Accidents, suspensions, and poor kind plagued many Individuals taking part in overseas this previous weekend, however ASN’s Brian Sciaretta managed to seek out 4 performances value celebrating.
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Brian Sciaretta
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February 10, 2014
10:12 AM
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THERE IS NO SUGARCOATING the truth that this was a weekend to overlook for Individuals in Europe. In actual fact it was one of many worst in latest reminiscence.
This weekend will virtually actually be remembered for the wave of accidents that mercilessly hit American gamers. Alejandro Bedoya, Oguchi Onyewu, Jermaine Jones, Eric Lichaj, and Aron Johannsson all have been unable to play over the weekend resulting from latest accidents. John Brooks and Steve Cherundolo are nonetheless making an attempt to return again from longer-term accidents.
Timothy Chandler was on the upswing in 2014 however his harm on Saturday towards Bayern Munich dealt a crippling blow to his World Cup probabilities. Puebla’s DaMarcus Beasley additionally left his recreation after being on the fallacious finish of a deal with towards Chivas.
It wasn’t all accidents both. Fabian Johnson wasn’t in a position to get off the bench for Hoffenheim, and he might be in a wrestle for enjoying time as he intends to depart the membership in the summertime. Clint Dempsey couldn’t even make the bench for Fulham it what has been a wholly forgettable mortgage to the membership that first launched him into star standing.
Terrence Boyd was pressured to serve a purple card suspension for Fast Vienna who smashed arch-rival Austria Vienna 3-1.
Did something go proper?
We discovered a few highlights. Digging by the carnage, right here have been the highest 4 American performers of the weekend.
No. 4: Juan Agudelo
Making his second begin for Utrecht, Agudelo was his workforce’s high performer in an in any other case tough 5-2 loss to RKC Waalwijk. Agudelo didn’t rating however he was persistently harmful and energetic in Utrecht’s assault.
When evaluating Agudelo the remainder of this season, his development and adjustment to Europe are an important elements, together with the resume-padding he might want to guarantee his work allow enchantment for Stoke Metropolis is profitable the second time. He’s off to an amazing begin and he’s constructing an amazing case to be named to the roster for the US nationwide workforce’s upcoming pleasant towards Ukraine. He’s actually not out of the image for Brazil.
No. 3: Marc Heider
In Germany’s 3.Liga, Sacramento-born Marc Heider loved a positive day for Holstein Kiel the place he scored two objectives in a 3-0 win over Preußen Münster. His first objective got here from shut vary within the twenty second minute and gave Holstein Kiel a 1-0 lead. His second, a header within the 74th minute, completed off the scoring and he was subbed out eight minutes later.
Heider, 27, joined Holstein Kiel in 2009 from Werder Bremen’s reserve workforce. In 131 league appearances, he has scored a really respectable 55 objectives.
No. 2: Will Packwood
Probably the greatest tales within the English Championship this yr has been the comeback of Will Packwood after his grotesque harm in 2013. There is no such thing as a query that the Boston native is in high kind proper now. and in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Charlton, the Birmingham Mail referred to as Packwood a “redoubtable presence.”
Since rejoining the workforce’s beginning lineup following his mortgage to Bristol Rovers, Packwood has appeared persistently robust, serving to the Blues transfer away from the relegation zone. Nonetheless solely 20, Packwood has a vibrant future. It will not be a shock to see him referred to as into the U.S. nationwide workforce’s March pleasant towards Ukraine to get some expertise for the 2018 World Cup. However his huge check is probably going the 2016 Olympics, the place he might be beginning in central protection alongside John Brooks.
No. 1: Andrew Wooten
Andrew Wooten has made probably the most of his mortgage from Kaiserslautern to 2.Bundesliga membership FSV Frankfurt, scoring objectives in midseason exhibitions and looking out harmful for his new membership.
On Friday towards Bochum, he entered the sport within the 67th minute with the groups deadlocked at 1-1. On his first possession he promptly scored on a counter-attack objective to offer FSV a 2-1 win on the street (You may watch his objective at 8:53 of the video beneath).
Sorry—that is all the excellent news we might muster. Are you nervous in regards to the string of dangerous luck and poor kind, or do you assume it’s going to move? Share your ideas beneath.
Brian Sciaretta is an American Soccer Now columnist and an ASN 100 panelist. Comply with him on Twitter.
