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Friday in the Championship
The USMNT players abroad in the Championship were in action on Friday, with a full schedule of games on a holiday in England. That started with Haji Wright’s Coventry City shutting out Daryl Dike’s West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at home. Dike subbed on in the 73rd and Wright subbed out two minutes into stoppage time. Jack Rudoni put Coventry up in the 6th and Matt Grimes doubled the lead in the 48th. West Brom’s Callum Styles saw red in the 51st minute.
Aidan Morris’s Middlesbrough beat Plymouth Argyle 2-1 at home, going ahead from a Finn Azaz goal in the 12th. Plymouth equalized in the 17th and saw red two minutes into stoppage time. Tommy Conway converted a Boro penalty three minutes into stoppage time.
Josh Sargent subbed out at halftime for Norwich City’s 5-3 home loss to Portsmouth. Trailing from the 15th, Sargent equalized for Norwich in the 21st. Pompey retook the lead in the 39th and added goals four minutes into first-half stoppage time and in the 51st. Jack Stacey pulled a goal back for Norwich in the 64th, but Portsmouth scored again in the 71st. Norwich’s Emiliano Marcondes scored in the 90th minute.
Lynden Gooch subbed on in the 52nd for Stoke City’s 2-0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday. Million Manhoef scored in the 21st and Ben Wilmot doubled the lead in the 61st minute. Caleb Wiley’s Watford lost 2-1 at home to Burnley. Mamadou Doumbia put Watford up in the 8th with Burnley equalizing in the 43rd and going ahead in the 58th. Watford finished with nine men with red cards to Moussa Sissoko in the 60th and Edu Kayembe in the 69th minute.
Ethan Horvath was in goal for Cardiff City’s 2-0 loss at Sheffield United to goals in the 33rd and 87th minutes. Brenden Aaronson subbed out five minutes into stoppage time for Leeds United’s 1-0 win at Oxford United. Manor Solomon scored the game’s only goal in the 33rd minute.
Did Not Play: Donovan Pines (Barnsley 3 – Leyton Orient 4)
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