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Convey, Hahnemann help Reading draw with Leicester, secure promotion.
Reyna is out 3-4 weeks with shoulder injury; Beasley is hurt.
DeMerit aids Watford climb to third in English League Championship.
Convey goal allows Reading to draw 1-1 with Wolverhampton.
With ailing McBride going 90 minutes, Fulham snaps losing streak, stuns Arsenal 1-0.
Cherundolo's chip helps Hannover 96 to 1-0 win over Colgne.
Friedel makes six saves, Blackburn blanks Aston Villa 2-0.
Lewis goal in 90th minute gives Leeds 2-2 draw with Norwich.
Onyewu must sit out key game for Standard against Anderlecht.
Reyna returns from layoff for Man. City's 2-1 decision over Sunderland.
Convey scores early, Reading rolls to 3-0 win over Burnley.
Reyna returns to action, playing in Manchester City reserves' win.
Lewis nets decisive tally for Leeds in 2-1 decision over Luton.
Friedel records another shutout as rising Rovers slip past Arsenal 1-0.
Oneywu scores in draw, but Standard drops from Jupiler lead.
Hahnemann's play for Reading stands up to any keeper in Europe.
Keller records easy shutout, G'ladbach ends slide 2-0 over FC Köln.
Reading loses for first time in over six months, falls 3-2 to Luton Town.
Hahnemann shines, Convey assists, Reading draws with Sheffield United 1-1.
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Americans Abroad Cherundolo could be leaving Germany for EPL's Bolton.
and Gary Davidson (in Washington, D.C.) SoccerTimes (Monday, March 27, 2006) -- United States men's right defender Steve Cherundolo could be leaving Hannover 96 and the German Bundesliga for the English Premier League. Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce was in Dortmund, Germany, last Wednesday to scout the United States' 4-1 loss to Germany. Initial media speculation was he went to evaluate striker Josh Wolff of Major League Soccer's Kansas City Wizards, but Allardyce later admitted to British reporters that it was Cherundolo that interested him. Allardyce went on to say Bolton and Hannover are in negotiations to see if a deal can be reached to send the American to Bolton when the transfer window opens again in Europe this summer. Cherundolo, 27, signed a contract extension this year with Hannover, a team he has been with for six years and for which he is now serves as a co-captain. With a contract that now runs through the summer of 2008, a transfer fee would be required for him to move to Reebok Stadium this summer. Bolton is said to be looking for an outside defender who can push forward into the attack and Cherundolo fits the bill. Media reports indicated that a transfer fee in the range of $2.5 million would be enough for Hannover to agree with Cherundolo, a sum Allardyce would probably be willing to spend. "The whole matter will be decided within the next three to four weeks as I want to have things settled before the World Cup," Cherundolo told Kicker, the German magazine.
In Saturday's 1-0 loss to Barnet, Johnson was issued a yellow card in the 45th minute. "I first tried to sign Jemal two years ago and failed, then again last season and also this season, but failed," Darlington manager David Hodgson said of the one-month loan deal to the Tribal football web site. "However, after speaking to the lad and his agent, I have convinced him to come to Darlington." Darlington is 12-13-13 with 49 points, 11th among 24 teams. Johnson appeared as a substitute for Blackburn three times in league play and once in the FA Cup in 2005-06, while also playing for the reserve team. He also was loaned to Preston North End in the second-level English League Championship in October, playing in three games, two as a starter, and scoring one goal. He scored for Rovers in a 3-0 decision over lowly Colchester United in the 2004-05 FA Cup. He started one of three appearances in the Cup that season and came off the bench in three league outings for Rovers. Johnson moved to Macclesfield, England, at age 5, and was first recruited into the Manchester United youth program before joining the Rovers' Academy. Rumba Munthali, a United Soccer Leagues veteran and star in the University of Alabama-Birmingham midfield and defense from 1997-2000, has signed a professional contact with the Nanchang Bayi Football Club in the China's first division.. "We are very pleased for Rumba," UAB coach Mike Getman said. "He is the first UAB player and one of a very few foreign players who have ever played in the Chinese professional league. It is a well-respected league internationally and very difficult to gain acceptance to. It is a great honor, but also a great challenge for him." Munthali, a native of Lusaka, Zambia, and resident of Brampton, Ontario, has played defense for four of the past five years in the USL First Division (formerly the A-League). The 27-year-old spent two seasons for the Richmond Kickers, playing in 21 games on in 2001 and eight in 2002. He joined the Toronto Lynx in 2004, playing in 23 games that year and 24 last season. Munthali, who started all 57 games he played at UAB, recording two goals and eight assists, totaled no goals and two assists in his professional career. Nanchang Bayi Soccer Club is located in the Jiangxi Province in southeastern China.
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