Posted at 11:27 AM ET, 02/ 6/2011

American soccer players abroad

By Steve Goff

GOALKEEPERS
Tim Howard 90 in Everton's 5-3 win over Blackpool
Brad Friedel 90 in Aston Villa's 2-2 draw with Fulham
Brad Guzan 90 in Hull's 5-1 win at Scunthorpe
Marcus Hahnemann in 18, didn't play in Wolves' 2-1 win over Manchester United

Dom Cervi not in 18 for Celtic's 2-2 Scottish Cup draw with Rangers
Luis Robles 90 in Karlsruhe's 3-0 loss at Paderborn
Diego Restrepo not in 18 for America de Cali at Quindio
(New players not eligible yet because of management issues)

For defenders, midfielders and forwards.....

DEFENDERS
Oguchi Onyewu not in 18 (minor rib/back injury) for Twente's 1-1 draw at Utrecht

Carlos Bocanegra 90 in Saint-Etienne's 2-1 win at Montpellier
Steve Cherundolo 90 in Hanover's 1-0 win over Wolfsburg
Jonathan Bornstein 79 in Tigres' 2-0 win at Santos Laguna
Eric Lichaj not in the 18 for Aston Villa
Frank Simek 90 in Carlisle's 3-1 loss to Walsall
Edgar Castillo 90 in Puebla's 1-0 loss to Pumas
Clarence Goodson and Brondby on break
Michael Parkhurst and Nordsjaelland on break

MIDFIELDERS
Clint Dempsey 90 (goal) for Fulham
Michael Bradley not in 18 for Aston Villa
Stuart Holden 87 in Bolton's 2-1 loss at Spurs
Maurice Edu 90 for Rangers
Jonathan Spector not in 18 for West Ham's 1-0 loss to Birmingham
Jermaine Jones 79 in Blackburn's 4-3 loss at Wigan
Jose Torres 90 in Pachuca's 2-0 loss at Monterrey
Ricardo Clark not in 18 (broken cheekbone) for Eintracht Frankfurt's 0-0 draw at Freiburg

Sacha Kljestan 6 in Anderlecht's 2-0 win over St. Truiden
DaMarcus Beasley not in the 18 for Hanover
Anton Peterlin in 18, didn't play in Plymouth's 2-0 loss at Brentford
Daniel Antunez 27 in Tecos' 3-2 loss at San Luis
Sonny Guadarrama 19 in Atlante's 2-0 loss at Chivas
Marco Vidal 90 Leon's 2-0 win over Universidad Guadalajara
Benny Feilhaber and Aarhus on break
Alejandro Bedoya and Orebro on break
Mikkel Diskerud and Stabaek on break

FORWARDS
Jozy Altidore not in 18 for Bursaspor's 2-1 win over Sivasspor
Eddie Johnson 90 in Preston's 4-0 loss to Bristol City
Edson Buddle 79 in Ingolstadt's 1-0 win over Arminia Bielefeld
Herculez Gomez 90 for Pachuca
Robbie Findley not in 18 (hip injury) for Nottingham Forest's 1-0 win over Watford

Timothy Chandler 18 minutes in Nuremberg's 1-0 win over Leverkusen
Freddy Adu not in 18 for Rizespor's 1-0 loss to Denizlispor
Bobby Wood and 1860 Munich vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf Monday
Conor Doyle in 18, didn't play in Derby's 1-1 draw at Portsmouth
Mike Grella not in 18 for Leeds' 1-0 win over Coventry
Sammy Ochoa not in the 18 for Tecos
Joe Corona 90 in Tijuana's 2-2 draw at Dorados

By Steve Goff | February 6, 2011; 11:27 AM ET
Categories: Americans Abroad | Tags: American soccer, Clint Dempsey
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Comments

Disappointed we will have to wait until next week to see Bradley.

This Liverpool game is terribly boring. Awful. Not a good start to the day for sports. Hope Inter v Roma will be better.

Posted by: grubbsbl | February 6, 2011 11:43 AM | Report abuse

Joe Corona? Sounds like manna from heaven for an advertiser.... A "golden" win over Doradas.

Posted by: fischy | February 6, 2011 12:32 PM | Report abuse

Goff's twitter has news from Chuck Blazer that the Gold Cup (Copa do Oro) opener will be at the Cowboy's stadium. Hope they're planning to schedule Mexico, or there will be 80,000 empty seats.

Posted by: fischy | February 6, 2011 12:35 PM | Report abuse

Corona has a nice ring to it.

Oh hush, you knew it was coming.

Posted by: I-270Exit1 | February 6, 2011 1:11 PM | Report abuse

Nice weekend for Americans in Mexico, after barely being able to sniff the pitch the last couple of weeks. Castillo also got the start for Puebla, and ESPN Gamecast credited Jonny B. with the assist on Tigres' first goal, but that can be pretty unreliable.

Also worth noting that a hamstring strain is what's keeping Spector out of West Ham's 18, and that Starikov scored in a friendly for Zenit (on Thursday or Friday, not sure).

Posted by: BooThisMan | February 6, 2011 1:56 PM | Report abuse

Yes, not a lot of impressive play between Liverpool/Chelsea. Very tough place for away teams. The lone goal was more a lowlight on Chelsea'a part than a highlight for Liverpool.

At least it turned out right.

Posted by: Towson_Tiger | February 6, 2011 2:22 PM | Report abuse

Who is Joe Corona? Also, I becoming less and less impressed with the play in Mexico. Especially the more MLS washouts head south.

Posted by: grubbsbl | February 6, 2011 2:33 PM | Report abuse

He's like Joe Camel, but with a necrotic liver instead of emphysema.

Posted by: I-270Exit1 | February 6, 2011 2:44 PM | Report abuse

Was hoping Bradley would have snuck in that line-up despite his very recent arrivel at Villa.

Posted by: ByBike | February 6, 2011 5:59 PM | Report abuse

I'll give it time since the transfer was recent, but Adu not in starting 18 for div. 2 Turkish club?

Posted by: nairbsod | February 6, 2011 6:50 PM | Report abuse

Apparently, you won't give it time.

May I add: Sheesh! He only arrived there the day before the game. Maybe, you;ll give them time to find a jersey that fits? Maybe even allow him to practice with the team and learn a few key Turkish words like "Man on", "Yours", "Mine", "Go".

Just sayin'....

Posted by: fischy | February 6, 2011 9:46 PM | Report abuse

For those of you that get GolTV, they have a very entertaining new show. It is a thirty minute highlight show that shows the fifty best goals of the month on GolTV. Moves real quick. Worth a monthly look.

Posted by: croftonpost | February 7, 2011 1:28 AM | Report abuse

Buddle had the assist on the goal in Ingolstadt's win.

Posted by: hokieunited | February 7, 2011 5:26 AM | Report abuse

Buddle had the assist on the goal in Ingolstadt's win.

Posted by: hokieunited | February 7, 2011 5:26 AM | Report abuse

fischy - relax - I should have added "is there a reason why he wasn't at least on the bench?" Thanks for the info about getting there the day before the game - that explains it.

Posted by: nairbsod | February 7, 2011 7:39 AM | Report abuse

Bornstein provided the assist on the first goal to Mancilla. It was a pass from the left outside of the goal box into the middle.

Bornstein is being played out of his natural position; he's playing as a left sided defensive midfielder (one of the 2 middle guys). Most of what he does is to plug the holes and get into clever scoring positions. He's gotten excellent chances to score in the past 2 games but missed due to luck.

Posted by: Charisma_Man | February 7, 2011 8:49 AM | Report abuse

Joe Corona has a Knack for soccer. Joeeeee Corona.

Posted by: Reignking | February 7, 2011 9:27 AM | Report abuse

"learn a few key Turkish words like "Man on", "Yours", "Mine", "Go"."

LOL. Why bother? He's going to be in Manchester or Madrid next year, right? Actually the odds that he'll do any of these are about the same. First things first, he has to learn "Pizza", "Sausage", "I don't feel like it", and "my teammates all suck."

Posted by: Godfather_of_Goals | February 7, 2011 9:38 AM | Report abuse

I enjoyed the Super Bowl yesterday but at almost 4 hours I was flagging toward the end - even with the game's outcome still in doubt.

That has nothing to do with soccer but I do look forward to supporting a team whose games almost always end within 2 hours of the opening kickoff.

How many more days til DC United's opening game?

Posted by: Joel_M_Lane | February 7, 2011 9:53 AM | Report abuse

"learn a few key Turkish words like "Man on", "Yours", "Mine", "Go"."

Posted by: Godfather_of_Goals

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You forgot "the coach hates Americans" and "Don't you know who I am?"

Posted by: Jooseppi | February 7, 2011 10:00 AM | Report abuse

DCU up 5-0 over Canada U20s. Ngwneya with a hat-trick, followed by a goal by Davies. Najar comes on in the second half ant tallies the fifth.

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