Monday, March 8, 2010

Weekend Yank MVP

A very productive weekend for our yanks abroad.  So wins the coveted NP's weekend MVP?  Lets take a look at the performances:

England

PREMIERSHIP
  • Landon Donovan came off the bench, played 20 minutes, had an assist and scored a GOAL in Everton's 5-1 win vs. Hull City on Sunday.
  • Tim Howard started, played 90 minutes and made two saves in Everton's 5-1 win vs. Hull City on Sunday.
  • Jozy Altidore came off the bench and played 28 minutes in Hull City 's 5-1 loss vs. Everton on Sunday.
  • Clint Dempsey did not dress in Fulham's 0-0 draw vs. Tottenham Hotspur in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
  • Jonathan Spector started and played 90 minutes in West Ham's 2-1 loss vs. Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
  • Brad Friedel started, played 90 minutes and made four saves in Aston Villa's 4-2 win vs. Reading in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Sunday.
  • Brad Guzan dressed but did not play in Aston Villa's 4-2 win vs. Reading in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup on Sunday.
  • Marcus Hahnemann started, played 90 minutes and made three saves in Wolverhampton Wanderers' 1-0 loss vs. Manchester United on Saturday.
  • Stuart Holden did not dress in Bolton Wanderers' 2-1 win vs. West Ham United on Saturday. He is recovering from a leg injury.
COCA COLA CHAMPIONSHIP
  • Jay DeMerit started and played 90 minutes in Watford's 2-0 loss vs. Derby County on Saturday.
  • Frank Simek came off the bench and played 45 minutes in Sheffield Wednesday's 2-0 win vs. Leicester City on Saturday.
  • Kenny Cooper dressed but did not play in Plymouth Argyle's 1-1 draw vs. Preston North End on Saturday.
LEAGUE ONE
  • Ian Joyce did not dress in Southend United's 3-0 loss vs. Hartlepool United on Saturday.
  • Zak Whitbread did not dress in Norwich City's 3-0 win vs. Yeovil Town on Saturday.
  • Mike Grella did not dress in Leeds United's 1-1 draw vs. Brentford on Saturday.
  • Jemal Johnson did not dress in Stockport County's 2-0 loss vs. Charlton Athletic on Saturday.
  • Jon-Paul Pittman started and played 82 minutes in Wycombe Wanderers' 0-0 draw vs. Carlisle United on Saturday.

Scotland

  • Maurice Edu came off the bench and played 26 minutes Rangers' 3-1 win vs. St Mirren on Saturday.
  • DaMarcus Beasley started and played 64 minutes in Rangers' 3-1 win vs. St Mirren on Saturday. 
  • Dominic Cervi did not dress in Celtic's 2-0 win vs. Falkirk on Sunday.

Italy

  • Oguchi Onyewu did not dress in AC Milan's 0-0 draw vs. AS Roma on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.

Germany

BUNDESLIGA
  • Michael Bradley started, played 64 minutes and received a yellow card in Borussia Moenchengladbach's 3-0 loss vs. Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
  • Steve Cherundolo came off the bench and played 11 minutes in Hannover 96's 2-1 win vs. SC Freiburg on Saturday.
  • Sal Zizzo did not dress in Hannover 96's 2-1 win vs. SC Freiburg on Saturday. He is recovering from a knee injury.
  • Jermaine Jones did not dress in Schalke 04's 4-1 win vs. Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday. He is recovering from a leg injury.
  • Ricardo Clark dressed but did not play in Eintracht Frankfurt's 4-1 loss vs. Schalke 04 on Saturday.
  • Daniel Williams dressed but did not play in SC Freiburg's 2-1 loss vs. Hannover 96 on Saturday.
BUNDESLIGA 2 
  • Luis Robles dressed but did not play in Kaiserslautern's 1-1 draw vs. FSV Frankfurt on Saturday.
  • Matt Taylor did not dress in FSV Frankfurt's 1-1 draw vs. Kaiserslautern on Saturday.
  • David Yeldell started, played 90 minutes and made eight saves in TUS Koblenz's 2-0 loss vs. RW Oberhausen on Friday.

France

  • Carlos Bocanegra started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in Stade Rennes' 1-0 win vs. AS Monaco on Saturday. 
  • Charlie Davies did not dress in Sochaux's 1-0 win vs. Toulouse on Saturday. He is recovering from multiple injuries.

Portugal 

  • Gale Agbossoumonde dressed but did not play in Sporting Braga's 0-0 draw vs. Vitoria Setubal on Saturday.

Greece

  • Freddy Adu dressed but did not play in Aris Salonika's 1-1 draw vs. Kavala on Saturday.
  • Eddie Johnson came off the bench and played 10 minutes in Aris Salonika's 1-1 draw vs. Kavala on Saturday.

Denmark

  • Benny Feilhaber did not dress in AGF Aarhus' 5-0 loss vs. FC Copenhagen on Sunday. He is recovering from an ankle injury. 
  • Michael Parkhurst and FC Nordsjaelland play Aalborg BK on Monday.
  • Marcus Tracy and Aalborg BK play FC Nordsjaelland on Monday.
  • Chris Rolfe and Aalborg BK play FC Nordsjaelland on Monday.

Mexico

  • Jose Francisco Torres started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Pachuca's 3-0 loss vs. Monterrey on Saturday.
  • Edgar Castillo started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Tigres UANL's 1-0 win vs. Indios de Ciudad Juarez on Sunday.
  • Marco Vidal started and played 90 minutes in Indios de Ciudad Juarez's 1-0 loss vs. Tigres UANL on Sunday.
  • Herculez Gomez started, played 90 minutes and scored a GOAL in Puebla's 4-1 loss vs. Pumas UNAM on Sunday.

Argentina

  • Michael Hoyos started and played 80 minutes in Estudiantes La Plata's 0-0 draw vs. Lanus on Saturday. 

There you have them...and the MVP is.....Carlos Bocanegra.  Game winner for Rennes as he re-establishes himself in France.  Well done to Captain America.  

No comments:

Post a Comment