Robbie Kruse continues his recovery from injury as he comes off the bench for Bayer Leverkusen in a pre-season friendly, Matt Ryan keeps a clean sheet as Club Brugge get their season underway with a win and Tim Cahill helps New York Red Bulls to a friendly victory over Arsenal in this week’s update.
ENGLAND
Club Friendly
James Meredith came on for Bradford in the 72nd minute as they drew 0-0 Blackburn Rovers. Mitchell Austin came on for Cambridge United in the 69th minute as they beat Braintree Town 2-1. James Wesolowski played for Shrewsbury until the 67th as they drew 0-0 with Kilmarnock. Bradden Inman played until the 79th minute as Crewe lost 1-0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Adam Federici played a full match for Reading and kept a clean sheet, while Ryan Edwards played until the 75th minute for Reading as they beat Wycombe Wanderers 2-0.
Mile Jedinak played until the 50th minute in Crystal Palace’s 0-0 draw with Philadelphia Union. Cameron Burgess played a full match for Fulham, whilst Ryan Williams played until half-time as Fulham beat DC United 3-0. Chris Herd played a full match for Aston Villa as they beat Houston Dynamo 1-0.
FA Women’s Super League 1
Caitlin Friend played until the 84th minute, while Danielle Brogan played until the 66th minute as Notts County LFC drew 1-1 with Arsenal LFC.
GERMANY
Club Friendly
Ben Halloran played for Dusseldorf until half-time as they beat Wigan Athletic 4-1. Robbie Kruse came on for Bayer Leverkusen in the 79th as they drew 1-1 with Alemannia Aachen. Mitch Langerak came on for Borussia Dortmund in the 46th minute and kept a clean sheet, whilst Mustafa Amini came on in the 73rd minute in their 5-1 over RW Essen.
HOLLAND
Club Friendly
Adam Sarota came on in the 63rd minute as Utrecht lost 3-0 to Sporting Lisboa. Eli Babalj came on for AZ Alkmaar in the 46th minute in their 2-0 win over VV-Venlo.
SCOTLAND
Club Friendly
Jackson Irvine was an unused substitute for Celtic as they lost 1-0 to FC St. Pauli.
ITALY
Club Friendly
Chris Ikonomidis played a full match for Lazio and scored as they beat Asiago 10-0.
BELGUIM
Eerste Klasse
Mat Ryan played a full match and kept a clean sheet as Club Brugge beat RS Waasland-Beveren 2-0.
SWITZERLAND
Super League
Dario Vidosic came on in the 80th minute in FC Sion’s 1-0 win over St. Gallen. Oliver Bozanic was not in the squad as FC Luzern lost 3-0 to FC Basel.
AUSTRIA
Bundesliga
James Holland was an unused substitute as Austria Wien lost 4-0 to Wolfsberger AC.
CROATIA
Prva Liga
Steven Ugarkovic came on in the 71st minute as NK Osijek lost 2-1 to NK Zadar.
ICELAND
2. deild karla
Kile Kennedy played a full match and kept a clean sheet in KF Fjaroabyggoar’s 3-0 win over Aegir Thorlakshofn.
SPAIN
Rafa Jimenez played for Villareal U18 until half-time as they beat Southampton U18 2-0.
ROMANIA
Liga I
Anthony Carter was not in the squad as CFR Cluj beat FC Ceahlaul 4-0.
IRELAND
Premier Division
Mark Griffin was an unused substitute in Dundalk FC’s 5-1 win over Bray Wanderers.
CHINA
Chinese Super League
Jonas Salley played a full match for Guizhou Renhe in their 1-1 draw with Jiangsu Guoxin Shuntian. Daniel McBreen played for Shanghai Dongya until the 68th minute as they drew 3-3 with Liaoning Hongyun. Josh Mitchell came on for Liaoning in the 85th minute. Adam Hughes played a full match for Haerbin Yiteng in their 2-0 win over Shandong Luneng. Ryan McGowan was not in the squad for Shandong.
THAILAND
Premier League
Brent McGrath played a full as Sisaket FC drew 0-0 with Ratchaburi FC. Trent McClenahan, Michael Beauchamp and Matt Thompson played full matches for PTT Rayong FC in their 1-1 draw with Air Force Central. Erik Paartalu was missing due to injury as Muangthong United lost 2-1 to Bangkok Glass.
JAPAN
J.League
Josh Kennedy was not in the squad for Nagoya Grampus as they drew 1-1 with Yokohama.
Nadeshiko League
Clare Polkinghorne played a full match for INAC Kobe Leonessa in their 2-1 win over Iga FC Kunoichi. Elise Kellond-Knight played a full match for Kunoichi, whilst Tameka Butt was an unused substitute.
MYANMAR
Myanmar National League
Matt Acton played a full match as Yangon United drew 2-2 with Yadanarbon FC.
CAMBODIA
C-League
Adriano Pellegrino played a full match and set up one goal in Phnom Penh Crown’s 2-1 win over Boeung Ket Rubber Field.
USA
National Women’s Soccer League
Emily van Egmond played until the 76th minute as Chicago Red Stars drew 0-0 with Houston Dash. Sam Kerr played a full match, Teigen Allen was an unused substitute and Lydia Williams was missing due to injury as Western NY Flash lost 4-2 to Boston Breakers.
Club Friendly
Tim Cahill played for New York Red Bulls until the 61st minute as they beat Arsenal 1-0. Harrison Delbridge played a full match for Sacramento Republic in their 3-1 loss to West Bromich Albion.
USL Pro
Yahaya Musa played until the 60th minute, while Albert Edwards was an unused substitute as Willmington Hammerheads lost 2-0 to Charlotte Eagles.
