American defender Jay DeMerit captained EPL club Watford, the club he joined while it was in the second tier in the summer of 2004, in its fourth-round League Cup game on Tuesday against Newcastle. Watford lost on penalty kicks after a 2-2 tie. DeMerit’s team was headed to an overtime win when Scott Parker equalized in the 116th minute. In German midweek league action, Benny Feilhaber played the full 90 for the fourth straight game in Hamburg SV’s midfield, but HSV lost its second straight, 2-0 to VfB Stuttgart. Conor Casey played the last five minutes for Mainz in its 2-1 loss to Wolfsburg.