BOBBY CONVEY debuted for Reading in a 4-1 loss to Manchester City Monday. Reading opens the First Division season Saturday when it hosts Brighton.
DAMARCUS BEASLEY had started his first game for Dutch club PSV Saturday, going 78 minutes in a 2-0 loss to German club Arminia Bielefeld.
In Norway league action, ROBBIE RUSSELL started for Rosenborg in a 1-1 tie at Viking that kept it one point ahead of Tromsoe. BRIAN WEST played 82 minutes for Fredrikstad, which remains in last place despite a 2-1 win over Molde.
OGUCHI ONYEWU has been used as a defensive midfielder at new Belgian club Standard Liege, most recently in a 3-1 preseason loss to German club Wolfsburg.
PETER PHILIPAKOS, who chose to skip his senior year at American University to sign with Greek club AEK, has moved to Olympiakos.
French clubs have taken a particular interest in young U.S.-based players. VEDAD IBISEVIC, the 2003 Soccer America College Freshman of the Year, left Saint Louis University to sign a three-year contract with Paris St. Germain after being discovered playing for Bosnia's U-21 team. Ibisevic had moved to the St. Louis area from Bosnia when he was 15.
Sedan has given RAMON BAILEY a long tryout at playmaker. Bailey, who resides in Bronx, N.Y. played last season for JC power Mercer Community College. He had starred for the Region I '84 team at a French youth tournament in 2003. The year before, he played for Jamaica in U-20 World Cup qualifying.