{"id":905459,"date":"2026-05-13T08:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/americans-abroad-midweek-preview-morris-richards-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:17:19","slug":"americans-abroad-midweek-preview-morris-richards-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/americans-abroad-midweek-preview-morris-richards-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Abroad Midweek Preview: Morris, Richards, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n\t\t<main id=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-752088\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" itemscope>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p><strong>Aidan Morris <\/strong>and Middlesbrough failed to earn a first leg playoff win over Southampton on Saturday and cannot afford to disappoint on the road at St. Mary\u2019s Stadium this week.<\/p>\n<p>Morris started and played 90 minutes in Saturday\u2019s 0-0 first leg draw at the Riverside Stadium, putting all the pressure on Tuesday\u2019s trip to the South Coast. The U.S. men\u2019s national team midfielder has continued to  play a starting role in Kim Hellberg\u2019s squad since returning from injury in December. <\/p>\n<p>Morris\u2019 range and strong work rate have been crucial to Middlesbrough reaching the top-six and giving themselves a chance at promotion back to the Premier League. Although Morris only has three goal contributions this season, the 24-year-old has been vital to Boro being a tough team to break down on the defensive side of the field. <\/p>\n<p>A strong performance on Tuesday could play major dividends in Middlesbrough reaching the promotion playoff final at Wembley Stadium later this month. However, a loss to Southampton would end Boro\u2019s season and could potentially end his time at the club after delivering a second impressive campaign in England\u2019s second-tier.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <strong>Chris Richards<\/strong> and Crystal Palace visit Manchester City seeking a full three points. <strong>Auston Trusty <\/strong>and Celtic visit Motherwell in SPFL action. <strong>Erik Palmer-Brown <\/strong>and Panathinaikos take on Olympiakos in Greek Super League play.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a closer look at this week\u2019s Americans Abroad:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>England<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer Premier League<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chris Richards<\/strong> and Crystal Palace visit Manchester City on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Soccer EFL Championship<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Aidan Morris <\/strong>and Middlesbrough visit Southampton on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Soccer WSL<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Emily Fox<\/strong> and Arsenal host Everton on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Spain<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer La Liga<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Alex Freeman <\/strong>and Villarreal host Sevilla on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pellegrino Matarazzo\u2019<\/strong>s Real Sociedad visit Girona on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Johnny Cardoso<\/strong> is OUT (Ankle Injury) for Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Scotland<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer Premiership<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Auston Trusty <\/strong>and Celtic visit Motherwell on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Greece<\/h3>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer Super League<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Erik Palmer-Brown <\/strong>and Panathinaikos visit Olympiakos on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbisoccer.com\/2026\/05\/americans-abroad-midweek-preview-morris-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 Aidan Morris and Middlesbrough failed to earn a first leg playoff win over Southampton on Saturday and cannot afford to disappoint on the road at St. Mary\u2019s Stadium this week. Morris started and played 90 minutes in Saturday\u2019s 0-0 first leg draw at the Riverside Stadium, putting all the pressure on Tuesday\u2019s trip to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":905460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91888,2623,2005],"tags":[91887,5464],"class_list":{"0":"post-905459","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\/905459","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=905459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}