The Europa League Matchday 4 took place on November 5th and featured many American involvement, with Tyler Adams’ goal being the highlight of the day.
Sparta Praha 1-3 AFC Bournemouth
The Cherries turned the game around in the second half to clinch second place in the table.
Tyler Adams started on the bench but was brought on right before the second half began. The New Yorker scored in the 57th minute. He also completed 95 % of his passes and had recorded 5 defensive contributions.
Ebrima Singhateh scored first for the Czechs in the 35th minute after a wonderful dribble.
In the second half, Marco Rose’s men turned things around. Adams scored first, and the Brazilian duo of Evanilson and Rayan sealed the win in the final minutes.
Bournemouth will fly to Spain next to face off Celta de Vigo.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-1 Olympique Marseille
Malik Tillman and Timothy Weah faced each other on this fourth matchday of the Europa League, although the former was not part of the starting XI.
Timothy Weah captained his team and started as a winger for the first time in a while, having adapted to the full-back position. Weah went the distance but had a rather quiet game, failing to complete any of his dribbles and registering no shots on target. However, he was more involved in defensive actions.
Malik Tillman was subbed on in the 79th minute, as was Montrell Culbreath, who made his first appearance of the season.
Amine Gouiri scored the only goal of the game.
Olympique Marseille earned their first points and will host Levski Sofia next. Bayer Leverkusen dropped to 7th place and will travel to the Croatian capital to play Dinamo Zagreb on November 26th.
Real Sociedad 1-1 Olympique Lyonnais
Tanner Tessmann played the whole game and provided the assist for his team’s goal against Pellegrino Matarazzo‘s Real Sociedad.
Orri Óskarsson opened the scoring for the hosts in the 28th minute with a great header.
Corentin Tolisso equalized after receiving Tessmann’s pass.
Matarazzo’s guys drop to 20th place and will play Chris Richards’ Crystal Palace next. Tessmann and Lyon will host Lillestrom.
Notes
Yunus Musah and Christian Pulisic each played one half in AC Milan’s tough defeat to Ferencvárosi at home, 2-0.
Chris Richards went the distance in Crystal Palace’s 1-1 draw to Hoffenheim at home. German-American forward Jykese Fields played the last few minutes of the game for the German side.
Bryan Reynolds played the full 90 minutes in Stade Rennais 0-0 draw with Olympiacos on Wednesday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers played 78 minutes in Celtic’s 3-2 win over Besiktas. Auston Trusty remained sidelined for family matters.
Weston McKennie was absent in Juventus’ 2-1 win away against AZ Alkmaar due to a minor injury. We will see if he’s fit enough by the time the USMNT faces Haiti.
In the Conference League, JJ Williams played the final 15 minutes of the game for Hearts in their 3-1 loss to Thun.
Ian Hoffmann was subbed on in the 81st minute in Mjällby’s 2-0 win over Borac Banja Luka.
Folarin Balogun played 78 minutes in Monaco’s 2-0 win against Nordsjaelland, making his Conference League debut this season.
Erik Palmer-Brown was an unused sub for Panathinaikos in their 2-1 win against CSKA Sofia.