Several American players took part in matches across Europe, yielding varied performances. Matthew Hoppe played in SønderjyskE’s win but lacked impact, while Rokas Pukstas contributed in Hajduk Split’s victory. Other American players were either rested or did not see action. Overall, the weekend showed mixed results for Yanks abroad.
Rokas Pukstas scored for Hajduk Split, intensifying transfer rumors prior to the summer window’s close. Meanwhile, Korede Osundina and Samuel Adeniran also found the net in their leagues. Notable performances in Denmark, Scotland, Croatia, Austria, Poland, and Portugal highlighted the weekend’s games featuring American players abroad.
New LASK arrival George Bello will have a pair of Europa League games against Liverpool to look forward to, while Paxten Aaronson and Tim Chandler will be favorites to advance from their Europa Conference League group with Frankfurt.
Arminia Bielefeld left back George Bello has been called up by Gregg Berhalter to replace Sergiño Dest, who suffered a hamstring injury in Barcelona’s Europa League game on Thursday night.
Giovanni Reyna made his return for Borussia Dortmund as they cut the points gap on the Bundesliga leaders, while Tyler Adams and RB Leipzig had a field day in their win over Greuther Furth.
Pellegrino Matarazzo got a bit of a boost in Stuttgart’s survival hopes as they fought back to take all three points in their win over Joe Scally and Borussia Monchengladbach.
John Brooks and Wolfsburg started off well, but could not hold on as they were forced to share the points in a thriller with Borussia Monchengladbach.
Another American could be heading to Belgium’s Jupiler Pro League as it’s been reported that Cercle Brugge has reached a deal with Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United to sign George Bello.
A mostly MLS-based American squad will try to make history on Saturday evening, when they host Bosnia and Herzegovina in Carson, California in their final game of an exhilarating 2021 calendar year.
