Yanks Abroad: Duane Holmes & Timmy Chandler on fire

We’re back! Apologies for missing last week, but on Sunday my city won a championship and I went into a dream-like state for the whole week. Yanks Abroad returns with a vengeance and six goals to report! Duane Holmes & Timmy Chandler are in top form at the moment and lead the way this week.

England

Duane Holmes

The 25-year-old is on fire right now with two goals & two assists in his last four matches. (The tweet below is not accurate. But he does have three goals & two assists the last seven matches.) Derby County got the 3-2 win over Swansea as Holmes scored the equalizer in the 64th minute before the winner came 16 minutes later.

FotMob: 7.8 | WhoScored: 7.3
86% passing; 1/1 shot on target; 2/5 duels; 1/2 dribbles; 1 interception; 1 clearance

Eric Lichaj

The Hull City man played 70 minutes at centerback in a 1-1 draw at Reading FC.

FotMob: 6.4 | WhoScored: 6.4
80% passing; 1/2 duels; 5 clearances; 2 interceptions

Tim Ream

32-year-old Ream went 90 minutes in Fulham’s 1-0 win at Blackburn Rovers.

FotMob: 7.3 | WhoScored: 7.3
84% passing; 5/10 duels; 5 clearances; 1/1 dribble; 1 interception

Cameron Carter-Vickers

CCV put in his first full 90 for Luton Town in a 1-0 loss to Cardiff City.

FotMob: 6.3 | WhoScored: 6.7
67% passing; 9/15 duels; 4 clearances

Lynden Gooch

Sunderland got the 1-0 win over Ipswich Town with Gooch playing 90 minutes on the left wing (subbed out in the 90th).

FotMob: 7.5
1 chance created; 78% passing; 5/9 duels; 3/3 dribbles; dispossessed twice; 1/1 tackle

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Germany

Timmy Chandler

Timmy!? He added two more goals to his tally on Friday in a 5-0 win for Eintracht Frankfurt over Augsburg.

FotMob: 8.8 | WhoScored: 9.7
40% passing; 3/3 shots on target; 6/13 duels; 2 clearances; 0/3 tackles

Chris Richards

The 19-year-old FC Dallas product scored a goal in Bayern Munich II’s 4-2 win over Viktoria Köln in the third tier.

Tyler Adams

The 20-year-old played 90 minutes as RB Leipzig drew at Bayern Munich 0-0.

FotMob: 6.2 | WhoScored: 6.7
1 chance created; 53% passing; 0/1 shot on target; 5/13 duels; 1 interception

Weston McKennie

Schalke 04 drew 1-1 with Paderborn as McKennie played all 90 minutes.

FotMob: 7.3 | WhoScored: 7.5
3 chances created; 82% passing; 1/2 shots on target; 7/14 duels; 5 clearances; 3 interceptions

Alfredo Morales

The 29-year-old played the full 90 in Fortuna Düsseldorf’s 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg.

FotMob: 6.4 | WhoScored: 6.5
74% passing; 5/12 duels; 1 clearance; 1/1 dribble; 1/1 tackle; 1 interception

Josh Sargent
Werder Bremen fell 2-0 to Union Berlin with Sargent coming off the bench in the 69th minute.

FotMob: 5.4 | WhoScored: 6.1
1 chance created; 75% passing; 2/7 duels; dispossessed twice; 1 interception

Giovanni Reyna

Reyna came on in the 46th minute of Borussia Dortmund’s 4-3 loss at Bayer Leverkusen.

FotMob: 6 | WhoScored: 6.5
79% passing; 6/11 duels; 1 clearance; 1/1 dribble; dispossessed twice; 0/2 tackles

Jan George

George put in 73 minutes in the Jahn Regensburg midfield in a 6-0 loss to Arminia Bielefeld.

FotMob: 6.2 | WhoScored: 6
1 chance created; 58% passing; 3/5 duels; 0/1 tackle

Terrence Boyd

Boyd went 90 minutes, picking up a yellow card along the way, in Hallescher FC’s 3-0 loss at Chemnitzer FC.

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Spain

Shaq Moore

23-year-old Moore scored in CD Tenerife’s 4-2 win at Extremadura. He subbed out int he 85th minute. He’s got one goal and one assist this LaLiga2 season.

FotMob: 7.7
1 chance created; 62% passing; 1/2 shots on target; 3/8 duels; 1 clearance; 1/1 dribble; 1 interception

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Belgium

Chris Durkin

The 20-year-old played the last 20 minutes and scored as St. Truiden got the 5-2 win over Eupen. YOUTH UPDATE

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Italy

Andrija Novakovich

Frosinone got the 1-0 win at Venezia FC with Novakovich going all 90 minutes on the right wing. He had the fewest touches (26) and lost the most duels (10) in the match.

FotMob: 6.2
1 chance created; 75% passing; 1/3 shots on target; 4/14 duels; 1/1 dribble; dispossessed once

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Netherlands

Haji Wright

Wright played the final minute of VVV-Venlo’s 1-1 draw at Heerenveen.

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Mexico

Sebastian Saucedo

The Pumas man played the first 67 minutes in a 4-0 shutout of Atlético de San Luis.

FotMob: 6.3
75% passing; 1/5 duels; dispossessed once; 1 interception

Ventura Alvarado

The 27-year-old played 90 minutes at centerback for Necaxa in a 2-1 loss at FC Juarez.

FotMob: 6
72% passing; 9/15 duels; 5 clearances; 1/2 tackles

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Did Not Play

Sergiño Dest - Ajax - Match postponed

John Brooks - Wolfsburg - Unused sub

DeAndre Yedlin - Newcastle United - No match

Matt Miazga - Reading FC - Not in the 18

Tyler Boyd - Besiktas - Unused sub

Luca de la Torre - Fulham - Not in the 18

Antonee Robinson - Wigan Athletic - Not in the 18

Fabian Johnson - Borussia Mönchengladbach - Match postponed

Bobby Wood - Hamburger SV - Not in the 18

Ethan Horvath - Club Brugge - Match postponed

William Yarbrough - Leon - Not in the 18

Eric Palmer-Brown - Austria Vienna - Winter break

Kenny Saief - Anderlecht - Not in the 18

Emmanuel Sabbi - Hobro - Winter break

Christian Cappis - Hobro - Winter break

Geoff Cameron - Queens Park Rangers - Not in the 18

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Injured

Christian Pulisic - Chelsea - Adductor injury

Tim Weah - Lille - Hamstring - Set to return!

Zack Steffen - Fortuna Düsseldorf - Knee

Julian Green - Greuther Fürth - Ankle