Assist for Morris in Middlesbrough win, LAFC advances in Champions Cup

Tuesday’s roundup of USMNT players abroad and in the Concacaf Champions Cup starts in the Championship, where Ethan Horvath was in goal for Cardiff City’s 2-1 home loss to Luton Town. Calum Chambers put Cardiff City up in the 50th. Luton Town equalized in the 57th and went ahead in the 80th minute.

Haji Wright’s Coventry City lost 2-0 at Derby County to goals in the 23rd and 48th minutes. Aidan Morris’s Middlesbrough beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 at home. Tommy Conway put Boro up in the 11th and Morris assisted on Anfernee Dijksteel’s goal in the 58th. QPR pulled a goal back in the 80th minute.

Josh Sargent subbed on in the 73rd for Norwich City’s 3-2 home loss to Sheffield Wednesday. Borja Sainz opened the scoring for Norwich in the 16th and Ante Crnac doubled their lead in the 35th. Sheffield Wednesday pulled a goal back in the 64th, equalized in the 72nd, and went ahead in the 76th minute.

LAFC advanced 4-2 on aggregate over Columbus in the Concacaf Champions Cup round of 16, losing 2-1 at the Crew in the second-leg. Jacen Russell-Rowe put the Crew up on the night in the 10th and Diego Rossi converted a penalty in the 45th. Denis Bouanga scored for LAFC six minutes into stoppage time. Seattle lost 4-1 on the night at Cruz Azul, exiting by the same score on aggregate. Cruz Azul took the lead in the 33rd and converted a penalty in the 71st. Daniel Musovski pulled a goal back for the Sounders in the 74th, but Cruz Azul added goals in the 85th and 88th minutes.

FC Cincinnati exited the Concacaf Champions Cup 4-2 on aggregate after losing 3-1 in their second-leg at Tigres. Evander put Cincinnati up on the night in the 18th, but Tigres equalized in the 64th, took the lead in the 69th, and scored again in the 72nd minute.

Did Not Play: Daryl Dike (West Brom 1 – Burnley 1)

Wednesday saw Gio Reyna’s Borussia Dortmund advance 3-2 on aggregate after winning 2-1 at Lille in the UEFA Champions League round of 16. Reyna subbed on in the 85th. Trailing from the 5th on the night, Emre Can converted a Dortmund penalty in the 54th and Maximilian Beier scored in the 65th minute. Richy Ledezma’s PSV exited the Champions League 9-3 on aggregate after drawing 2-2 at Arsenal. Trailing form the 6th on the night, PSV’s Ivan Perisic equalized in the 18th. Arsenal retook the lead in the 37th with Couhaib Driouech equalizing for PSV in the 70th minute.

In the Championship, Brenden Aaronson’s Leeds United shutout Millwall 2-0 at home. Taking the lead from an own-goal in the 3rd, Ao Tanaka finished off the scoring in the 85th minute. Caleb Wiley subbed on in the 83rd for Watford’s 1-0 home win over Swansea City. Moussa Sissoko scored Watford’s goal in the 27th minute.

Vancouver advanced on away goals 3-3 on aggregate after drawing 2-2 at Monterrey in the Concacaf Champions Cup. Trailing on the night from the 4th, Vancouver’s Edier Ocampo equalized in the 56th and Brian White scored in the 78th. Monterrey converted a penalty seven minutes into stoppage time.

Alex Zendejas’s Club America advanced 4-1 on aggregate over Cade Cowell’s Chivas, winning the second leg 4-0 at home. Cowell subbed on in the 82nd. Club America took the lead on the night from a Brian Rodrigue goal in the 6th and Diego Valdes doubled the lead in the 45th. Chivas’ Alan Mozo saw red in the 46th. Zendejas added to the Club America lead in the 65th and Alvaro Fidalgo finished off the scoring in the 79th minute.

The LA Galaxy knocked out Herediano 4-2 on aggregate by winning 4-1 at home. The Galaxy took the lead on the night from a Julian Aude goal in the 30th with Miguel Berry doubling the lead in the 38th. Gabriel Pec added a Galaxy goal in the 53rd and Christian Ramirez made it 4-0 on the night in the 76th. Herediano scored in the 82nd minute.

Did Not Play: Sergino Dest, Ricardo Pepi, and Malik Tillman (PSV 2 – Arsenal 2, 3-9 on aggregate), Lynden Gooch (Stoke City 1 – Blackburn 0), Alan Sonora (Cerro Porteno 4 – Melgar 2, 5-2 on aggregate advancing in the Copa Libertadores)

On Thursday in the Europa League round of 16 second-legs, Tanner Tessman subbed out in the 54th for Lyon’s 4-0 home win over FCSB, advancing 7-1 on aggregate. Georges Mikautadze put Lyon up on the night in the 14th and Ernest Nuamah scored in the 37th. Mikautadze added a goal in the 47th and Numah finished the scoring in the 88th minute.

Inter Miami advanced in the Concacaf Champions Cup 2-0 on the night and 4-0 on aggregate at Cavalier. Luis Suarez converted an Inter Miami penalty in the 37th and Lionel Messi socred two minutes into stoppage time.

Did Not Play: Timmy Chandler (Eintracht 4 – Ajax 1, Eintracht advances 6-2 on aggregate in the Europa League), Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos 1 – Fiorentina 3, Panathinaikos exits the UEFA Conference League 4-5 on aggregate), Johnny Cordoso (Real Betis 4 – Vitoria 0, Real Betis advances in the Conference League 6-2 on aggregate)

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