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By FRANCO PANIZO

Tim Howard may not have had a chance to try and help the U.S. Men’s National Team top Brazil this past week, but he did help Everton overcome a powerhouse in the Premiership.

Howard returned to Everton after his first international call-up in more than a year, and reprised his starting role in the Toffees’ goal against Chelsea on Saturday. Howard made just one save in the match at Goodison Park, but it was enough to help Everton defeat the reigning champions, 3-1. The victory helped move Howard and the Toffees into sixth place in the league table, one point less than fifth-placed Crystal Palace and three shy of current runner-up Leicester City.

While Howard was helping keeping balls out of his goal, two Americans found the back of the net in the 2. Bundesliga. Andrew Wooten and Bobby Wood each scored for their respective clubs, with Wooten converting a penalty kick in a 1-1 draw with VfL Bochum on Friday and Wood tallying on an impressive solo effort in a 3-0 win against Karlsruhe. Wooten now has six goals on the year, which is tied for the league-high, while Wood has two.

Another note-worthy performance came in Scotland. Gedion Zelalem once again got the nod for Rangers, and helped the second-division club remain perfect with a 3-0 triumph over Livingston on Saturday. Zelalem turned in a 74-minute shift on the right side of a three-man midfield, as Rangers improved to 6-0 on the season.

Here is how the Americans Abroad performed this weekend:

ENGLAND

Premiership

  • Tim Howard started, played 90 minutes, and made one save in Everton’s 3-1 win vs. Chelsea on Saturday.
  • Brad Guzan started, played 90 minutes, and made three saves in Aston Villa’s 3-2 loss vs. Leicester City on Sunday.
  • Geoff Cameron started and played 90 minutes in Stoke City’s 2-0 loss vs. Arsenal on Saturday.
  • DeAndre Yedlin did not dress in Sunderland’s 1-0 loss vs. Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
  • Lynden Gooch did not dress for Sunderland.

Championship

  • Jonathan Spector started and played 90 minutes in Birmingham City’s 4-2 win vs. Bristol City on Saturday.
  • Eric Lichaj started and played 90 minutes in Nottingham Forest’s 2-1 win vs. Queens Park Rangers on Saturday.
  • Danny Williams dressed but did not play in Reading’s 5-1 win vs. Ipswich Town on Friday.
  • Andrija Novakovich did not dress for Reading.
  • Tim Ream started and played 90 minutes in Fulham’s 2-1 win vs. Blackburn Rovers on Sunday.
  • Emerson Hyndman did not dress for Fulham.
  • Cody Cropper did not dress in Milton Keynes Dons’ 2-0 loss vs. Middlesbrough on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.

SCOTLAND

  • Gedion Zelalem started and played 74 minutes in Rangers’ 3-0 win vs. Livingston on Saturday.

GERMANY

Bundesliga

  • John Brooks did not dress in Hertha Berlin’s 2-1 win vs. VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. He is recovering from a thigh injury.
  • Fabian Johnson did not dress in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 3-0 loss vs. Hamburg SV on Friday. He is recovering from a calf injury.
  • Timmy Chandler did not dress in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 6-2 win vs. FC Cologne on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
  • Aron Johannsson started and played 64 minutes in Werder Bremen’s 3-1 win vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on Sunday.
  • Alfredo Morales started, played 90 minutes, and received a yellow card in FC Ingolstadt 04’s 0-0 draw vs. vs. VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday.

2. Bundesliga

  • Terrence Boyd did not dress in RB Leipzig’s 2-0 win vs. SC Paderborn 07 on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
  • Bobby Wood started, played 72 minutes, received a yellow card, and scored a GOAL in FC Union Berlin’s 3-0 win vs. Karlsruhe on Saturday.

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  • Andrew Wooten started, played 90 minutes, and scored a GOAL in SV Sandhausen’s 1-1 draw vs. VfL Bochum on Friday.

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  • Caleb Stanko dressed but did not play in SC Freiburg’s 2-0 win vs. Kaiserslautern on Friday.

FRANCE

  • Alejandro Bedoya came off the bench and played 29 minutes in FC Nantes’ 2-0 loss vs. Stade Rennes on Sunday.

NETHERLANDS

  • Rubio Rubin came off the bench and played 25 minutes in FC Utrecht’s 2-1 win vs. Vitesse Arnhem on Sunday.
  • Desevio Payne did not dress in FC Groningen’s 3-1 win vs. SC Heerenveen on Sunday.

NORWAY

  • Zarek Valentin started, played 90 minutes, and received a yellow card in FK Bodo/Glimt’s 2-1 loss vs. Odd on Sunday.
  • Danny Cruz did not dress for FK Bodo/Glimt.
  • Cole Grossman started, played 90 minutes, and received a yellow card in Stabaek IF’s 1-0 loss vs. Rosenberg BK on Sunday.
  • Ethan Horvath started and played 90 minutes in Molde FK’s 4-2 win vs. Sandefjord on Saturday.
  • A.J. Soares started and played 90 minutes in Viking FK’s 4-2 win vs. Valerenga on Sunday.
  • Rhett Bernstein started and played 90 minutes in Mjondalen IF’s 0-0 draw vs. Tromso on Sunday.
  • Erik Hurtado came off the bench and played 16 minutes for Mjondalen IF.

MEXICO

  • Michael Orozco started and played 90 minutes in Club Tijuana’s 2-1 win vs. Chivas de Guadalajara on Friday.
  • Paul Arriola came off the bench, played 45 minutes, and received a yellow card for Club Tijuana.
  • Alejandro Guido did not dress for Club Tijuana.
  • Joe Corona dressed but did not play in Veracruz’s 3-0 loss vs. Pumas UNAM on Sunday.
  • Greg Garza did not dress in Atlas’ 3-2 win vs. Dorados de Sinaloa on Saturday.
  • Jose Torres came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Tigres UANL’s 1-0 win vs. Club America on Saturday.
  • Edgar Castillo started and played 90 minutes in Monterrey’s 1-1 draw vs. Cruz Azul on Saturday.
  • Ventura Alvarado started and played 88 minutes in Club America’s 1-0 loss vs. Tigres UANL on Saturday.
  • Jonathan Bornstein started and played 90 minutes in Queretaro’s 1-0 loss vs. Morelia on Friday.
  • Gabriel Farfan did not dress in Jaguares de Chiapas’ 6-2 win vs. Club Leon on Saturday.
  • Miguel Ibarra came off the bench and played 24 minutes in Club Leon’s 6-2 loss vs. Jaguares de Chiapas on Saturday.
  • William Yarbrough dressed but did not play for Club Leon.

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What do you think of these performances? Impressed with Howard and Everton’s performances vs. Chelsea? Think Wood and Wooten will go on a tear in the coming weeks for their respective clubs?

Share your thoughts below.

Comments

  1. So Klinsmann wants his players playing at the highest level (a statement he uses constantly to bask MLS), but is in love with players who play in the 2nd bundesliga (which I don’t think anyone can argue is as good as MLS witha straight face).

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    • one can easily make the argument the 2.Bundesliga is no lower a level than MLS. in fact, it was only a few SBI Shows ago that Ives, himself, said any MLS fan saying MLS is 100% better than the 2.Bundesliga is simply dismissing the quality of 2.Bundesliga.

      that said, i hope for the day that 1. the USMNT doesn’t have any 2nd division players and 2. MLS is a higher level, without any doubt, than all but the top 5-7 leagues. until then…

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  2. I think Hydman has to be pretty frustrated right now, not even making the bench but was not sold…

    Ream unbeaten with Fulham thus far…

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    • Except it really showed poor soccer smarts. He had his striker partner streaking in for an easy breakaway and should have made the pass back towards mid field. Not denying it was great strength/speed to finish that off but good strikers play smart and make that easy pass.

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      • @Mike S: After reading your comment, I re-watched the FC Union Berlin vs. Karlsruhe game highlights again. As soon as Bobby Wood stole the ball and started the breakaway on the left at mid field, two Karlsruhe players immediately closed down and converged on Wood. Fortunately, he’s already at full speed with heads down sprinting down the left flank. If he happened to look up and tried to slow down in order to pass inside, I bet Wood was gonna lose possession, and the fast break would have been stopped there.

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