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Damion Downs is rapidly inserting himself into the dialog for a U.S. males’s nationwide workforce name up this March.
Downs scored two targets and registered one help in a pair of appearances over the previous week for German second-tier facet Cologne. The twin-national ahead earned SBI Individuals Overseas Participant of the Week honors for his impactful week of motion.
Downs and Cologne didn’t pull a German Cup upset final week however got here near doing so towards the reigning Bundesliga winners. Downs scored as soon as and assisted as soon as in Cologne’s 3-2 additional time loss to Bayer Leverkusen.
The 20-year-old adopted that up by delivering the profitable purpose Sunday as Cologne defeated Schalke 1-0. Downs now has 10 targets and 5 assists in 23 mixed appearances for Cologne this season in all competitions.
Born in Werneck, Germany, Downs featured 3 times for the U.S. Underneath-23 males’s nationwide workforce and stays eligible for the senior workforce this 12 months.
Here’s a have a look at among the different prime Individuals Overseas performers from this previous week:
Josh Sargent
The targets hold coming for high-flying Josh Sargent.
Sargent scored as soon as in Norwich Metropolis’s 1-1 house EFL Championship draw with Derby County on Saturday. The USMNT ahead now has 4 targets in his final three appearances, persevering with an impactful return to the beginning lineup.
Christian Pulisic
USMNT star Christian Pulisic earned a pair of appearances and wins over the previous week.
Pulisic and AC Milan superior within the Coppa Italia whereas additionally selecting up three factors on Saturday towards Empoli in Serie A play. Pulisic registered a pair of assists in Saturday’s 2-0 win, including to his rising whole of purpose contributions this season.
Ethan Horvath
Cardiff Metropolis superior to the FA Cup Spherical of 16 after Ethan Horvath’s shootout heroics towards Stoke Metropolis.
Horvath made three saves together with one in a 4-2 shootout win over the host Potters on Saturday. The 2 groups performed out a 3-3 scoreline after 120 minutes of motion earlier than Horvath contributed within the Bluebirds’ second-straight match win.
John Tolkin
John Tolkin didn’t have to attend lengthy to have fun his first Bundesliga purpose involvement.
Tolkin assisted as soon as on Sunday as Holstein Kiel tied Bochum 2-2 within the bottom-three draw. The previous New York Pink Bulls left again delivered pinpoint service on the equalizing purpose and now has back-to-back begins below his belt.
What did you consider these particular person performances this previous week? Was there anybody left off the checklist that you’d’ve added?
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