[AMERICANS IN BRITAIN] Goalkeeper
Tim Howard and Everton celebrated a 2-0 win at West Ham, for which
Jonathan Spector stayed on the bench. Keeper
Marcus Hahnemann made
several crucial saves in Reading's 1-1 tie with at Birmingham. Fulham, with
Carlos Bocanegra and
Clint Dempsey going the distance, fell, 1-0 to Newcastle on a Joey Barton penalty
kick. Fulham, for which Dempsey came close to scoring on three occasions, is in 18th place, one point inside the relegation zone.
Midfielder
Bobby Convey played 84 minutes for
Reading, which is in 13th place.
Everton's win extended its undefeated streak to 12 games in all competitions and kept it in sixth place in the English Premier League.
The
highlight of Howard's performance was a parry of Nolberto Solano's free kick.
Neither Eddie Lewis nor Benny Feilhaber saw action for last-place Derby, which lost, 1-0, to
Middlesbrough.