18-year-old Lynden Gooch played the second half of Sunderland’s 1-0 friendly win over Carlisle United. Gooch is fresh off the NTC Invitational win with the US U-20 squad. According to match reports he was involved in the lead up to a few chances for Sunderland. They are scheduled to take on Hartlepool United in a friendly tomorrow…
Stoke City is in Germany for the next week and a half and they played their first friendly against Fabian Johnson’s Borussia Monchengladbach side. With Fabian and Geoff Cameron still on holiday, the only American involved in the friendly was Brek Shea. Shea played the second half of the match and got a good 45 minutes…
With the official international transfer window opening on July 1 and with all the hype surrounding new names and faces at the World Cup, I figured it would be a good time to take a look at some transfer news and rumors that contain some American faces. In addition to July 1 being the opening…
It proved to be a difficult weekend for Americans abroad. Those who played, played shortened minutes, but most missed matches due to injuries. Timothy Chandler played only ten minutes before being carted off the field in tears after tearing his meniscus early in the match. Break Shea exited his match at halftime. Sacha Kljestan continues…
On Friday, Tijuana earned a sloppy 1-0 victory over Morelia in Liga MX action in Mexico. Edgar Castillo and Herculez Gomez both earned the start for Tijuana. Castillo played the full 90 minutes, while picking up a yellow card in the process. Gomez was replaced in the 63rd minute. Fellow American Joe Corona was not…
It was a busy weekend for American internationals. Some transfer news, a debut, and some solid performances were seen in the past few days. I’ll catch you up on what I’ve found out. Starting on Friday in Mexico, Jose Torres made his Clausura debut for Tigres in a 2-0 loss to Morelia. He was brought…
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