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By FRANCO PANIZO
Mix Diskerud may not have been called into the U.S. men's national team for its upcoming friendly against Mexico, but he's making quite the case for himself to get the call in September.
Diskerud continued his strong season with Stabaek IF on Friday, hitting the equalizing goal in the club's 2-1 victory over Fredrikstad. The win raised Stabaek to sixth place in Tippeligaen, and the goal was Diskerud's third of the season.
Two other players found the back of the net, too. Jozy Altidore netted the final goal in his AZ Alkmaar debut, a 3-1 win over PSV Eindhoven, while Sacha Kljestan scored off a penalty kick in RSC Anderlecht's 3-1 triumph against Mechelen.
Not all of the focus was towards the goal-scorers, though. Timmy Chandler, who was replaced on the U.S. roster so as to recover from an injury, started and went the distance in FC Nurnberg's 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin. Chandler is reportedly going to play in both of the U.S. team's September friendlies, but he will miss the Mexico match despite being fit enough to play.
Here is how the Americans Abroad performed this weekend:
Championship
- Jonathan Spector did not dress in Birmingham's 2-1 loss vs. Derby County on Saturday.
- Conor Doyle did not dress in Derby County's 2-1 win vs. Birmingham on Saturday.
- Robbie Findley did not dress in Nottingham Forest's 0-0 draw vs. Barnsley on Saturday.
- Mike Grella did not dress in Leeds United's 3-1 loss vs. Southampton on Saturday.
League One
- Frank Simek started and played 41 minutes in Carlisle United's 3-0 loss vs. Notts County on Saturday.
- Anton Peterlin dressed but did not play in Walsall's 1-0 win vs. Leyton Orient on Saturday.
SCOTLAND
- Maurice Edu and Rangers' game vs. Kilmarnock on Saturday was postponed to accomodate a Rangers-Chelsea friendly.
- Dominic Cervi dressed but did not play in Celtic's 1-0 win vs. Aberdeen on Sunday.
GERMANY
Bundesliga
- Jermaine Jones started and played 90 minutes in Schalke 04's 3-0 loss vs. VfB Stuttgart on Saturday.
- Michael Bradley did not dress in Borussia Moenchengladbach's 1-0 win vs. Bayern Munich on Sunday.
- Steve Cherundolo dressed but did not play in Hannover 96's 2-1 win vs. TSG Hoffenheim on Saturday.
- Timmy Chandler started and played 90 in FC Nurnberg's 1-0 win vs. Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
- David Yelldell dressed but did not play in Bayer Leverkusen's 2-0 loss vs. Mainz on Sunday.
- Alfredo Morales dressed but did not play Hertha Berlin's 1-0 loss vs. FC Nurnberg on Saturday.
- Daniel Williams did not dress in SC Freiburg's 2-2 draw vs. FC Augsburg on Saturday.
Bundesliga 2
- Ricardo Clark did not dress in Eintracht Frankfurt's 3-0 win vs. Eintracht Braunschweig on Sunday.
- Luis Robles dressed but did not play in Karlsruher SC's 2-0 win vs. FC Erzgebirge Aue on Sunday.
- Edson Buddle came off the bench and played 7 minutes in FC Ingolstadt 04's 4-1 loss vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf on Friday.
- Bobby Wood dressed but did not play in TSV 1860 Munich's 5-0 win vs. Energie Cottbus on Saturday.
- Matt Taylor started and played 69 minutes in SC Paderborn 07's 3-0 loss vs. FC Union Berlin on Friday.
FRANCE
- Carlos Bocanegra started and played 90 minutes in St Etienne's 2-1 win vs. Bordeaux on Sunday.
- Quentin Westberg started, played 90 minutes and made 5 saves in Evian Thonon Gaillard's 2-2 draw vs. Brest on Sunday.
NETHERLANDS
- Jozy Altidore came off the bench, played 25 minutes, received a yellow card and scored a GOAL in AZ Alkmaar's 3-1 win vs. PSV Eindhoven on Sunday.
RUSSIA
- Eugene Starikov started and played 22 minutes in FC Tom Tomsk's 2-0 loss vs. Anzhi Makhachkala on Saturday.
BELGIUM
- Sacha Kljestan started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in RSC Anderlecht's 3-1 win vs. Mechelen on Friday.
DENMARK
- Michael Parkhurst started and played 90 minutes in FC Nordsjaelland's 2-1 win vs. Silkeborg on Sunday.
- Marcus Tracy did not dress in Aalborg BK's 3-3 draw vs. Horsens on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
- Chris Rolfe started, played 81 minutes and received a yellow card for Aalborg BK.
- Clarence Goodson started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Brondby IF's 2-1 loss vs. Odense BK on Sunday.
- Brad Rusin started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in HB Koge's 4-2 loss vs. FC Copenhagen on Sunday.
- Conor O'Brien came off the bench and played 17 minutes in SonderjyskE's 3-1 win vs. AGF Aarhus on Saturday.
SWEDEN
- Alejandro Bedoya started and played 90 minutes in Orebro SK's 4-0 win vs. Hacken on Sunday.
- Ryan Miller did not dress in Halmstads BK's 5-4 win vs. Norrkoping on Sunday.
- Samuel Petrone did not dress in Mjallby AIF's 1-1 draw vs. Malmo FF on Saturday.
NORWAY
- Mix Diskerud started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in Stabaek IF's 2-1 win vs. Fredrikstad on Friday.
- Josh Gatt started and played 90 minutes in Molde FK's 3-1 loss vs. Rosenborg on Sunday.
- Sean Cunningham dressed but did not play for Molde FK.
MEXICO
- Jose Torres did not dress in Pachuca's 2-1 loss vs. Queretaro on Saturday.
- Herculez Gomez and Estudiantes Tecos play Tigres UANL on Sunday evening.
- Edgar Castillo and Club America's game vs. San Luis on Sunday was postponed to accomodate a Club America-Barcelona friendly.
- Sonny Guadarrama did not dress in Atlante's 2-1 loss vs. Cruz Azul on Saturday.
- Jonathan Bornstein and Tigres UANL play Estudiantes Tecos on Sunday evening.
- DaMarcus Beasley started and played 90 minutes in Puebla's 2-1 loss vs. Jaguares de Chiapas on Sunday.
- Adrian Ruelas did not dress in Jaguares de Chiapas' 2-1 win vs. Puebla on Sunday.
- Michael Orozco and San Luis' game vs. Club America on Sunday was postponed to accomodate a Club America-Barcelona friendly.
- Joe Corona started and played 88 minutes in Club Tijuana's 3-1 win vs. Santos Laguna on Saturday.
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What do you think of these performances? Do you see Diskerud getting called into at least one of the September friendlies? How many goals do you see Altidore scoring this season? Still upset with Nurnberg?
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