Here’s a bullet-point rundown of the USMNT players whose clubs were in action this weekend (last Friday through Friday yesterday). Players are divided by position groups (which helps my depth-chart-oriented brain to process this information most usefully). Within position groups, players are listed chronologically, in order of when their games took place. Stats are from FotMob.
Strikers
Injured: Ricardo Pepi (knee, back on the field), Daryl Dike (thigh, mid-September), Brian White (hamstring), Jordan Morris
(shoulder, early October), Patrick Agyemang (hernia, mid-October), Brandon Vázquez (knee, mid-September), Kristian Fletcher (ACL, March 2026)
- Charlie Kelman played 22 minutes off the bench and won 1/1 duel in Charlton’s 1-3 loss to QPR on Saturday.
- Jordan Pefok was an unused sub in Reims’ 1-0 win over Le Mans on Saturday. On Monday, Portuguese club Tondela announced they signed Pefok from Reims. Tondela are newly promoted to the first-tier Primeira Liga, after finishing first in the second division last season.
- Josh Sargent played the full 90, scored a brace (one penalty), won a penalty, missed 2 big chances, completed 1/4 dribbles, and won 4/11 duels in Norwich’s 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
- Damion Downs played 14 minutes off the bench and won 0/1 duels in Southampton’s 2-2 draw with Watford on Saturday.
- Ricardo Pepi played 45 minutes off the bench, created 1 chance, and won 1/2 duels in PSV’s 0-2 loss to Telstar on Saturday.
- Folarin Balogun played 89 minutes, scored, created 1 chance, completed 1/2 dribbles, and won 5/8 duels in Monaco’s 3-2 win over Strasbourg on Sunday.
- Duncan McGuire played 21 minutes off the bench, created 1 chance, made 3 clearances, and won 2/2 duels in Orlando City’s 1-2 loss to the LA Galaxy on Sunday.
Wingers and attacking mids
Injured: Malik Tillman (calf, mid-September), Kevin Paredes (ankle, mid-September)
- Pulisic played 13 minutes off the bench, scored, created 1 chance, completed 1/1 dribble, won 1/1 tackle, and won 3/4 duels in AC Milan’s 2-0 win over Lecce on Friday. The game was 1-0 when Pulisic entered; he scored Milan’s second. Pulisic has 2 goals in 3 games (169 minutes) to start the season.
- Cole Campbell was not with Dortmund II for their 1-2 loss to Gladbach II in the Regionalliga on Saturday.
- Malik Tillman played 61 minutes, scored, completed 1/2 dribbles, won 2/2 tackles, and won 4/6 duels in Leverkusen’s 3-3 draw with Werder Bremen on Saturday.
- Haji Wright played the full 90, scored, hit the woodwork, missed 1 big chance, completed 0/1 dribbles, won 1/1 tackle, and won 3/9 duels in Coventry’s 2-2 draw with Oxford United on Saturday.
- Griffin Yow played 1 minute off the bench and won 0/2 duels in Westerlo’s 2-0 win over Antwerp on Saturday.
- Brenden Aaronson played 30 minutes off the bench, completed 2/2 dribbles, made 1 tackle, and won 3/3 duels as Leeds drew 0-0 with Newcastle on Saturday.
- Matko Miljevic played 71 minutes, created 1 chance, completed 0/1 dribble, and won 2/8 duels in Huracán’s 0-0 draw with San Lorenzo on Saturday.
- Taylor Booth played 59 minutes, created 2 chances, completed 1/1 dribble, made 2 tackles, and won 4/8 duels in Twente’s 0-1 loss to Excelsior on Saturday.
- Djordje Mihailovic played the full 90, created 4 chances (game-high), and won 1/3 duels in Toronto FC’s 1-1 draw with CF Montréal on Saturday.
- Cade Cowell played 26 minutes off the bench, completed 3/5 dribbles, made 1 tackle, and won 4/9 duels as Chivas lost 1-2 to Cruz Azul on Saturday.
- Alex Zendejas played 89 minutes, provided an assist, created 3 more chances (4 total), missed a big chance, completed 0/1 dribble, made 1 tackle, and won 3/6 duels in América’s 2-0 win over Pachuca on Saturday.
- Lennard Maloney was an unused sub as Mainz drew 1-1 with Wolfsburg on Sunday.
- Cole Campbell was an unused sub in Dortmund’s 3-0 win over Union Berlin on Sunday.
- Luca Koleosho played 11 minutes off the bench, completed 0/1 dribble, and won 0/3 duels in Espanyol’s 1-0 win over Osasuna on Sunday.
- Tim Weah played 72 minutes at left back, made 1 tackle, 4 clearances, was dribbled past twice, and won 4/6 duels in Marseille’s 0-1 loss to Lyon on Sunday.
- Jesús Ferreira played 78 minutes, created 2 chances, hit the woodwork, and won 2/5 duels in the Seattle Sounders’ 3-0 win over Inter Miami on Sunday.
- Gio Reyna played 71 minutes and provided an assist in Mönchengladbach’s 2-0 friendly win over Schalke on Friday.
- Luca Koleosho scored a penalty to lift the Italy U21s to a 2-1 win over Montegro on Friday.
Center mids
No injuries
- James Sands played the full 90, won 5/6 tackles (a match high), and won 8/15 duels in St. Pauli’s 2-0 win over Hamburg on Friday.
Scenes from the Hamburg-St. Pauli:
- Yunus Musah played the full 90, created 2 chances, completed 2/4 dribbles (a match high), won 1/1 tackle, and won 5/10 duels in AC Milan’s 2-0 win over Lecce on Friday. Musah has now moved to Atalanta on loan.
- Aidan Morris played the full 90, created 2 chances, completed 3/4 dribbles, won 1/2 tackles, made 1 clearance, 1 interception, and won 8/12 duels in Middlesbrough’s 1-0 win over Sheffield United on Saturday.
- Tyler Adams played the full 90, completed 1/1 dribble, won 2/2 tackles, and won 5/9 duels in Bournemouth’s 1-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday.
- Johnny Cardoso played 72 minutes, created 1 chance, completed 0/1 dribble, made 2 tackles, and won 5/14 duels in Atlético Madrid’s 1-1 draw with Alavés on Saturday.
- Gianluca Busio played the full 90, completed 1/2 dribbles, made 2 tackles, and won 4/11 duels in Venezia’s 0-0 draw with Juve Stabia on Saturday.
- Quinn Sullivan played 63 minutes, completed 1/1 dribble, and won 1/1 duel in the Philadelphia Union’s 1-0 win over FC Cincinnati on Saturday.
- Cavan Sullivan was an unused sub in the Philly-Cincy game.
- Owen Wolff played the full 90, provided an assist, created 2 more chances (3 total), completed 1/3 dribbles, made 2 tackles, 3 interceptions, and won 5/11 duels in Austin FC’s 3-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday.
- Niko Tsakiris was not in San Jose’s squad for the loss to Austin.
- Paxten Aaronson played the full 90, created 3 chances, won a penalty, missed a big chance, completed 5/5 dribbles (game-high), made 1 tackle, 1 clearance, and won 10/16 duels (game-high) in the Colorado Rapids’ 2-4 loss to Sporting KC on Saturday.
- Jack McGlynn played 87 minutes, provided an assist, created another chance (2 total), made 1 tackle, 1 interception, and won 1/4 duels in the Houston Dynamo’s 3-2 win over St. Louis City on Saturday.
- Weston McKennie played 1 minute off the bench in Juventus’ 1-0 win over Genoa on Sunday.
- Tanner Tessmann played the full 90, created 1 chance, missed 1 big chance, completed 1/1 dribble, made 1 block, 3 clearances, and won 2/5 duels in Lyon’s 1-0 win over Marseille on Sunday.
- Rokas Pukštas played the full 90, scored a brace, completed 1/4 dribbles, made 2 tackles, and won 6/13 duels in Hajduk Split’s 2-2 draw with Rijeka on Sunday. Pukštas is Player of the Month in Croatia’s top tier.
- Benja Cremaschi played 5 minutes off the bench in Inter Miami’s 0-3 loss to the Seattle Sounders on Sunday. Cremaschi has now joined Parma on loan.
- Luca de la Torre played 79 minutes, created 1 chance, completed 2/2 dribbles, made 1 tackle, 2 blocks, and won 4/6 duels in San Diego FC’s 2-1 win over LAFC on Sunday.
- Pedro Soma played 11 minutes off the bench, completed 0/2 dribbles, and won 1/4 duels in the San Diego-LAFC game.
- Gianluca Busio subbed on in the 67th minute of Venezia’s 1-1 friendly with Rapid Wien on Friday.
Fullbacks
Injured: Joe Scally (upper leg, unknown), Caleb Wiley (back, mid-September)
- John Tolkin played the full 90, provided an assist, created another chance (2 total), completed 1/1 dribble, won 1/4 tackles, made 2 clearances, and won 7/12 duels in Holstein Kiel’s 1-2 loss to Hannover on Saturday.
- Antonee Robinson played 23 minutes off the bench and made 1 interception in Fulham’s 0-2 loss to Chelsea on Saturday.
- Nathaniel Brown played 27 minutes off the bench and won 1/1 duel in Frankfurt’s 3-1 win over Hoffenheim on Saturday.
- Joe Scally played 85 minutes, created 1 chance, won 1/2 tackles, made 2 clearances, and won 6/12 duels in Mönchengladbach’s 0-1 loss to Stuttgart on Saturday.
- George Bello played 63 minutes, made an error that led to a goal, created 1 chance, made 1 tackle, and won 4/7 duels in LASK Linz’s 1-3 loss to Ried on Saturday. Bello drew 2 fouls, most in the game.
- Bryan Reynolds played the full 90, created 1 chance, completed 1/1 dribble, made 2 tackles, 4 clearances, 1 interception, and won 3/5 duels in Westerlo’s 2-0 win over Antwerp on Saturday.
- Sergiño Dest played the full 90, created 1 chance, completed 4/8 dribbles, made 4 tackles, 1 clearance, won 13/20 duels, and drew 4 fouls in PSV’s 0-2 loss to Telstar on Saturday. He completed the most dribbles, won the most duels, and drew the most fouls in the match.
- Peyton Miller played the full 90, created 3 chances, completed 0/1 dribble, made 2 clearances, 1 interception, and won 3/6 duels in the New England Revolution’s 1-2 loss to Charlotte FC on Saturday.
- Max Arfsten played the full 90, completed 2/4 dribbles (game-high), made 2 tackles, 2 clearances, 1 interception, and won 6/11 duels in the Columbus Crew’s 0-0 draw with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday.
- DeJuan Jones played 78 minutes, created 2 chances, made 4 tackles, 1 interception, and won 7/10 duels (game-high) in the San Jose Earthquakes’ 1-3 loss to Austin FC on Saturday.
- Richy Ledezma was not in the Chivas squad for their 1-2 loss to Cruz Azul on Saturday.
- Marlon Fossey played the full 90 and won 6/10 duels in Standard Liège’s 0-1 loss to Leuven on Sunday.
- Jonathan Gómez played 45 minutes, completed 1/1 dribbles, won 1/2 duels, and was subbed off at halftime in Albacete’s 1-2 loss to Cádiz on Sunday.
- Kristoffer Lund played 68 minutes, created 1 chance, made 1 tackle, 1 block, 6 clearances, and won 5/10 duels in Köln’s 4-1 win over Freiburg on Sunday.
- Alex Freeman played the full 90, created 2 chances, completed 4/5 dribbles, made 1 block, 3 clearances, and won 7/8 duels in Orlando City’s 1-2 loss to the LA Galaxy on Sunday.
- John Tolkin played all of Holstein Kiel’s 1-1 friendly with St. Pauli on Wednesday.
- Joe Scally started and played 18 minutes, received treatment on the field for his upper right leg, and was subbed out of Mönchengladbach’s 2-0 friendly win over Schalke on Friday.
- Nathaniel Brown was not in the Germany U21 squad for their 2-0 win over Albania on Friday (he was included in the roster release).
- Jonathan Gómez played 64 minutes, created 1 chance, made 1 clearance, 1 interception, was dribbled past once, and won 1/4 duels in Albacete’s 1-4 loss to his former club Mirandés.
Center-backs
Injured: Auston Trusty (foot, late September), Miles Robinson (leg, mid-September), Jalen Neal (mid-September), John Brooks (muscle, early September)
- George Campbell played the full 90 (nominally as right back in a back four), created 1 chance, completed 2/3 dribbles, won 3/4 tackles, made 2 blocks, 4 clearances, and won 7/10 duels in West Brom’s 1-0 win over Stoke on Saturday.
- Matai Akinmboni was not in Bournemouth’s squad for their 1-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday.
- Anrie Chase was not in RB Salzburg’s squad for their 2-2 draw with BW Linz on Saturday.
- Noahkai Banks played 1 minute off the bench, and it was an eventful minute, as he made 1 tackle, 1 block, 1 clearance, 1 interception, and won 1/1 duel in Augsburg’s 2-3 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
- Josh Wynder was not with Benfica B for their 1-2 loss to Portimonense on Saturday.
- Mark McKenzie played the full 90, made 1 tackle, 4 clearances, and won 3/4 duels in Toulouse’s 3-6 loss to PSG on Saturday.
- Matt Miazga played the full 90, made 3 tackles, 1 block, 12 learances, and won 12/15 duels in FC Cincinnati’s 0-1 loss to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
- Tim Ream played the full 90, made 1 block, 4 clearances, and won 0/1 duels in Charlotte FC’s 2-1 win over the New England Revolution on Saturday.
- Walker Zimmerman played the full 90, made 4 clearances, and won 2/10 duels in Nashville SC’s 0-1 loss to Atlanta United on Saturday.
- Cameron Carter-Vickers played the full 90, made 12 clearances, and won 7/10 duels in Celtic’s 0-0 draw with Rangers in the Old Firm Derby on Sunday.
- 22-year-old Swiss-American Bryan Okoh played the full 90, made an error that led to a goal, made 1 tackle, 10 clearances, and won 5/6 duels in Lausanne’s 1-2 loss to St. Gallen on Sunday.
Okoh error that led to goal
- Josh Wynder was not with Benfica’s first team for their 2-1 win over Alverca on Sunday.
- Chris Richards played the full 90, made 4 tackles, 1 block, 8 clearances, and won 6/7 duels in Crystal Palace’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday.
Goalkeepers
No injuries
- Gaga Slonina was not with Chelsea’s U21s for their 2-1 win over Aston Villa on Friday.
- Slonina was also not with Chelsea’s first team for their 2-0 win over Fulham on Saturday.
- Ethan Horvath played the full 90 and made 6 saves in Sheffield Wednesday’s 0-2 loss to Swansea on Saturday. Horvath faced 1.6 xGOT and conceded 2 goals, ending with -0.40 goals prevented.
- Jonathan Klinsmann played the full 90, making 0 saves in Cesena’s 1-1 draw with Virtus Entella on Saturday. The younger Klinsmann faced 0.97 xGOT and conceded 1 goal, ending with -0.03 goals prevented.
- Roman Celentano played the full 90, making 3 saves in FC Cincinnati’s 0-1 loss to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. Celentano faced 1.37 xGOT and conceded 1 goal, ending with 0.37 goals prevented.
- Matt Turner played the full 90, making 2 saves in the New England Revolution’s 1-2 loss to Charlotte FC on Saturday. Turner faced 1.61 xGOT and conceded 2 goals, ending with -0.39 goals prevented.
- Matt Freese played the full 90, making 0 saves in NYCFC’s 1-2 loss to DC United on Saturday. Freese faced 1.42 xGOT and conceded 2 goals, ending with -0.58 xGOT.
- Patrick Schulte played the full 90, making 4 saves in the Columbus Crew’s 0-0 draw with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. Schulte faced 1.58 xGOT and kept a clean sheet, ending with 1.58 goals prevented. Schulte was rated Man of the Match by FotMob.
- Zack Steffen played the full 90, making 5 saves in the Colorado Rapids’ 2-4 loss to Sporting KC on Saturday. Steffen faced 2.60 xGOT and conceded 4 goals, ending with -1.40 goals prevented.
- Kochen was an unused sub in Barcelona’s 1-1 draw with Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.
What were your takeaways? Hit the comments to discuss.
