Auston Trusty delivered one of his finer shifts of the 2025-26 season on Thursday as Celtic stayed alive for a spot in the UEFA Europa League playoffs.
Trusty scored once as Celtic held on for a 2-2 draw against Serie A side Bologna on Thursday, jumping to 24th place in the league table. The American defender scored the Scottish club’s second goal in the match while also logging a strong 90 minutes in defense.
Reo Hatate opened the scoring after just six minutes, giving Celtic a 1-0 lead.
Despite Hatate’s later sending off after the half-hour mark, Trusty doubled Celtic’s advantage just before halftime. The U.S. men’s national team centerback arrived at the back post to poke home a corner kick, celebrating his second goal of the season.
Martin O’Neill’s squad could not hang on though for all three points as Bologna found the back of the net twice after halftime to share the spoils. Trusty finished the match with nine duels won and 17 defensive clearances, with one of those coming off of the goal-line.
Celtic will head into Matchday 8 needing a victory surely against FC Utrecht to remain in the competition.
However, the reigning SPFL champions will return to league play first on Sunday against league-leading Hearts.
Elsewhere, Weston McKennie scored in Juventus’ Champions League win. Haji Wright scored Coventry City’s winning goal for the second-consecutive match. Phallon Tullis-Joyce helped Manchester United reach the England League Cup Final. Tanner Tessmann helped Lyon to a crucial Europa League win in Switzerland.
Here is a closer look at this week’s Americans Abroad:
Europe
Champions League
Weston McKennie started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Juventus’ 2-0 win over Benfica on Wednesday.
Josh Wynder did not dress for Benfica.
Tim Weah started and played 90 minutes in Marseille’s 3-0 loss to Liverpool on Wednesday.
Folarin Balogun started and played 73 minutes in Monaco’s 6-1 loss to Real Madrid on Tuesday.
Malik Tillman came off the bench and played 32 minutes in Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-0 loss to Olympiakos on Tuesday.
Johnny Cardoso came off the bench and played 34 minutes in Atletico Madrid’s 1-1 draw with Galatasaray on Wednesday.
Yunus Musah dressed but did not play in Atalanta’s 3-2 loss to Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday.
Timmy Chandler did not dress in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 3-2 loss to Qarabag FK on Wednesday.
Sergino Dest did not dress in PSV’s 3-0 loss to Newcastle United on Wednesday.
Ricardo Pepi is OUT (Arm Injury) for PSV.
Europa League
Tanner Tessmann started and played 90 minutes in Lyon’s 1-0 win over Young Boys on Thursday.
Auston Trusty started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 90 minutes in Celtic’s 2-2 draw with Bologna on Thursday.
Erik Palmer-Brown started and played 73 minutes in Panathinaikos’ 1-1 draw with Ferencvaros on Thursday.
Cameron Carter-Vickers is OUT (Achilles Injury) for Celtic.
England
Championship
Aidan Morris started and played 90 minutes in Middlesbrough’s 2-1 win over Stoke City on Wednesday.
Haji Wright started, scored ONE GOAL, and played 81 minutes in Coventry City’s 2-1 win over Millwall on Tuesday.
Patrick Agyemang started and played 72 minutes in Derby County’s 2-1 win over Charlton Athletic on Tuesday.
Charlie Kelman came off the bench and played 18 minutes for Charlton Athletic.
George Campbell came off the bench and played 10 minutes in West Bromwich Albion’s 5-0 loss to Norwich City on Tuesday.
Daryl Dike dressed but did not play for West Bromwich Albion.
Josh Sargent did not dress for Norwich City.
Women’s League Cup
Naomi Girma, Alyssa Thompson started and played 90 minutes in Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Manchester City on Wednesday.
Catarina Macario did not dress for Chelsea.
Sam Coffey did not dress for Manchester City.
Phallon Tullis-Joyce started, made THREE SAVES, and played 90 minutes in Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Arsenal on Wednesday.
Emily Fox did not dress (Head Injury) for Arsenal.
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