Jamaica filed an official protest against on a pair of calls that might have cost them a win in November’s World Cup qualifying game against the USMNT in Kingston, but were spurned by FIFA on several technical grounds.
Before a full weekend of action, Yanks Abroad takes a look at what are some of the burning questions and interesting stories that we’ll be following in our weekend game-watching.
Once again Gregg Berhalter and his USMNT squad find themselves under pressure to earn a result, as qualification for the 2022 World Cup comes down to the wire.
US Soccer announced that USMNT captain Tyler Adams and starting central defender Chris Richards will be out for the World Cup qualifying game on Wednesday against Honduras due to injuries.
Tyler Adams and RB Leipzig booked their spot in the quarterfinal of the German Cup with a win, while Chris Richards and Joe Scally saw their teams shockingly eliminated.
Ricardo Pepi made his first appearance for FC Augsburg over the weekend in their loss to Chris Richards and Hoffenheim as the Bundesliga returned to action following the winter break.
Joe Scally and Borussia Monchengladbach finally stopped the bleeding from a horrendous losing run as they shared the points with Hoffenheim in the latest round of the German Bundesliga.
Chris Richards was the only bright spot in a rough weekend for the Americans in the Bundesliga as Hoffenheim came away with the narrow win over Timothy Chandler and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Chris Richards would come off the bench to help Hoffenheim put more misery on Julian Green, Timothy Tillman, and Greuther Furth in a nine-goal thriller in this weekend’s Bundesliga action.
