o Jovan Kirovski debuted for Borussia Dortmund Oct. 4 when he played all 90 minutes up front in the struggling German champion’s 1-0 loss to Bochum.

Kirovski, teamed with young Lars Ricken in the lineup of injury-riddled Dortmund, came close with a shot in the 34th minute and was one of its better players.

Oct. 4 in Bochum

Bochum 1 Bor. Dortmund 0. Goal: Waldoch (63).

Bochum — Gospodarek, Kracht, Waldoch, Reis, Jack, Mamic, Tapalovic, Wosz, Michalke (Peschel, 88), Baluszynski, Donkov (Schreiber, 88).

Bor. Dortmund — Klos, Feiersinger, Kohler, Julio Cesar, Heinrich, Bout (Mallam, 84), Tretschok (Mueller, 75), Reuter, Moeller, Ricken, Kirovski.

Att.: 36,334.

o Claudio Reyna did not play in Bayer Leverkusen’s 4-1 win over Hansa Rostock that kept it in second place in the German First Division.

Reyna has played in only three of Leverkusen’s nine games (88 minutes altogether).

The fight for playing time in midfield has been fierce. While Brazilians Hubner and Rodrigo have been recently sent back to Brazil, new coach Christoph Daum has preferred to give playing time to first-year players Nico Kovac, Jan Heintze, Rene Rydlewicz, Robert Kovac and Ze Elias and second-year player Carsten Ramelow in midfield

o Shawn Petroski, the youngest American to play in the German pro ranks, scored in Second Division Uerdingen’s 4-1 win over Waldhof Mannheim Sept. 28.

Petroski, a native of Granite City, Ill., came on in the 60th minute — his second appearance of the season — and scored his team’s final goal in the 89th minute.

American teammate John Van Buskirk, the former Indiana star, has made one appearance for KFC, also as a substitute.

Sept. 28 in Krefeld

Uerdingen 4 W. Mannheim 1. Goals: Thorup 49, Wedau 71, Wollitz 77, Petroski 89; Gerlach 60.

Uerdingen — Bade, Peschke, Kuehn, Rahner, Wedau, Jueptner, Grammozis, Straube, Wollitz (Hahn, 87), Bittengel (Petroski, 60), Thorup.

W. Mannheim — Langner, Koepper, Wagenhaus, Barth, Gerlach (Uysal, 87), Hofmann, Scheuber (Commodore, 80), Schwartz (Czakon, 72), Dehoust, Hayer, Kobylanski.

Att.: 4,324.

o David Wagner, who debuted for the United States against El Salvador Aug. 30, scored the first goal for Schalke in its 2-2 tie with Dutch club Roda JC Sept. 24 in their UEFA Cup first-round series. Schalke won 5-2 on aggregate to advance to the second round against Turkish club Trabzonspor. Wagner’s American teammate, Thomas Dooley, came on as a second-half substitute.

UEFA Cup,

First Round, Second Leg

Sept. 24 in Kerkrade

Roda JC (Netherlands) 2 Schalke (Germany) 2. Goals: Vurens 25, Sibon 74; Wagner 15, Wilmots 72.

Roda JC — Hesp, Senden, Ooyer, Roelofsen, Van Haaren (Luijpers, 75), Van Der Luer (Obdam, 77), Van Hoogdalem, Vurens, Van Der Heyden (Martens, 34), Van Houdt, Sibon.

Schalke — Lehmann, Latal, De Kock, Thon (Weidemann, 74), Linke, Buskens, Nemec, Mueller, Anderbruegge (Dooley, 46), Max, Wagner (Wilmots, 46).

Att.: 14,000.

(Schalke wins 5-2 on aggregate.)

o Ernie Stewart scored his first goal of the season for Dutch First Division club NAC in a 2-1 win at RKC Sept. 29.

o Kasey Keller picked up another shutout for Leicester City, which beat Leeds United 1-0 Sept. 28 to move into a tie for 10th in the English Premier League.

o Goalie Ian Feuer overcame injuries to lead English Second Division club Luton Town a 2-2 tie with the Premier League’s Derby County Sept. 25 and win their English League Cup series 3-2 on aggregate.

o Chad Deering is still starting for German Second Division club Wolfsburg, which is tied for first after eight games with 15 points. It tied Luebeck 0-0 Sept. 28 to remain tied with Mainz.

o Charles Fitchett, a member of the U.S. U-20 team that qualified for the U-20 World Cup finals next year in Malaysia, is on Mainz’s first-team roster this season, but he has yet to play a game for FSV.