There wasn’t much playing time for the Yanks of Belgium, except for starters Sam Vines and Mark McKenzie, who both tasted victory over the weekend. Seraing 0 – 4 Genk Genk traveled across the Belgian linguistic border and gave their hosts lessons on how to play the beautiful game, putting four past the league’s cellar […]
A remarkable draw for the UEFA Champions League saw the unlikely scenario of the ten participating Americans, nearly all of whom stand a strong chance to play, distributed across all eight groups in the competition.
Mark McKenzie finally got onto the field this season for Genk, while Owen Otasowie returned to the Club Brugge bench in weekend Pro League action.
Owen Otasowie got the start for Club Brugge as they shared the points with Zulte-Waregem while Sam Vines and Royal Antwerp claimed another win over the weekend.
It was another week in the Pro League where the Yanks saw little action, except for Sam Vines, who notched his first assist of the young season.
The fields of play across the Belgian Pro League’s opening weekend were lacking Americans as only one of the seven saw any action. Read along to see how the Yanks’ teams fared in the league’s curtain openers.
Tomorrow evening, top-flight soccer will return to Belgium with the Pro League getting underway in Liege, where Standard will welcome the Belgian Cup holders KAA Gent to the Stade Maurice Defrasne.
Owen Otasowie finally made his competitive debut for Brugge on Sunday evening, starting and playing just short of an hour in the team’s defense as they narrowly won their first trophy of the new season.
With just three games left until the regular season ends, Antwerp was leapfrogged by Anderlecht, dropping down the fourth place but still holding onto a playoff spot.
It should have been a weekend in Belgium with a pair of games having great American interest, but it was not to be as Kyle Duncan missed out due to injury and Mark McKenzie missed out for reasons unknown.
