[AMERICANS ABROAD] With Landon Donovan “an anonymous figure,” according to BBC’s game report, Everton fell 3-0 at Sporting Lisbon and waseliminated from the Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup) 4-2 on aggregate. Everton’s American keeper Tim Howard was beaten from close-range, on a deflected shot, and rounded on abreakaway but also made two great saves to prevent the scoreline from having been worse.

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