Manchester United's Tim Howard and Blackburn's Brad Friedel faced off in front of 67,748 fans at Old Trafford. In the 2-1 Man U win, Friedel conceded goals to Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy and Brazilian Kleberson. Howard was beaten by Brett Emerton.

In Mexico, Daniel Hernandez, who has started five straight games, has qualified for the Apertura playoffs with Necaxa.

MEXICO
* Daniel Hernandez (Necaxa, D1) at Atlas, 1-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
Necaxa finished the regular season of the Apertura season 7th in the overall standings and 2nd in Group 4. Necaxa joins Pachuca, UNAM, Santos, Tigres and Atlante in the quarterfinals, which will be rounded out by the winners of wild-card matchups Toluca-Chivas and Cruz Azul-Tecos. League stats: 13 games; 0 goals.

ENGLAND
* Tim Howard (Manchester United, PL) vs. Blackburn, 2-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 7.
Manchester United is in 3rd place.
Season league stats: 13 games.

* Brad Friedel (Blackburn, PL) at Manchester United, 1-2.
Started: 90 minutes.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 6
Blackburn is tied for 17th place.
Season league stats: 13 games.

* Kasey Keller (Tottenham, PL) vs. Aston Villa, 2-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
The Sun rating (10 high; 1 low): 7.
Tottenham is tied for 11th place.
Season league stats: 13 games.

* Claudio Reyna (Manchester City, PL) vs. Newcastle, 0-3.
Started: DNP. Flu.
Manchester City is in 8th place.
Season league stats: 6 games; 1 goal.

* Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham, PL) vs. Arsenal, 0-3.
DNP.
Birmingham is in 5th place.
Season league stats: 0 games.

* Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, D1) at West Brom, 0-0. Started: 90 minutes.
Reading is in 7th place.
Season league stats: 19 games.

* Eddie Lewis (Preston North End, D1) vs. Norwich 0-0
Entered as sub in 80th minute
Preston is in 10th place.
Season league stats: 14 games; 1 goal.

GERMANY
* Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96, D1) at Stuttgart, 1-3.
DNP. Yellow-card suspension.
Hannover is in 10th place.
Season league stats: 11 games; 0 goals

* Gregg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus, D2) at Fuerth, 1-2.
Started: 90 minutes.
Cottbus is in 2nd place.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 5.
Season league stats: 12 games; 1 goal.

* Conor Casey (Karlsruhe, D2) at Unterhaching, 0-3.
Started: 90 minutes.
Karlsruhe is in 6th place.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 5.
Season league stats: 11 games; 4 goals.

* Joe Enochs (Osnabrueck, D2) at Union Berlin, 0-2
Started: 90 minutes.
Kicker rating (1 high; 6 low): 4.5.
Osnabrueck is in 16th place.
Season stats: 13 games; 0 goals.
Season league stats: 13 games; 0 goals.

* Tony Sanneh (Nuremberg, D2) at Aachen, Monday.
Season league stats: 0 games.

FRANCE
* Greg Vanney (Bastia, D1) vs. Nantes, 1-3.
Started: 90 minutes.
L'Equipe rating (10 high; 1 low): 4.5.
Bastia is in 13th place.
Season league stats: 11 games; 0 goals.

NETHERLANDS
* John O'Brien (Ajax, D1) vs. Heerenveen, 3-1.
DNP. Injured.
Ajax is in 1st place.
Season league stats: 0 games.

BELGIUM
* Alex Yi (Antwerp, D1) at La Louviere, 1-1
Started: 90 minutes.
Antwerp is in 14th place.
Season league stats: 6 games; 0 goals.

* Oguchi Onyewu (La Louviere, D1) vs. Antwerp, 1-1.
DNP.
La Louviere is in 8th place.
Season league stats: 7 games; 0 goals.

DENMARK
* Wade Barrett (Aarhus, SL) at FC Copenhagen, 1-1.
Started: 90 minutes.
Aarhus is in 7th place.
Season league stats: 9 games; 0 goals.

* Matt Jordan (OB, SL) at AB, 1-3.v DNP.
OB is in 4th place.
Season league stats: 0 games.v