Watford.
League One
Lynden Gooch came off the bench and played seven minutes in Huddersfield Town’s 3-1 win over Mansfield Town on Saturday.
Dom Dwyer came off the bench and played 17 minutes for Mansfield Town.
League Two
Jonathan Tomkinson started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Cheltenham Town’s 1-0 win over Bristol Rovers on Saturday.
National League
Aidan Dausch came off the bench and played 19 minutes in Forest Green Rovers’ 1-1 draw with Wealdstone on Saturday.
WSL
Phallon Tullis-Joyce and Manchester United are off until December 6.
Catarina Macario, Naomi Girma, Alyssa Thompson and Chelsea are off until December 6.
Emily Fox and Arsenal are off until December 6.
Spain
La Liga
Johnny Cardoso dressed but did not play in Atletico Madrid’s 1-0 win over Getafe on Sunday.
La Liga 2
Konrad De La Fuente started and played 77 minutes in AD Ceuta’s 2-1 loss to Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday.
Germany
Bundesliga
Malik Tillman started, scored ONE GOAL, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 64 minutes in Bayer Leverkusen’s 3-1 win over Wolfsburg on Saturday.
James Sands started and played 90 minutes in St. Pauli’s 1-0 loss to Union Berlin on Sunday.
Joe Scally started and played 90 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 3-0 win over FC Heidenheim on Saturday.
Gio Reyna came off the bench and played 18 minutes for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Kristoffer Lund started and played 90 minutes in FC Koln’s 4-3 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.
Timmy Chandler did not dress for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Noahkai Banks started and played 90 minutes in Augsburg’s 1-0 win over Hamburg on Saturday.
Lennard Maloney started and played 45 minutes in Mainz’s 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim on Friday.
Cole Campbell did not dress in Borussia Dortmund’s 3-3 draw with Stuttgart on Saturday.
Kevin Paredes is OUT (Injury) for Wolfsburg.
2. Bundesliga
Julian Green, Maxi Dietz started and played 90 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 4-2 loss to Darmstadt on Saturday.
John Tolkin started and played 90 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 4-1 loss to Kaiserslauten on Sunday.
Mael Corboz started and played 90 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld’s 2-0 loss to Nuremberg on Sunday.
Johan Gomez did not dress in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 1-0 loss to Hertha Berlin on Friday.
John Brooks did not dress for Hertha Berlin.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Waldhof Mannheim’s 1-0 win over Wehen Wiesbaden on Saturday.
Italy
Serie A
Weston McKennie started and played 90 minutes in Juventus’ 1-1 draw with Fiorentina on Saturday.
Christian Pulisic started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 74 minutes in AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Inter on Sunday.
Yunus Musah dressed but did not play in Atalanta’s 3-1 loss to Napoli on Saturday.
Ben Cremaschi dressed but did not play in Parma’s 2-1 win over Hellas Verona on Sunday.
Serie B
Gianluca Busio started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Venezia’s 2-0 win over Padova on Saturday.
Jonathan Klinsmann started, made ZERO SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Cesena’s 1-0 loss to Monza on Sunday.
Andrija Novakovich started and played 77 minutes in Reggiana’s 0-0 draw with Carrarese on Saturday.
France
Ligue 1
Tim Weah started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Marseille’s 5-1 win over Nice on Friday.
Mark McKenzie started and played 83 minutes in Toulouse’s 1-0 loss to Angers on Sunday.
Tanner Tessmann started and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 0-0 draw with Auxerre on Sunday.
Folarin Balogun is OUT (Suspension) for Monaco.
Premiere Ligue
Korbin Shrader started and played 70 minutes in Lyon’s 5-0 win over Strasbourg on Saturday.
Lily Yohannes came off the bench, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 20 minutes for Lyon.
Lindsey Heaps did not dress for Lyon.
Eva Gaetino started and played 90 minutes in PSG’s 4-1 win over Saint-Etienne on Saturday.
Crystal Dunn did not dress for PSG.
Portugal
Taca De Portugal
Jordan Pefok came off the bench and played 51 minutes in Tondela’s 6-5 penalty shootout loss to Caldas on Sunday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in PSV’s 1-0 win over NAC Breda on Saturday.
Ricardo Pepi came off the bench and played 20 minutes for PSV.
Zach Booth did not dress in Excelsior’s 2-1 win over Ajax on Saturday.
Taylor Booth did not dress in FC Twente’s 0-0 draw with FC Volendam on Saturday.
Scotland
Premiership
Auston Trusty started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 1-0 win over St. Mirren on Saturday.
Dante Polvara started and played 84 minutes in Aberdeen’s 1-0 win over Hearts on Sunday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is OUT FOR SEASON (Achilles injury).
Belgium
Pro League
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo’s 0-0 draw with Gent on Saturday.
Griffin Yow started and played 70 minutes for Westerlo.
Marlon Fossey did not dress in Standard Liege’s 0-0 draw with Zulte Waregem on Friday.
Austria
Bundesliga
George Bello started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in LASK’s 3-1 win over Sturm Graz on Sunday.
Donovan Pines started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK’s 2-1 win over Rapid Vienna on Sunday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas started and played 90 minutes in Hajduk Split’s 5-0 loss to Rijeka on Saturday.
Greece
Super League
Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 90 minutes in Panathinaikos’ 3-0 win over Panserraikos on Sunday.
Denmark
Superliagen
Matthew Hoppe started and played 90 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 2-1 win over Midtjylland on Sunday.
Gavin Beavers dressed but did not play in Brondby’s 1-0 loss to FC Kobenhaven on Sunday.
Jonathan Amon did not dress in Vejle’s 5-2 loss to Viborg on Sunday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Cade Cowell, Richie Ledezma and Chivas are off until November 26 and November 29.
Alex Zendejas and Club America are off until November 26 and November 29.
McKennie put in a good shift, playing the whole 90 when some other better known players were subbed out. He had a good header that forced a good save from the GK in what would have been a winning goal. While Scally hasn’t shown that well with the USMNT, I still maintain he shouldn’t be overlooked. He has been a consistent starter for about 3 years, almost always goes 90 and is still only 22. Good to see Palmer Brown finally getting a starting job in Greece after several years starting in France Ligue 1.
What I find interesting about McKennie is the number of roles he had played for Juventus. In past games, he has been positioned as a wingback or outside midfielder. In this game, he was supporting Vlahovic up front in more of an attacking role.
If he starts today in a UCL match, then it is clear he has solidified his place on this team.
Pulisic the goal in the Derby Della Madonnina. So much for whoever said he doesn’t score against big teams. 3g in 8 appearances against Inter.
Feeling passive-aggressive?
Pulisic – 0 goals, 0 assists vs Juve in 5 Serie A games.
How was his PK vs Juve?
Juve isn’t the best team in Serie A though are they? I wasn’t trying to be passive aggressive couldn’t remember who said it. Ok maybe it was a little passive aggressive.
This season he has goals against Napoli (3rd/1st at the time), Inter (4th/1st at the time), and Udinese (10th/4th at the time). Last season goals against Inter (2nd), Fiorentina (6th), Bologna (9th), and Como (10th) 4 of his 11 league goals or 7 goal contributions in of 22 total came against top 10 finishers (really nine because he can’t face AC Milan). Lautaro Martine had 3g of 12 last year against top 10 teams and Retegui 7g of 25 against top 10 teams so Pulisic’s percentage is fairly similar to the top scorers in the league that also feast on the weak.
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He did also score against Juve in the SuperCoppa.
He has scored against Real Madrid, Liverpool, Inter Milan, etc. Not big enough teams for you?
Johnnyrazor,
Did you answer the question about how Pulisic did with his PK vs Juve?
Pulisic does not produce vs the top 6.
Pulisic vs Roma – 0 goals in 3 Serie A games
Pulisic vs Atalanta – 0 goals in 4 Serie A games.
Pulisic scored vs Juve in the Super Coppa…sounds like desperation on your part.
“Pulisic doesn’t produce against the top 6.” Then you name three teams. Every attacker scores less against good teams, especially in Italy where top place finishes usually relate closely to organized stingy defenses. In those 4 Serie A matches Pulisic has played against Juve there has been one goal scored total in 360 minutes. One goal and only after Milan went a man down.
Johnnyrazor,
I have provided more than 3 teams. I provided data on his scoring, or lack thereof, vs the top 6 teams in each year’s final Serie A table, hence my proclamation that he feasts on the lower half / minnows of Serie A.
I have provided the data twice…and it was more than 3 teams…I am not going to dig it up a third time…you can do so, if you want.
You trolled my position when he scored and assisted vs Napoli. You trolled it again this past weekend. Yet, you have yet to answer, “how did he do vs Juve?”
To your point of, “Every attacker scores less against good teams, especially in Italy where top place finishes usually relate closely to organized stingy defenses”…that is EXACTLY my point. Pulisic is not a top tier player. If he were, he would be producing CONSISTENTLY vs the top 6 teams in the table…that is what top tier talent does.
I hope Pulisic proves me wrong, sa that would be good for the USMNT, but history and data says he won’t.