USMNT captain Tyler Adams has bid farewell to German team RB Leipzig, linking up with former coach Jesse Marsch and international teammate Brenden Aaronson at English Premier League club Leeds United.
John Brooks scored a rare goal for Wolfsburg, but it would not be enough as they shared the spoils with Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart.
In semi-final Europa League action, both Tyler Adams and Timothy Chandler’s teams came out on top, meaning they take slender leads into the second leg where they will hope to make it an all-German final.
John Brooks and Wolfsburg hit Mainz early and often in the first half as they came away with the easy win, while Tyler Adams and RB Leipzig were stunned by Union Berlin.
It was dreadful day for Giovanni Reyna as an injury forced him out of the game early for Borussia Dortmund, while Terrence Boyd scored a goal for promotion-chasing Kaiserslautern.
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.
Tyler Adams and RB Leipzig have advanced to the Europa League quarterfinal by default, following UEFA and FIFA’s announcements on Monday that all Russian clubs and national teams are suspended from international competition.
American coach Jesse Marsch has been announced by Leeds United as their new manager after parting ways with Marcelo Bielsa.
Decisions by the UEFA Executive Committee to force Russian and Ukrainian clubs competing in UEFA competitions to hold home games at neutral sites will have some immediate and possible knock-on effects for American players.
The draw for the final 16 of the Europa League was set on Friday, sending Sergiño Dest and Barcelona to Turkey, while giving some logistic uncertainty to Tyler Adams and RB Leipzig.