Bradley Strikes In Home Debut

Published: Monday, 8. October, 2012 in category The Grapevine

 

Three Americans Abroad rang the bell over the weekend, with AS Roma midfielder Michael Bradley bagging the second in a 2-0 win over Atalanta.

The home debutant tidied up a rebound just past the hour to count his first goal for the club.

In Austria, Terrence Boyd hit late to earn Rapid Vienna a 1-1 home share with Wiener Neustadt.

The forward bagged his fifth goal of the league season with four minutes remaining.

Around the globe in Mexico, Herculez Gomez scored his third goal of the season in 64 minutes of action and teammate Benji Goya went unused as Santos Laguna battled Queretaro to a 1-1 draw.

Tijuana got 90 strong minutes from Edgar Castillo and 28 from Joe Corona in a 1-0 victory over Toluca.

Michael Orozco Fiscal went the distance as San Luis suffered a 4-0 defeat at Jaguares.

Chivas attacker Jesus Padilla played four minute in a 3-1 derby win at Club America.

Meanwhile, Jose Francisco Torres was an unused sub in Pachuca's 1-1 share with Leon.

Back around the world in England, Clint Dempsey notched an assist and Brad Friedel watched from the dugout for the first time in 311 EPL games as Tottenham topped Aston Villa 2-0. Brad Guzan was solid in goal for the visitors, who kept Eric Lichaj on the bench.

Tim Howard and Everton rallied in the waning moments for a 2-2 draw at Wigan.

Stoke City grinded out a 0-0 draw at Liverpool, with Geoff Cameron strong at right back and Maurice Edu making a late debut.

One flight down, Jonathan Spector and Birmingham City dropped a 1-0 home decision to Huddersfield Town.

Leicester City defender Zak Whitbread worked the final 28 minutes of a 2-0 victory of Bristol City.

Tim Ream watched on as Bolton fell 2-1 at Millwall.

Down in League One, Mike Grella went the distance as Scunthorpe lost 1-0 at Stevenage, who left Robbie Rogers on the sub's bench.

Frank Simek went unused as Carlisle topped Walsall 2-1.

Heading to Germany, Steve Cherundolo saw yellow as Hannover 96 clawed back late for a 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund.

Timothy Chandler was whistled for a late penalty foul in FC Nuremberg's 3-0 loss at Freiburg.

The Hoffenheim duo of Fabian Johnson and Daniel Williams, with the latter picking up a yellow card, in a 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich.

One flight down, John Anthony Brooks had a sturdy game in defense and Alfredo Moreales went unused as Hertha Berlin blanked 1860 Munich 3-0.

Next door in the Netherlands, Jozy Altidore was sent off for twin dissent yellow cards in a matter of seconds as nine-man AZ fell 3-0 at FC twente.

One league below, Charles Kazlauskas went 72 minutes as Helmond Sport fought back for a 2-2 draw at Excelsior.

In neighboring Belgium, Sacha Kljetsan watched on as Anderlecht endured a 2-1 derby loss at Standard Liege.

Up in Denmark, Conor O'Brien nearly scored late in a 3-0 home loss to AGF Aarhus.

Charlie Davies sat in the dugout as Randers FC edged FC Midtjylland 2-1.

Across the waters in Norway, Josh Gatt won a penalty kick in 45 minutes of action as Molde outgunned Sandnes Ulf 3-2.

Chad Barrett was uninvolved as Valerenga fought Stromsgodset to a 1-all share.

Heading south to Spain, Oguchi Onyewu went unused in Malaga's 2-1 defeat at Atletico Madrid

One level below, Carlos Bocanegra and Racing Santander suffered a tough 1-0 loss at Murcia.

Next door in Portugal, Tony Taylor worked the second half of Estoril's 3-1 defeat against Rio Ave.

In Israel, Leo Krupnik and Maccabi Netanya slipped to a 3-1 home loss against Hapoel Acre.