3. U.S. ABROAD: Spector injured in nasty collision
Jonathan Spector, whose recent run with English Premier League club Charlton made him a strong candidate to make the U.S. World Cup squad, suffered a dislocated shoulder Monday in Charlton's 2-1 win over Portsmouth.
Spector, who had started the last four Charlton games, was injured in a nasty collison with Zimbabwean Benjani Mwaruwari late in the first half.
Before the injury, Spector, who has started at right back and left back in recent weeks, looked like he might make the U.S. World Cup squad as its youngest player at the age of 20. He should know shortly whether he'll have to rule out any chance of making the USA 23.
It was not a good day for World Cup hopefuls at the Valley. Charlton's England candidate, Marcus Bent, had to go off with a hamstring injury.
-- Oguchi Onyewu was in the starting lineup as Standard Liege edged Brussels, 1-0, to remain in first place in Belgium’s Juliper League by one point ahead of Anderlecht with two games to play.
-- On the final day of the Dutch Eredivisie regular season, Michael Bradley debuted for Heerenveen, starting and playing all 90 minutes in a 4-2 loss at AZ.
-- Former Wake Forest standout Jeremiah White scored his second goal for French Second Division club Gueugnon this season when he scored in the 2-0 win over Bastia.
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