American Abroad: Altidore Scores

First Star: Score your first Premier League goal and take the top spot in our weekend roundup. Jozy Altidore did that for Hull, and even better they won 2-1 over Manchester City. Altidore scored the opener in the 31st-minute. George Boateng made it 2-0 in the 54th. Manchester City pulled one back in the 59th, but it was Hull's day. "We got at them, like we did against Chelsea, and set a high tempo from the start with the two up front causing problems," Hull assistant Brian Horton said. "The first half was as well as we've played for a long, long time."

Second Star: After leaving MLS for the Mexican Liga, Herculez Gomes made the most of his debut for Puebla, scoring in the 46th-minute in their 1-1 draw with Atlante. Gomez was subbed out in the 61st-minute.

Third Star: Carlos Bocanegra is back, anchoring his side of the Stade Rennes defense in their 4-2 win over Bordeaux at the Stade de la Route-de-Lorient. Rennes were up 3-0 by the 48th-minute and fought off an attempted comeback by Ligue 1 leaders Bordeaux to take all three points.

Tim Howard and Landon Donovan went the distance in Everton's 1-0 loss to Liverpool. Everton couldn't take advantage at Anfield after going a man up in the 34th-minute. Dirk Kuyt scored the shorthanded winner in the 55th. Everton lost Steven Pienaar to a second yellow in stoppage time. "It's not hard to see the bigger picture," Everton manager David Moyes told his club's official site. "I thought the players played well and we've lost to a set piece. There's very little difference between us and Liverpool in terms of what's being shown on the field just now."

Also in the Premier League, Aston Villa drew 0-0 with Spurs with Brad Friedel in goal. Marcus Hahnemann was on goal for Wolverhampton, who lost 2-1 to Birmingham City. Jonathan Spector went the distance for West Ham United, who lost 2-1 to Burnley. In the Championship, Jay DeMerit went the full-ninety for Watford, who lost 1-0 to Barnsley. Frank Simek went the distance for Sheffield Wednesday, 2-1 losers to Nottingham Forest. Kenny Cooper made his debut for Plymouth Argyle, coming on in the 58th-minute in their 1-0 loss to West Brom.

Bundesliga, and Michael Bradley was the only American in action. He went the full-ninety for Borussia Moenchengladbach, losing 1-0 away to Mainz.

In Mexico, Edgar Castillo went the distance in Tigres' 2-2 draw with UNAM Pumas.

Aris lost 2-0 to Panthrakikos in a game that took two days to play. Eddie Johnson started and played the first half before the game was suspended during halftime due to a rain-soaked pitch.  With Panthrakikos leading 1-0, the game resumed on Sunday afternoon.  Panthrakikos converted a penalty in the 78th-minute for the 2-0 win.  Johnson ended up going the full-ninety.

Did Not Play: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa 0 - Spurs 0), Dominic Cervi (Celtic 4 - Dumferline 2), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - Borussia Dortmund 2), Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern 3 - SC Paderborn 0), David Yeldell (TUS Koblenz 1 - Energie Cottbus 1), Freddy Adu (Aris 0 - Panthrakikos 2)

Injured: Oguchi Onyewu (Milan 0 - Bologna 0), Charlie Davies (Sochaux 1 - Nancy 1), DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu (Rangers 0 - St Mirren 0), Clint Dempsey (Fulham 0 - Bolton 0), Stuart Holden (Bolton 0 - Fulham 0), Steve Cherundolo and Sal Zizzo (Hannover 96 1 - Hoffenheim 2), Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca 2 - San Luis 2)