Sergiño Dest had mixed fortunes in Barcelona’s El Clásico loss to Real Madrid, while Matt Miazga and Alaves put on an impressive defensive road show to take all the points at Cadiz.
There were wildly mixed fortunes in midweek Champions League action, with Brendon Aaronson and Weston McKennie helping their teams to the cusp of knock-out round qualification, and Tyler Adams playing an unfortunate role in Leipzig’s collapse to PSG.
Sergiño Dest continued his fine form in Barcelona’s crucial victory over Yunus Musah and Valencia while Matt Miazga and Alaves had their hearts broken in a last-second loss to Real Betis.
A Sergino Dest stunner and an own goal created by a Timothy Weah strike were all the United States men’s national team needed to overcome Costa Rica to take all three points in the final game of this round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers at the Lower.com Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday night.
Currently atop the CONCACAF qualifying standings, Gregg Berhalter’s squad will try to ride the momentum from last week’s victory when they visit Panama on Sunday night.
On a night when the U.S. men’s national team was left frustrated by the inexperience of the referee and the lack of a video assistant referee, they finally put it together in the second half as Ricardo Pepi scored both goals to give them a shutout win over Jamaica at the Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas on Thursday.
Sergiño Dest and Barcelona suffered another heavy defeat on their visit to Benfica, while Brenden Aaronson put in a solid shift for Salzburg, who beat Tim Weah and Lille thanks to a pair of spot kicks.
Matt Miazga helped the Alaves defense lock down Atletico Madrid’s attack to score a major upset, while Yunus Musah earned his first start of the season in Valencia’s draw against Bilbao. Alaves 1 – 0 Atletico Madrid Matt Miazga and Alaves earned their first win of the season in style, knocking off title contenders Atletico […]
Matthew Hoppe assisted Mallorca’s lone goal in an otherwise dismal loss to giants Real Madrid, while Sergiño Dest put in a solid shift for Barcelona in their disappointing draw at Cádiz.
Similar to the winless start endured by the Americans in their previous, and ultimately disastrous World Cup qualifying campaign, things are not going according to plan.
