{"id":29284,"date":"2026-05-25T12:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/29284\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:27:18","slug":"socceroos-abroad-ryans-levante-complete-great-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/29284\/","title":{"rendered":"Socceroos Abroad: Ryan\u2019s Levante complete great escape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maty Ryan and Levante secured LaLiga survival on the final day, completing a dramatic great escape despite defeat to Real Betis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SOC-26-Home-Kit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/new_kit_2000x280.jpg\" alt=\"new_kit_2000x280.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read on to find out all of the CommBank Socceroos Abroad from the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>CommBank Socceroos<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In Spain\u2019s La Liga, Maty Ryan (cap #555) was in goal for Levante in a 2-1 loss to Real Betis on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"275\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Despite the defeat, Levante completed their great escape and secured survival, staying up thanks to their superior head-to-head record over Mallorca. Ryan, who performed brilliantly throughout, finished the campaign with nine clean sheets in 36 matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the English Championship play-offs, Riley McGree (cap #609) played 76 minutes for Middlesbrough before being forced off with a left hamstring injury in their last-gasp 1-0 defeat to Hull City at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"403\">McGree pulled up following a challenge late in the second half, with the extent of the injury yet to be confirmed ahead of Australia\u2019s opening World Cup group stage match against T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"607\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Sam Silvera\u00a0(cap #634) was an unused substitute as Boro\u2019s Premier League dream ended in heartbreaking fashion, despite their late reinstatement into the final following Southampton\u2019s expulsion from the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the MLS, Lucas Herrington (cap #658) played another full game for Colorado Rapids in a 2-1 loss to FC Dallas on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the MLS, Kye Rowles (cap #622) also played a full game for DC United on Sunday in a 4-4 draw with CF Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kai Trewin (cap #656) played 85 minutes for New York City FC in a 2-1 loss to Nashville SC on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In Serie A, Alessandro Circati (cap #637) completed another full game and helped Parma keep a clean sheet in a 1-0 win over U.S. Sassuolo Calcio on Sunday, securing a 13th-place finish.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"396\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The 22-year-old ended the season strongly, helping Parma snap a three-match losing run. Across the campaign, Circati kept 11 clean sheets from 31 Serie A appearances as the club finished comfortably in mid-table.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In Spain&#8217;s second tier, Awer Mabil (cap #597) was an unused substitute for Castell\u00f3n in a 1-0 win over SD Huesca on Monday to keep their promotion play-off chances alive.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Looking to the Czech Republic, Garang Kuol (cap #627) came off the bench in the 75th minute for Sparta Prague in a 2-1 win over FC Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 on Sunday to secure second place in the league.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tomi Juric (cap #561) was an unused substitute for Zrinjski Mostar in a 2-2 draw with FK Rudar Prijedor on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/SOC-26-Home-Kit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/new_kit_2000x280.jpg\" alt=\"new_kit_2000x280.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maty Ryan and Levante secured LaLiga survival on the final day, completing a dramatic great escape despite defeat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13191,325,1833,13189,13190,13188,95],"class_list":["post-29284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-valencia","tag-aussies-abroad","tag-featured","tag-mathew-ryan","tag-socceroos","tag-socceroos-abroad","tag-socceroos-news","tag-valencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}