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FRANKFURT, Germany -- United States international Julian Green scored in his first official start as title holder Bayern Munich eased to a 3-1 win over Augsburg to reach the third round of the German Cup on Wednesday.Greens first goal in a competition match for Bayern came in the 42nd minute with a header off a cross by Thomas Mueller.The 21-year-old American winger played in the previous German Cup round, coming off the bench in a 5-0 win over Carl-Zeiss Jena. Green has been in coach Carlo Ancelottis squad several times this season but this was his first start.Green became the youngest American to score a World Cup goal in a loss to Belgium at the 2014 tournament in Brazil. His club career at Bayern stalled, however. He made a Champions League appearance in 2013, before being sent to Hamburger SV on loan. He rarely played there and returned to Bayern. He made another Champions League appearance at Dinamo Zagreb last season but did not see any Bundesliga action.However, Green made headlines by scoring a hat trick against Inter Milan in a pre-season tour of the United States, then scored in back-to-back matches for the United States against Cuba and New Zealand.Ancelotti left many of his regulars on the bench against Augsburg and Green got his chance.Another player made a comeback with defender Holger Badstuber coming off the bench late in the match. Badstuber had not played since an ankle injury in February.Bayern, an 18-time German Cup winner, went ahead through Philipp Lahm in the second minute and David Alaba completed the victory in injury time.Ji Dong-won had cut Augusburgs deficit with fine angled shot above Manuel Neuers arms into the roof of the net in the 69th.Both teams missed penalties, with Mueller shooting high for Bayern and Neuer saving the spot-kick taken by Koo Ja-cheol.Heres a look at other matches Wednesday:---BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1, UNION BERLIN 1, 3-0 in penalty shootoutDortmunds veteran goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller stopped the first two shots in the shootout and Berlins third spot-kick bounced off the crossbar. Ousman Dembele, Matthis Ginter and Mario Goetze all converted for Dortmund.An own goal by Michael Parensen had given Dortmund the lead in 44th, but Steven Skrzybski equalized for the second-division team in the 81st. Dortmund played with a reshuffled lineup because of numerous injuries and rotation.---COLOGNE 2, HOFFENHEIM 1In a match between two surprise teams in this seasons Bundesliga, Anthony Modeste scored early in extra time to give Cologne victory over his former club.Hoffenheim, undefeated in the Bundesliga, went ahead in the eighth through Benjamin Huebner, before Marcel Risse fired Cologne level with a free kick.Hoffenheim found the net with the last kick of the match, but the strike was ruled offside.---SCHALKE 3, NUREMBERG 2Yevhen Konoplyanka scored two goals for Schalke, which let slip a 3-0 lead.Klaas-Jan Huntelaar also scored for Schalke, before the second-division team netted twice after the break and made it a tense finale.Schalke has now won five straight games in all competitions, following a poor start to the season.---OTHER MATCHESMainz and Darmstadt joined the exodus of Bundesliga teams from the German Cup, losing to lower-tier opposition in the second round.Darmstadt lost at fourth-tier Astoria Walldorf 1-0, while Mainz went down 2-1 at second-division Greuther Fuerth.Germany striker Mario Gomez scored a second-half winner as Wolfsburg edged second-division Heidenheim 1-0 for interim coach Valerien Ismaels first win.Hannover thrashed Fortuna Duesseldorf 6-1 after scoring five goals inside the first 34 minutes of the match between two second-division teams.Bayer Leverkusen and Freiburg, two other Bundesliga teams, were eliminated on Tuesday. 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"Martyn is a highly-respected coach with experience at the top levels in England," said Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson.Barcelona take on Sporting Gijon live on Sky Sports on Wednesday evening, knowing a win will take them six points clear at the top of La Liga. The match (kick-off 5.30pm GMT) represents the Catalan sides game in hand on title rivals Atletico and Real Madrid and they will hope to extend their excellent run of form that has seen them win 12 and draw two of their 14 games since returning to action after the winter break.Meanwhile, Gijon are unbeaten in their last three, including a 1-0 win away at Valencia, but still find themselves in the midst of a relegation battle, just two points above the drop zone. They drew their most recent game 2-2 with Rayo Vallecano on Saturday having led twice while Barca were in scintillating form as they thrashed Celta Vigo 6-1 on Sunday.Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick in the match but it is the nature of his third goal that made the headlines as he slotted in after Lionel Messi had passed a penalty to him. Lionel Messi scored a wonderful free-kick to put Barcelona ahead against Celta Vigo on Sunday The goal has divided opinion, with some labelling it genius and others believing it was disrespectful to their opponents.dddddddddddd However, Barcelona boss Luis Enrique defended his players.There will be those who like it and those who dont, he told reporters. As well as winning titles, here we try to entertain people and win in a spectacular and sporting manner. Suarez celebrates his hat-trick goal against Celta Vigo with Messi You can take a penalty like that, its legal and theres a Cruyff penalty we all know.Wednesdays game may take on added significance for Enrique, it will be his first as a manager against Gijon, the club with whom he started his playing career.Watch Sporting Gijon v Barcelona live on Sky Sports 2 HD from 5.25pm on Wednesday. Or watch for £6.99 without a contract, on NOW TV ' ' '