It wasn’t a great international window for the Jamaican national team, what with two World Cup qualifying losses and the firing of head coach Rene Simoes, but at least one Jamaican player rebounded well from the disappointment.
Marlon King delivered two goals in Hull’s 2-1 win vs. Newcastle on Saturday. King was one of three Jamaicans to score goals this weekend. Damion Stewart notched a goal for Queens Park Rangers while Luton Shelton tallied for Valarenga. Now if only whoever the new Jamaica national team coach is (word is Theodore Whitmore is the front-runner) can harness some of this goal-scoring maybe the Reggae Boyz can turn things around in World Cup qualifying (okay, maybe not).
Here is how the rest of CONCACAF’s European-based players did this past weekend:
CANADA
- Julian DeGuzman dressed but did not play in Deportivo La Coruna’s 1-0 loss to Villarreal on Sunday.
- David Edgar started and played 68 minutes in Newcastle’s 2-1 loss to Hull on Saturday.
- Rob Friend started, played 90 minutes, drew a yellow card and scored a GOAL in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 5-1 loss to Hannover 96 on Sunday.
- Daniel Imhof started and played 90 minutes in VFL Bochum’s 2-0 win vs. Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday.
- Kevin McKenna started and played 90 minutes in FC Cologne’s 3-0 loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
- Iain Hume started and played 45 minutes in Barnsley’s 1-0 win vs. Blackpool on Saturday.
- Michael D’Agostino did not dress for Blackpool.
- Olivier Occean started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in Lillestrom’s 1-1 tie vs. Molde on Sunday.
- Patrice Bernier started and played 90 minutes in FC Nordsjaelland’s 3-0 win vs. AGF Aarhus on Saturday.
- Issey Nakajima-Farran did not dress for Nordsjaelland. (Injury)
- Josh Simpson did not dress in Kaiserslautern’s 4-1 win vs. St. Pauli on Friday.
- Atiba Hutchinson started and played 90 minutes in FC Copenhagen’s 1-0 loss to Brondby on Saturday.
- Tam Nsaliwa did not dress in AEK Athens’ 1-1 tie vs. PAOK Salonika on Sunday.
- Marcel De Jong came off the bench and played 12 minutes in Roda JC’s 1-0 loss to Ajax Amsterdam on Sunday.
- Richard Hastings started and played 90 minutes in Inverness’ 2-1 loss to St. Mirren on Saturday.
COSTA RICA
- Randall Azofeifa started and played 45 minutes in KAA Gent’s 4-2 loss to Royal Excelsior on Saturday.
- Bryan Ruiz came off the bench and played 45 minutes for KAA Gent.
- Alvaro Saborio started, played 86 minutes and scored a GOAL in FC Sion Sitten’s 3-3 tie vs. Neuchatel Xamax on Saturday.
GRENADA
- Jason Roberts started and played 68 minutes in Blackburn’s 4-0 loss to Arsenal on Saturday.
HONDURAS
- David Suazo and Benfica did not play last weekend.
- Julio Cesar Leon started and played 90 minutes in Parma’s 4-1 win vs. Ancona on Saturday.
- Edgar Alvarez did not play in Pisa’s 1-0 win vs. Modena on Saturda.
- Maynor Figueroa started and played 90 minutes in Wigan’s 1-1 tie vs. Sunderland on Saturday.
- Wilson Palacios started and played 64 minutes for Wigan.
JAMAICA
- Marlon King started, played 84 minutes and scored two goals in Hull’s 2-1 win vs. Newcastle on Saturday.
- Ricardo Fuller started and played 90 minutes and drew a yellow card in Stoke’s 3-2 loss to Everton on Sunday.
- Nyron Nosworthy started and played 90 minutes in Sunderland’s 1-1 tie vs. Wigan on Saturday.
- Ricardo Gardner started and played 90 minutes in Bolton’s 2-1 loss to Fulham on Saturday.
- Damion Stewart started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in Queens Park Rangers’ 4-1 win vs. Southampton on Saturday.
- Jason Euell did not dress for Southampton’s
- Claude Davis dress but did not play in in Derby County’s 2-1 win vs. Sheffield United on Saturday.
- Deon Burton came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Sheffield Wednesday’s 2-0 win vs. Watford on Saturday.
- Luton Shelton started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in Valarenga’s 2-1 loss vs. Lyn on Monday.
- Rudolph Austin came off the bench and played 23 minutes in SK Brann’s 1-1 tie vs. Viking on Sunday.
MEXICO
- Giovani Dos Santos came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Tottenham’s 2-1 loss to Aston Villa on Monday.
- Carlos Vela did not dress in Arsenal’s 4-0 loss to Blackburn on Saturday.
- Rafael Marquez did not play in Barcelona’s 1-1 tie vs. Racing de Santander on Saturday.
- Guillermo Franco started and played 45 minutes in Villarreal’s 1-0 win vs. Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday.
- Omar Bravo came off the bench and played 32 minutes for Deportivo La Coruna
- Andres Guardado did not play for Deportivo La Coruna.
- Pavel Pardo did not dress in Stuttgart’s 0-0 tie vs. TSG Hoffenheim on Saturday.
- Ricardo Osorio did not dress for Stuttgart.
- Carlos Salcido started and played 90 minutes in PSV Eindhoven’s 1-0 win vs. Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday.
- Aaron Galindo and Eintracht Frankfurt did not play last weekend.
- Hector Moreno started and played 90 minutes in AZ Alkmaar’s 3-0 loss to Ado Den Haag on Saturday.
- Antonio DeNigris did not dress in Ankaraspor’s 2-1 win vs. Istanbul Buyuksehir on Sunday.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
- Carlos Edwards did not dress in Sunderland’s 1-1 tie vs. Wigan on Saturday.
- Dwight Yorke did not dress for Sunderland.
- Kenwyne Jones did not dress for Sunderland and is still recovering from knee surgery.
- Darryl Roberts started and played 90 minutes in Denizlispor’s 1-1 tie vs. Konyaspor on Saturday.
- Stern John dressed but did not play in Southampton’s 4-1 loss to Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
- Jason Scotland started and played 83 minutes in Swansea City’s 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
- Russell Latapy dress but did not play in Falkirk’s 2-1 win vs. Hearts on Saturday.
If there are any players who you think should be included in the list please feel free to pass on their information and I will include them. Keep in mind that I will focus on top first divisions in Europe with the second divisions in England and Germany also being included (I will also look to add Serie B as well as the Spanish second division if possible). There may be players in very small leagues (like say Moldova or Poland) but my inclusion of players in those leagues is contingent on being able to find a reliable source of information on those leagues.
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