U.S. Abroad: Schoenfeld scores in Europa League win

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Jul 6, 2017

Aaron Schoenfeld started and scored for Maccabi Tel Aviv in its 3-0 win over Albania's Tirana to move into the second round of the Europa League. Dion Acoff also advanced with Iceland's Valur, but Nermin Crnkic missed a crucial penalty kick for FK Sarajevo.

Crnkic could have broken a 3-3 aggregate tie with Moldova's Zaria Balti but missed his penalty kick. Zaria Balti went on to win 6-5 in a shootout/

2017-18 EUROPA LEAGUE:
First qualifying round:
Dion Acoff (Valur, Iceland):
First Leg: 90 minutes, 0-0 at Ventspils (Latvia)
Second Leg: 90 minutes, 1-0 vs. Ventspils (Latvia)
(Valur wins 1-0 on aggregate.)

Nermin Crnkic (FK Sarajevo, Bosnia)
First Leg: 90 minutes, 1-2 at Zaria Balti (Moldova)
Second Leg: 120 minutes, 2-1 vs. Zaria Balti (Moldova)
(Aggregate: 3-3; Zaria Balti wins 6-5 on penalties.)

Aaron Schoenfeld (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel)
First Leg: sub-13 minutes, 2-0 vs. Tirana (Albania)
Second Leg: 90 minutes, 1 goal 3-0 at Tirana (Albania)
(Maccabi Tel Aviv wins 5-0 on aggregate.)

Second qualifying round (July 13, July 20):
Dion Acoff (Valur, Iceland) vs. Domzale (Slovenia)
Alex Horwath (Brann, Norway) vs. Ruzomberok (Slovakia)
Aaron Schoenfeld (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel) vs. KR (Iceland)

Third qualifying round (July 27, Aug. 3):
Kenny Saief (Gent, Belgium)