[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore scored his first La Liga goal. Steve Cherundolo celebrated a big win in the Bundesliga, where Michael Bradley and Gladbach suffered another loss and Neven Subotic notched an assist for Borussia Dortmund. For more on how Americans fared with foreign clubs last weekend. …
SPAIN. Jozy Altidore, making his third league appearance for Villarreal, entered its game against Athletic Bilbao in the 90th minute and managed to score the final goal in a 4-1 win. New Jersey product Giuseppe Rossi opened the scoring for Villarreal. Altidore, who joined the Yellow Submarine from the New York Red Bulls on a $10 million transfer, celebrates his 19th birthday on Thursday. Altidore got his first start for Villarreal last Wednesday in an embarrassing 5-0 Spanish Cup loss to third division Polideportivo Ejido. VIDEO
GERMANY. Michael Bradley was a 56th minute sub for Borussia Moenchengladbach in a 2-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt. All goals had been scored by the time the 21-year-old entered the field and he missed a chance to equalize with a header. Gladbach is one point out of last place with a 1-7-3 win-loss-tie record. Defender Steve Cherundolo cleared a shot off the line while helping Hannover 96 down Hamburg SV, 3-0, to drop HSV from third-place to fifth while Hannover moved into 13th place. Borussia Dortmund's Neven Subotic, making his 11th straight start, assisted on Mohamed Zidan's goal in a 1-1 tie VfL Bochum.
ENGLAND. Despite his goal a week ago that earned struggling Fulham a precious tie, Clint Dempsey still hasn't gotten a starting role. He came on in the 88th minute of Fulham's 1-0 loss to Everton, whose American keeper Tim Howard made a key save on a Jimmy Bullard free kick. Keeper Brad Friedel is in action Monday when Aston Villa faces Newcastle.
FRANCE. Defender Carlos Bocanegra received his first yellow card of the season while making his 12th straight start for fifth-place Rennes as it downed Sochaux, 1-0. Freddy Adu didn't suit up for Monaco, which won, 3-2, against Le Havre.
BELGIUM. Defender Oguchi Onyewu went the distance for defending champ Standard Liege, which lost, 2-1, to Charleroi and dropped to fourth place.
SCOTLAND. DaMarcus Beasley played the final 16 minutes for Glasgow Rangers (replacing hat-trick scorer Kris Boyd) in a 5-0 win over Inverness while Maurice Edu stayed on the bench.
DENMARK. Jeremiah White scored the gamewinner in AGF Aarhus' 2-1 win over FC Midtjylland, for which Danny Califf did not see action. Lee Nguyen played seven minutes for Randers in a 4-1 win over Sonderjyske.
MEXICO. Daniel Hernandez was red-carded in the 63rd minute of Jaguares' 5-2 loss to Morelia. Jose Francisco Torres played 78 minutes in Pachuca's 2-1 win over Cruz Azul that boosted its playoff hopes. Pachuca is third in Group 1, four points out of first and a point behind defending champ Santos, which tied Tigres, 1-1, as Edgar Castillo played the full 90. Michael Orozco of San Luis also went the distance as his team tied at Necaxa, 1-1. San Luis is first in Group 3.