Americans in the EPL

Discussion in 'Premier League: News and Analysis' started by dsarnold, Feb 3, 2003.

  1. dsarnold

    dsarnold New Member

    Jan 26, 2003
    Simsbury, CT
    When Brian McBride scored against Kasey Keller in goal I wondered if another Yank had ever scored on an American keeper before in an EPL game or prior to the EPL's formation in the top flight of English football. Anyone know??
     
  2. Matt Clark

    Matt Clark Member

    Dec 19, 1999
    Liverpool
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Off the top of me head, I would say John Harkes against Keller would be another possibility. Or maybe Reyna has scored against Blackburn or Spurts?
     
  3. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    if i remember correctly joe-max scored on both friedel and keller while with everton
     
  4. Rocket

    Rocket Member

    Aug 29, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    After taking a quick look through the archives at the Everton fan site ToffeeWeb, it appears Joe-Max never scored against either Friedel or Keller.

    Moore never scored against Blackburn while he played in the Premier League, and though Joe-Max did score against Spurs back in the 1999-2000 season, Keller wasn't in net that game for Tottenham.
     
  5. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    uhhhh keller played for leicester city back then and friedel was with liverpool not blackburn then wasnt he?
     
  6. Rocket

    Rocket Member

    Aug 29, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good point. Oops.

    I double checked the archives and Moore never scored against Leicester or Liverpool.

    For the record, Joe-Max scored 8 goals in league action and 2 Cup goals. Moore's goals came against:

    1999-2000: Tottenham, Preston (FA Cup), Wimbledon, Derby Cty, Villa (FA Cup), West Ham, Watford (2)

    2000-2001: none

    2001-2002: Derby Cty, Leeds

    2002-2003: none
     
  7. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    cool but i do know it had happened before - somebody will know - maybe reyna last season
     
  8. Rocket

    Rocket Member

    Aug 29, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Reyna's scored 3 goals for Sunderland since joining the team in December 2001. Claudio's first goal came against Everton in his home debut. Reyna also scored 2 goals against Leicester in April 2002 with Ian Walker in net for City.
     
  9. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    damn! im gonna have to research this - i was told once but i cant remember - wasnt kirovski, dont htink it was lewis, maybe harkes, who else is there as a possibility?
     
  10. Rocket

    Rocket Member

    Aug 29, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are you sure it happened in the Premier League? Perhaps it occured in Division One back when Keller played for Millwall.
     
  11. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    how about cobi with coventry?
     
  12. Rocket

    Rocket Member

    Aug 29, 1999
    Chicago
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Jones played for Coventry in 1994-95 while Keller was at Millwall. I'm not sure how many goals Cobi scored, but only two are mentioned at the USSF's website (against Norwich and against Crystal Palace).


    Another possibility might be Eddie Lewis at Fulham. Maybe he scored against Freidel or Keller before falling out of favor.
     
  13. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    this is gonna drive me crazy - did somebody score on hahnemann when he was at fulham (although i could swear it was keller who got scored on by an american)
     
  14. fidlerre

    fidlerre Member+

    Oct 10, 2000
    Central Ohio
    maybe, just maybe it has never happened until mcbride scored against keller.
     
  15. afgrijselijkheid

    Dec 29, 2002
    mokum
    Club:
    AFC Ajax
    well it wouldnt be the first time i was mistaken but someone told me of an instance a while back (of course they could have been mistaken)
     

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