There was a full slate of Europa League games on Thursday night with DeAndre Yedlin and Mark McKenzie savoring victories with their respective teams.
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.
The draw for the group stages of the UEFA Europa League took place Friday afternoon in Istanbul, Turkey and eight teams with American interests were involved.
It was a wild night on the Mediterranean coast when American international Konrad de la Fuente and his Marseille teammates were attacked by fans from Nice after a water bottle-throwing incident.
It was a rough weekend for Tim Weah and reigning Ligue 1 champions Lille as they proved to be no match for Nice.
