Matt Miazga’s first taste of La Liga action was a bitter one in a loss to Yunus Musah and Valencia, while Sergiño Dest and Barcelona’s win over Getafe kept them unbeaten on the season.
Gio Reyna reached a historic milestone for Borussia Dortmund as he was among the goal in their thrilling win over Hoffenheim, while John Brooks and Wolfsburg put themselves atop the Bundesliga standings with their win over RB Leipzig.
It was a relatively good weekend for results of American teams with a pair of wins and shared points. It was only Tim Weah who didn’t get any playing minutes, however.
Sam Vines and Mikkel Diskerud saw their teams face off with a spot in the Europa League group stage on the line, however it was the former celebrating at the end as Royal Antwerp bested Omonia on penalties.
Several Americans saw their teams clear the final hurdle to reach the group stage of Europe’s third-tier competition, however it was not all roses as new Aberdeen arrival Christian Ramirez was unable to push his team over the line.
Chris Richards, Taylor Booth, and Malik Tillman came off the bench for Bayern Munich, with the German-American scoring his first senior goal, as they easily progressed to the second round of the German Cup with a thrashing of Bremer SV on Wednesday.
The last hurdle into the Champions League group stages saw two teams with American interests go through, while two were knocked out of the competition.
