Close to one month since his last outing for Scottish club Celtic, Auston Trusty made his return to action on Sunday.
Trusty played 90 minutes as Martin O’Neill’s squad defeated Dundee FC 2-1 in SPFL play. The U.S. men’s national team defender rarely put a foot wrong in the victory, winning four duels, making eight clearances, and five defensive recoveries.
Trusty, who had missed most of March’s schedule due to suspension, retained his starting spot and helped Celtic stay three points back in the title race. The 27-year-old has now made 33 appearances for the club across all competitions and will surely add to that total before season’s end.
Up next for Celtic is a league date with St. Mirren on April 11 before the two sides face off against in the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park on April 18.
In England, Brenden Aaronson helped Leeds United reach a first FA Cup semifinal in 39 years. Emily Fox and Arsenal suffered FA Cup elimination at home to Brighton & Hove Albion. Sam Coffey helped Manchester City reach the FA Cup semifinals.
In Italy, Weston McKennie scored in Juventus’ home victory over Genoa. Christian Pulisic featured off of the bench in AC Milan’s road loss to Napoli.
In France, Folarin Balogun scored in Monaco’s home win over Marseille. Tanner Tessmann and Lyon earned one point on the road at Angers. Mark McKenzie and Toulouse suffered a road loss to PSG.Korbin Shrader scored in Lyon’s Coupe De France Feminine win over Strasbourg.
In Germany, Malik Tillman came off the bench to score in Bayer Leverkusen’s key win over Wolfsburg. Kristoffer Lund and FC Koln played out a road draw with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Elsewhere, Alex Zendejas and Club America split the points at Santos Laguna. Danny Leyva went the distance in Necaxa’s Liga MX win. Bryan Reynolds helped Westerlo to three points at home. Matthew Hoppe and Sonderjyske played out a 2-2 league draw in Denmark.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
FA Cup
Brenden Aaronson came off the bench and played 82 minutes in Leeds United’s 4-2 penalty shootout win over West Ham United on Sunday. Aaronson scored his penalty kick and also drew one penalty.
EFL Championship
Aidan Morris started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 2-1 loss to Millwall on Friday. Morris also started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 2-2 draw with Swansea City on Monday.
George Campbell started and played 90 minutes in West Bromwich Albion’s 2-2 draw with Wrexham on Friday. Campbell also started and played 90 minutes in West Brom’s 0-0 draw with Blackburn Rovers on Monday.
Daryl Dike came off the bench and played 18 minutes for West Brom on Friday and played 18 minutes on Monday.
Haji Wright came off the bench and played 27 minutes in Coventry City’s 3-2 win over Derby County on Friday. Wright also started and played 65 minutes in Coventry’s 0-0 draw with Hull City on Monday.
Patrick Agyemang came off the bench and played 25 minutes for Derby County. Agyemang also started and played 41 minutes in Derby’s 2-0 win over Stoke City on Monday. He left Monday’s match on a stretcher after an apparent leg/ankle injury.
Charlie Kelman started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 65 minutes in Charlton Athletic’s 2-1 loss to Bristol City on Friday. Kelman also dressed but did not play in Charlton’s 1-1 draw with Watford on Monday.
League One
Lynden Gooch started and played 76 minutes in Huddersfield Town’s 1-1 draw with Reading on Friday. Gooch also came off the bench and played 25 minutes in Huddersfield’s 2-1 win over Leyton Orient on Monday.
League Two
Jonathan Tomkinson started and played 90 minutes in Cheltenham Town’s 1-0 loss to Chesterfield on Friday. Tomkinson also started and played 90 minutes in Cheltenham’s 1-1 draw with Cambridge United on Monday.
Women’s FA Cup
Sam Coffey started and played 90 minutes in Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Birmingham City on Monday.
Naomi Girma, Alyssa Thompson started and played 90 minutes in Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Tottenham on Monday.
Emily Fox came off the bench and played six minutes in Arsenal’s 2-0 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday.
Spain
La Liga
Alex Freeman came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Villarreal’s 1-0 loss to Girona on Monday.
Johnny Cardoso did not dress (Injury) in Atletico Madrid’s 2-1 loss to Barcelona on Saturday.
Segunda Liga
Konrad De La Fuente came off the bench and played 28 minutes in AD Ceuta’s 3-0 loss to Eibar on Sunday.
Germany
Bundesliga
Malik Tillman came off the bench, scored ONE GOAL, and played two minutes in Bayer Leverkusen’s 6-3 win over Wolfsburg on Saturday.
Joe Scally started and played 70 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 2-2 draw with FC Heidenheim on Saturday.
Gio Reyna came off the bench and played five minutes for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Kristoffer Lund started and played 90 minutes in FC Koln’s 2-2 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.
Timmy Chandler dressed but did not play for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Lennard Maloney came off the bench and played three minutes in Mainz’s 2-1 win over Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Cole Campbell dressed but did not play for Hoffenheim.
Noahkai Banks did not dress in Augsburg’s 1-1 draw with Hamburg on Saturday.
Damion Downs did not dress for Hamburg.
James Sands is OUT FOR SEASON for St. Pauli.
Kevin Paredes is OUT (Muscle Injury) for Wolfsburg.
2. Bundesliga
Mael Corboz started and played 90 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld’s 2-1 win over Darmstadt on Saturday.
Maxi Dietz started and played 75 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 2-0 loss to Paderborn on Sunday.
Julian Green dressed but did not play for Greuther Furth.
Johan Gomez started and played 90 minutes in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 1-1 draw with Nuremberg on Sunday.
John Tolkin started and played 90 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 0-0 draw with Preussen Munster on Sunday.
John Brooks did not dress in Hertha Berlin’s 1-0 win over Dynamo Dresden on Saturday.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd came off the bench and played nine minutes in Waldhof Mannheim’s 1-1 draw with 1860 Munich on Saturday.
Mason Toye did not dress in Ingolstadt’s 1-0 loss to Saarbrucken on Sunday.
Italy
Serie A
Weston McKennie started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Juventus’ 2-0 win over Genoa on Monday.
Christian Pulisic came off the bench and played 15 minutes in AC Milan’s 1-0 loss to Napoli on Monday.
Yunus Musah dressed but did not play in Atalanta’s 3-0 win over Lecce on Monday.
Ben Cremaschi is OUT FOR SEASON (Meniscus Injury) for Parma.
Serie B
Gianluca Busio started, registered ONE ASSIST, and played 90 minutes in Venezia’s 3-1 win over Juve Stabia on Monday.
Jonathan Klinsmann started, made ZERO SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Cesena’s 1-1 draw with Sudtirol on Monday.
Andrija Novakovich did not dress (Suspension) in Reggiana’s 3-1 loss to Pescara on Monday.
France
Ligue 1
Folarin Balogun started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 84 minutes in Monaco’s 2-1 win over Marseille on Sunday.
Tim Weah started and played 89 minutes for Marseille.
Tanner Tessmann started and played 73 minutes in Lyon’s 0-0 draw with Angers on Sunday.
Mark McKenzie started and played 90 minutes in Toulouse’s 3-1 loss to PSG on Friday.
Coupe De France Feminine
Korbin Shrader started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 6-0 win over Strasbourg on Sunday.
Lily Yohannes came off the bench and played 33 minutes for Lyon.
Lindsey Heaps came off the bench and played 21 minutes for Lyon.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Ricardo Pepi came off the bench and played four minutes in PSV’s 4-3 win over FC Utrecht on Saturday.
Taylor Booth dressed but did not play in FC Twente’s 2-1 win over Ajax on Saturday.
Sergino Dest is OUT (Injury) for PSV.
Scotland
Premiership
Auston Trusty started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 2-1 win over Dundee FC on Sunday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is OUT (Achilles injury).
Portugal
Liga Portugal
Jordan Pefok started and played 90 minutes in Tondela’s 5-0 loss to Vitoria de Guimarares on Saturday.
Belgium
First Division A
Bryan Reynolds started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo’s 2-0 win over Sporting Charleroi on Sunday.
Marlon Fossey did not dress in Standard Liege’s 3-1 win over OH Leuven on Saturday.
Greece
Super League
Erik Palmer-Brown is OUT (Ankle Injury) for Panathinaikos.
Denmark
Superliagen
Matthew Hoppe started and played 81 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 2-2 draw with Midtjylland on Saturday.
Jonathan Amon did not dress in Vejle’s 1-1 draw with Randers on Monday.
Gavin Beavers and Brondby are off until April 7.
1. Division
Neil Pierre came off the bench and played 30 minutes in Lyngby’s 1-0 loss to AC Horsens on Saturday.
Austria
Bundesliga
Sam Adineran started and played 78 minutes in LASK’s 4-1 win over Austria Vienna on Sunday.
George Bello did not dress for LASK.
Donovan Pines started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK’s 2-1 win over BW Linz on Saturday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas and Hajduk Split are off until April 7.
Mexico
Liga MX
Danny Leyva started and played 90 minutes in Necaxa’s 2-1 win over Mazatlan on Friday.
Alex Zendejas started and played 79 minutes in Club America’s 1-1 draw with Santos Laguna on Saturday.
They saying Agyemang went down with a no contact injury man! That’s no Bueno! I want hermano to get a EPL division 1 contract.
Striker, as all the soccer nerds know, is really about the hot hand at the moment. Who will be producing in June and July. Josh Sargent had his first monster game for Toronto. Coach punch is watching.
Boy I don’t know if Poch is watching Sargent. He was flat out invisible the last two NT matches he started. I think Poch is probably more excited about Pulisic as the 4th striker than Sargent.
Lil man, you might need to pull out your pocket calculator and do some recalculations. And maybe not over think it to much. You seem to want to take ann out of form, known bad locker room guy over an in form player on the field as well as in the locker room. It’s really strange.
Sargent despite being in great club form for most of the last four seasons hasn’t scored or assisted in 5 years. 849 minutes without a goal contribution for the national team. Gio hasn’t had a goal contribution for 53 minutes. I’ve been consistent I’d take Gio as my 26th guy. But I’d tell him your guy 26, if that’s not ok with you say no. The 26th guy is probably not going to play, but if I’m down a goal and I need a miracle there is no one in the pool more capable of coming off the bench and pulling that off out of nothing.
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Josh’s last start 17 touches in 62 minutes 1 in the opponents box. 0 shots 0 chances created. Came in in amazing club form 6g in 5 matches. Balo subbed in 22 touches in 28 minutes 11 touches in the box 1 chance created 3 shots.
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Previous start vs Panama
68 minutes 8 touches!!!!!!!!! 1 shot (blocked), 3 touches in the box, 1 defensive contribution. 8g in 10 previous matches for Norwich at the time. Agyeman 22 minutes 6 touches 2 shots, 2 touches in the box, 2 defensive contributions.
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In Josh’s last three starts all around 60 minutes he’s had 1 shot total (it was blocked) and a grand total of 3 touches in the box! Josh’s club form has had no effect on his performance for the NT there’s no indication that his performance for Toronto would be any different. Gio has been the opposite whether he’s playing or not he contributes. I pulled out the calculator the math doesn’t lie.
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I doubt either makes it though.
Fantastic goal by Balogun today.
Balogun scored a world class goal (commentators judgment) against Marseilles that was the winning goal.