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Americans On The Continent: Foals Stride to Victory
Continuing his strong return to the Borussia Monchengladbach first team, Michael Bradley helped lead his side to an exciting 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Hamburger SV.
Nov 2, 2009 2:33:16 PM
By Aaron West
Michael Bradley started his fourth game in a row after his return to the first 11 following a row with manager Michael Frontzeck. Riding a terrible run of form with no wins in the last seven matches, the Foals started their away match with Hamburg with no energy, conceding after just 13 minutes of play through Polish-born German international Piotr Trochowski.
Coming alive towards the end of the first half, Die Fohlen drew level on 39 minutes with Bradley heavily involved in the buildup. Roberto Colautti’s slipped through ball to Marco Reus was enough to even up the scoreline.
HSV went ahead two minutes after halftime from a curling Ze Roberto free kick, and should have had the chance to go two clear when Michael Bradley’s obvious foul on the Brazilian was waved off by the referee. The call would prove to be vital as M’Gladbach leveled the match once again in the 76th minute from Dante’s header following a well-executed short corner.
Juan Arango then notched his second consecutive assist in the match, finding Rob Friend with a long cross to score the match winner eight minutes from time.
Michael Bradley, Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)
Away to Hamburger SV, 3-2, 90 minutes
Seee above.
Next up: vs. VfB Stuttgart, Saturday, November 7
Steve Cherundolo, Hannover 96 (Germany)
Away to FC Cologne, 1-0, 90 minutes
Steve Cherundolo and Hannover fought to their second consecutive 1-0 win, riding a 37th minute volley from former Germany u-21 international Jan Rosenthal to victory in Cologne. In a scrappy match without much fight from the home side, Hannover restricted their hosts to only six shots total and the visitors were happy to see Cologne booed off the pitch by their own fans.
Next up: vs. Hamburger SV, Sunday, November 8
Carlos Bocanegra, Rennes (France)
Vs. Valenciennes, 0-3, 90 minutes, Yellow Card
Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes conceded an uncharacteristic three goals in their home loss to Valenciennes as the visitors extended their win streak to three on the trot. In a poor performance from he and the majority of his side, Bocanegra picked up a yellow card in the 56th minute. Rennes will look to pick up the pieces as they return to action away to Toulouse on Sunday.
Next up: Away to Toulouse, Sunday, November 8
Freddy Adu, Belenenses (Portugal)
Away to FC Porto, 1-1, Did Not Play
Freddy Adu made the bench for the huge match against FC Porto, but was disappointed to not take part in the action.
Next up: vs. Paços de Ferreira, Friday, November 6
Square Passes
Schalke’s Jermaine Jones is still recovering from his broken leg and took no part in the 2-2 draw with Bayer Leverkusen.
Kenny Cooper played the last 15 minutes for 1860 Munich but was unable to grab an equalizer as they fell 1-0 to visiting Kaiserslautern.
David Yelldell was injured and took no part in TuS Koblenz’s 3-0 loss to Duisburg.
Matt Taylor recovered from the flu to make the bench for FSV Frankfurt’s 1-0 loss to Union Berlin, but did not take any part in the match.
Troy Perkins and Valerenga fell 2-0 to fellow Americans Hunter Freeman and Clay Goodson of IK Start to end the Eliteserien season.
Alejandro Bedoya returned from injury to notch the game-winning assist as Orebro beat Halmstads BK 2-1.
Aaron West's feature "Americans On The Continent" appears every Monday on Goal.com.
Michael Bradley started his fourth game in a row after his return to the first 11 following a row with manager Michael Frontzeck. Riding a terrible run of form with no wins in the last seven matches, the Foals started their away match with Hamburg with no energy, conceding after just 13 minutes of play through Polish-born German international Piotr Trochowski.
Coming alive towards the end of the first half, Die Fohlen drew level on 39 minutes with Bradley heavily involved in the buildup. Roberto Colautti’s slipped through ball to Marco Reus was enough to even up the scoreline.
HSV went ahead two minutes after halftime from a curling Ze Roberto free kick, and should have had the chance to go two clear when Michael Bradley’s obvious foul on the Brazilian was waved off by the referee. The call would prove to be vital as M’Gladbach leveled the match once again in the 76th minute from Dante’s header following a well-executed short corner.
Juan Arango then notched his second consecutive assist in the match, finding Rob Friend with a long cross to score the match winner eight minutes from time.
Michael Bradley, Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)
Away to Hamburger SV, 3-2, 90 minutes
Seee above.
Next up: vs. VfB Stuttgart, Saturday, November 7
Steve Cherundolo, Hannover 96 (Germany)
Away to FC Cologne, 1-0, 90 minutes
Steve Cherundolo and Hannover fought to their second consecutive 1-0 win, riding a 37th minute volley from former Germany u-21 international Jan Rosenthal to victory in Cologne. In a scrappy match without much fight from the home side, Hannover restricted their hosts to only six shots total and the visitors were happy to see Cologne booed off the pitch by their own fans.
Next up: vs. Hamburger SV, Sunday, November 8
Carlos Bocanegra, Rennes (France)
Vs. Valenciennes, 0-3, 90 minutes, Yellow Card
Carlos Bocanegra and Rennes conceded an uncharacteristic three goals in their home loss to Valenciennes as the visitors extended their win streak to three on the trot. In a poor performance from he and the majority of his side, Bocanegra picked up a yellow card in the 56th minute. Rennes will look to pick up the pieces as they return to action away to Toulouse on Sunday.
Next up: Away to Toulouse, Sunday, November 8
Freddy Adu, Belenenses (Portugal)
Away to FC Porto, 1-1, Did Not Play
Freddy Adu made the bench for the huge match against FC Porto, but was disappointed to not take part in the action.
Next up: vs. Paços de Ferreira, Friday, November 6
Square Passes
Schalke’s Jermaine Jones is still recovering from his broken leg and took no part in the 2-2 draw with Bayer Leverkusen.
Kenny Cooper played the last 15 minutes for 1860 Munich but was unable to grab an equalizer as they fell 1-0 to visiting Kaiserslautern.
David Yelldell was injured and took no part in TuS Koblenz’s 3-0 loss to Duisburg.
Matt Taylor recovered from the flu to make the bench for FSV Frankfurt’s 1-0 loss to Union Berlin, but did not take any part in the match.
Troy Perkins and Valerenga fell 2-0 to fellow Americans Hunter Freeman and Clay Goodson of IK Start to end the Eliteserien season.
Alejandro Bedoya returned from injury to notch the game-winning assist as Orebro beat Halmstads BK 2-1.
Aaron West's feature "Americans On The Continent" appears every Monday on Goal.com.
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