Donovan says loan shows he can play at top level (AP) Landon Donovan says his 10-week loan from Major League Soccer to English Premier League club Everton has shown he can play at the highest level. Donovan has returned to the Los Angeles Galaxy after starting 11 matches for Everton, happy to have won over fans of the team in northwest England. "Those closest to me know how important this was to me personally," Donovan said.
Pizarro strikes to give Bremen win at Hoffenheim (AP) Stefan Kiessling scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen rebounded from its first defeat of the season with a 4-2 home victory over Hamburg on Sunday. A week after losing 3-2 at Nuremberg, Kiessling found the net in each half, either side of an Eren Derdiyok strike before Gonzalo Castro added a late fourth to keep Leverkusen in the running for the Bundesliga title.