Kasey Keller and Tottenham have a spot in next year's Premier League despite a 1-0 loss to Aston Villa this weekend. Manchester City registered a 1-0 victory over Newcastle that assures that Claudio Reyna's club will stay up.

Manchester City is six points clear of Leeds and Wolverhampton with two games remaining but neednft worry about being surpassed even if it lost both games thanks to its superior goal difference (-2 compared to ±38 for Leeds and ±37 for Wolves).

Last-place Leicester will accompany Leeds and Wolves into the First Division for the 2004-05 season.

Brian McBride scored his second goal for Fulham while Blackburn (Brad Friedel) downed Tim Howard (Manchester United).

Elsewhere, Steve Cherundolo, Clint Mathis and Gregg Berhalter had rough outings in Germany and former SMU standout Luchi Gonzales scored his first goal in Peru.

ENGLAND
* Brian McBride (Fulham, PL), at Portsmouth, 1-1.
Entered as a substitute: 77th minute. Five minutes after Portsmouth took the lead on Aiyegbeni Yakubu's goal, McBride knotted the score with a 30-yard, left-footed blast. McBride's second tally of the season came 13 games after his first, which he scored in his Fulham debut. He failed to convert a final chance eight yards from goal during stoppage time.
The Sun rating (1 low; 10 high): 7.
Season league stats: 14 games, 2 goals.
Fulham is in 8th place with two games remaining.

* Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL), at Portsmouth, 1-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
The Sun rating (1 low; 10 high): 7.
Season league stats: 13 games, 0 goals.
Fulham is in 8th place with two games remaining.

* Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL), vs. Man. Utd, 1-0.
Started: 90 minutes.
The Sun rating (1 low; 10 high): 6.
Season league stats: 36 games; 1 goal.
Blackburn is in 13th place with two games remaining.

* Tim Howard (Man. Utd., PL), at Blackburn, 0-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
The Sun rating (1 low; 10 high): 7.
Season league stats: 30 games.
Manchester United is in 3rd place with two games remaining.

* Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL), at Aston Villa, 0-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
Tottenham's spot in the Premier League next season was secured when Leeds lost to Bolton Sunday, so Spurs' seventh consecutive game without a win was a little easier to swallow.
The Sun rating (1 low; 10 high): 6.
Season league stats: 36 games.
Tottenham is in 16th place with two games.

* Claudio Reyna (Man. City, PL), vs. Newcastle, 1-0.
Entered as a substitute: 71st minute.
The Sun rating (1 low; 10 high): 6.
Season league stats: 21 games; 1 goal.
Manchester City is in 17th place with two games remaining and will maintain its Premier League status.

* Frankie Simek (Arsenal, PL), vs. Birmingham, 0-0.
DNP.
Season league stats: 0 games.
Arsenal is in 1st place with three games remaining and has already clinched the Premier League title.

* Jonathan Spector (Manchester United, PL) at Blackburn, 0-1.
DNP – on bench. Spector's first time in uniform for a Premier League match.
Season league stats: 0 games.
Manchester United is in 3rd place with two games remaining.

* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1), vs. West Brom, 1-0.
DNP – on bench. Hahnemann dressed for the first time since suffering a knee injury in mid-March.
Season league stats: 36 games.
Reading is in 9th place.

* Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1), at Norwich, 2-3.
Started: 90 minutes.
Season league stats: 32 games; 7 goals.
Preston is in 14th place.

GERMANY
* Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1), at Freiburg, 1-4.
Started: 90 minutes.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 5
Season league stats: 28 games, 0 goals.
Hannover is in 13th place, 2 points above the relegation zone with three games left.

* Clint Mathis (Hannover 96, D1),. at Freiburg, 1-4.
Entered as a substitute: 68th minute.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): na.
Season league stats: 14 games, 4 goals.
Hannover is in 13th place, 2 points above the relegation zone with three games left.

* Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D2), at Duisburg, 2-4.
Started: 90 minutes.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 5
Season league stats: 28 games, 4 goals. Cottbus is in 3rd place, 1 point within the promotion zone.

* Conor Casey (Karlsruhe, D2), at Regensburg, 1-1.
Started: 86 minutes.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 5.
Season league stats: 27 games, 13 goals. Karlsruhe is in 12th place, 2 points above the relegation zone.

* Joe Enochs (Osnabrueck, D2), at Alemannia Aachen, 1-2.
Started: 90 minutes.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 4
Season league stats: 28 games, 1 goal. Osnabrueck is in last place.

* Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D2), at Arminia Bielefeld, 3-1.
Started: 90 minutes. This huge road victory against the second-place team puts Nuremberg in position to clinch the second division title on Friday at last-place Osnabrueck. With three games remaining, Nuremberg has a six-point lead over Bielefeld and its goal differential is 12 better than Bielefeld's. Sanneh continued his solid play at central defender.
Season league stats: 4 games, 1 goal.

FRANCE
* Greg Vanney (Bastia, D1), at Rennes, 0-4.
Started: 90 minutes.
L'Equipe rating (1 low; 10 high): 5.
Season league stats: 19 games, 0 goals.

NETHERLANDS
* John O'Brien (Ajax, D1), at Zwolle, 5-0.
DNP.
Season league stats: 4 games; 0 goals.

* Charles Kazlauskas (Fortuna Sittard, D2), no game.
Season league stats: 12 games; 0 goals.
(Midweek: Fortuna Sittard-Heracles: 0-3. Started: 90 minutes.)

PORTUGAL
* Zach Thornton (Benfica), at Sporting, 1-0.
DNP.
Season league stats: 0 games.
BELGIUM
* Alex Yi (Antwerp, D1), at La Gantoise, 1-1.
DNP.
Season league stats: 8 games; 0 goals.

* Oguchi Onyewu (La Louviere, D1), at St. Truiden, 2-1.
Started: 90 minutes. Onyewu received a yellow card in the 37th minute.
Season league stats: 22 games; 1 goal.

DENMARK
* Wade Barrett (Aarhus, SL), at Broendby, 0-2.
DNP.
Season stats: 15 games, 0 goals.

NORWAY
* Brian West (Fredrikstad, D1), vs. Valerenga, 2-2.
Entered as a substitute: 45th minute.
Season stats: 3 games, 0 goals.

* Robbie Russell (Sogndal, D1), at Lyn, 0-2.
Started: 90 minutes.v Dagbladet rating (1 low; 10 high): 5.
Season stats: 3 games, 0 goals.

* Adam Skumawitz (Aalesund, D2), at Pors Grenland, 2-1.
Entered as a substitute, 85th minute.
Season league stats: 2 games.

SPAIN
* Antonio Martinez (Salamanca, D2), at Cadiz, 3-3.
DNP.
Season league stats: 3 games.

SWEDEN
* Brian Dunseth (Bodens SK, D2), vs. Assyriska Foereningen, 0-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
League stats: 2 games, 0 goals.

* Steve Shak (Bodens SK, D2), vs. Assyriska Foereningen, 0-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
League stats: 2 games, 0 goals.

* Leighton O'Brien (Bodens SK, D2), vs. Assyriska Foereningen, 0-1.
DNP.
League stats: 0 games, 0 goals.

SWITZERLAND
* Melchior Arnold (Chiasso, D2), at Sion, 0-1. Lineups n/a.
Season league stats: 22 games; 3 goals.
(Midweek: Chiasso-Concordia: 2-1, Started: 90 minutes.)

CROATIAv * Chris Greer (Cibalia, D1), vs. Marsonia, 0-0.
Entered as a substitute, 46th minute.
Season league stats: 10 games, 3 goals.

MEXICO
* Daniel Hernandez (Necaxa, D1), vs. Monterrey, 1-1.
Started: 90 minutes. Hernandez received a yellow card in the second minute.
Torneo Clausura stats: 10 games, 2 goals.

PERU
* Luchi Gonzalez (Sp. Cristal, D2), vs. San Martin, 3-0.
Started: 90 minutes. Gonzalez scored his first two Peruvian League goals and was named to the 18-man roster that will take on Argentine powerhouse Boca Juniors in Tuesday's Copa Libertadores match.
Torneo Apertura stats: 4 games, 2 goals.