Leagues around the world outside the United States saw a scoring drought among American players, although plenty of them saw playing time. A fringe player for Jürgen Klinsmann’s squad also saw red for his club team.
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Let’s take a look at how each of the 12 foreign-based players called into the U.S. camp for the final two World Cup qualifiers fared, as well as a few others:
U.S.-ROSTERED AMERICANS ABROAD FOR JAMAICA AND PANAMA
• Jozy Altidore: Started and played 90 minutes for Sunderland in 2-1 loss to Manchester United. Didn’t look out of place against world-class center back Nemanja Vidić.
• DaMarcus Beasley: Started and played 90 minutes for Puebla in 3-1 loss to León.
• Alejandro Bedoya: Heading into the weekend, Bedoya looked likely to start on the left wing for Nantes against Evian TG (3-0 win), but an illness left him indisposed at the last minute. He has not been replaced on or removed from the U.S. roster.
• Terrence Boyd: Started and played 90 minutes for Rapid Vienna in 0-0 draw with Wiener Neustadt.
• Geoff Cameron: Started and played 90 minutes (at right back) for Stoke City in 1-0 loss to Fulham. With injuries to Michael Bradley and Fabian Johnson, and Brad Evans recovering from a recent knock, Cameron could start at right back or central midfield for the U.S.
• Edgar Castillo: Started and played 90 minutes for Club Tijuana in 1-0 win over Querétaro. (Hérculez Gómez came off the bench in the game, and Joe Corona was an unused substitute. Neither of them were called into camp for the qualifiers.)
• Mix Diskerud: Started and played 68 minutes for Rosenborg in 0-0 draw with Hønefoss. (American goalkeeper Steve Clark earned the shutout for Diskerud’s opponent)
• Brad Guzan: Started and played 90 minutes for Aston Villa in 0-0 draw with Hull City. It was Guzan’s second shutout of the Premier League season, after defeating Norwich City 1-0 on Sept. 21.
• Tim Howard: Started and played 90 minutes for Everton in 3-1 loss to Manchester City. He was perhaps harshly charged with an own goal in the 69th minute when he touched Sergio Agüero’s penalty onto the right post, only to have it rebound and hit him in the head before crossing the line.
Howard also picked up a yellow card for dissent as he protested the original penalty call.
• Aron Jóhannsson: Started and played 66 minutes for AZ Alkmaar in 2-1 loss to Groningen.
• Jermaine Jones: Unused substitute for Schalke in 4-1 win over Augsburg. (Michael Parkhurst did not suit up for Augsburg.) Despite rumors of a knee injury, Jones is in the U.S. squad and is expected to reprise his role in central midfield, especially with Bradley out injured still.
• Sacha Klještan: Started and played 71 minutes for Anderlecht in 1-0 loss to Kortrijk.
OTHERS
• José Torres: It wasn’t a great day for Torres for Tigres UANL in Liga MX, as he received two yellow cards within seven minutes, one on either side of halftime, in a 2-1 loss to Toluca. Despite going down a man and already being down a goal, Tigres equalized after Torres was sent off, only to give up the game-winning goal in the 81st minute.
• Shawn Parker: The 20-year-old German-American midfielder made just his second appearance of the season for Mainz, coming on in the 66th minute of a 2-2 draw with Hoffenheim. Mainz was down 2-0 at halftime but scored twice in the final 10 minutes, including an equalizer in the second minute of stoppage time, to tie it.
• Timmy Chandler: The estranged right back started and played every painful minute for Nürnberg in a 5-0 loss to Hamburg.
• Eric Lichaj: Another option at right back for the U.S., Lichaj started and played 90 minutes for Nottingham Forest in a 3-1 win against Brighton and Hove Albion, picking up a yellow card in the 38th minute.
