U.S. ABROAD: Hahnemann's Reading consolidates position for promotion playoff spot

ENGLAND (Division I)

* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), vs. Preston North End, 5-1.

Started: 90 minutes. Portsmouth has wrapped up promotion; Leicester needs only two to clinch. The next four teams enter the promotion playoffs with the winner going up. The Royals are fourth, six points ahead of seventh place Ipswich with a game in hand.

* Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1), at Reading, 1-5.

Entered as substitute in 38th minute.The five goals were the most Preston has conceded in league play this season.

FRANCE (League Cup)

* Oguchi Onyewu (Metz, D2), at Sochaux (D1), 2-3 (OT).

DNP. Metz's bid to return to the League Cup final, where it played in 1999, dies in the semifinal stage. The Grenats twice came back from one goal down to tie Sochaux, the second time after losing 19-year-old Togo sensation Sheyi Adebayor with a red card.