{"id":897442,"date":"2026-04-07T10:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/americans-abroad-midweek-preview-zendejas-cardoso-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T10:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:14:48","slug":"americans-abroad-midweek-preview-zendejas-cardoso-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/americans-abroad-midweek-preview-zendejas-cardoso-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Abroad Midweek Preview: Zendejas, Cardoso, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n\t\t<main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-751541\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>Alex Zendejas and Club America will look to claim a second MLS scalp in this season\u2019s CONCACAF Champions Cup. <\/p>\n<p>Zendejas and Club America visit Nashville SC on Tuesday in quarterfinal action, with both teams seeking a strong start to the series. The 28-year-old has continued to be a key threat for Andre Jardine\u2019s attack this season, scoring nine goals and adding five assists in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Although Zendejas hasn\u2019t scored or assisted in his last five appearances, he remains a consistent starter for the club.<\/p>\n<p>After not being called in for March U.S. men\u2019s national team duty, Zendejas will hope that a strong two months will be enough to force him into Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s final World Cup roster in May. <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <strong>Chris Richards <\/strong>and <strong>Lennard Maloney<\/strong> kick off Conference League quarterfinal action. <strong>Rokas Pukstas<\/strong> and Hajduk Split take on Istra 1961 in Croatian league play.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a closer look at this week\u2019s Americans Abroad:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Europe<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer UEFA Champions League<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Johnny Cardoso <\/strong>is OUT (Injury) for Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<h2>Soccer UEFA Conference League<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chris Richards<\/strong> and Crystal Palace host Fiorentina on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lennard Maloney<\/strong> and Mainz host Strasbourg on Thursday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Germany<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer 3. Liga<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Terrence Boyd <\/strong>and Waldhof Mannheim host Hoffenheim II on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mason Toye<\/strong> and Ingolstadt host Viktoria Koln on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Denmark<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer Superliagen<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Gavin Beavers<\/strong> and Brondby visit Nordsjaelland on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Croatia<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer HNL<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Rokas Pukstas<\/strong> and Hajduk Split visit NK Istra 1961 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>North America<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer CONCACAF Champions Cup<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Alex Zendejas <\/strong>and Club America visit Nashville SC on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbisoccer.com\/2026\/04\/americans-abroad-midweek-preview-zendejas-richards-and-more\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Larry Henry Jr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Alex Zendejas and Club America will look to claim a second MLS scalp in this season\u2019s CONCACAF Champions Cup. Zendejas and Club America visit Nashville SC on Tuesday in quarterfinal action, with both teams seeking a strong start to the series. The 28-year-old has continued to be a key threat for Andre Jardine\u2019s attack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":897443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91888,2623,2005],"tags":[91887,5464],"class_list":{"0":"post-897442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-abroad","8":"category-americans","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-abroad","11":"tag-americans"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}