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02 Sep, 2008

Yanks Abroad Weekend Recap

Posted by: WVHooligan In: Bundesliga| EPL| Yanks Abroad

Another fun weekend abroad for Americans. Some played very well and others either did not or didn’t play at all. We had a couple game-winners from Americans, and a couple guys on the wrong end of a defeat.

If there are players I forgot to list feel free to list them below, also if anything is incorrect please let me know. Thanks to a couple readers who e-mailed in a couple players that I missed last week to add to this list.

England

  • Bobby Convey (Reading): Dressed but did not play.
  • Jay DeMerit (Watford): Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 2-1 win vs. Ipswich.
  • Clint Dempsey (Fulham): Club did not play this weekend.
  • Brad Friedel (Aston Villa): Started, played a full 90 minutes, and made one save in a 0-0 tie vs. Liverpool.
  • Brad Guzan (Aston Villa): Dressed but did not play.
  • Marcus Hahnemann (Reading): Started, played a full 90 minutes and made two saves in a 4-2 win vs. Crystal Palace.
  • Tim Howard (Everton): Started, played a full 90 minutes, and made four saves in a 3-0 loss to Portsmouth.
  • Eddie Johnson (Cardiff City): Came off the bench and played five minutes in a 0-0 tie vs. Sheffield United.
  • Frank Simek (Sheffield Wednesday): Did not dress in a 1-1 tie vs. Swansea.
  • Jonathan Spector (West Ham): Did not dress in a 4-1 win vs. Blackburn.

Scotland

  • DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers): Did not dress.
  • Maurice Edu (Rangers): Dressed but did not play in a 4-2 win against Celtic.

Germany

  • Brian Arguez (Hertha Berlin): Did not dress in a 4-1 loss to Bayern Munich.
  • Gregg Berhalter (1860 Munich): Dressed but did not play.
  • Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96): Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 2-0 loss to Stuttgart.
  • Grover Gibson (Ahlen): Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 2-1 win vs. 1860 Munich.
  • Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock): Came off the bench and played 45 minutes in a 1-0 loss to SC Freiburg.
  • Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern): Dressed but did not play in a 3-1 win vs. FC Ingolstadt.
  • Matt Taylor (TUS Koblenz): Started and played 69 minutes.
  • David Yelldell (TUS Koblenz): Started, played a full 90 minutes and made three saves in 0-0 tie vs. SV Wehen.
  • Sal Zizzo (Hannover 96): Did not dress.

Spain

  • Jozy Altiore (Villarreal): Dressed but did not play in a 1-1 tie vs. Osasuna.

Italy

  • Danny Szetela (Brescia): Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 2-2 tie vs. Empoli.

France

  • Freddy Adu (Monaco): Came off the bench and played nine minutes in Monaco’s 1-0 loss to Grenoble.
  • Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes): Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 0-0 tie vs. Toulouse.
  • Andrew Jacobson (Lorient): Did not dress in Lorient’s 2-0 loss to Auxerre.
  • Quentin Westberg (Troyes): Dressed but did not play in a 1-0 loss to Nimes.

Belgium

  • Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege): Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 1-1 tie vs. Roeselare.

Norway

  • Adin Brown (Aalesund): did not dress in a 0-0 to Fredrikstad.
  • Clarence Goodson (IK Start): Started and played a full 90 minutes, scored a goal and was named man of the match in a 3-1 over Loveham.
  • Jay Needham (Alta):started, played a full 90 minutes in a 2-2 draw to Sandes.
  • Troy Perkins (Valarenga):Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss to Rosenborg.
  • Kyle Veris (Hodd):Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 4-1 loss to Nybergsund-Trysil.
  • Cam Weaver (Haugesund): Started, played a full 90 minutes and a 2-1 loss to Sarpsborg Sparta.

Denmark

  • Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland): Started but got a red card in the 39th minute in a 1-1 tie vs. Vejle.
  • Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus): Came off the bench and played 31 minutes.
  • Lee Nguyen (Randers): Did not dress in a 2-1 loss to Odense BK.
  • Jeremiah White (AGF Aarhus): Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 3-0 loss to FC Nordsjaelland.

Sweden

  • Charlie Davis (Hammarby): Started and scored his club’s lone goal in a 5-1 loss to Helsingborgs.

Mexico

  • Daniel Hernandez (Chiapas): Started, played a full 90 minutes and earned a yellow card in a 1-1 tie with Puebla.
  • Michael Orozco (San Luis): Did not dress in a 1-0 loss to Atlante.
  • Jesus Padilla (Chivas de Guadalajara): Came off the bench and played 35 minutes, scoring a 90th minute equalizer in a 1-1 tie against Morelia.
  • Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca): Started and played a full 90 minutes in a 2-1 loss to Indios to Ciudad de Jaurez.
  • Marco Vidal (Indios de Ciudad de Juarez): Started and played 45 minutes.

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3 Responses to "Yanks Abroad Weekend Recap"

1 | GHM

September 2nd, 2008 at 12:05 pm

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BTW, Goodson also scored a goal & was names MOTM in his teams win this weekend.

3 | Daily Dose 09.02.08 | The Offside

September 3rd, 2008 at 12:01 am

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