By FRANCO PANIZO
Tim Howard was putting together the latest in an assembly line of impressive performances in between Everton’s pipes. Then, he made a damning mistake that proved costly.
Howard was beaten at the near post from an almost impossible angle on Sunday, as he anticipated a cross and allowed Aleksandar Kolarov to find the back of the net for the decisive tally in Everton’s 2-0 home loss to Manchester City. Prior to that 60th-minute strike, Howard had come up with a number of timely stops to keep Everton from falling behind. He finished with seven saves in the match, but it all was largely overshadowed by his error in judgement.
Better news was had in Germany on Saturday. Timmy Chandler was removed from Eintracht Frankfurt manager Armin Veh’s dog house by making his season debut in a 1-1 home draw with FC Augsburg. Chandler came off the bench at halftime, and helped keep Augsburg off the board while leaving the door open for a late equalizer from teammate Marco Russ.
There were other noteworthy outings in Europe. Aron Johannsson made good on declaring that he was ready for a start at Werder Bremen, getting the nod and playing 80 minutes in a 1-1 road draw with Hertha Berlin on Friday. Alejandro Bedoya, meanwhile, recovered from his recent injury and was able to chip in with a 26-minute shift in Nantes’ 1-0 triumph over Stade de Reims.
Here is how the Americans Abroad performed this weekend:
ENGLAND
Premiership
- Tim Howard started, played 90 minutes, and made seven saves in Everton’s 2-0 loss vs. Manchester City on Sunday.
- Brad Guzan started, played 90 minutes, and made four saves in Aston Villa’s 2-1 loss vs. Crystal Palace on Saturday.
- DeAndre Yedlin did not dress in Tottenham Hotspur’s 1-1 draw vs. Leicester City on Saturday.
- Geoff Cameron started and played 90 minutes in Stoke City’s 1-1 draw vs. Norwich City on Saturday.
Championship
- Jonathan Spector started and played 90 minutes in Birmingham City’s 1-1 draw vs. Derby County on Friday.
- Eric Lichaj started, played 90 minutes, and received a yellow card in Nottingham Forest’s 1-1 draw vs. Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
- Danny Williams started and played 90 minutes in Reading’s 0-0 draw vs. Milton Keynes Dons on Saturday.
- Andrija Novakovich did not dress for Reading.
- Tim Ream dressed but did not play in Fulham’s 1-1 draw vs. Huddersfield Town on Saturday.
- Emerson Hyndman did not dress for Fulham.
- Cody Cropper dressed but did not play in Milton Keynes Dons’ 0-0 draw vs. Reading on Saturday.
GERMANY
Bundesliga
- John Brooks came off the bench and played one minute in Hertha Berlin’s 1-1 draw vs. Werder Bremen on Friday.
- Fabian Johnson did not dress in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 2-1 loss vs. Mainz on Sunday. He is recovering from a calf injury.
- Timmy Chandler came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 1-1 draw vs. FC Augsburg on Saturday.
- Aron Johannsson started and played 80 minutes minutes in Werder Bremen’s 1-1 draw vs. Hertha Berlin on Friday.
- Alfredo Morales started and played 90 minutes in FC Ingolstadt 04’s 4-0 loss vs. Borussia Dortmund on Sunday.
2. Bundesliga
- Terrence Boyd did not dress in RB Leipzig’s 1-0 loss vs. St Pauli on Sunday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
- Bobby Wood started and played 65 minutes in FC Union Berlin’s 0-0 draw vs. TSV 1860 Munich on Sunday.
- Andrew Wooten started, played 80 minutes, and received a yellow card in SV Sandhausen’s 0-0 draw vs. Heidenheimer SB on Friday.
- Caleb Stanko dressed but did not play in SC Freiburg’s 2-1 win vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf on Saturday.
FRANCE
- Alejandro Bedoya came off the bench and played 26 minutes in FC Nantes’ 1-0 win vs. Stade de Reims on Saturday.
NETHERLANDS
- Rubio Rubin came off the bench and played 13 minutes in FC Utrecht’s 1-1 draw vs. ADO Den Haag on Sunday.
- Desevio Payne did not dress in FC Groningen’s 2-0 win vs. Excelsior on Friday.
NORWAY
- Zarek Valentin started, played 90 minutes, and received a yellow card in FK Bodo/Glimt’s 4-2 win vs. Haugesund on Sunday.
- Danny Cruz dressed but did not play for FK Bodo/Glimt.
- Cole Grossman started, played 90 minutes, and scored a GOAL in Stabaek IF’s 4-2 win vs. Sandefjord on Saturday.
- Ethan Horvath started and played 90 minutes in Molde FK’s 1-0 win vs. Valerenga on Sunday.
- A.J. Soares did not dress in Viking FK’s 1-0 loss vs. Odds BK on Sunday.
- Rhett Bernstein started and played 90 minutes in Mjondalen IF’s 1-0 loss vs. Rosenberg BK on Sunday.
- Erik Hurtado came off the bench and played 58 minutes for Mjondalen IF.
MEXICO
- Michael Orozco started and played 90 minutes in Club Tijuana’s 2-1 loss vs. Tigres UANL on Friday.
- Paul Arriola came off the bench and played 20 minutes for Club Tijuana.
- Alejandro Guido did not dress for Club Tijuana.
- Joe Corona started and played 35 minutes in Veracruz’s 3-1 loss vs. Club America on Saturday.
- Greg Garza did not dress in Atlas’ 2-1 loss vs. Toluca on Saturday.
- Jose Torres started and played 61 minutes in Tigres UANL’s 2-1 win vs. Club Tijuana on Friday.
- Edgar Castillo started, played 90 minutes, and received a yellow card in Monterrey’s 1-1 draw vs. Santos Laguna on Saturday.
- Ventura Alvarado started and played 90 minutes in Club America’s 3-1 win vs. Veracruz on Saturday.
- Jonathan Bornstein started, played 90 minutes, and received a yellow card in Queretaro’s 4-2 win vs. Cruz Azul on Friday.
- Gabriel Farfan came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Jaguares de Chiapas’ 3-1 win vs. Morelia on Saturday.
- Miguel Ibarra came off the bench and played three minutes in Club Leon’s 1-0 win vs. Chivas de Guadalajara on Saturday.
- William Yarbrough dressed but did not play for Club Leon.
—–
What do you think of these performances? Impressed or disappointed with Howard’s overall outing vs. Man City? See Chandler reclaiming a starting spot at Eintracht Frankfurt soon?
Share your thoughts below.