U.S. Abroad: Pulisic rescues Borussia Dortmund
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Oct 22, 2016
Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel said his players, many of the youngsters playing in the Champions League for the first time, weren't ready for the game that followed a 2-1 midweek win at Sporting Lisbon.
"We were not ready to play in the Bundesliga," he said. "Not on a technical or tactical level, nor in terms of intensity and body language. In the first half, we didn't show any of the urgency and willingness that you need in order to win a match in the Bundesliga. In general, my youngsters are doing that extremely well at the moment. But we should not forget that some of those in our team are A-youth players."
Tuchel said there was a big difference in how his players played in the two halves.
"We also spent too much time chasing the game after falling behind," he said. "On the other hand, we need to make sure that we show understanding for the players and recognize that the second half was good. Of course we are disappointed because we had expected to play like that from the beginning, but perhaps we cannot expect to do that just yet."
Oct. 22 in Ingolstadt
FC Ingolstadt 3 Borussia Dortmund 3. Goals: Cohen 6, Lezcano 24, 60; Aubameyang 59, Ramos 69, Pulisic 90+1.
FC Ingolstadt -- Nyland, Hadergjonaj, Matip, Tisserand, Suttner, Gross, Roger, Cohen, Hartmann, Lezcano (Leckie, 73), Hinterseer (Morales 89).
Borussia Dortmund -- Weidenfeller, Piszczek, Ginter, Bartra, Park (Pulisic, 46), Weigl. Castro (Goetze, 59), Kagawa (Passlack, 73), Dembele, Aubameyang, Ramos.
Att.: 15,200.
Goal Alert: Andre Wooten scored his fourth goal of the season for Sandhausen -- tied for seventh in the German second division -- in its 3-0 win over St. Pauli.
Notable: Texan teen Keaton Parks made his first start for Portuguese second division club Varzim in 2-2 tie with Portimonense. Another teenager, Erik Palmer-Brown, made his first start of the season for Porto B in a 1-1 tie with Vizela. Palmer-Brown, on loan from Sporting Kansas City, has been sidelined with a knee injury.
U.S. Abroad, Oct. 21-23:
DENMARK, Superliga
Conor O’Brien (Horsens), 90 minutes, 1-0 vs. Randers
ENGLAND, Premier League
Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), 90 minutes, 2-0 at Hull City
Lynden Gooch (Sunderland), sub-15 minutes, 0-1 at West Ham United
Brad Guzan (Middlesbrough), DNP, 0-0 at Arsenal
ENGLAND, League Championship
Eric Lichaj (Nott. Forest), 90 minutes, 1-2 vs. Cardiff City
Tim Ream (Fulham), DNP, 0-1 at Aston Villa
Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City), 90 minutes. 0-2 at Burton Albion
Danny Williams (Reading), 90 minutes, 1-0 at Rotherham United
DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United), 90 minutes, 3-0 vs. Ipswich Town
GERMANY, Bundesliga
John Brooks (Hertha Berlin), 90 minutes, 2-1 vs. FC Cologne
Timmy Chandler (Ein. Frankfurt), 90 minutes, 3-0 vs. Hamburg
Aron Johannsson (Werder Bremen), sub-21 minutes, 1-3 at RB Leipzig
Fabian Johnson (Bor. Moenchengladbach), 90 minutes 0-2 at Bayern Munich
Alfredo Morales (FC Ingolstadt), sub-2 minutes, 3-3 vs. Bor. Dortmund
Christian Pulisic (Bor. Dortmund), sub-45 minutes, 1 goal, 1 assist, 3-3 at Ingolstadt
Bobby Wood (Hamburg), sub-45 minutes, 0-3 at Ein. Frankfurt
GERMANY, 2. Bundesliga
Monday: Russell Canouse (Bochum), at Kaiserslautern
Fafa Picault (St. Pauli), sub-45 minutes, 0-3 at Sandhausen
Jerome Kiesewetter (Fortuna Duesseldorf), sub-55 minutes, 4-0 vs. Arminia Bielefeld. Fortuna
Andre Wooten (Sandhausen), 74 minutes, 1 goal, 3-0 vs. St. Pauli
MEXICO, Liga MX
Paul Arriola (Tijuana), DNP, 2-0 vs. Chiapas
Jonathan Bornstein (Queretaro), 90 minutes, 1-1 at Club America
Sunday: Omar Gonzalez (Pachuca), at Guadalajara
Sunday: Jorge Villafana (Santos), vs. Atlas
William Yarbrough (Leon), 90 minutes, 3-1 vs. Morelia
Sunday: Alejandro Zendejas (Guadalajara), vs. Pachuca
NETHERLANDS, Eredivisie
Matt Miazga (Vitesse), 90 minutes, 1-1 at NEC
Rubio Rubin (FC Utrecht), DNP, 0-1 at Willem II
NORWAY, Eliteserien
Alex De John (Start), 90 minutes, 1-1 at Lillestrom
Cole Grossman (Stabaek), 90 minutes, 1-2 vs. Sarpsborg
Ethan Horvath (Molde), 90 minutes, 1-2 at Brann
Alex Horwath (Brann), DNP, 2-1 vs. Molde
PORTUGAL, Segunda Liga
Erik Palmer-Brown (Porto B), 90 minutes, 1-1 vs. Vizela
Keaton Parks (Varzim), 69 minutes, 1 yellow card, 2-2 vs. Portimonense
SWEDEN, Allsvenskan
Matt Pyzdrowski (Helsingborg), 90 minutes, 0-0 at Orebro
Andrew Stadler (Ostersunds), DNP, 0-3 at Osterunds
Brendan Hines-Ike (Orebro), 90 minutes, 0-0 vs. Helsingborg
SWITZERLAND, Super League
Caleb Stanko (FC Vaduz), 90 minutes, 1 yellow card, 2-3 vs. Thun
America finally has a new star!