The weekend for Americans abroad followed the recent trend: Christian Pulisic continued redefining the limits of what’s possible for an American player and those who started their careers as MLS Homegrowns — Tanner Tessmann, James Sands and John Tolkin — are showing promise in Europe.

As always, here are the headlines — for better or for worse.

Pulisic saves Milan

It’s getting pleasantly repetitive to describe Christian Pulisic’s season for AC Milan. He is the best American player of all time and he’s enjoying in the best season of his career. This isn’t a case where you have to wait for him to retire and then look back and evaluate his career for context. In the context of the history of American players, we know where he fits in.

In seemingly every game, Pulisic does something important for AC Milan. This season, he has gone through different coaches, struggling teammates, and minor injuries of his own. But nothing has slowed him down.

Take Saturday’s game against relegation-battling Empoli. Milan had a lackluster first half on the road in Tuscany. But how does Milan turn things around? It is Pulisic. First Pulisic assisted Rafael Leão for a goal in the 68 th minute with a perfect cross to the far post. Then eight minutes later, the Hershey native then did very well to control a long ball and play it to his right and find a streaking Santiago Giménez who was able to make a run into the box.

Pulisic now has eight assists in Serie A this season and 12 goals and nine assists across all competitions. Even when he’s not scoring or assisting, he is making things happen. Despite all of this, Milan hasn’t been great and is still on the wrong side of the Champions League line for qualifying next season.

It would be a real disappointment if the top American player doesn’t play in the competition next year. As of now, they’re four points out of Europe and seven points out of the Champions League. That’s not significant ground to make up.

Sargent scores for Norwich

When Josh Sargent returned from surgery and a long layoff in January, Norwich coach Johannes Thorup said it was the equivalent of his team getting a major inbound transfer. It’s hard to argue as Sargent’s goal on Saturday in a 1-1 draw with Derby County was his fourth goal in the last three games. When he’s healthy and fit, he’s one of the best strikers in the Championship. Unfortunately for Norwich, keeping Sargent healthy hasn’t been easy.