USMNT abroad: Novakovich, Siebatcheu, Pulisic find goal-scoring touch

There were goals from the USMNT offensive representation in Europe this week. Find out who starred for their clubs.

This week’s round-up of U.S. Men’s National Team players and prospects abroad begins in France where Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu scored a brace for Rennes in a Coupe de France match in mid-week action.

The forward, who holds dual citizenship, has already scored three goals in five Coupe de France matches this season.

However, in weekend action, Siebatcheu left Rennes Ligue 1 match against Saint-Etienne in the first half with an injury. As of Sunday evening, there was no update on the severity of the injury.

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Siebatcheu was not the only American born player to find the back of the net this week. Andrija Novakovich of Fortuna Sittard was on the mark in the Dutch Eredivisie against Excelsior. He has now scored in back-to-back weeks after scoring in the domestic cup competition last week.

Lastly, Christian Pulisic was involved in Borussia Dortmund’s whirlwind DFB-Pokal fixture against Werder Bremen scoring a goal in the second half. The match would not end in Dortmund’s favour as they fell in penalties to Bremen.

Weston McKennie, meanwhile, picked up an assist for Schalke against Bayern Munich in Saturday’s key Bundesliga fixture. Although the goal from McKennie and Schalke levelled the match in the first half, Bayern would pull away in dominant fashion and take all three points.

• In England, Matt Miazga got another start for Reading in the EFL Championship as the English side took a point from a scoreless draw with Sheffield Wednesday.
• Tyler Adams played all 90 minutes of RB Leipzig’s DFB-Pokal match mid-week and then made a brief one-minute appearance off of the bench in Leipzig’s weekend league fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt.
• Tim Weah played all 90 minutes for Celtic on Wednesday against Hibernian and then entered as a substitute against St. Johnstone over the weekend. Both matches ended in victories for Celtic who have yet to lose in 2019.
• Josh Sargent made a brief appearance for Bremen against Augsburg, playing two minutes in a 4-0 win.

• Ethan Horvath started in net for Club Brugge as they drew level with Cercle Brugge in Jupiler Pro League action.
• Emmanuel Sabbi played all 90 minutes for Hobro in their scoreless draw in the Danish top flight.
• Cameron-Carter Vickers played all 90 minutes for Swansea City against Millwall. The match ended in a 1-0 win for Swansea.
• Tim Ream played all 90 minutes for Fulham against Manchester United as the match ended in a 3-0 win for the surging Red Devils.
• John Brooks played all 90 minutes for Wolfsburg against Freiburg.
• Eric Lichaj played all 90 minutes against Derby County. On the other side of the pitch was Duane Holmes who played 81 minutes in his side’s 2-0 victory.

Check back next week for another round-up of USMNT players and prospects overseas.