USMNT Watch: Terrence Boyd, Aron Johannsson Both Score

With club action resuming after the two-week international break, there was plenty for United States men’s national team fans to get excited about this weekend as American forwards Terrence Boyd and Aron Johannsson both got on the score sheet.

Also on a positive note, Joe Gyau appears to be almost fully recovered from injury, John Anthony Brooks picked up Man of the Match honors and Conor O’Brien tallied in the Austrian Bundesliga.

USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann also made headlines this week, coming under fire for his treatment of Bolton defender Tim Ream during the international break.

Read about all the news from Americans playing abroad in this week’s USMNT Watch.

The English Premier League Boys

Geoff Cameron got a rare start at center-back for Stoke City this weekend. However, he didn’t exactly cover himself in glory as he was at least partially culpable on both of Burnley’s goals in the Potters' 2-1 loss.

Tim Howard made two saves in Everton’s 2-1 win over West Ham. American Sebastian Lletget made the bench for the Hammers, but he did not play.

Jozy Altidore was an unused substitute in Sunderland’s 0-0 draw with Leicester.

Brad Guzan and Aston Villa take on Southampton on Monday.

Ze Germans

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John Anthony Brooks made his first league start for Hertha Berlin in over two months and made the most of it, leading Hertha to a 2-1 win over Cologne and winning for himself WhoScored.com’s Man of the Match honors.

Joe Gyau was in the lineup for Borussia Dortmund II this weekend, making his first matchday squad since injuring his knee on international duty in October. It has been a quicker-than-expected recovery for Gyau, who was originally supposed to be out until January.

Timmy Chandler started and went the full 90 for Eintracht Frankfurt in their 3-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach. Fabian Johnson did not make the 18 for ‘Gladbach.

Julian Green did not make the 18 for Hamburg this weekend.

In Bundesliga 2, Terrence Boyd gave the leading performance for all Yanks abroad this weekend, scoring twice in RB Leipzig’s 4-1 win over St. Pauli (video of both goals here).

Alfredo Morales went the distance for Ingolstadt in their 2-1 loss to Nurnberg. It was Ingolstadt’s first league loss in 14 games this season.

Andrew Wooten and Sandhausen lost 3-1 to Heidenheim with Wooten going the distance.

Bobby Wood did not make the gameday squad for 1860 Munich this weekend.

In the English Championship

Tim Ream went the distance for Bolton in their 1-1 draw with Blackpool. However, the bigger news was off the pitch as Wanderers’ manager Neil Lennon ripped U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann for calling Ream up late into the American camp during the international break and then only playing him for one minute against Ireland.

Eric Lichaj went 90 minutes at right-back in Nottingham Forest’s 3-0 win over Wolves.

Danny Williams started and played 72 minutes of Reading’s 2-1 loss to Cardiff.

Brek Shea made the bench, but he did not play for Birmingham this weekend. Jonathan Spector is still out injured for the Blues and Will Packwood did not make the 18.

Emerson Hyndman made the bench for Fulham this weekend, but he did not play.

Elsewhere in Europe

Aron Johannsson had the winner for AZ Alkmaar in their 1-0 win over Vitesse.

Rubio Rubin came on for the final 30 minutes of Utrecht’s 3-1 loss to Cambuur.

Conor O’Brien scored from the spot in Wiener Neustadt’s 2-0 win over RZ Pellets WAC.

Sacha Kljestan started and played 58 minutes in Anderlecht’s 3-1 loss to Sporting Charleroi.

Alejandro Bedoya played the final seven minutes of Nantes’ 0-0 draw with Saint Etienne.

With the Tippeligaen season over, Mix Diskerud is currently out of contract.

Josh Gatt (Molde) is out injured.

South of the Border

Edgar Castillo started for Atlas in their 2-1 win over America. Center-back Ventura Alvarado started for America, although reports out this week suggest the dual national is hoping to play for Mexico and not the United States. Both Atlas and America will be continuing their season in the Liga MX playoffs.

Jose Torres started and went the distance for Tigres in their 2-1 win over Toluca. Herculez Gomez came on for the final eight minutes. Tigres will also be continuing their season next week in the Liga MX playoffs.

Paul Arriola played the final 18 minutes of Tijuana’s 3-2 win over Leon. Greg Garza did not dress; Joe Corona is out injured. The Xolos’ season is over.

Michael Orozco is still recovering from injury and did not dress for Puebla this weekend, who also did not make the playoffs.

Alonso Hernandez did not dress this weekend for Monterrey.

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