Winners:
CLAUDIO REYNA returned to action for Manchester City after a two-month absence because of a broken ankle and helped the Blues to a 2-1 win over his old club Sunderland. The U.S. national team captain, playing in the central midfield, helped create Man City's second goal with a precise 50-yard pass down the wing to Trevor Sinclair, who served up newly acquired Greek forward Georgios Samaras for his second goal of the game.
JONATHON SPECTOR got his second straight start and went the full 90 for Charlton in a 0-0 tie with Liverpool. The 20-year-old Illinois product, on loan from Man U, has nine starts and six appearances as a sub for Charlton this season.
BOBBY CONVEY scored a spectacular goal from 25 yards in Reading's 3-0 win at Burnley that takes the club, which also features American Marcus Hahnemann in goal, and another step closer to Premier League promotion. It was the midfielder's sixth goal of the season.
KASEY KELLER helped Borussia Moenchengladbach to a 2-0 win over Arminia Bielefeld that moved Gladbach up to sixth place, leap-frogging Hannover 96, which, with American Steve Cherundolo, lost 2-1 at Schalke 04. Also in Germany, Conor Casey saw his first action of the season, coming on as a 76th minute sub for Mainz in its 1-1 tie at Dortmund. The American forward had suffered an ACL injury at last summer's Gold Cup.
Losers:
AMERICANS on the losing end in the English Premier League were forward Brian McBride, who went the full 90 while Carlos Bocanegra stayed on the sidelines as Fulham was thumped, 4-0, by Arsenal, and goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who fell 3-2 with Blackburn against to Tottenham.
BAYERN MUNICH's 19-game home win streak ended with a 2-1 loss to third-place Hamburg SV. Bayern leads second-place Werder Bremen by eight points.