Crystal Palace’s English Premier League campaign got underway on Sunday at Stamford Bridge with Chris Richards helping the Eagles to a road point.
Richards played the full 90 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 0-0 draw with London rivals Chelsea. The U.S. men’s national team defender was a rock in Oliver Glasner’s backline, completed 90% of his passes, winning all five of his individual duels, and completed both of his tackle attempts.
Richards, 25, has continued to be a key starter for the Eagles after helping them knock off Liverpool in last weekend’s FA Community Shield. Now with Marc Guehi set to depart the club in the coming days, Richards could see an even larger role for the bulk of the current season.
Crystal Palace will now turn its attention to the start of a two-legged playoff series with Fredrikstad on Thursday in the UEFA Europa League.
In England, Tyler Adams started in Bournemouth’s loss to Liverpool. Josh Sargent and Haji Wright both scored in EFL Championship play on Saturday. Lynden Gooch scored in Huddersfield Town’s road loss to Blackpool.
In Germany, James Sands and St. Pauli advanced in DFB Pokal action. Joe Scally also featured for Borussia Moenchengladbach. Paxten Aaronson scored his first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt while John Tolkin delivered the winner for Holstein Kiel.
In Italy, Gianluca Busio and Venezia advanced in the Coppa Italia competition. Christian Pulisic scored his first goal of the season as AC Milan also advanced.
In France, Tim Weah made his Marseille debut in a season-opening loss to Rennes. Mark McKenzie and Toulouse downed Nice away from home.
In the Netherlands, Sergino Dest shined in PSV’s road victory over FC Twente.
Elsewhere, Auston Trusty made his first start of the season in Celtic’s League Cup win over Falkirk. Bryan Reynolds and Griffin Yow both started in Westerlo’s road loss to Cercle Brugge. Alex Zendejas went the distance in Club America’s road win over Tigres. George Bello and LASK defeated Austria Vienna at home. Donovan Pines started in Grazer’s draw with WSG Tirol.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Tyler Adams started and played 90 minutes in Bournemouth’s 3-2 loss to Liverpool on Friday.
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 0-0 draw with Chelsea on Sunday.
Brenden Aaronson came off the bench and played 23 minutes in Leeds United’s 1-0 win over Everton on Monday.
Antonee Robinson is OUT (Injury) for Fulham.
Championship
Haji Wright started, scored ONE PENALTY KICK GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Coventry City’s 5-3 win over Derby County on Saturday.
George Campbell started and played 90 minutes in West Bromwich Albion’s 3-2 win over Wrexham on Saturday.
Aidan Morris started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 3-0 win over Millwall on Saturday.
Josh Sargent started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 75 minutes in Norwich City’s 2-1 win over Portsmouth on Saturday.
Charlie Kelman started and played 60 minutes in Charlton Athletic’s 0-0 draw with Bristol City on Saturday.
Damion Downs did not feature in Southampton’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town on Saturday.
Caleb Wiley is OUT (Back Injury) for Watford.
Patrick Agyemang is OUT for Derby County.
Daryl Dike is OUT (Thigh Injury) for West Brom.
League One
Lynden Gooch started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 79 minutes in Huddersfield Town’s 3-2 loss to Blackpool on Saturday.
National League
Aidan Dausch did not dress in Forest Green Rovers’ 2-0 win over Yeovil Town on Saturday.
Spain
La Liga
Johnny Cardoso started and played 45 minutes in Atletico Madrid’s 2-1 loss to Espanyol on Sunday.
Germany
DFB Pokal
Joe Scally started and played 90 minutes in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 3-2 win over SV Atlas on Sunday.
James Sands started and played 90 minutes in St. Pauli’s 3-2 penalty shootout win over Eintracht Norderstedt on Saturday. Teams were tied 0-0 after 120 minutes.
John Tolkin started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 2-0 win over Homburg on Sunday.
Julian Green, Maxi Dietz started and played 90 minutes in Greuther Furth’s 2-0 win over Blau-Weiss Lohne on Sunday.
Kristoffer Lund came off the bench and played 22 minutes in Cologne’s 2-1 win over Jahn Regensburg on Sunday.
Paxten Aaronson came off the bench, scored ONE GOAL, and played 11 minutes in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 5-0 win over FC Engers on Sunday.
Lennard Maloney came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Mainz’s 1-0 win over Dynamo Dresden on Monday.
Gio Reyna, Cole Campbell dressed but did not play in Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 win over RW Essen on Monday.
Noahkai Banks dressed but did not play in Augsburg’s 2-0 win over Hallescher FC on Sunday.
Malik Tillman did not dress (Injury) in Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-0 win over Sonnenhof Grobaspach on Friday.
John Brooks did not dress in Hertha Berlin’s 5-3 penalty shootout win over Preussen Munster on Monday. The two teams were tied 0-0 after 120 minutes.
Johan Gomez and Eintracht Braunschweig are off until August 26.
Kevin Paredes is OUT (Injury) for Wolfsburg.
3. Liga
Terrence Boyd and Waldhof Mannheim are off until August 24.
Italy
Coppa Italia
Christian Pulisic started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in AC Milan’s 2-0 win over Bari on Sunday.
Yunus Musah came off the bench and played 25 minutes for AC Milan.
Gianluca Busio started and played 90 minutes in Venezia’s 4-0 win over Montova on Saturday.
Andrija Novakovich did not dress for Venezia.
France
Ligue 1
Tanner Tessmann started and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 1-0 win over Lens on Saturday.
Mark McKenzie started and played 90 minutes in Toulouse’s 1-0 win over Nice on Saturday.
Tim Weah came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Marseille’s 1-0 loss to Rennes on Friday.
Ligue 2
Jordan Pefok started and played 61 minutes in Stade Reims 1-0 win over Guingamp on Saturday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Sergino Dest started and played 90 minutes in PSV’s 2-0 win over FC Twente on Sunday.
Taylor Booth started and played 63 minutes for FC Twente.
Zach Booth started and played 67 minutes in Excelsior’s 2-1 loss to Feyenoord on Saturday.
Ricardo Pepi is OUT (Injury) for PSV.
Scotland
League Cup
Auston Trusty started and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 4-1 win over Falkirk on Friday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers did not dress for Celtic.
Dante Polvara dressed but did not play in Aberdeen’s 3-0 win over Greenock Morton on Saturday.
Belgium
Pro League
Bryan Reynolds started and played 74 minutes in Westerlo’s 4-1 loss to Cercle Brugge on Sunday.
Griffin Yow started and played 60 minutes for Westerlo.
Marlon Fossey started and played 90 minutes in Standard Liege’s 3-0 loss to Union St. Gilloise on Saturday.
Austria
Bundesliga
George Bello started and played 90 minutes in LASK’s 2-1 win over Austria Vienna on Sunday.
Donovan Pines started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK’s 1-1 draw with WSG Tirol on Saturday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Hajduk Split’s 3-0 win over Slaven on Sunday.
Switzerland
Super League
Konrad De La Fuente and Lausanne are off until August 24.
Denmark
Superliagen
Matthew Hoppe started and played 75 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 3-2 loss to Fredericia on Friday.
Jonathan Amon came off the bench and played 18 minutes in Vejle’s 2-0 loss to Midtjylland on Sunday.
Gavin Beavers, Justin Che dressed but did not play in Brondby’s 2-0 win over Randers on Sunday.
Finland
Veikkausligga
Benji Michel started and played 90 minutes in HJK’s 2-1 win over Haka on Sunday.
Mexico
Liga MX
Alex Zendejas started and played 90 minutes in Club America’s 3-1 win over Tigres on Saturday.
Richie Ledezma started and played 72 minutes in Chivas 2-1 loss to FC Juarez on Saturday.
Cade Cowell came off the bench and played 24 minutes for Chivas.
