Johnny Cardoso scores in Champions League, goal for Campbell

Thursday’s USMNT players abroad roundup starts in the Europa League playoff second-legs. Auston Trusty’s Celtic exited the Europa League 4-2 on aggregate after winning 1-0 on the night at VfB Stuttgart. Luke McCowan scored Celtic’s goal in the 1st minute.

Chris Richards’s Crystal Palace beat Zrinjski Mostar 2-0 at home to advance 3-1 on aggregate in the Conference League knockout round playoffs. Maxence Lacroix put Palace up in the 36th and Evann Guessand scored three minutes into stoppage time.

Matko Miljevic saw red in the 31st in Racing Club’s 1-1 home draw with Independiente Rivadavia in Argentina’s Primera. Falling behind in the 53rd, Tomas Conechny equalized for Racing Club in the 78th minute.

Moving to the second-leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup round one, Philadelphia beat Defense Force 7-0 at home to advance 12-0 on aggregate. Genier Martinez put the Union up in the 7th, Jovan Lukic converted a penalty in the 10th, and Stas Korzeniowski added goals in the 12th and 48th. Ben Bender scored in the 53rd and Cavan Sullivan had goals in the 76th and 88th minutes. Philadelphia advances to play Club America in the round of 16.

Did Not Play: Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic 1 – Stuttgart 0, Celtic exited the Europa League playoffs 4-2 on aggregate), Erik Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos 1 – Viktoria Plzen 1, 3-3 on aggregate, Panathinaikos advanced 4-3 on penalties in the Europa League), Aziel Jackson (Jagiellonia Bialystok 4 – Fiorentina 2 AET, Jagiellonia Bialystok exited the Conference League 5-4 on aggregate)

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Picking up in the knockout round playoff second-legs in the Championship for Wednesday’s roundup, Weston McKennie’s Juventus won 3-0 at home on the night against Galatasaray to send the series into extra time tied 5-5 on aggregate. Galatasaray lost 3-2 after extra time, but advanced 7-5 on aggregate. Manuel Locatelli converted a Juventus penalty in the 37th with Lloyd Kelly seeing red in the 49th. Federico Gatti scored for Juventus in the 70th and McKennie leveled the scored on aggregate in the 82nd. Galatasaray scored a minute into stoppage time of the first extra time period and again in the 119th.

Folarin Balogun subbed out in the 74th for AS Monaco’s 2-2 draw at PSG, exiting the Champions League 5-4 on aggregate. Maghnes Akliouche scored for Monaco in the 45th with Mamadou Coulibaly seeing red in the 58th. PSG scored in the 60th and 66th minutes. Jordan Teze equalized for Monaco on the night a minute into stoppage time.

Haji Wright subbed out in the 76th for Coventry City’s 2-1 win at Sheffield United in the Championship. Down a goal from the 48th, Wright equalized for Coventry in the 52nd and Jack Rudoni scored in the 57th minute.

Konrad De La Fuente subbed on in the 68th for Ceuta’s 3-2 home win over Corodoba in Spain’s Segunda Division. Kuki Zalazar put Ceuta up in the 6th with Cordoba equalizing in the 12th. Ceuta retook the lead from a Capa goal in the 12th, but Cordoba equalized from the penalty spot in the 24th. Ruben Diez Adan put Ceuta up for good in the 27th minute.

Concacaf Champions Cup

FC Cincinnati beat Universidad O&M 9-0 at home to advance 13-0 on aggregate in round one. Kenji Mboma Dem put Cincinnati up in the 18th, Gerardo Valenzuela doubled the lead in the 27th, and an own-goal made it 3-0 on the night in the 33rd. Tom Barlow continued the Cincinnati scoring in the 35th, Ademar Chavez made it 5-0 in the 48th, and Dem scored again in the 58th. Stiven Jimenez extended the Cincinnati lead in the 68th and Alvas Powell added a goal in the 78th. Universidad O&M’s Hector Ramirez saw red in the 82nd. Stefan Chirila finished off the Cincinnati goals in the 86th minute. Cincinnati plays Tigres in the round of 16.

Vancouver shutout Cartagines 2-0 at home to take that series by the same score on aggregate. Kenji Cabera put the Whitecaps up in the 58th and Seb Berhalter doubled the lead in the 80th minute. The Whitecaps play Seattle in the round of 16.

The LA Galaxy drew 0-0 at home with Sporting San Miguelito, with that series ending 1-1 on aggregate. The Galaxy advanced on away goals and will play Mount Pleasant in the round of 16.

Did Not Play: Yunus Musah (Atalanta 4 – Borussia Dortmund 1, Atalanta advances 4-3 on aggregate), Josh Sargent (Norwich City 2 – Sheffield Wednesday 0), Alan Sonora (Cerro Porteno 1 – Sportivo Ameliano 0)

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Tuesday’s roundup of USMNT players abroad starts in the second-legs of the UEFA Champions League playoff knockout round. Johnny Cardoso subbed out in the 83rd for Atletico Madrid’s 4-1 home win over Club Brugge, advancing 7-4 on aggregate. Alexander Sorloth put Atletico Madrid up in the 23rd on the night with Club Brugge equalizing in the 36th. Cardoso returned Atletico Madrid’s lead in the 48th and Sorloth added goals in the 76th and 87th minutes.

Championship

Patrick Agyemang’s Derby County lost 4-2 at Hull City. An own-goal put Hull up in the 9th with Craig Forsyth leveling the score for Derby County in the 17th. Hull City retook the lead in the 39th with Sammie Szmodics equalizing for Derby County in the 42nd. Hull went ahead for good in the 75th and added a goal in the 84th. Agyemang saw yellow in the 2nd minute.

Aidan Morris’s Middlesbrough drew 1-1 at home with Leicester City. Falling behind in the 18th, Riley McGee equalized for Middlesbrough two minutes into first-half stoppage time. George Campbell subbed out in the 85th for West Brom’s 1-1 home draw with Charlton Athletic. Campbell scored three minutes into first-half stoppage time and Charlton equalized in the 70th minute.

Concacaf Champions Cup

Nashville SC advanced from round one, beating Atletico Ottawa 5-0 at home to take their series 7-0 on aggregate. Alex Muyl opened the scoring for Nashville in the 21st, Jordan Knight doubled the lead in the 36th, and Woobens Pacius made it 3-0 in the 55th. Jack Maher added a goal in the 63rd and Ahmed Qasem finished off the scoring in the 83rd minute. Nashville goalkeeper Brian Schwake made one save to keep the clean sheet. Nashville plays Inter Miami in the round of 16.

LAFC advanced with a 1-0 home win over Real Espana on the night, taking that sweries 7-1 on aggregate. Nkosi Rafari scored LAFC’s goal in the 64th minute. LAFC plays Alajuelense in the round of 16.

Did Not Play: Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen 2 – Olympiakos 0, Bayer Leverkusen advances 2-0 on aggregate), Daryl Dike (West Brom 1 – Charlton Athletic 1)

Photo by Oscar J. Barroso – AFP7 via ZUMA Press Wire