Michelle Heyman on target for Western NY Flash, Tom Rogic continues his recovery from injury, whilst Adrian Leijer plays the full 90 in China, in this week’s PFA Members Abroad Update.
ENGLAND
Club Friendlies
James Meredith played for Bradford City until the 60th minute as they beat St Mirren 1-0. Mile Jedinak played until half-time in Crystal Palace’s 2-0 loss to Union Berlin. Bailey Wright played until the 68th minute, while Neil Kilkenny was missing due to injury in their 1-0 win over Hearts.
Jason Davidson played until half-time as Huddersfield Town beat Leyton Orient 2-0. Adam Federici played until half-time in Bournemouth’s 2-1 win over Exeter City. Adam Taggart came on for Fulham in the 46th minute as they beat Crawley Town 3-1. Rhian Davis played in Altrincham’s 1-0 win over Stalybridge Celtic. Bradden Inman was in the starting 11 as Crewe Alexandra beat Nantwich Town 4-1.
SCOTLAND
Club Friendlies
Tom Rogic came on for Celtic in the 60th minute as they beat SD Eibar 4-1.
GERMANY
Club Friendlies
Mathew Leckie came on in the 46th minute in FC Ingolstadt 04’s 1-0 win over Udinese Calcio. Milos Degenek played for TSV 1860 Munchen until half-time as they lost 2-1 to Swansea City. Ben Halloran came on in the 64th minute as FC Heidenheim beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1.
ITALY
Club Friendly
Chris Ikonomidis played for Lazio until the 62nd minute in their 1-0 loss to Vicenza Calcio. Chris Ikonomidis came on for Lazio in the 67th minute in their 3-1 loss to RSC Anderlecht.
NETHERLANDS
Club Friendly
Luke Wilkshire was an unused substitute as Feyenoord lost 2-1 to VVV-Venlo.
CROATIA
Prva Liga
Roko Strika was not in the squad for NK Zagreb’s 1-1 draw with Inter Zapresic. Steven Ugarkovic came on in the 70th minute as NK Osijek drew 1-1 with Dinamo Zagreb.
ROMANIA
Liga I
Anthony Carter was an unused substitute as CFR Cluj beat FC Ripensia Timișoara 1-0.
NORWAY
Toppserien
Eliza Campbell was missing due to injury as Medkila IL lost 2-0 to Valerenga.
ICELAND
1. deild karla
Kile Kennedy played a full match as KF Fjarðabyggðar lost 3-0 to UMF Grindavik.
JAPAN
J.League Division 1
Nathan Burns was an unused substitute in FC Tokyo’s 0-0 draw with Montedio Yamagata. Mitchell Duke played a full match as Shimizu S-Pulse drew 2-2 with Nagoya Grampus.
CHINA
Chinese Super League
Josh Mitchell was not in the squad as Liáoníng Hóngyùn lost 3-1 to Guǎngzhōu Héngdà Táobǎo. Adrian Leijer played a full match as Chóngqìng Lìfān lost 2-0 to Shànghǎi Lǜdì Shēnhuā . Tim Cahill was missing for Shenhua due to injury. Matt Spiranovic was not in the squad as Hángzhōu Lǜchéng drew 0-0 with Hénán Jiànyè.
China League One
Jonas Salley played a full match as Mongol Zhongyou drew 1-1 with Qīngdǎo Zhōngnéng.
THAILAND
Premier League
Michael Cvetkovski was not in the squad as Navy FC beat TOT SC 2-1. Brent McGrath played a full match for Port FC in their 1-0 loss to Chainat FC. Matt Smith played a full match as Bangkok Glass drew 2-2 with Suphanburi.
Thai Division 1 League
Goran Subara played a full match in Police United’s 1-0 loss to Bangkok FC. Kyle Nix was not in the squad as PTT Rayong FC beat Samut Songkhram 3-1.
Thai Division 2 League Northern Region
Aaron Evans was missing due to suspension as Kamphaengphet FC drew 1-1 with Phayao FC.
Thai Division 2 League North Eastern Region
Adriano Pellegrino played a full match in Udon Thani’s 2-1 win over Khon Kaen United.
CAMBODIA
C-League
Josh Maguire was missing due to suspension in Western University’s 2-1 loss to Asia Europe University.
USA
National Women’s Soccer League
Lydia Williams was not in the squad, while Hayley Raso came on in the 73rd minute in Washington Spirits 3-0 win over Seattle Reign. Michelle Heyman played until the 79th minute and scored Western NY Flash drew 3-3 with Sky Blue FC. Caitlin Foord and Samantha Kerr played full matches for Sky Blue. Kyah Simon was not in the squad for Boston Breakers’ 1-1 draw with Chicago Red Stars.
Major League Soccer – Western Conference
Andy Rose played a full match in Seattle Sounders’ 1-0 loss to Colorado Rapids.
Many thanks to Football Central, www.footballcentral.com.au, for the information contained in this report.
