Gregg Berhalter scored on the right end and hit an own goal in a 2-1 win that keeps Energie Cottbus in the promotion zone of the German Second Division.

U.S. forwards Brian McBride and Clint Mathis were unable to repeat the goalscoring heroics of their debuts with their new teams, but the two top U.S. scorers in Europe — Conor Casey and Eddie Lewis — each scored in 3-0 victories for Karlsruhe (Germany) and Preston (England), respectively.

ENGLAND
* Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) at Everton, 4-3.
Started: 90 minutes.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6.
Season league stats: 24 games.

* Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, PL) vs. Birmingham, 0-0.
Started: 70 minutes. A disappointing result for the hosts, especially because they failed to build momentum from a 10-man, come-from-behind victory over Tottenham in FA Cup play. City has not won in its past 13 Premier League matches and sits four points above the relegation mark.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 5.
Season league stats: 13 games; 1 goal.

Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, PL) at Southampton, 0-0.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 7.
Season league stats: 3 games, 0 goals.

Brian McBride (Fulham, PL) at Southampton, 0-0.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 5.
Season league stats: 2 games, 1 goal.

Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Portsmouth, 4-3.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6.
Season league stats: 24 games.

Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Middlesbrough, 1-0.
Started: 90 minutes.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 7.
Season league stats: 24 games.

Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1) at Rotherham, 1-5.
Started: 90 minutes.
Season league stats: 30 games.

Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1) vs. West Brom, 3-0.
Started: 85 minutes. Lewis opened the scoring in the 33rd minute by firing a free kick just under the crossbar and had a stellar outing on Preston's flank.
Season league stats: 24 games; 4 goals.

NETHERLANDS
* John O'Brien (Ajax, D1) vs. PSV, 2-1.
Started: 52 minutes. Hosting its archrival, Ajax fell behind before halftime, but rallied with two second-half goals. O'Brien came off just after teammate Wesley Sneijder tied the game 1-1. Voetbal International rating (10 high; 1 low): 6. Season league stats: 4 games.

GERMANY
* Clint Mathis (Hannover 96, D1) at Bayern Munich, 1-3.
Started: 66 minutes.
Mathis tied with teammate Kleber for Kicker magazine's worst rating in the game and his replacement, Stanko Svitlica, scored the hosts' consolation goal in the 82nd minute. Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 5.
Season league stats: 2 games, 1 goal.

* Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) at Bayern Munich, 1-3.
Started: 45 minutes.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 4.
Season league stats: 17 games, 0 goals.

Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D2) vs. Union Berlin, 2-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
Berhalter opened the scoring with a 16th minute header and closed it with a 71st minute own goal. Berhalter missed last weekÆs game with a yellow-card suspension.
Season league stats: 17 games, 3 goals.

Conor Casey (Karlsruhe, D2) vs. Osnabrueck, 3-0.
Started: 90 minutes. Karlsruhe scored three goals in a 17-minute span of the first half with Casey tallying the second one — his seventh of the season — in the 25th minute.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 2.5.
Season league stats: 17 games, 7 goals.

Joe Enochs (Osnabrueck, D2) at Karlsruhe, 0-3. Started: 90 minutes.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 4.
Season league stats: 18 games, 0 goals.

* Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D2) at Burghausen, 0-0.
DNP.
Season league stats: 0 games

FRANCE
Greg Vanney (Bastia, D1) vs. Toulouse, 1-0.
Started: 90 minutes.
Season league stats: 14 games; 0 goals.

BELGIUM
Oguchi Onyewu (La Louviere, D1) at Charleroi, 2-2.
Started: 70 minutes. Onyewu received a straight red card for a tackle from behind in the 70th minute. His team then remarkably rallied from a one-goal deficit to take the lead in the 80th minute. But Charleroi evened things again in the final minute on a goal by Thibaut Detal.
Season league stats: 13 games; 0 goals.

Alex Yi (Antwerp, D1) at FC Bruges, 0-4.
DNP.
Season league stats: 9 games; 0 goals.

MEXICO
* Daniel Hernandez (Necaxa, D1) vs. Chiapas, 0-1.
DNP.
Clausura stats: 0 games, 0 goals.

PORTUGAL
Zach Thornton (Benfica) at Belenenses, 2-0.
DNP.
Season league stats: 0 games; 0 goals.