Winners:
STEVE CHERUNDOLO scored with a low 12-yard one-time shot in Hannover 96's 2-0 win at Borussia Dortmund in front of 77,200 fans. The strike marks the American right back's third goal in 102 Bundesliga 1 appearances and the win moved the Reds into 8th place. Cherundolo had to leave the game in the 71st minute with a calf tear.
CLAUDIO REYNA returned to action after a six-week injury layoff and helped Manchester City win, 5-2, at Charlton. The Manchester Evening News rated his performance a 7 (out of 10): ''Usual stabilizing self in midfield and comfortably resumed midfield partnership with [Joey] Barton.'' Reyna played 86 minutes and received a yellow card for dissent. American Jonathan Spector went the full 90 on Charlton's backline.
THE UNVERSITY OF PORTLAND became the first team besides North Carolina to finish the NCAA Division I women's season undefeated when the Pilots crushed UCLA, 4-0, Sunday in the Women's College Cup final. Senior striker Christine Sinclair scored twice, giving her 39 goals this season for a new NCAA single-season record. It was the second title in four years for the Pilots.
Losers:
CLUB AMERICA, Mexico's defending champion and top regular-season finisher, had a 3-1 aggregate lead over Tigres going into the second leg of the quarterfinal at home, but Tigres, the 8th seed, pulled off a stunning 4-1 win at Azteca Stadium to advance to semis, where it meets intra-city rival Monterrey. Pachuca and Toluca meet in the other semifinal series.
VANDERLEI LUXEMBURGO was fired as Real Madrid coach, ending the Brazilian's 11-month stint. He was the fifth coach in two and a half years for Real Madrid, which hasn't won a title since 2003, when Vicente Del Bosque guided it to the La Liga crown only to be sacked. Candidates to replace Luxemburgo include Rafael Benitez, Arsene Wenger, Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello.
DAVID BECKHAM received the seventh red card of his career in the 55th minute of Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Getafe for kicking Riki from behind and had to be restrained from going after Getafe coach Bernd Schuster after the ejection. It was the Englishman's third red for Real this season.
AMERICAN KEEPERS Brad Friedel and Kasey Keller came out on losing sides this weekend. Friedel went down, 2-0, to Everton with 10-man Blackburn, which is in 13th place. In Germany, Keller fell 1-0 with Borussia Moenchengladbach at home to Nuremberg, which is fighting relegation. Gladbach is in 7th place, five points below the UEFA Cup zone.