Alejandro Bedoya returned to scoring form in France this weekend, while a couple of American right backs helped their teams earn crucial points in avoiding relegation.
Bedoya put away a fine goal in league play with Nantes on Saturday, his first since a dramatic late winner in a domestic cup match in February. The attacking midfielder controlled a bouncing ball despite a drenched playing surface, and blasted in a shot to the near post.
DeAndre Yedlin continued what has been an important growing season with Sunderland, putting in another 90 minute shift as the team defeated Chelsea 3-2. Sunderland now sits out of the drop zone, a point above Newcastle United with a game in hand.
Elsewhere, Timmy Chandler returned to the field for Eintracht Frankfurt. The German side was able to rise to the occasion and upset Borussia Dortmund with relegation looming. Frankfurt similary sits one point out of the drop zone above Werder Bremen, with just one match to be played by each team.
Here’s how the Americans abroad fared this weekend:
ENGLAND
PREMIER LEAGUE
DeAndre Yedlin started and played 90 minutes in Sunderland’s 3-2 win over Chelsea.
Matt Miazga did not dress for Chelsea.
Geoff Cameron started and played 90 minutes in Stoke City’s 2-1 loss to Crystal Palace.
Brad Guzan dressed but did not play in Aston Villa’s 0-0 draw with Newcastle United.
Tim Howard dressed but did not play in Everton’s 3-1 loss to Leicester City.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Tim Ream started and played 74 minutes in Fulham’s 1-0 win over Bolton.
Emerson Hyndman came off the bench and played 33 minutes for Fulham.
Cody Cropper did not dress for MK Dons’ 2-1 loss to Nottingham Forest.
Eric Lichaj started and played 90 minutes for Nottingham Forest.
Danny Williams started and played 90 minutes in Reading’s 3-1 loss to Blackburn.
Jonathan Spector started and played 90 minutes in Birmingham City’s 1-1 draw with Cardiff City.
Duane Holmes did not dress for Huddersfield Town’s 5-1 loss to Brentford.
GERMANY
BUNDESLIGA
Fabian Johnson was injured for Borussia Monchengladbach’s 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen.
Russell Canouse did not dress for Hoffenheim’s 1-0 loss to Hannover.
Alfredo Morales came off the bench and played 27 minutes in Ingoldstadt’s 2-1 loss to Bayern Munich.
John Brooks started and played 90 minutes in Hertha Berlin’s 2-1 loss to Darmstadt.
Christian Pulisic came off the bench and played 25 minutes in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Timmy Chandler came off the bench and played 31 minutes for Eintracht Frankfurt.
2. BUNDESLIGA
Bobby Wood started and played 63 minutes in FC Union Berlin’s 0-2 loss to Arminia Bielefeld.
Fafa Picault started and played 83 minutes in St. Pauli’s 1-0 loss to Nurnberg.
Shawn Barry started and played 55 minutes in FSV Frankfurt’s 1-0 loss to Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Caleb Stanko did not dress for SC Freiburg’s 2-0 win over Heidenheimer.
NETHERLANDS
Desavio Payne dressed but did not play in FC Groningen’s 2-1 win over Heracles Almelo.
Rubio Rubin dressed but did not play in FC Utrecht’s 3-1 loss to AZ Alkmaar.
NORWAY
Ethan Horvath started, played 82 minutes and drew a RED CARD in Molde’s 3-3 draw with Haugesund.
AJ Soares started and played 90 minutes in Viking’s 2-0 win over Tromso.
Cole Grossman started and played 90 minutes in Stabaek’s 3-1 loss to Rosenborg.
FRANCE
Alejandro Bedoya started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in Nantes’ 2-1 win over Caen.
SCOTLAND
Perry Kitchen started and played 90 minutes in Hearts’ 1-1 draw with Ross County.
MEXICO
Sebastian Saucedo came off the bench to play 14 minutes in Veracruz’s 2-1 loss to Morelia.
Jorge Villafana started and played 90 minutes in Santos Laguna’s 1-0 loss to Chivas.
William Yarbrough started, played 90 minutes and made four saves in Club Leon’s 1-0 win over Dorados de Sinaloa.
Miguel Ibarra dressed but did not play for Leon.
Joe Corona dressed but did not play for Dorados.
Sonny Guadarrama did not dress for Dorados.
Jose Torres came off the bench to play nine minutes in Tigres’ 3-0 win over Cruz Azul.
Edgar Castillo did not dress for Monterrey’s 2-1 loss to Toluca.
Paul Arriola started and played 84 minutes in Club Tijuana’s 0-0 draw with Atlas.
Michael Orozco started and played 90 minutes for Tijuana.
John Requejo started, played 90 minutes, and drew a YELLOW CARD for Tijuana.
Armanda Moreno started and played 64 minutes for Tijuana.
Greg Garza and Alejando Guido didn’t dress for Tijuana.
Omar Gonzalez did not dress for Pachuca’s 2-1 win over Chiapas.
Ventura Alvarado dressed but did not play in Club America’s 1-1 draw with Pumas.
Jonathan Bornstein started and played 90 minutes in Queretaro’s 3-1 loss to Puebla.
Luis Gil did not dress for Queretaro.
