USMNT Watch: Rubio Rubin Scores; Brek Shea Set for Move to MLS

It was a wild week for United States men’s national team members playing abroad with Rubio Rubin scoring again in the Eredivisie and Brek Shea looking set to make a return to Major League Soccer.

Alejandro Bedoya and John Anthony Brooks won Man of the Match honors for their respective clubs while Ventura Alvarado helped America to the Liga MX title.

On the downside, Jozy Altidore suffered from a poor performance for Sunderland, while Joe Gyau may have suffered an injury setback.

There are also updates on Terrence Boyd’s recovery and a possible move in the works for Bobby Wood.

Read about all the action in this week’s USMNT Watch.

The English Premier League Boys

Jozy Altidore’s nightmare at Sunderland continued this weekend. After getting his second start in as many weeks—his only two league starts of the current season—he missed an absolute sitter in the Black Cats' 1-1 draw with West Ham. He was withdrawn in the 62nd minute and finished as Sunderland’s lowest-rated player.

Geoff Cameron started for Stoke as a holding midfielder and went 90 minutes in their 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. Cameron finished as Stoke’s highest-rated outfield player in the match.

Brad Guzan’s teammates didn’t do him any favors with Kieran Richardson getting red-carded in the 22nd minute, but Guzan was still credited with an error on West Bromwich Albion’s lone goal in their 1-0 win over Guzan’s Aston Villa.

Tim Howard’s Everton play Monday against Queens Park Rangers.

Ze Germans

John Anthony Brooks was named Man of the Match for his performance in Hertha Berlin’s 1-0 win over Borussia Dortmund.

After playing the last two weeks with Dortmund’s reserve side while rehabbing his knee injury, Joe Gyau did not play this weekend.

Timmy Chandler played 90 minutes in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 3-2 loss to Hoffenheim.

Fabian Johnson missed out on the 18 for Borussia Monchengladbach with the flu.

Julian Green was not in the squad for Hamburger SV this weekend. His loan hasn’t gone exactly to plan with the youngster only earning 111 minutes of league playing time so far this season.

In Bundesliga 2, Alfredo Morales started and played 90 minutes in Ingolstadt’s 2-0 win over Kaiserlautern.

Andrew Wooten started and played 75 minutes in Sandhausen’s 0-0 draw with Bochum.

Terrence Boyd had surgery this week to repair his torn ACL. He tweeted out a post-surgery photo saying that all went well.

Bobby Wood was not in the squad for 1860 Munich. He has not featured in nearly two months and may be looking to leave the club in the January transfer window.

In the English Championship

Brek Shea’s loan with Birmingham has ended and he is reportedly headed back to Major League Soccer and Orlando City SC (via the Orlando Sentinel).

Emerson Hyndman started and went the distance for Fulham in their 1-0 win over Leeds.

Tim Ream played 90 minutes at left-back for Bolton in their 0-0 draw with Ipswich.

Eric Lichaj went 90 minutes for Nottingham Forest in their 0-0 draw with Rotherham.

Danny Williams played 80 minutes of Reading’s 6-1 loss to Birmingham. Jonathan Spector is out injured for the Blues; Will Packwood is out on loan.

Elsewhere in Europe

Alejandro Bedoya had a monster game for Nantes on Saturday in their 2-1 win over Bordeaux and won Man of the Match honors. He picked up an assist on a beautiful reverse pass and had two clearances off the line to help Nantes preserve the win.

Rubio Rubin scored Utrecht’s lone goal in their 3-1 loss to Ajax.

Aron Johannsson went the distance as AZ Alkmaar tied Feyenoord 2-2.

Conor O’Brien started and played all 90 minutes of Wiener Neustadt’s 6-0 loss to Ried.

Sacha Kljestan was an unused substitute for Anderlecht this weekend.

South of the Border

Ventura Alvarado started for America in their 3-0 win over Tigres in the Liga MX final. Jose Torres played 63 minutes for Tigres, while Herculez Gomez was an unused substitute.

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