Coventry City (2-3) 3-5-2 14 pts.

The Hornet's undefeated streak came to halt Tuesday in a back-and-forth bout with the Sky Blues.

A right-footer by Sammy Clingan gave Coventry an early lead 14 minutes in, but a Dow Cowie cross found Manchester United loanee Tom Cleverley and the Hornets drew even in the 21st minute.

Will Hoskins returned to the starting line-up and gave the Hornets the go-ahead goal in the 38th minute from 12 yards out, but the second half turned out to be all Coventry as Leon Best managed a pair of right-footers from six yards out, the last with only five minutes left, to recapture the lead and give Coventry three points.

Poor marking told the story on this one - the defense missing captain Jay DeMerit, out with an eye infection. Joining the walking wounded (which includes an iffy Heidar Helguson), Don Cowie left the pitch 60 minutes in.

Hopefully, we'll have some of these back Saturday when Cardiff City visits Vicarage Road. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time.

Reading (1-1) 3-5-1 14 pts

It was Watford v Watford Saturday as Reading fielded Gregorz Rasiak & Jobi McAnuff and were led by Brendan Rogers.

I was in Vegas (8 hours behind) and only caught the last 30 minutes on text - enough to see Danny Graham save the day once more with a lovely header set up by Jon Eustace.

The Hornets apparently played back on their heels the first ten minutes, letting Rasiak spot Reading to an early lead. They had to battle a man down in the last ten as Nathan Ellington was sent off with a red card.

Next match is in about 15 minutes as Watford hosts Coventry City.

Leicester

I went back and watched the goals - definitely missed a good one. A two-nil comeback on a sweet little turn by Danny Graham and two terrific headers by Helguson. Damn.

Leicester City (3-3) 3-4-1 13 pts.

I had company this Saturday and missed this one (I hear you - "What kind of fan are you? Not making your high-school bud who couldn't care less about soccer sit through two hours of barely decipherable English announcers." - I know. I suck)

Sounds like I missed a great game with Heidar Helguson scoring two goals and Danny Graham one but just missing out on the win in injury time. I'll let you read for yourselves - click on the link above.

The next match is Saturday, September 26 at Reading. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time. As luck would have it, I won't be in St. Louis, I'll be in Vegas where kick-off is (ouch) 7:00 am. The wife is going to be so happy.

Plymouth Argyle (1-0) 3-3-1 12 pts.

Look at that! Twelve points, sixth place in the table back-to-back wins (and an away win to boot!). Sure it was against bottom-dweller Plymouth Argyle off to one of their worse starts ever, but a win's a win (and three points).

You had to be ready for this one as Tom Cleverley scored in the fourth minute off a Don Cowie corner-kick and there the score stood until the final whistle. Cleverley played exceptionally well, covering the pitch and directing play.

Argyle played poorly after the goal, not getting regrouped until late in the first half (though they did give Scott Loach a couple of scares).

Malkay Mackay made no changes to the starting XI that downed Barnsley three days prior, Jay DeMerit out with a slight eye injury but recovered from the strain he picked up with the USA Men's squad against Trinidad & Tobago.

Next match is Saturday, September 19 at Vicarage Road against Leicester City. Kickoff is 9:00 am St. Louis time.

Barnsley (1-0) 2-3-1 6 pts.

I was on the road to Iowa for Saturday's match, but I had the trusty Blackberry by my side spitting out play-by-play . . .

. . . until the battery died.

But not before a Don Cowie free-kick found John Eustace's head and Danny Graham's foot to land in the back of the net on a text-book set-piece.

The win over new Barnsley manager Mark Robins puts the Hornets into 10th place in the league table and marks their first home win of the season.

Next match is tomorrow, Tuesday, September 15 at Plymouth Argyle. Kick off is 1:45 pm St. Louis time.

Whiny-Ass Goes to Portsmouth

After declaring himself 'unfit' Saturday, Mike Williamson is apparently fit enough for Portsmouth.

The club will be getting £2 - 3 million with the possibility of additional funds from a sell-on clause (part of Williamson's next transfer fee). Watford paid £150,000 for the midfielder in January.

All yours Pompey - enjoy.