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UPDATED: Leeds score six, goals for Wright and Cardoso
Monday’s USMNT players abroad roundup starts in the Championship, where Haji Wright’s Coventry City lost 3-1 at Plymouth Argyle. Trailing from goals in the 40th and 43rd, Wright scored for Coventry in the 45th. Plymouth added a third goal in the 65th minute.
Ethan Horvath was in goal for Cardiff City’s 1-1 home draw with Oxford United. Yousef Salech put Cardiff up in the 56th and Oxford United equalized in the 79th minute. Daryl Dike’s West Brom lost 3-1 at home to Derby County, falling behind to goals in the 7th and 30th. Adam Armstrong pulled a goal back for West Brom in the 70th, but Derby scored again in the 87th minute.
Brenden Aaronson’s Leeds United beat Lynden Gooch’s Stoke City 6-0 at home to seal promotion to the Premier League. Gooch subbed on at halftime and Aaronson subbed out in the 86th. Joel Piroe scored for Leeds in the 6th, 8th, and 20th with Junior Firpo making it 4-0 in the 26th. Piroe scored again in the 41st and Wilfired Gnoto added a goal in the 59th minute.
Josh Sargent’s Norwich City lost 3-1 at Millwall. Trailing 2-0 from goals in the 8th and 39th, Norwich’s Shane Duffy pulled a goal back four minutes into first-half stoppage time. Millwall scored again in the 69th minute. Caleb Wiley’s Watford lost 1-0 at Portsmouth to a 25th minute goal. Watford’s Kelvin Keben saw red in the 57th minute.
Aidan Morris’s Middlesbrough lost 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday. Boro went up from a Finn Azaz goal in the 11th. Sheffield Wednesday equalized in the 54th and went ahead in the 89th minute. In League One, Donovan Pines’s Barnsley drew 1-1 at home with Peterborough United. Trailing from the 17th, Jonathan Russell equalized for Barnsley a minute into stoppage time.
Johnny Cardoso’s Real Betis won 3-1 at Girona in La Liga. Cardoso opened the scoring in the 6th, Antony doubled the lead in the 39th, and Isco made it 3-0 in the 42nd. Girona pulled a goal back in the 85th minute.
Konrad De La Fuente subbed on a minute into stoppage time for Lausanne’s 2-0 home win over Lugano in the Swiss Super League. Fousseni Diabate put Laussane up in the 27th and Morgan Poaty doubled the lead in the 38th minute.
The Serie A and Serie B schedules were postponed due to the death of Pope Francis.
On Tuesday, Marlon Fossey’s Standard Liege lost 1-0 at home to Oud-Heverlee Leuven in Belgium’s Pro League. Oud-Heverlee Leuven scored in the 78th minute.
Bryan Reynolds subbed out in the 65th for Westerlo’s 3-2 win at Mechelen. Matija Frigan put Westerlo up in the 28th and an own-goal leveled the score in the 30th. Mechelen saw red in the 41st. Westerlo retook the lead in the 64th from an Issai Sakamoto goal and Thomas Van Den Keybus scored in the 77th minute.
George Bello subbed on in the 67th for LASK’s 4-1 win at Klagenfurt in the Austrian Bundesliga. Sascha Horvath put LASK up in the 12th and Maximilian Entrup doubled the lead in the 15th. Klagenfurt scored in the 31st. Entrup scored again in the 54th and Florian Flecker finished off the LASK goals in the 84th minute.
Wednesday saw Weston McKennie and Tim Weah’s Juventus lose 1-0 at Parma in Serie A. McKennie subbed out in the 57th and Weah subbed on in the 86th. Parma scored a minute into first-half stoppage time. With 33 games played, Juventus is in 5th-place tied on points with 6th-place Lazio and a point behind 4th-place Bologna.
Christian Pulisic subbed out in the 78th for AC Milan’s 3-0 win at Inter Milan to advance 3-1 on aggregate to the Coppa Italia final. Luka Jovic opened the scoring on the night in the 36th and doubled the AC Milan lead in the 49th minute.
Matko Miljevic subbed out in the 67th for Huracan’s 0-0 home draw with America de Cali in the group stage of the Copa America. Huracan put six shots on goal to one for America de Cali.
Did Not Play: Chris Richards and Matt Turner (Crystal Palace 2 – Arsenal 2), Yunus Musah (AC Milan 3 – Inter Milan 0)
WEDNESDAY’S SOCCER TV
La Liga on ESPN Deportes: Athletic vs Las Palmas at 1pm. ESPN2 has Getafe vs Real Madrid at 3:30pm. Premier League on USA: Arsenal vs Crystal Palace at 3pm. Taca de Portugal on beIN Sport: Benfica vs Tirsense at 3:15pm.
Concacaf Champions Cup on FS1: Tigres vs Cruz Azul at 10pm. Copa Libertadores on beIN Sport: Olimpia vs Penarol at 6pm, Independiente del Valle vs River Plate at 8:30pm, and Atletico Bucaramanga vs Fortazela at 10pm. USL Championship on CBS Sports: San Antonio vs Colorado Springs at 8:30pm ET.
THURSDAY’S SOCCER TV
La Liga on ESPN Deportes: Osasuna vs Sevilla at 1pm and Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano at 3:30pm. Copa Libertadores on beIN Sport: Bolivar vs Palmeiras at 6pm and Bahia vs Atletico Nacional at 8pm. Guatemalan Liga Nacional on Fox Deportes: Xelaju vs Coban Imperial at 10pm. Concacaf Champions Cup on FS1: Vancouver vs Inter Miami at 10:30pm ET.
FRIDAY’S SOCCER TV
Serie A on Fox Deportes: Atalanta vs Lecce at 2:45pm. Serie B on Fox Soccer Plus: Cesena vs Sassuolo at 2:30pm. Ligue 1 on beIN Sport: PSG vs Nice at 2:45pm. Primeira Liga on GolTV: Famalicao vs Sporting Braga at 3:30pm. Canadian Premier League on FS2: Valour vs Halifax at 8pm ET.
WEEKEND SOCCER TV
Saturday has the Premier League on USA: Chelsea vs Everton at 7:30am and Newcastle vs Ipswich Town at 10am. Championship on CBS Sports: QPR vs Burnley at 7:30am and Oxford United vs Sunderland at 10am. Bundesliga on ESPN Deportes: Bayern Munich vs Mainz at 9:30am. Primeira Liga on GolTV: Santa Clara vs Arouca at 10:30am and Estrela vs Porto at 3:30pm. Copa del Rey on ESPN Deportes: Barcelona vs Real Madrid at 4pm. Ligue 1 on beIN Sport: Strasbourg vs St Etienne at 11am, Le Havre vs Monaco at 1pm, and Lyon vs Rennes at 3pm.
NWSL on CBS: Washington vs Gotham FC at 1pm. Canadian Premier League on Fox Soccer Plus: Cavalry vs Ottawa at 5pm and Vancouver vs Pacific at 8pm. MLS on Fox: Orlando City vs Atlanta at 7pm. Honduran Liga Nacional on Fox Deportes: Motagua vs Real Espana at 9:30pm.
Sunday has Serie A on CBS Sports: Venezia vs AC Milan at 6:30am and Fiorentina vs Empoli at 9am. Fox Deportes has Juventus vs Monza at 12pm. Ligue 1 on beIN Sport: Angers vs Lille at 9am and Marseille vs Brest at 2:45pm. Premier League on USA: Bournemouth vs Manchester United at 9am. La Liga on ESPN Deportes: Villarreal vs Espanyol at 10:15am. Primeira Liga on GolTV: Benfica vs AVS at 1pm and Boavista vs Sporting at 3:30pm.
Uruguay’s Primera Division on GolTV: Torque vs Defensor Sporting at 9:45am. Canadian Premier League on Fox Soccer Plus: York vs Forge at 2pm. Liga MX on FS2: Juarez vs UNAM Pumas at 7pm. TUDN has Monterrey vs Pachuca at 9:30pm. Honduran Liga Nacional on Fox Deportes: Marathon vs Olimpia at 7:15pm.
Monday has Peru’s Primera Division on Fox Deportes: Sporting Cristal vs Juan Pablo II College at 2pm. Uruguay’s Primera Division on GolTV: Racing vs Cerro Largo at 2pm. All Times Eastern
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