Win for Coventry, loss for Stoke City
The roundup of USMNT players in the Championship and Concacaf Champions Cup starts with Haji Wright subbing out in the 59th minute of Coventry City’s 5-0 home win over Rotherham United. Ellias Simms opened the scoring for Coventry in the 5th with Joel Latibeaudiere doubling the lead in the 23rd. Simms added goals in the 27th and 37th with Fabio Tavares finishing off the scoring a minute into stoppage time.
Lynden Gooch’s Stoke City lost 1-0 at Leeds United to a 33rd minute goal. Stoke’s Ben Pearson saw red in the 86th minute.
Moving to the Concacaf Champions Cup round of 16 first-legs, Philadelphia and Pachuca drew 0-0 at Subaru Park. Both teams finished with two shots on goal. Orlando City vs Tigres also ended 0-0 with Orlando putting three shots on goal to one for Tigres.
On Wednesday, Ethan Horvath was in goal for Cardiff City’s 1-0 home win over Huddersfield Town in the Championship. Famara Diedhiou scored Cardiff’s goal in the 30th minute. Josh Sargent subbed out in the 70th minute of Norwich City’s 3-1 loss at Middlesbrough. Ashley Baines put Norwich up in the 17th and they played a man down from the 30th when Borja Sainz saw red. Boro equalized in the 37th, went ahead in the 43rd, and added a goal in the 62nd minute.
Reggie Cannon was on the bench for Queens Park Rangers and Daryl Dike is out for the season for West Brom in their 2-2 draw at Loftus Road. Sam Field put QPR up in the 17th. West Brom’s Michael Johnston equalized in the 25th and Grady Diangana scored in the 27th. Field equalized for QPR in the 81st minute.
In the Concacaf Champions Cup, New England took a 4-0 lead over Alajuelense at home. Nick Lima opened the scoring in the 28th, Tomas Chancalay added a goal in the 41st and converted a 50th minute penalty, and Esmir Bajraktaveric extended the lead in the 55th. Houston took a 1-0 lead over the Crew at home from an own-goal six minutes into stoppage time.
Club America took a 3-0 lead at Chivas, with Cade Cowell subbing on in the 69th minute for Chivas and Alex Zendejas subbing out in the 80th for Club America. Julian Quinones put Club America up in the 15th and Chivas went a man down with a red card to Alan Torres in the 61st. Club America’s Diego Valdes scored in the 70th and Henry Martin finished off the goals four minutes into stoppage time.
