Tim Howard's struggling Everton picked up a crucial three points with a 2-0 victory at Wigan, its first win of the English Premier League season. Carlos Bocanegra's St. Etienne was held to a 1-1 tie at home by Marseille and fell to second place in France's Ligue 1 behind Rennes. Lamar Neagle scored his first goal for Finnish club IFK Mariehamn, while Sacramento-born Miguel Ponce scored for Mexico's Guadalajara. For the weekend action in MLS and the D-2 Pro League and for Americans abroad ...

Weekend Results:
Major League Soccer
Sunday:
Chivas USA 1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2. Att.: 24,283.
LA -- Edson Buddle 15 (Michael Stephens 8) 23
LA -- David Beckham 1 (unassisted) 39
CHV -- Alan Gordon 1 (Jonathan Bornstein 2) 63

Saturday:
Seattle Sounders 3 Toronto FC 2. Att.: 36,079.
TOR -- Dwayne De Rosario 13 (Maicon Santos 2) 16
SEA -- Steve Zakuani 9 (Osvaldo Alonso 3, Jeff Parke 1) 21
SEA -- Blaise Nkufo 5 (Nathan Sturgis 2) 26
SEA -- Sanna Nyassi 1 (unassisted) 59
TOR -- Chad Barrett 7 (Nicholas Lindsay 1, O'Brian White 4) 88

Philadelphia Union 1 Houston Dynamo 1. Att.: 16,115.
HOU -- Andrew Hainault 1 (unassisted) 12
PHI -- Sebastien Le Toux 13 (Roger Torres 5) 40

New York Red Bulls 1 Kansas City Wizards 0. Att.: 24,799.
NY – Dane Richards (unassisted) 6

New England Revolution 1 Real Salt Lake 2. Att.: 18,130.
RSL -- Nat Borchers 2 (Javier Morales 7) 68
NE -- Kenny Mansally 4 (unassisted) 82
RSL -- Alvaro Saborio 10 (Javier Morales 8) 84

Columbus  Crew 0 San Jose  Earthquakes 0. Att.: 10,867.

FC Dallas 3 Chicago Fire 0. Att.: 10,615.
DAL -- Milton Rodriguez 4 (Dario Sala 1) 19
DAL -- Marvin Chavez 2 (David Ferreira 13) 46
DAL -- Jeff Cunningham 11 (penalty kick) 67

Colorado Rapids 0 D.C. United 1. Att.: 15,478.
DC -- Danny Allsopp 5 (Andy Najar 2) 47+

Standings:
Eastern Conference:
P TEAM W-L-T (+/-)
47 New York 14-8-5 (+8)
46 Columbus 13-7-7 (+6)
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33 Kansas City 9-11-6 (-1)
31 Toronto 8-12-7 (-6)
29 Chicago 7-11-8 (-4)
28 Philadelphia 7-13-7 (-12)
26 New England 7-15-5 (-18)
21 D.C. United 6-18-3 (-23)
Western Conference
P TEAM W-L-T (+/-)
53 Los Angeles 16-6-5 (+18)
51 Real Salt Lake 14-4-9 (+23)
49 FC Dallas 12-2-13 (+17)
42 Seattle 12-9-6 (+3)
41 Colorado 11-8-8 (+10)
40 San Jose 11-8-7 (0)
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27 Houston 7-14-6 (-10)
25 Chivas USA 7-15-4 (-10)

Leading Scorers:
15+1 Edson Buddle (Los Angeles)
13+1 Dwayne De Rosario (Toronto FC)
13+1 Sebastien Le Toux (Philadelphia)
13 Juan Pablo Angel (New York)
12+2 Omar Cummings (Colorado)
12 Chris Wondolowski (San Jose)
11+1 Jeff Cunningham (FC Dallas)
11 Conor Casey (Colorado)
10+1 Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake)
10 Kei Kamara (Kansas City)
10 Fredy Montero (Seattle)
9+1 Steve Zakuani (Seattle)
9 Justin Braun (Chivas USA)

Americans Abroad
Austria (Bundesliga 2)
Austria Lustenau 2 SCR Altach 0
Josh Gatt-SCR Altach (90 minutes)

Denmark (SAS-Ligaen)
Sunday:
Esbjerg 1 FC Nordsjaelland 1
Michael Parkhurst-FC Nordsjaelland (90 minutes)

Denmark (Viasat Sport Divisionen)
Saturday:
Naestved 0 Aarhus GF 0
Benny Feilhaber-Aarhus GF (90 minutes)

Hobro 0 Viborg FF 2
Babajide Ogunbiyi-Viborg FF (90 minutes)

England (Premier League)
Saturday:
Wigan 0 Wolves 2
Marcus Hahnemann-Wolves (90 minutes)

Birmingham 0 Everton 2
Tim Howard-Everton (90 minutes)

Tottenham 2 Aston Villa 1
Brad Friedel-Aston Villa (90 minutes)

West Bromwich 1 Bolton Wanderers 1
Stuart Holden-Bolton Wanderers (90 minutes)

West Ham 1 Fulham 1
Clint Dempsey-Fulham (90 minutes, 1 goal)
Eddie Johnson-Fulham (sub: 14 minutes)

Finland (Veikkausliiga)
Sunday:
AC Oulu 1 VPS 1
Greg Eckhardt-VPS (90 minutes)

Saturday:
Mypa 2 IFK Mariehamn 1
Mason Trafford-IFK Mariehamn (90 minutes)
Giuseppe Funicello-IFK Mariehamn (90 minutes)
Lamar Neagle-IFK Mariehamn (sub: 45 minutes, 1 goal)

France (Ligue 1)
Saturday:
St. Etienne 1 Marseille 1
Carlos Bocanegra-St. Etienne (90 minutes)

Germany (Bundesliga 1)
Saturday:
Nuremberg 2 Schalke 04 1
Jermaine Jones-Schalke 04 (52 minutes-red card)

Borussia M'Gladbach 1 Wolfsburg 1
Michael Bradley-Borussia M'Gladbach (90 minutes)

Friday:
Hannover 96 0 St. Pauli 1
Steve Cherundolo-Hannover 96 (90 minutes)

Germany (Bundesliga 2)
Friday:
Karlsruhe 1 Ingolstadt 1
Luis Robles-Karlsruhe (90 minutes)

Mexico (Torneo Apertura)
Sunday:
Guadalajara 2 Atlas 2
Miguel Ponce-Guadalajara (90 minutes, 1 goal)

Saturday:
Atlante 1 Pachuca 3
Marco Antonio Vidal-Pachuca (90 minutes)
Jose Francisco-Pachuca (sub: 23 minutes)
Herculez Gomez-Pachuca (sub: 8 minutes)

San Luis 1 Tigres 1
Edgar Castillo-San Luis (sub: 21 minutes)

Friday:
Tecos Estudiantes 0 Jaguares 0
Sammy Ochoa-Tecos Estudiantes (51 minutes)

Norway (Tippeligaen)
IK Start 1 Tromso 1
Hunter Freeman-IK Start (90 minutes)
Clarence Goodson-IK Start (90 minutes)

Stabaek 2 Aalesund 1
Mikkel Diskerud-Stabaek (90 minutes)

Norway (Adeccoligaen)
Mjondalen 3 Bryne 1
Graham Dugoni-Mjondalen (90 minutes)

Scotland (Premier League)
Saturday:
Hearts 1 Rangers 2
Maurice Edu-Rangers (90 minutes)

Sweden (Allsvenskanliga)
Halmstad 2 Brommapojkarna 0
Ryan Miller-Halmstad (90 minutes)

D-2 Pro League
Sunday:
Montreal Impact 2 Austin Aztex 0. Att.: 12,608.
MTL -- Anthony Le Gall (Patrick Leduc) 26
MTL -- Rocco Placentino ( Leonardo Di Lorenzo) 87

Saturday:
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 Portland Timbers 2.
VAN -- Kelly Dunfield (Martin Nash) 27
POR -- Kalif Alhassan (unassisted) 46
POR -- Bright Dike (Ryan Pore) 58
VAN -- Cody Arnoux (Kyle Porter) 68

AC St. Louis 1 Rochester Rhinos 2. Att.: 3,347.
STL -- Chris Salvaggione (unassisted) 3
ROC -- Isaac Kissi (Darren Spicer) 60
ROC -- Isaac Kissi (Agustin Nunez) 80

Miami FC Blues 1 Puerto Rico Islanders 1. Att.: 1,684.
MIA -- Danilo Martins (Cristian Gomez) 5
PR -- David Horst 12

Friday:
Carolina RailHawks 3 Austin Aztex 1. Att.: 2,728.
CAR -- own goal 44
AUS -- Maxwell Griffin (Jamie Watson) 45
CAR -- Etienne Barbara (Matt Watson) 84
CAR -- Tom Heinemann (unassisted) 90

Tampa Bay Rowdies 6 Crystal Palace Baltimore 3. Att.: 4,348.
TAM -- Chad Burt (Takuya Yamada) 3
TAM -- Aaron King (Pascal Millien) 12
TAM -- Mozzi Gyorio (unassisted) 13
TAM -- Mozzi Gyorio (Pascal Millien) 29
BAL -- Adauto Neto (unassisted) 39
TAM -- Aaron King (unassisted) 60
BAL -- Jim Cherneski (unassisted) 62
BAL -- Jim Cherneski (Adauto Neto) 65
TAM -- Ricardo Sanchez (pen.) 70

Final Standings:
NASL Conference
P TEAM W-L-T
47 *Carolina 13-9-8
45 *Vancouver 10-5-15
43 *Montreal 12-11-7
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33 Miami FC 7-11-12
29 AC St. Louis 7-15-8
24 CP Baltimore 6-18-6
USL Conference
P TEAM W-L-T
55 *Rochester 16-8-6
53 *Austin 15-7-8
49 *Portland 13-7-10
40 *NSC Minnesota 11-12-7
37 *Puerto Rico 9-11-10
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32 Tampa Bay 7-12-11

Leading Scorers:
15 Ryan Pore (Portland)
14 Eddie Johnson (Austin)
12+2 Aaron King (Tampa Bay)
10+1 Maxwell Griffin (Austin)
10+1 Bright Dike (Portland)
9 Ali Gerba (Montreal)
9 Mike Ambersley (AC St. Louis)
9 Abe Thompson (Miami FC)