YA: Hahnemann over Howard, Berhalter brace

A piece of YA news that I didn’t get a chance to blog about was Eddie Lewis’ transfer from crappy Leeds to less crappy Derby County. Talk about a lateral move. Derby got spanked by Tottenham 4-0 and neither Lewis nor Benny Feilhaber got any PT. Here’s a Cliff’s Notes version covering the rest of the Americans who made an impact in Europe over the weekend:

Americans in England
Reading 1 - 0 Everton
Marcus Hahnemann earned the 1-0 shut out over Tim Howard’s Everton in a match that saw the return of Bobby Convey for Reading. Convey played the final 11 minutes for goal scorer Stephen Hunt. Both American keepers performed well in the contest, although Hahnemann nearly surrendered the equalizer when he was caught off his line but Andy Johnson’s shot hit the woodwork.

Fulham 1 - 2 Middlesbrough
Brian McBride injured again. Click here for the post. Carlos Bocanegra played the full 90 and Clint Dempsey came on in the 25th minute.

Americans in Germany
1860 Munich 3 - 1 Kaiserslautern
Gregg Berhalter scored two goals and Josh Wolff added an assist in 1860 Munich’s thumping of Kaiserslautern. Berhalter’s first goal came in the 55th minute when he headed in a Danny Swarz free kick. Wolff dished the game-winning goal to Berkant Göktan. Berhalter added the third goal from the penalty spot. Maybe we should have been playing Berhalter at forward.

Americans elsewhere
Standard Liege 4 - 1 Cercle Brugge (Belgium)
Oguchi Onyewu played solidly for Standard Liege over the weekend, anchoring the defense in a 4-1 rout of Cercle Brugge. So much for Dr.. Evil’s homies in Brugge.

Haugesund 6 - 1 Nybergsund
Ex-Seattle Sounder Can Weaver scored a hat trick for Haugesund in their route of lower division Nybersund (try saying it like Jerry Lewis, it’s fun – NyBERsund, nice lady). Weaver will face fellow American Nate Borcher and his club Odd Grenland in the semifinal of the NM Cup. The 24-year-old Weaver scored 18 goals for Seattle last year and was Rookie of the Year. Why is he in Norway and nor in MLS, I wonder?

For a more complete description of all the Americans involved in this weekend’s action, check out Yanks Abroad.