[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. national team starters Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey both played the entire game in winning efforts Thursday for Everton and Fulham, respectively, in Day 2 of the group stage of the new Europa League.
Howard’s Everton came back from 1-0 down to defeat BATE Borisov of Belarus. Dempsey came close in the second half for Fulham before the Cottagers finally got a goal, courtesy of Danny Murphy, to beat Swiss club Basel.
Group A
Anderlecht (Belgium) 1 Ajax (Netherlands) 1
FC Timisoara (Romania) 0 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 3
Group B
Slavia Prague (Czech Rep.) 1 Lille (France) 5
Valencia (Spain) 3 Genoa (Italy) 2
Group C
Hamburg (Germany) 4 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) 2
Celtic (Scotland) 1 Rapid Vienna (Austria) 1
Group D
Sporting (Portugal) 1 Hertha Berlin (Germany) 0
FK Ventspils (Latvia) 0 Heerenveen (Netherlands) 0
Group E
Roma (Italy) 2 CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) 0
Fulham (England) 1 Basel (Switzerland) 0
Group F
Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) 0 Panathinaikos (Greece) 1
Galatasaray (Turkey) 1 Sturm Graz (Austria) 1
Group G
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 0 Lazio (Italy) 4
Salzburg (Austria) 2 Villarreal (Spain) 0
Group H
Twente (Netherlands) 0 Steaua Bucharest (Romania) 0
Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) 0 Fenerbahce (Turkey) 1
Group I
AEK Athens (Greece) 1 Benfica (Portugal) 0
BATE Borisov (Belarus) 1 Everton (England) 2
Group J
Toulouse (France) 2 Club Bruges (Belgium) 2
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 4 Partizan (Serbia) 1
Group K
FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 1 Sparta Prague (Czech Rep.) 0
PSV (Netherlands) 1 CFR Cluj (Romania) 0
Group L
Werder Bremen (Germany) 3 Athletic Bilbao (Spain) 1
Austria Vienna (Austria) 1 Nacional Madeira (Portugal) 1