Saturday, August 14, 2010

Americans in the UK

Today kicks off the English football leagues, so I figured what better time to give you guys a list of the Americans currently playing their trade in Jolly Ole England (or Scotland). Of course there's still a bit of time left for transfers so this could change, but here are the Americans in the lineups for week 1.

Barclay's Premier League

Aston Villa
Brad Friedel* (39) - GK - 82 caps
Brad Guzan (25) - GK - 17 caps
Eric Lichaj (21) - DF - 0 caps

Bolton Wanderers
Stuart Holden (25) - MF - 15 caps

Everton FC
Tim Howard (31) - GK - 56 caps

Fulham FC
Eddie Johnson (26) - FW - 41 caps
Clint Dempsey (27) - MF - 66 caps

West Ham United
Jonathan Spector (24) - DF - 26 caps

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Marcus Hahnemann (38) - GK - 8 caps

There are also a couple academy players, both without Wikipedia articles. Sebastien Lleget, a defender at West Ham, and Will Packwood, a midfielder at Birmingham City.


Championship

Derby County
Conor Doyle (23) - FW - 0 caps

Leeds United
Mike Grella (23) - FW - 0 caps

Norwich City
Zak Whitbread (26) - DF - 0 caps


League One

Carlisle United
Frankie Simek (25) - DF - 5 caps

Plymouth Argyle
Anton Peterlin (23) - MF - 0 caps


League Two

Northhampton Town
Sebastian Harris (23) - DF - 0 caps

Wycombe Wanderers
Jon-Paul Pittman (23) - FW - 0 caps


Scottish Premier League

Celtic FC
Dominic Cervi (24) - GK - 0 caps

Rangers
Maurice Edu (24) - MF - 17 caps

* - retired from international play

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