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…
Today, we delve into 17 defenders you are likely to hear about over the next four years. Some name you will know already considering the crop of defenders at this summer’s World Cup could likely be the seen in Russia in 2018 (with the exception of 32-year-old DaMarcus Beasley). But you will see some new…
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…
Fabian Johnson set to leave Hoffenheim this summer At the TSG Hoffenheim press conference ahead of their weekend matchup with SC Freiburg in the German Bundesliga, manager Markus Grisdol announced that American international Fabian Johnson would be moving on from the club at the end of his contract, which expires after this season. Johnson, who…
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…
We had an American goal scored on Tuesday! Jose Torres netted his second of the season in Tigres’ 1-0 Copa MX win over San Luis of the second division. He even added a “Nani-esque” backflip celebration after he buried the 6th minute goal. Torres chested down a ball played across the front of goal by…
Week 21 of the Barclay’s Premier League (England) is now in the books, and it closed out with a pair of losses by teams featuring American internationals. I was able to catch glimpses of both games courtesy of NBC Sports, but did not see much action by either of the Americans. On Sunday, Stoke City…
So I have decided that my goal is to be able to recap at least one game each of the days some of our beloved Stars and Stripes are in action for their clubs. This morning I woke up to watch Fulham and Sunderland battle at Craven Cottage in West London. Unfortunately it only included…
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