{"id":902000,"date":"2026-04-28T03:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/americans-abroad-weekend-rewind-busio-scally-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:23:16","slug":"americans-abroad-weekend-rewind-busio-scally-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/americans-abroad-weekend-rewind-busio-scally-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Abroad Weekend Rewind: Busio, Scally, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soccer <\/p>\n

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Gianluca Busio<\/strong> and Venezia moved one step closer to sealing a return to Serie A next season. <\/p>\n

Busio started and played 90 minutes on Saturday as Giovanni Stroppa\u2019s side downed Empoli 2-0, staying three points clear atop the league table. The American midfielder has continued to rack up the minutes for Venezia this spring, delivering his latest impressive shift on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Second-half goals from Andrea Adorante and Issa Doumbia propelled the hosts to their 23rd league victory of the campaign. <\/p>\n

Busio completed 93% of his passes (92\/99) while also winning four duels and making two tackles. The 23-year-old has now made 36 appearances for Venezia this season, remaining as one of the more consistent midfielders in the league.<\/p>\n

Automatic promotion could be sealed for Venezia as soon as Friday when they travel to last-place Spezia in their penultimate match of the season. Venezia are three points clear of second-place Monza and third-place Frosinone, with only the top-two earning automatic spots into Italy\u2019s top-flight. <\/p>\n

Should Venezia not get the job done next week, they will return home for a season finale showdown against Palermo on May 8.<\/p>\n

In England, Chris<\/strong> Richards<\/strong> and Crystal Palace suffered a road loss to Liverpool. George Campbell<\/strong> and West Bromwich Albion clinched league safety on Saturday after a goal-less draw with Ipswich Town. Phallon Tullis-Joyce <\/strong>and Manchester United earned a road point at Tottenham. <\/p>\n

In Germany, Joe Scally <\/strong>made his 150th Bundesliga appearance for Borussia Moenchengladbach in a goalless draw with Wolfsburg. Malik Tillman <\/strong>came off the bench in Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s road win over FC Koln. Mathis Albert <\/strong>made his first-team debut for Borussia Dortmund, becoming the youngest American player to debut in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n

In Spain, Alex<\/strong> Freeman<\/strong> made his first start for Villarreal. Johnny Cardoso<\/strong> featured off the bench in Atletico Madrid\u2019s victory over Athletic Bilbao.<\/p>\n

In France, Mark McKenzie <\/strong>returned to action for Toulouse in a goal-less draw with Folarin<\/strong> Balogun<\/strong> and Monaco. Tanner Tessmann <\/strong>featured off the bench in Lyon\u2019s home win over Auxerre.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Alex Zendejas <\/strong>started in Club America\u2019s loss to Atlas. Bryan Reynolds<\/strong> played 90 minutes in Westerlo\u2019s loss to Standard Liege. Marlon Fossey<\/strong> returned for Standard Liege in Belgian league play. Neil<\/strong> Pierre<\/strong> scored once in Lyngby\u2019s league victory. Donovan Pines<\/strong> played in Grazer\u2019s road loss to Wolfsberger. George Bello<\/strong> returned to LASK\u2019s starting lineup in a lopsided road win over Hartberg. Matthew<\/strong> Hoppe<\/strong> scored his ninth goal of the season in Sonderjyske\u2019s shutout victory over Brondby. <\/p>\n

Here is a closer look at this weekend\u2019s Americans Abroad:<\/p>\n

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Europe<\/h3>\n
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Soccer UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League<\/h2>\n

Emily Fox<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Arsenal\u2019s 2-1 first leg win over Lyon on Sunday. <\/p>\n

Lindsey<\/strong> Heaps<\/strong>, Korbin<\/strong> Shrader<\/strong> both started and played 90 minutes for Lyon. <\/p>\n

Lily Yohannes <\/strong>started, registered ONE<\/strong> ASSIST<\/strong>, and played 66 minutes for Lyon.<\/p>\n

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England<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Premier League<\/h2>\n

Chris Richards <\/strong>started and played 90 minutes in Crystal Palace\u2019s 3-1 loss to Liverpool on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Antonee Robinson <\/strong>came off the bench and played nine minutes in Fulham\u2019s 1-0 win over Aston Villa on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Soccer FA Cup Semifinals<\/h2>\n

Brenden Aaronson<\/strong> started and played 86 minutes in Leeds United\u2019s 1-0 loss to Chelsea on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Soccer EFL Championship<\/h2>\n

George<\/strong> Campbell<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in West Bromwich Albion\u2019s 0-0 draw with Ipswich Town on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Daryl<\/strong> Dike<\/strong> started and played 71 minutes for West Brom.<\/p>\n

Aidan Morris <\/strong>started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough\u2019s 5-1 win over Watford on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Charlie Kelman<\/strong> started, scored ONE<\/strong> GOAL<\/strong>, and played 83 minutes in Charlton Athletic\u2019s 2-1 win over Hull City on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Haji Wright<\/strong> started and played 71 minutes in Coventry City\u2019s 3-1 win over Wrexham on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Patrick Agyemang<\/strong> is OUT FOR SEASON<\/strong> (Achilles Injury) for Derby County. <\/p>\n

Soccer League One<\/h2>\n

Lynden Gooch<\/strong> did not dress in Huddersfield Town\u2019s 4-1 loss to Mansfield Town on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Soccer League Two<\/h2>\n

Jonathan Tomkinson<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Cheltenham Town\u2019s 4-0 loss to Bristol Rovers on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Soccer WSL<\/h2>\n

Phallon Tullis-Joyce <\/strong>started, made FIVE<\/strong> SAVES<\/strong>, and played 90 minutes in Manchester United\u2019s 0-0 draw with Tottenham on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Alyssa<\/strong> Thompson<\/strong> started, registered ONE<\/strong> ASSIST<\/strong>, and played 61 minutes in Chelsea\u2019s 4-1 win over Everton on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Naomi<\/strong> Girma<\/strong> did not dress for Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Sam Coffey<\/strong> did not dress in Manchester City\u2019s 3-2 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Spain<\/h3>\n
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Soccer La Liga<\/h2>\n

Johnny Cardoso <\/strong>came off the bench and played 32 minutes in Atletico Madrid\u2019s 3-2 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Alex Freeman<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Villarreal\u2019s 2-1 win over Celta Vigo on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Pellegrino Matarazzo<\/strong>\u2018s Real Sociedad drew Rayo Vallecano 3-3 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Soccer Segunda Liga<\/h2>\n

Konrad De La Fuente<\/strong> came off the bench and played 45 minutes in AD Ceuta\u2019s 0-0 draw with Racing Santander on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Germany<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Bundesliga<\/h2>\n

Joe Scally <\/strong>started and played 90 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach\u2019s 0-0 draw with Wolfsburg on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Gio Reyna<\/strong> came off the bench and played 13 minutes for Gladbach.<\/p>\n

Kevin Paredes<\/strong> came off the bench and played seven minutes for Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n

Malik Tillman <\/strong>came off the bench and played 29 minutes in Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s 2-1 win over FC Koln on Saturday. <\/p>\n

Kristoffer Lund<\/strong> started and played 72 minutes for FC Koln.<\/p>\n

Noahkai Banks<\/strong> did not dress in Augsburg\u2019s 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. <\/p>\n

Timmy Chandler <\/strong>did not dress for Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/p>\n

Lennard Maloney<\/strong> came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Mainz\u2019s 4-3 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Cole<\/strong> Campbell<\/strong> came off the bench and played four minutes in Hoffenheim\u2019s 2-1 win over Hamburg on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Damion Downs<\/strong> came off the bench and played two minutes for Hamburg.<\/p>\n

Mathis Albert <\/strong>came off the bench and played three minutes in Borussia Dortmund\u2019s 4-0 win over Freiburg on Sunday.<\/p>\n

James Sands <\/strong>is OUT FOR SEASON<\/strong> for St. Pauli.<\/p>\n

Soccer 2. Bundesliga<\/h2>\n

Mael Corboz<\/strong> started, scored ONE<\/strong> GOAL<\/strong>, and played 90 minutes in Arminia Bielefeld\u2019s 3-2 win over Preussen Munster on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Maxi<\/strong> Dietz<\/strong> started and played 57 minutes in Greuther Furth\u2019s 2-1 loss to Bochum on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Julian<\/strong> Green<\/strong> came off the bench and played 33 minutes for Greuther Furth.<\/p>\n

Johan Gomez<\/strong> started and played 77 minutes in Eintracht Braunschweig\u2019s 2-0 win over Kaiserslautern on Friday.<\/p>\n

John Brooks <\/strong>did not dress in Hertha Berlin\u2019s 1-0 loss to Holstein Kiel on Saturday.<\/p>\n

John Tolkin<\/strong> is OUT (Injury) for Holstein Kiel.<\/p>\n

Soccer 3. Liga<\/h2>\n

Terrence<\/strong> Boyd<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Waldhof Mannheim\u2019s 2-2 draw with FC Schweinfurt on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Mason Toye <\/strong>did not dress in Ingolstadt\u2019s 3-0 win over Hoffenheim II on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Italy<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Serie A<\/h2>\n

Weston McKennie<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Juventus\u2019 0-0 draw with AC Milan on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Christian<\/strong> Pulisic <\/strong>started and played 62 minutes for AC Milan. <\/p>\n

Yunus Musah<\/strong> dressed but did not play in Atalanta\u2019s 3-2 loss to Cagliari on Monday.<\/p>\n

Ben Cremaschi <\/strong>is OUT FOR SEASON <\/strong>(Meniscus Injury) for Parma.<\/p>\n

Soccer Serie B<\/h2>\n

Gianluca<\/strong> Busio<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Venezia\u2019s 2-0 win over Empoli on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Andrija Novakovich<\/strong> dressed but did not play in Reggiana\u2019s 1-1 draw with Palermo on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Klinsmann <\/strong>is OUT FOR SEASON<\/strong> (Neck Injury) for Cesena.<\/p>\n

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France<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Ligue 1<\/h2>\n

Mark McKenzie <\/strong>started and played 90 minutes in Toulouse\u2019s 2-2 draw with Monaco on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Folarin Balogun <\/strong>started and played 84 minutes for Monaco. <\/p>\n

Tim Weah <\/strong>started and played 90 minutes in Marseille\u2019s 1-1 draw with Nice on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Tanner Tessmann <\/strong>came off the bench and played 56 minutes in Lyon\u2019s 3-2 win over Auxerre on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Netherlands<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Eredivisie<\/h2>\n

Taylor Booth<\/strong> dressed but did not play in FC Twente\u2019s 1-1 draw with NEC Nijmegen on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Ricardo<\/strong> Pepi<\/strong> and PSV are off until May 2<\/p>\n

Sergino<\/strong> Dest<\/strong> is OUT (Injury) for PSV.<\/p>\n

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Scotland<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Premiership<\/h2>\n

Auston Trusty<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Celtic\u2019s 3-1 win over Falkirk on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Cameron Carter-Vickers<\/strong> is OUT (Achilles injury).<\/p>\n

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Portugal<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Liga Portugal<\/h2>\n

Jordan Pefok <\/strong>dressed but did not play in Tondela\u2019s 2-0 loss to Nacional on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Belgium<\/h3>\n
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Soccer First Division A<\/h2>\n

Bryan<\/strong> Reynolds<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Westerlo\u2019s 4-2 loss to Royal Antwerp on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Marlon Fossey <\/strong>started and played 45 minutes in Standard Liege\u2019s 1-1 draw with Genk on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Greece<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Super League<\/h2>\n

Erik Palmer-Brown<\/strong> is OUT (Ankle Injury) for Panathinaikos.<\/p>\n

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Denmark<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Superliagen<\/h2>\n

Matthew Hoppe<\/strong> started, scored ONE<\/strong> GOAL<\/strong>, and played 70 minutes in Sonderjyske\u2019s 3-0 win over Brondby on Sunday. <\/p>\n

Gavin Beavers <\/strong>dressed but did not play for Brondby.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Amon<\/strong> dressed but did not play in Vejle\u2019s 3-0 loss to FC K\u00f8benhavn on Monday.<\/p>\n

Soccer 1. Division<\/h2>\n

Neil<\/strong> Pierre<\/strong> started, scored ONE<\/strong> GOAL<\/strong>, and played 64 minutes in Lyngby\u2019s 5-0 win over Esbjerg on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Austria<\/h3>\n
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Soccer Bundesliga<\/h2>\n

George Bello <\/strong>started and played 87 minutes in LASK\u2019s 5-1 win over Hartberg on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Sam Adineran<\/strong> did not dress (Suspension) for LASK.<\/p>\n

Donovan Pines <\/strong>started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK\u2019s 1-0 loss to Wolfsberger on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Soccer Croatia<\/h2>\n
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Soccer HNL<\/h2>\n

Rokas Pukstas <\/strong>started and played 90 minutes in Hajduk Split\u2019s 0-0 draw with Rijeka on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Soccer Mexico<\/h2>\n
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Soccer Liga MX<\/h2>\n

Danny Leyva<\/strong> started and played 90 minutes in Necaxa\u2019s 4-1 loss to Cruz Azul on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Alex Zendejas<\/strong> started and played 72 minutes in Club America\u2019s 1-0 loss to Atlas on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Soccer Gianluca Busio and Venezia moved one step closer to sealing a return to Serie A next season. Busio started and played 90 minutes on Saturday as Giovanni Stroppa\u2019s side downed Empoli 2-0, staying three points clear atop the league table. The American midfielder has continued to rack up the minutes for Venezia this spring, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":902001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91888,2623,2005],"tags":[91887,5464],"class_list":{"0":"post-902000","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\/902000","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=902000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}