Here’s a bullet-point rundown of USMNT players whose clubs were in action this weekend (Friday through Sunday). 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.
Tanner Tessmann scored the only goal in Lyon’s 1-0 win over Angers on Friday. Lyon are part of a four-way tie for first in Ligue 1 with 5 games
played.
Gianluca Busio scored a penalty past fellow American Jonathan Klinsmann to pull Venezia within one goal.
Patrick Agyemang showed a nice moment for Derby County with this turn and shot against Preston North End.
Matt Freese saved a penalty from Wilfried Zaha on Saturday. Freese kept a clean sheet as NYCFC won 2-0 over Charlotte.
Peyton Miller was sent off with a straight red card in the 75th minute as the New England Revolution lost 0-1 to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
Christian Pulisic opened the scoring for AC Milan against Udinese with this strike:
Pulisic set up Milan’s second goal to make it 2-0.
Pulisic went ahead and added a second goal to make it 3-0 Milan. What a day.
Here’s a comp of Pulisic’s performance on Saturday.
20-year-old Serbian-American center mid Matija Mitrović (son of US U20 head coach Marko Mitrović) scored his first goal for Vitória Guimarães in Portugal’s first division on Saturday. Here’s a second view.
Max Arfsten picked up an assist in the Columbus Crew’s 1-1 draw with Toronto FC on Saturday.
Duncan McGuire scored a 95th-minute winner to put Orlando City up 3-2 over Nashville SC.
Jack McGlynn assisted the game’s only goal with this corner kick to put Houston up 1-0 over the Timbers.
Alex Zendejas sent in this corner that was headed home to tie América up 2-2 with Monterrey in the 89th minute.
Tyler Adams got a shot off in Bournemouth’s game with Newcastle, only to see it blocked.
Nathaniel Brown scored for Frankfurt in first-half stoppage time; they eventually lost 3-4 to Union Berlin.
Jordan Pefok nearly scored for Tondela in their game with Amadora on Sunday.
Malik Tillman did find the net for Leverkusen against Mönchengladbach on Sunday.
And last but not least, here’s a look back at Tim Weah’s performance against Real Madrid in Champions League during the week.
What were your takeaways? Hit the comments to discuss.
