Borussia Moenchengladbach’s home shutout win over St. Pauli helped the club inch even further away from the Bundesliga’s bottom-three this weekend.
Joe Scally delivered a strong shift in Friday’s 2-0 win, registering one assist as Gladbach moved four points clear off the relegation zone. The U.S. men’s national team defender was solid on both ends of the pitch, helping Gladbach pick up their second victory out of the past three matches.
Kevin Stoger’s free kick finish boosted the hosts in front 1-0 before halftime. Scally played a key role in Gladbach doubling their lead after the hour mark.
The veteran right back raced upfield before keeping possession in bounds and cutting a pass back for Franck Honorat to one-time home. It marked Scally’s third assist of the season.
Eugen Polanski’s squad will next travel to FC Koln on March 21 in their final match before the international break. Scally will seek to stay injury-free ahead of a potential USMNT call up for friendlies against Belgium and Portugal.
In Italy, Weston McKennie and Juventus picked up three points on the road against Udinese. Ben Cremaschi suffered a first-half injury in Parma’s lopsided loss to Torino.
In England, Alyssa Thompson and Chelsea defeated Phallon Tullis-Joyce and Manchester United in the Women’s League Cup Final. Aidan Morris delivered another strong 90 minutes despite Middlesbrough’s home draw with Bristol City. Haji Wright had a quiet performance in Coventry City’s rare home loss to Southampton.
In Germany, Kristoffer Lund went the distance in FC Koln’s draw with Hamburg. John Brooks made his first club appearance in 693 days in Hertha Berlin’s draw.
In France, Tim Weah helped Marseille earn a home win over Auxerre.
Elsewhere, Ricardo Pepi started in PSV’s loss to NEC Nijmegen. Bryan Reynolds and Westerlo suffered a home loss to Club Brugge. George Bello and Donovan Pines both went the distance in their respective Austrian league matches. Danny Leyva helped Necaxa earn one point in Friday’s Liga MX draw.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Antonee Robinson started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 0-0 draw with Leeds United on Sunday.
Brenden Aaronson started and played 45 minutes for Leeds United.
Tyler Adams did not dress in Bournemouth’s 0-0 draw with Burnley on Saturday.
EFL Championship
Patrick Agyemang started and played 70 minutes in Derby County’s 1-0 win over Portsmouth on Monday.
Haji Wright started and played 62 minutes in Coventry City’s 2-1 loss to Southampton on Saturday.
George Campbell started and played 90 minutes in West Bromwich Albion’s 3-0 win over Hull City on Saturday.
Daryl Dike came off the bench and played six minutes for West Brom.
Aidan Morris started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 1-1 draw with Bristol City on Saturday.
Charlie Kelman came off the bench, scored ONE PENALTY KICK GOAL, and played 30 minutes in Charlton Athletic’s 1-1 draw with Oxford United on Saturdy.
League One
Lynden Gooch did not dress in Huddersfield Town’s 0-0 draw with Port Vale on Saturday.
Dom Dwyer did not dress in Mansfield Town’s 2-2 draw with Barnsley on Saturday.
League Two
Jonathan Tomkinson started and played 90 minutes in Cheltenham Town’s 2-0 win over Shrewsbury Town on Saturday.
WSL
Emily Fox started and played 90 minutes in Arsenal’s 2-0 win over London City Lionesses on Sunday.
Sam Coffey started and played 90 minutes in Manchester City’s 0-0 draw with Aston Villa on Sunday.
League Cup Final
Alyssa Thompson started and played 45 minutes in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday.
Phallon Tullis-Joyce started, made THREE SAVES, and played 90 minutes for Manchester United.
Naomi Girma did not dress (Calf Injury) for Chelsea.
Catarina Macario is OUT (Injury) for Chelsea.
Spain
La Liga
Alex Freeman came off the bench and played seven minutes in Villarreal’s 1-1 draw with Deportivo Alaves on Friday.
Johnny Cardoso dressed but did not play in Atletico Madrid’s 1-0 win over Getafe on Saturday.
Segunda Liga
Konrad De La Fuente came off the bench and played 45 minutes in AD Ceuta’s 2-1 loss to Deportivo La Coruña on Saturday.
Germany
Bundesliga
Noahkai Banks dressed but did not play in Augsburg’s 2-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
Malik Tillman started and played 90 minutes in Bayer Leverkusen’s 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Kristoffer Lund started and played 90 minutes in FC Koln’s 1-1 draw with Hamburg on Saturday.
Damion Downs started and played 67 minutes for Hamburg.
Joe Scally started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 2-0 win over St. Pauli on Friday.
Gio Reyna dressed but did not play for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Lennard Maloney came off the bench and played three minutes in Mainz’s 2-0 win over Werder Bremen on Sunday.
Cole Campbell dressed but did not play in Hoffenheim’s 1-1 draw with Wolfsburg on Saturday.
Kevin Paredes did not dress for Wolfsburg.
Timmy Chandler did not dress in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 1-0 win over FC Heidenheim on Saturday.
James Sands is OUT FOR SEASON (Ankle Injury) for St. Pauli.
2. Bundesliga
Mael Corboz started, scored ONE PENALTY KICK GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld’s 2-2 draw with Paderborn on Saturday.
Maxi Dietz started and played 90 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 2-0 win over Elversberg on Friday.
Johan Gomez started and played 72 minutes in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 1-0 win over Fortuna Dusseldorf on Saturday.
John Tolkin started and played 90 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 3-2 loss to Nuremberg on Saturday.
John Brooks came off the bench and played one minute in Hertha Berlin’s 1-1 draw with Bochum on Saturday.
Julian Green is OUT (Injury) for Greuther Furth.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd did not dress in Waldhof Mannheim’s 4-1 loss to Osnabruck on Saturday.
Mason Toye did not dress in Ingolstadt’s 3-1 win over Ulm on Sunday.
Italy
Serie A
Weston McKennie started and played 90 minutes in Juventus’ 1-0 win over Udinese on Saturday.
Christian Pulisic started and played 90 minutes in AC Milan’s 1-0 loss to Lazio on Sunday.
Ben Cremaschi started and played 11 minutes in Parma’s 4-1 loss to Torino on Friday. Cremaschi left the match with an apparent injury.
Yunus Musah dressed but did not play in Atalanta’s 1-1 draw with Inter on Saturday.
Serie B
Gianluca Busio started and played 90 minutes in Venezia’s 0-0 draw with Sampdoria on Saturday.
Jonathan Klinsmann started, made FIVE SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Cesena’s 2-2 draw with Frosinone on Saturday.
Andrija Novakovich started and played 67 minutes in Reggiana’s 4-1 loss to Bari on Saturday.
France
Ligue 1
Folarin Balogun started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Monaco’s 2-0 win over Stade Brest on Saturday.
Tanner Tessmann started and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 0-0 draw with Le Havre on Sunday.
Mark McKenzie started and played 90 minutes in Toulouse’s 4-3 win over Metz on Sunday.
Tim Weah started and played 90 minutes in Marseille’s 1-0 win over Auxerre on Friday.
Premiere Ligue
Lindsey Heaps, Korbin Shrader, Lily Yohannes and Lyon are off until March 18.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Ricardo Pepi started and played 70 minutes in PSV’s 3-2 loss to NEC Nijmegen on Saturday.
Taylor Booth dressed but did not play in FC Twente’s 2-0 loss to FC Utrecht on Sunday.
Sergino Dest is OUT (Injury) for PSV.
Scotland
Premiership
Auston Trusty did not dress (Suspension) in Celtic’s 3-1 win over Motherwell on Saturday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is OUT (Achilles injury).
Portugal
Liga Portugal
Jordan Pefok and Tondela’s scheduled match with Sporting Lisbon was postponed on Sunday.
Belgium
First Division A
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo’s 2-1 loss to Club Brugge on Saturday.
Marlon Fossey did not dress in Standard Liege’s 1-1 draw with Royal Antwerp on Sunday.
Greece
Super League
Erik Palmer-Brown is OUT (Injury) for Panathinaikos.
Denmark
Superliagen
Matthew Hoppe started and played 85 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 1-1 draw with Aarhus on Sunday.
Jonathan Amon dressed but did not play in Vejle’s 1-1 draw with Silkeborg on Monday.
Gavin Beavers dressed but did not play in Brondby’s 1-0 loss to Viborg on Sunday.
1. Division
Neil Pierre dressed but did not play in Lyngby’s 4-1 win over Middelfart on Friday.
Austria
Bundesliga
George Bello started and played 90 minutes in LASK’s 0-0 draw with Hartberg on Friday.
Sam Adeniran started and played 66 minutes for LASK.
Donovan Pines started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK’s 2-0 win over Wolfsberger on Saturday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas started and played 90 minutes in Hajduk Split’s 2-1 win over NK Lokomotiva on Sunday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Danny Leyva started and played 90 minutes in Necaxa’s 0-0 draw with Puebla on Friday.
Alex Zendejas started and played 77 minutes in Club America’s 2-0 win over Mazatlan on Sunday.
So to sum up the weekend so far,
Ream and Arfsten not off to good starts
Michael Bradley will be the next usmnt coach
John Brooks played 1 minute after not playing for almost 700 minutes
Timothy Chandler is still employed as a professional soccer player
At least Jedi went the full 90
Timmy Chandler best deal ever. Last four seasons combined 173 minutes, $3.5 million take home. Roughly 20,000 per minute played.
Right? Sign me up
USMNT Roster is suppose to drop tomorrow Tuesday March 17th at 8 am.
USMNT Roster suppose to drop tomorrow Tuesday March 17th at 8 am
Now saying 11:30 Eastern
Americans at Home Update:
-USMNT GK Coach Toni Jimenez was on hand to watch Matt Turner vs Celentano. Celentano had possibly his worst game of his career. Cincy was bad overall but giving up a -1.84 goals prevented is not good for Roman’s chances. Turner was a +1.05. Jimenez watched Freese in person Saturday, Freeze gave up a scorcher from Darren Yappi.
-check out Peyton Miller’s goal against Cincy, it’s a beauty. MRob also had a stinker.
-Luna made his first appearance of the season. His replacement 18yr old Hezarkhani wasn’t great this week but has 2g on the season. Xavier Gozo also continues to play well for RSL, creates a lot of chances.
-As a Crew fan, Arfsten has done nothing this season. Playing more as a RM than a RWB.
-Schulte gave up a late goal (not much he could have done) but had his best match of the season until that point.
– Berhalter with a goal and assist
-Brady was a negative goals prevented against DCU in a loss
-McGlynn had an 80 yd pass for a game winning assist.
– Ream helped keep a clean sheet, but Messi and De Paul didn’t dress.
– Roldan on the bench after playing midweek.
-Sargent debuted, didn’t score
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I think that covers the MLS guys in contention for roster spots, plus the youth updates on Miller and the two RSL youths.
-Red Bull kids slowing a bit but kept it close for their vets to tie it late.
-SD kids ran out of gas after playing man down midweek. Sisniega faced more xGot in this match than Ferree faced all season. I’m guessing Ferree starts against Toluca. No one really seems to know if Manu Duah is US eligible.
-17 yr old Cooper Sanchez played sufficiently against Philly
-18 yr Harbor Miller started for LAG, created a couple chances
Nice- thanks Johnny
Hmmm I watched that Crew game Arfsten looked the most dangerous player. Multiple shots beating defenders on the dribble and had a shot off of the crossbar.
Probably, my fandom making me less than objective, but he’s had 1 shot on target so far in 4 matches and no assists. The problem is he can beat guys, but then he always has to cut in on his right foot, and he finds two more defenders and no window to shoot. His xG and xA are not that different from last year, so the analytics nerds would tell me to be patient. That’s hard to do when you opened with Por, SKC, and Chi and only got 2 pts and then you blew a pt late by letting Espinoza dribble through 3/4 of your backline in the box in added time. When you watch Max every week, the beat guys down the line cut in to the top of box, ignore the striker run behind the CB, ignore Rossi unmarked at the top of the box, step over, step over, dribble into two defenders and shoot the ball 10 rows into the stands three times a game gets old.
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Crew generated .22 xG so saying he was the most dangerous isn’t saying anything. Schwake faced 0.08 xGot that’s less than Ferree saw in any of his matches. Oops fandom snuck out again.
Appreciated that, JR. Very good info.
I’d been hearing some buzz about the Red Bulls this year and finally got a look at them myself…my God. I don’t even know where to start. For starters, if the way his team has started the year is any indication, Michael Bradley is one heckuva coach. His guys were buzzing around like angry wasps, and playing slick, aggressive soccer – sophisticated progressive passing, and ambitious – they were trying audacious stuff all game, just missed finishing some fantastic sequences on multiple occasions. By midseason they’ll be pulling those off…and that team will be no fun for anyone to play. Despite the fact that Toronto tied the game 1-1, they didn’t look like they were having much fun yesterday either. The Red Bulls dominated the run of play. The thing that jumped off the field at me were the 17-year-old American kids – Julian Hall, Adri Memeti, Matthew Dos Santos. All three were legit…and Hall and Memeti were borderline dominant. At 17. They had “FUTURE USMNT STARTER” blinking over their heads like disco lights.
I honestly felt at times like I was watching an Arsene Wenger Arsenal side. Guys who barely needed to shave all over the field, passing so sophisticated it left you blinking, moving at a completely different speed than the opponent. I was left going: “who are these guys?”
If that was “slowing a bit”, I’d hate to see what they look like when they’re on. They had 67.7% possession, outshot TFC 17-12, and looked like the better team all day. And if they have even half TFC’s salary budget I’d be surprised. Other than Forsberg and Horvath the whole squad was a whole bunch of Who Dats.
Q: I saw probably the last 30 minutes of Red Bulls this week. Just meant Mehmeti and Hall aren’t scoring and assisting like they started, but unless your Messi scoring and assisting every match is a pretty tough bar to reach.
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MB is running the modern Red Bull system, press like crazy to win the ball, but when you when actually play soccer instead of just lump it forward and hope. Actually have ideas on how you want to break down a defense. So different from Carnell or Marsch.
Johnnyrazor,
Arfsten is just not that good. Plus, there is a lot of game tape out there on him now. He is no longer a novelty.
How did Cavan Sullivan do?
Papi,
-I warned people when Max first came into NT. He’s mostly fine for Columbus, but I’ve never thought he’s NT quality, especially at LB.
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Sullivan has been ok, once again Brad is putting on journeyman instead. Only 27 MLS minutes. Plenty of 17 and 18 yr olds making their marks while Carnell runs out Bedoya, Vassilev, plays Iloski out of position, and Brad’s latest journeyman warrior Annelo. I understand with MLS rosters it’s hard to run CL midweek and be successful on the weekend but Nashville, Vancouver, Miami, Seattle, and San Diego aren’t having much trouble. Brad’s castoff David Vazquez scored two against Toluca last week. You traded that to keep giving minutes to Bedoya? Union are a mess, near as I can tell Tanner is still suspended and the investigation into his alleged abuses continues because they made everyone who left sign NDAs so no one feels comfortable talking to the investigators (which signals they probably got some pretty good “severance” when they left).
Wow, then this very day we finally get an Ernst Tanner ruling.
After their midweek game, I figured that SDFC best outcome vs. Dallas would be a draw. They came within a couple of minutes of stoppage time of winning. In their game with Toluca they scored 3 goals while a man down. I think that’s pretty remarkable but it has gone largely unmentioned, even in the local press. I have watched a lot of soccer games in the last 25 years and I can’t recall another time a team has scored 3 goals while a man down. Regarding Duah, he went to high school in the US, in Santa Barbara. I don’t know what his status is, but he is probably at least several years away from becoming a US citizen. However, he is only 21, so he could possibly play a part in the next WC. SDFC defender Bombino has a bright future and is only 19. He is worth watching.
I think most people were asleep when it went down, kicked off at like 10:30 CT. The Crew and Vancouver didn’t get much attention the last two years either until the semis or finals. Going to be tough without Duah in the away leg. That’s funny I asked you if you knew anything about his citizenship potential on the Macario article. I did a fairly deep Internet dive and found no mention of when he came to the US whatsoever. Even Reddit didn’t know.