1860 Munich striker Kenny Cooper is expected to miss up to three weeks after injuring his right
knee. Cooper picked up the injury during practice on Monday. Initial reports speculated that Cooper
damaged his anterior cruciate ligament, an injury that normally takes months of recovery. Instead,
he has a torn mediate cruciate ligament that will not require surgery.
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Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke died on Wednesday after being hit by a train. The 32-yer-old
Enke had eight caps for the German National Team and played with Benfica and Barcelona. He was a
teammate of United States internationals Steve Cherundolo and Sal Zizzo. He was in goal for
Hannover's 2-2 draw with Hamburg on Sunday.
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First Star: Another week, and another goal for Fulham's Clint Dempsey. This time it was from the
penalty spot, with Dempsey coverting in the 39th-minute to split the points with Wigan. Emmerson
Boyce had Wigan's opener in the 13th. "The team's come a long way over the past two years and we've
got a long way to go," Fulham manager Roy Hodgson said.
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Everton were unable to turnaround their 5-0 away loss to Benfica, losing again to the Portuguese
club 2-0 at Goodison Park on Thursday. Javier Saviola scored in the 63rd and Oscar Rene Cardozo
followed in the 76th for the win. Tim Howard made nine saves for Everton, three more than his
opposite number Jacobi Julio Cesar who picked up the shutout.
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Jonathan Spector started the game on the bench for West Ham United, but was on the field within
eight minutes as they beat Aston Villa 2-1 at Upton Park. Spector subbed on for injured defender
Herita Ilunga, with West Ham saving the offense for late in both halves. Mark Noble put them up
from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time, beating Brad Friedel.
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First Star: Clint Dempsey got the third of Fulham's three goals in their 3-1 win over Liverpool.
Bobby Zamora had Fulham up in the 24th-minute, but Fernando Torres answered back three minutes from
halftime. In the second, Erik Nevland put Fulham back up in the 73rd-minute. Liverpool went down a
man in the 79th when Philipp Degen was sent off, and ended up with nine after Jamie Carragher
followed with an 82nd-minute red card.
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Kenny Cooper started and went 56 minutes, but 1860 Munich lost 3-0 at home to Schalke 04 in the DFB
Pokal. Rafinha put Schalke up in the 41st. Benedikt Howedes scored twince in the second (40th and
81st). David Yeldell's luck was no better in the German Cup, in goal for TUS Koblenz's 4-0 loss to
TSG Hoffenheim.
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Cup time in Britain, and Brad Guzan took over for Brad Friedel in goal for Aston Villa. They beat
Sunderland on penalties after drawing 0-0. Guzan was strong in net, stopping Kenwyne Jones's
85th-minute penalty and then stoop up during the penalty phase where Villa advanced 4-1. "The lads
are pretty euphoric, none more so than Mr Guzan," Villa manager Martin O'Neill said.
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Michael Parkhurst went the full ninety for Nordsjaelland on Monday, beating AGF Aarhus 2-0 at NGRI
Park. Benny Feilhaber started and went 87 minutes for Aarhus, with Jeremiah White coming on as a
65th-minute substitute. Soren Christensen had Nordsjaelland up in the 52nd and Nickie Nielsen
finished off the scoring in the 82nd.
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First Star: Clint Dempsey went the full ninety for Fulham and got the equalizer in their 2-2 draw
with Manchester City. Fulham trailed by two an hour in after Joleon Lescott scored in the 54th and
Martin Petrov followed for City in the 60th-minute. Fulham pulled a goal back through Damien Duff
in the 62nd, and it was Dempsey with the equalizer in the 68th.
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Everton lost 5-0 to Benfica in Europa League play on Thursday at Lisbon's Estadio da Luz. Tim
Howard was in goal for Everton, who see their goal differential fall to zero in Group I. Benfica
now leads the group on differential, with both teams on six points after three games. Javier
Saviola opened the scoring in the 14th, and that 1-0 lead carried into the half.
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United States National Team and Milan defender Oguchi Onyewu underwent surgery on Wednesday to
repair his left patellar tendon. The operation was successful, with Milan putting his recovery time
at six months.
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DaMarcus Beasley was on the bench for Rangers' bizarre 4-1 Champions League loss at home against
Unirea Urziceni. The visitors gifted Rangers an own-goal in the second minute, and Rangers returned
the favor twice. With Unirea Urziceni already up a goal from Marius Bilasco in the 32nd-minute,
Kyle Lafferty put the ball in the back of his own net in the 49th and Lee McCulloch followed ten
minutes later.
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United States and Watford defender Jay DeMerit underwent cornea replacement surgery on Saturday. He
is expected to need four to eight weeks of recovery. United States and Milan defender Oguchi Onyewu
is scheduled for knee surgery on Wednesday. Onyewu ruptured his patellar tendon during last
Wednesday's World Cup Qualifier against Costa Rica.
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Clint Dempsey went the full ninety in Fulham's 2-0 win over Hull City. Jozy Altidore came on in the
69th-minute for Hull in a game available on national cable in the United States. Bobby Zamora was
the beneficiary of a pass across the box that he tapped in for a 43rd-minute goal. Diomansy Kamara
finished off the score line in the 64th.
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First Star: Brad Friedel was in goal for Aston Villa, 2-1 winners over Chelsea at Villa Park.
Chelsea went up in the 15th minute through Didier Drogba, but goals from Richard Dunne (32nd) and
James Collins (52nd) gave Villa three points. The win has Villa in sixth-place with 16 points from
eight games played.
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According to Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney, Watford and United States National Team defender Jay
DeMerit will need surgery to repair his injured left eye. DeMerit was returning to fitness from a
groin pull that caused him to miss the September World Cup Qualifiers when he scratched his cornea.
That scratch led to an infection that has kept him out of action with blurred vision in that eye.
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The US Soccer Federation announced on Monday that the United States will play Denmark on Wednesday,
November 18th, at Aarhus's NRGI Park in Denmark. NRGI Park is the home field of Americans Benny
Feilhaber and Jeremiah White. The game kicks off at 2:30pm, with television coverage to be
determined. "Having qualified for the World Cup, our focus is now on continuing to improve as a
team as we build toward next summer," US National Team.
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Midfielder Freddy Adu got his first start of the Portuguese Liga on Monday, with Belenenses losing
1-0 to CD Nacional de Madeira. Adu played the first-half before being subbed off with an injured
ankle. He isn't expected to need extended recovery time. Anselmo got the game's only goal in the
27th-minute.
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Brad Friedel was in goal for Aston Villa who had the lead but couldn't hold it in their 1-1 draw
with Manchester City. Richard Dunne had Villa up in the 15th minute, but that would be it for
Villa's shots on goal. Craig Bellamy brought City level in the 67th, with Friedel needing three
saves for the draw.
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First Star: Big win for Steve Cherundolo and Hannover, who got the start in the 5-2 win over
Freiburg. Sofian Chahed (7th) and Arnold Buggink (10th) had Hannover up two quickly. Freiburg came
back in the 35th through Ivica Banovic, but Hannover took a 3-1 lead in first-half stoppage time.
Julian Schuster brought Freiburg within one late, scoring in the 82nd.
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Danny Murphy's 57th-minute goal was the difference in Fulham's 1-0 over FC Basel in the Europa
League's Group E. Clint Dempsey got the start in a game where the losing team produced most of the
shots on goal, but Fulham had the dangerous chances. Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer needed seven
saves for the shutout.
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United States defender Oguchi Onyewu got his first competitive game for Milan on Wednesday in their
1-0 Champions League loss to FC Zurich. Onyewu came on at the hour mark for Alessandro Nesta with
Milan behind on a 10th minute goal from Hannu Tihinen.
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Two American Abroad clubs in action on Tuesday, with none of the American players involved. In the
marquee game, DaMarcus Beasley wasn't in the squad for Rangers' 4-1 loss in the Champions League to
Sevilla. Rangers argued for a first-half penalty that might have prevented the deluge of goals in
the second-half by reducing Sevilla to ten-men, but the referee decided not to make the call.
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Benny Feilhaber and Jeremiah White both saw time for AGF Aarhus in their 3-2 loss to Esbjerg.
Feilhaber started and went the full ninety, while White was an 82nd-minute substitute. An Esbjerg
own-goal put Aarhus up in the 14th minute, with Tim Janssen equalizing in the 20th and putting
Esbjerg up in the 39th.
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First Star: Tim Howard needed three saves and a 42nd minute goal from Louis Saha to see off
Portsmouth 1-0 on Saturday, but it wasn't an easy win. "I think that was the hardest I've had to
work for a clean sheet this season," Howard told the club's official site. "It was a tough game,
not just for myself but all of us because we were under a lot of pressure.
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US National Team and Watford defender has recovered from the groin injury he suffered during
preparations for the US World Cup Qualifier in Utah a few weeks ago, but he has an eye injury that
could require surgery. "It was a freak thing," Demerit told Yanks-Abroad.com. "We were in our hotel
and as I took out my contact, I cut my eye and I ended up getting an infection from that cut.
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A big game for Kenny Cooper in Germany's DFB Pokal. Cooper had 1860 Munich's second goal in the
50th, doubling their lead over Hertha Berlin after Rasmus Bengtsson put the ball into the back of
his own net in the 10th. Cooper left the game for Alexander Ludwig in the 68th minute. Hertha would
come back, with Gustavo Ramos scoring in the 76th and Valeri Domovchiyski forcing overtime three
minutes later.
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Michael Bradley returned to Borussia Moenchengladbach's starting eleven for the second round of the
DFB Pokal, but the club is no longer in the German Cup after losing 1-0 to Duisburg. Kristoffer
Andersen scored in stoppage time to send the visitors to the next round. David Yelldell went the
full 120 for TUS Koblenz, needing overtime to see off Energie Cottbus 4-2.
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First Star: Tim Howard shutout Blackburn Rovers and his Everton offense hit for three goals in a
strong showing on Sunday after playing midweek in Europe. Louis Saha scored in the 22nd and 54th.
Joseph Yobo finished off the scoring four minutes later. Everton manager David Moyes was all praise
for Saha, saying: "We signed Louis when we were very short of forwards through injury, and he had
been having his own injury problems.
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Everton rolled over AEK Athens on Thursday, winning 4-0 with goals from Joseph Yobo (10th), Sylvain
Distin (17th), Steven Pienaar (37th), and Jo (82nd). Tim Howard needed one save for the shutout,
but the end of the game didn't go as smoothly. With Athens playing a man down from the 55th when
Carlos Araujo was sent off, Everton was also shown red in stoppage time.
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It's a quick update for the Tuesday games, with no Americans seeing the field in three games.
Oguchi Onyewu wasn't in the squad for Milan's Champions League opener, a 2-1 win at Olympique
Marseilles's Stade Velodrome. Filippo Inzaghi had both goals for Milan. In the Championship, Frank
Simek was on the bench for Sheffield Wednesday's 3-1 home loss to Middlesbrough.
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First Star: Michael Orozco grabbed the second goal in San Luis's rollover of Chivas, winning 4-0 at
home. Alfredo Moreno put San Luis up in the 33rd and Michael Orozco doubled that three minutes
later. Chivas lost Hector Reynoso to a red card in the 61st, and San Luis took advantage with two
more goals.
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By Graig Carbino - ALBANY, NY (Sep 4, 2009) USSoccerPlayers -- Pop quiz time. Which team finished
the 2008-2009 English Premier League table in the top seven places, had the forth least goals
conceded last season in league play, and has advanced to the group stages of European competition
this term? Manchester United you say?
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Chicago Fire and US National Team forward Chris Rolfe will be joining Danish SuperLiga club Aalborg
when the transfer window reopens in January. "This is a good time for this, because we are in a
good position for the playoffs, and I know Chris wants to win a championship with us," Fire
technical director Frankie Klopas said.
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