The Premier League featured a meeting of the Americans on Tuesday, with Brad Friedel's Spurs
getting the better of Zac Whitbread's Norwich City in a 2-0 win. Gareth Bale scored both of
Tottenham's goals, with Friedel picking up the shutout. Whitbread started and played the full
ninety. In the Jupiler League, Sacha Kljestan started for Anderlecht in a 1-1 draw with Mons.
After going 19 months without a league goal, Helmond Sport midfielder Charles
Kazlauskas (Milwaukee Thomas More) scored twice in five days.
Kazlauskas netted the equalizer in the 59th minute Friday night in Helmond's 2-1 loss to Almere
City FC in a Jupiler League match in Holland.
Charles Kazlauskas (Milwaukee Thomas More) scored his first league goal since
February 2010 as host Helmond Sport beat 10-man FC Zwolle 3-1 in a Jupiler League match Monday
night in Holland.
Kazlauskas started at right midfielder and put Helmond Sport (3-2-0) ahead in the 14th minute
with his first goal in league play since Feb.
The first classic of the season took place in the Belgian Jupiler League this weekend with Club
Brugge and Anderlecht fighting it out on Matchday 5 of the 2011-12 campaign.
Despite being reduced to ten men in the 74th minute when goalkeeper Colin Coosemans was sent off
for a second bookable offence it was the Flanders side who took the lead with just five minutes
remaining after Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe struck from the penalty spot.
Our-of-favour Liverpool striker Milan Jovanovic looks to be edging closer towards sealing a move to
Belgian giants Anderlecht.
The Serbian forward's stock in the country is still high after a hugely successful stint with
Standard Liege before he made the switch to Anfield, and Jovanovic and his representatives met with
Anderlecht president Herman Van Holsbeeck yesterday to discuss personal terms; the talks were a
continuation of earlier discussions between the two parties.
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Midfielder Charles Kazlauskas (Milwaukee Thomas More) recorded his first assist
of the season as Helmond Sport closed the Jupiler League regular season Friday with a 5-1 rout of
Telstar to finish third in Holland's second division.
Kazlauskas started the final four matches of the season for Helmond Sport, which had a 17-9-8
record and takes on fourth-place BV Veendam (15-7-12) in a two-leg promotion playoff series May 19
and 22.
There's plenty of exciting action this weekend as many of the leagues abroad are hurtling towards
their climactic conclusions. Clint Dempsey returns to the pitch after resting a mild injury last
weekend, Oguchi Onyewu could add more silverware to the trophy case with a Dutch Cup final victory
when they face the first of two epic matches against Ajax, and Steve Cherundolo hopes Hannover will
return to winning ways while they need Bayern Munich to slip and keep Hannover's Champions League
aspirations alive.
One of the main concerns for the US Men's National Team over the last few years is defensive
coverage, especially in the first 15 minutes of every match. The one stalwart that always seems to
give us hope as a center half is Oguchi Onyewu. He's appeared in 58 matches for the United States
in his career, and while he has given us glimpses of what he can do, the best word for me that
seems to fit his career at this point is.
