For the second game in a row, Brian McBride was unable to score for Everton, but his team won its third straight game. Kasey Keller, meanwhile, turned in a gem for Tottenham against Chelsea.
ENGLAND
* Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Aston Villa, 0-3.
Started: 90 minutes.
* Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) at Chelsea, 1-1.
Started: 90 minutes. A fine performance from Keller could not keep the hosts from equalizing Teddy Sheringham's 16th-minute tally. Gianfranco Zola, whom Keller stopped early in the game, scored Chelsea's goal with a spectacular, curling free kick from 25 yards out.
* Brian McBride (Everton, PL) vs. Leeds, 2-0.
Started: 73 minutes. In his fourth consecutive start, McBride was unable to score but did set up Steve Watson for a quality chance that he muffed in front of the goal.
* Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham, PL) at Bolton, 2-4.
Entered as sub in 64th minute, making his 11th straight appearance.
* Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1) vs. Gillingham, 3-0.
Started: 90 minutes. Scored his second goal of the season in Preston's first win in seven games.
* Claudio Reyna (Sunderland, PL) vs. Charlton, 1-3
DNP – injured. Sunderland's freefall continues and the club now sits last in the Premier League with a mere four wins in 26 matches this season.
* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1) vs. Burnley, 5-2.
Started: 90 minutes.
GERMANY
* Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D1) vs. VfL Bochum, 2-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
With two wins in the first two weeks of post-winter break play, Cottbus has matched its victory output of its first 17 games. With four wins it surpassed Kaiserslautern as the Bundesliga's worst team and moved out of the cellar. In 17th place, Cottbus is four points inside the relegation zone.
Berhalter shared honors with three teammates as the game's highest-rated field player, receiving a 2.5 from Kicker Magazine (1-high; 6-low).
* Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) at 1860 Munich, 1-0.
Started: 90 minutes.
Kicker Magazine rating (1-high; 6-low): 4.
An away win over 6th-place 1860 Munich pulls Hannover out of the relegation zone into 15th-place.
* Conor Casey (Hannover 96, D1) at 1860 Munich, 1-0.
DNP.
* Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D1) vs. Hansa Rostock, 0-1.
DNP.
* Mike Duhaney (Mainz, D2) vs. Eintracht Trier,
Monday
* Cory Gibbs (St. Pauli, D2) at LR Ahlen, 2-3.
Started: 90 minutes.
Kicker Magazine rating (1-high; 6-low): 4.
Gibbs returned to lineup after recovering from a deep thigh bruise.
* Grover Gibson (Mainz, D2) vs. Eintracht Trier, Monday
* Jacob Thomas (Braunschweig, D2) vs. Oberhausen,
Postponed.
FRANCE
* David Regis (Troyes, D1) at Le Havre, 0-1.
Started: 90 minutes. L'Equipe rating (10=high; 1=low): 5.0.
* Greg Vanney (Bastia, D1) at AC Ajaccio, 1-1.
DNP — not on bench.
* Oguchi Onyewu (Metz, D2) vs. Le Mans, 4-0.
DNP — not on bench. Metz moved into a tie for third place — the top three teams go up.
* Joe Cannon (Lens, D1) at Rennes, 0-1.
DNP — not on bench.
NETHERLANDS
* John O'Brien (Ajax, D1) vs. Willem II, 6-0. DNP – injured.