By OkayGoal
Tim Weah’s new chapter as Marseille’s club captain began with an opening weekend victory.
Weah wore the captain’s armband on Friday in Marseille’s 4-0 Ligue 1 win over Strasbourg, logging 90 minutes in the result. The versatile U.S. Men’s National Team player retained his starting spot as right back in Bruno Genesio’s squad, helping them earn a first three points of the new campaign.
Following a goal-less first half, Amine Gouiri opened the scoring for Marseille one minute after halftime before doubling his tally 22 minutes later. Keyliane Abdallah extended the hosts lead before stoppage time ahead of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg iced the final score at 4-0.
Weah created one offensive opportunity, won one duel, and made two defensive clearances as Marseille picked up a crucial shutout win to begin competitive play. The 26-year-old was rarely troubled in the match, continuing his consistency at the back end of the pitch.
Weah and his Marseille teammates will next travel to Monaco on August 30.
In England, Brenden Aaronson started in Leeds United’s opening weekend victory over Nottingham Forest. Chris Richards and Crystal Palace endured a tough loss at Everton. Aidan Morris made his return for Middlesbrough in a road loss to Blackburn Rovers.
In Germany, Malik Tillman and Noahkai Banks helped their respective clubs advance in the DFB Pokal competition. John Tolkin made his long-awaited return to Holstein Kiel in a shutout victory.
In Italy, Weston McKennie went the distance in Juventus’ road win over Frosinone while Gianluca Busio captained Venezia in a loss to Lecce. Ben Cremaschi returned to action for Parma in a Serie A loss to Cagliari.
In France, Mark McKenzie started in Toulouse’s home loss to Lyon. Tanner Tessmann made a late cameo for Lyon. Gio Reyna made his Strasbourg debut in a road loss to Marseille. Folarin Balogun did not dress in Monaco’s win over Le Havre.
Elsewhere, Sergino Dest and Ricardo Pepi both scored in PSV’s lopsided victory over FC Groningen. Kevin Paredes featured off of the bench for FC Utrecht. Marlon Fossey made a second-half cameo in Standard Liege’s league win. Donovan Pines started in Grazer AK’s loss to Ried in Austrian league action.
Here is a closer look at this weekend’s Americans Abroad:
England
Premier League
Brenden Aaronson started and played 82 minutes in Leeds United’s 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Chris Richards started and played 90 minutes in Crystal Palace’s 2-0 loss to Everton on Saturday.
Tyler Adams came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Bournemouth’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Sunday.
Antonee Robinson started and played 82 minutes in Fulham’s 3-2 loss to Chelsea on Monday.
Haji Wright is OUT (Quad Injury) for Coventry City.
EFL Championship
Aidan Morris started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 2-1 loss to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
Sebastian Berhalter, Max Arfsten started and played 77 minutes for Middlesbrough.
George Campbell started and played 90 minutes in West Bromwich Albion’s 3-1 win over Burnley on Sunday.
Kristoffer Lund dressed but did not play in Birmingham City’s 2-2 draw with Bristol City on Saturday.
Charlie Kelman did not dress in Charlton Athletic’s 2-1 win over West Ham United on Saturday.
Damion Downs did not dress in Southampton’s 3-1 win over Stoke City on Saturday.
Patrick Agyemang is OUT (Injury Recovery) for Derby County.
League One
Lynden Gooch dressed but did not play in Huddersfield Town’s 1-1 draw with MK Dons on Saturday.
League Two
Jonathan Tomkinson started and played 90 minutes in Cheltenham Town’s 2-1 win over Swindon Town on Saturday.
Julian Eyestone dressed but did not play in Rotherham United’s 1-1 draw with York City on Saturday.
Spain
La Liga
Alex Freeman dressed but did not play in Villarreal’s 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid.
Johnny Cardoso dressed but did not play for Atletico Madrid.
Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Real Sociedad lost 1-0 to Real Betis on Friday.
La Liga 2
Konrad De La Fuente started and played 61 minutes in Sporting Gijon’s 1-0 win over Burgos CF on Sunday.
Germany
DFB Pokal
Malik Tillman started and played 90 minutes in Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-0 win over Wehen Wiesbaden on Saturday.
Noahkai Banks started and played 90 minutes in Augsburg’s 2-0 win over Energie Cottbus on Saturday.
Cole Campbell started and played 90 minutes in Elversberg’s 3-1 win over Duisburg on Saturday.
John Tolkin started and played 90 minutes in Holstein Kiel’s 2-0 win over 1860 Munich on Saturday.
Lennard Maloney dressed but did not play in Mainz’s 9-0 win over VfB Krieschow on Sunday.
Johan Gomez dressed but did not play in Eintracht Braunschweig’s 4-2 loss to Union Berlin on Sunday.
Joe Scally did not dress in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 5-0 win over TSV Schott Mainz on Sunday.
Julian Green did not dress in Greuther Furth’s 2-1 loss to Bochum on Sunday.
Terrence Boyd came off the bench and played one minute in Waldhof Mannheim’s 1-0 extra time loss to Kaiserslautern on Friday.
Timmy Chandler did not dress in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 11-0 win over DJK Teutonia St. Tönis on Friday.
Super Cup
Mathis Albert dressed but did not play in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-1 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Italy
Serie A
Yunus Musah started and played 90 minutes in AC Milan’s 2-1 win over Torino on Sunday.
Christian Pulisic dressed but did not play for AC Milan.
Weston McKennie started and played 90 minutes in Juventus’ 1-0 win over Frosinone on Sunday.
Gianluca Busio started and played 90 minutes in Venezia’s 2-0 loss to Lecce on Sunday.
Ben Cremaschi came off the bench and played five minutes in Parma’s 1-0 loss to Cagliari on Saturday.
Serie B
Jonathan Klinsmann did not dress in Cesena’s 1-1 draw with Sampdoria on Sunday.
France
Ligue 1
Tim Weah started and played 90 minutes in Marseille’s 4-0 win over Strasbourg on Friday.
Gio Reyna came off the bench and played 21 minutes for Strasbourg.
Mark McKenzie started and played 90 minutes in Toulouse’s 2-0 loss to Lyon on Saturday.
Tanner Tessmann came off the bench and played 10 minutes for Lyon.
Folarin Balogun did not dress in Monaco’s 1-0 win over Le Havre on Sunday.
Bryan Reynolds came off the bench and played two minutes in Stade Rennes’ 2-2 draw with PSG on Sunday.
Ligue 2
Mael Corboz started and played 35 minutes in Grenoble’s 4-0 loss to Saint-Etienne on Saturday.
Netherlands
Eredivisie
Sergino Dest started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in PSV’s 5-1 win over FC Groningen on Sunday.
Ricardo Pepi started, scored ONE PENALTY KICK GOAL, and played 90 minutes for PSV.
Kevin Paredes came off the bench and played 27 minutes in FC Utrecht’s 3-3 draw with Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday.
Taylor Booth and FC Twente are off this weekend.
Scotland
Premiership
Auston Trusty, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Celtic are off this weekend due to European involvement.
Denmark
Superliagen
Diego Kochen started, made FOUR SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Lyngby’s 2-1 loss to Horsens on Sunday.
Matthew Hoppe started and played 61 minutes in Sonderjyske’s 3-0 loss to Nordsjaelland on Sunday.
Gavin Beavers did not dress in Brondby’s 3-1 win over Silkeborg on Monday.
Austria
Bundesliga
Donovan Pines started and played 90 minutes in Grazer AK’s 1-0 loss to Ried on Friday.
George Bello, Sam Adineran and LASK are off this weekend due to European involvement.
2. Liga
Jonathan Amon started and played 68 minutes in SKN St. Poelten’s 1-0 loss to FC Wacker Innsbruck on Friday.
Croatia
HNL
Rokas Pukstas dressed but did not play in Hajduk Split’s 4-0 win over Osijek on Sunday.
Belgium
First Division A
Marlon Fossey came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Standard Liege’s 2-0 win over RAAL on Friday.
Poland
Ekstraklasa
Maxi Dietz and Gornik Zabrze are off this weekend.
Greece
Super League
Erik Palmer-Brown and Panathinaikos’ scheduled match with Kifisia was postponed on Sunday.
Israel
Liga Ha’Al
Kenny Saief started and played 62 minutes in Maccabi Haifa’s 2-1 win over Hapoel Ramat Gan on Saturday.
Andrija Novakovich came off the bench and played 20 minutes for Maccabi Haifa
Mexico
Liga MX
Danny Leyva started and played 90 minutes in Necaxa’s 1-1 draw with Pumas on Sunday.
Alex Zendejas and is OUT (Injury Recovery) for Club America.