American Abroad: Bad Boxing Day

The Boxing Day features in England didn't go the way of the Americans, with only Jonathan Spector's West Ham United winning.  Tim Howard was in goal for Everton, who drew 1-1 against Sunderland.  Clint Dempsey went the full-ninety with Fulham drawing 0-0 with Spurs.  Dempsey hit the crossbar from a freekick and had another opportunity that almost broke the deadlock.  Eddie Johnson wasn't in the squad for Fulham.

Marcus Hahnemann was in goal for Wolves' 2-0 loss to Liverpool.  Spector was on the bench for West Ham, beating Portsmouth 2-0.  Brad Friedel's Aston Villa lost 3-0 to Arsenal with Brad Guzan on the bench for Villa.  Jozy Altidore went 83 minutes for Hull and setup the penalty in their 3-1 loss to Manchester United. 

A league down, Jay DeMerit went the full-ninety for Watford in their 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest.  Frank Simek also went the distance for Sheffield Wednesday, drawing 2-2 with Newcastle United. 

In Scotland, Maurice Edu returned to the lineup for the 4-1 win over Hibernian.  DaMarcus Beasley was out with an injury.