One thing particular is unfolding in France’s high soccer division, and on the coronary heart of it stands the Alabama-born godson of a well-known school soccer coach.
Tanner Tessmann — on tempo to make the U.S. World Cup squad this summer season after captaining the 2024 U.S. Olympic staff — was within the lineup once more Saturday as Olympique Lyonnais gained at Nantes 1-0 for its twelfth consecutive victory throughout all competitions.
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Lyon has gained six straight in Ligue 1 to ascend to 3rd place — the ultimate UEFA Champions League berth — together with three in a row to achieve the French Cup quarterfinals and three straight within the Europa League, the continent’s second-most vital membership competitors, to clinch first place within the 36-team opening stage.
Going unbeaten in a dozen matches is a feat, however to keep away from not solely defeats however attracts is staggering. The streak appeared in peril this weekend when a crimson card left Lyon with 10 males for the final half-hour, however resolute defending and a Nantes shot off the put up preserved the run, which started Dec. 11.
Lyon completed sixth every of the earlier two Ligue 1 seasons and hasn’t ended within the high three since 2019.
Tessmann missed the primary two video games of the streak with a thigh harm and got here off the bench within the subsequent two. Since then, he has began six of eight and substituted into the opposite two. General, the FC Dallas homegrown has appeared in 19 of 21 Ligue 1 matches, tying him for third on the squad, and began 16.
American midfielder Tanner Tessmann is peaking on the proper time for the U.S. males’s nationwide staff.
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The 24-year-old defensive midfielder is in his second season in France after three with Italian membership Venezia. , who has been greatest buddies with Tessmann’s father P.J. since highschool. P.J. runs Swinney’s charitable basis.
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To Tanner, Swinney is “Uncle Bo.”
A gifted soccer participant and soccer kicker, Tessmann deliberate to play each sports activities at Clemson. Earlier than enrolling, nonetheless, he signed a homegrown contract with FC Dallas.
His soccer path has taken him to 2 of Europe’s high 5 leagues — Italy’s Serie A in 2021-22 earlier than relegation and France’s Ligue 1 the previous two seasons — and up the U.S. ladder. Since enjoying each minute of 4 Olympic matches in France, he has built-in into Mauricio Pochettino’s senior squad. Final fall, he began twice and got here off the bench twice, scoring within the 5-1 rout of Uruguay in Tampa.
With World Cup veteran Tyler Adams recovering from a knee harm, Tessmann’s function might develop this spring. Pochettino is predicted to summon him for the friendlies in late March in opposition to Belgium and Portugal in Atlanta — only a two-hour drive from Uncle Bo.
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Elsewhere in France, striker Folarin Balogun’s scoreless streak reached seven throughout his 90-minute effort in Monaco’s 0-0 draw at Good.
Wing again Tim Weah (90 poor minutes) was a part of fourth-place Olympique Marseille’s 5-0 embarrassment in opposition to the brand new front-runner, Paris Saint-Germain. Heart again Mark McKenzie entered within the 81st of Toulouse’s 1-0 loss at Angers, ending his string of 9 straight 90-minute stints.
Italy
With a 59th-minute header, midfielder to spark Juventus’ two-goal rally for a 2-2 dwelling draw with Lazio.
Ahead Christian Pulisic and second-place AC Milan have been off this weekend and, with the leaving their dwelling stadium unavailable, they’ll play their third consecutive away match Friday at Pisa.
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Midfielder Yunus Musah and Atalanta will host Cremonese on Monday.
Within the second division, Jonathan Klinsmann earned his first clear sheet since Nov. 28, a span of 10 matches, as Cesena defeated Pescara 2-0.
Mexico
In his first begin since late November, winger Alex Zendejas scored a wonderful objective on his twenty eighth birthday as Membership América edged Monterrey 1-0. A leg harm had sidelined him for the primary 4 Liga MX Clausura matches earlier than getting into as a sub within the CONCACAF Champions Cup on Wednesday.
England
Heart again Chris Richards went the space as Crystal Palace gained at Brighton 1-0, ending a 12-game winless streak in all competitions since mid-December.
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Left again Antonee Robinson didn’t play in Fulham’s 2-1 loss to Everton, the primary match he has sat out since his long-awaited return from harm in mid-December. Presumably he’ll return for Wednesday’s go to to second-place Manchester Metropolis.
Midfielder Brenden Aaronson logged 78 minutes as Leeds rebounded from a four-goal loss at front-running Arsenal with a 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest, staying six factors above the relegation zone.
Striker Haji Wright’s scoreless streak hit three throughout a 90-minute effort in Coventry Metropolis’s 0-0 dwelling draw with Oxford. Atop the second-tier desk a lot of the marketing campaign, the wobbling membership is in peril of yielding the highest spot Monday, when Middlesbrough visits Sheffield United. Nonetheless, with two groups assured promotion, Coventry holds a five-point cushion over third-place Ipswich City.
Midfielder Aidan Morris is predicted to start out for Middlesbrough, which is able to go to Coventry subsequent Monday.
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Ahead Patrick Agyemang made his twenty first consecutive begin for Derby County in a 2-1 loss to Ipswich City. The Rams slipped from seventh to ninth place, two factors off the tempo for a spot within the promotion playoffs.
Germany
Midfielder Malik Tillman performed 90 in Bayer Leverkusen’s 1-1 draw at Mönchengladbach, leaving the membership sixth within the Bundesliga and three factors from the final Champions League slot subsequent season.
Mönchengladbach midfielder Gio Reyna missed his third consecutive match with a muscle harm, whereas proper wing again Joe Scally was a 79th-minute substitute.
Midfielder James Sands made his sixteenth straight begin as next-to-last St. Pauli stunned Stuttgart, 2-1. Defender Noahkai Banks performed the primary half of Augsburg’s 2-0 loss at Mainz.
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Ahead Damion Downs’ scoreless streak since becoming a member of Hamburg on mortgage from Southampton hit 271 minutes after enjoying the second half of a 2-0 victory at Heidenheim.
Within the second division, left again John Tolkin logged 90 in Holstein Kiel’s 3-1 loss at Hannover, its third straight setback to go away it two factors protected of the relegation playoffs.
Netherlands
Proper again Sergiño Dest performed all of PSV Eindhoven’s 2-1 comeback victory at Groningen, stretching the leaders’ streak within the Eredivisie to 16-0-2 since Sept. 13 and 19-1-2 general.
Scotland
Heart again Auston Trusty went 120 minutes as Celtic outlasted Dundee 2-1 within the Scottish Cup’s spherical of 16. Celtic scored the equalizer within the ultimate seconds of stoppage time.
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Spain
Atletico Madrid midfielder Johnny Cardoso missed his second consecutive match with a muscle harm. … Wing again Alex Freeman will search to make his Villarreal debut Monday in opposition to Espanyol.