Both of Allsopp's goals, which took his season tally to four, were set up Andy Najar as DC United claimed a much-needed win.

In England's Premier League, Mark Schwarzer was left out again as Fulham drew 2-2 with Manchester United, while Shane Lowry was not in the Aston Villa squad which lost 6-0 at Newcastle.

In Turkey's Super Lig, Harry Kewell and Lucas Neill both played full games as Galatasaray slumped to a 2-0 home loss to champions Bursaspor.

Elsewhere, Mile Jedinak put in a full shift as Genclerbirligi drew 0-0 with Gaziantepspor.

In Germany's Bundesliga, young Aussie stopper Mitch Langerak was an unused substitute as Borussia Dortmund started the season with a 2-0 home loss against Bayer Leverkusen.

In Holland's Eredivisie, Tommy Oar was an 80th minute substitute as FC Utrecht cruised past Willem II Tilburg 3-0. Adam Sarota was an unused sub, while Michael Zullo was not involved.

Elsewhere, Brett Holman played a full game and had a long-range shot well saved as AZ Alkmaar lost 3-1 at PSV Eindhoven. James Holland was not involved.

In Russia's Premier League, Luke Wilkshire put in a full shift as Dinamo Moscow defeated Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0.

In Portugal's Liga Sagres, Jason Davidson was not in the Pacos Ferreira matchday squad as they drew 0-0 at Uniao Leiria.

In Denmark's Superliga, goalkeeper Nathan Coe put in a full shift as SonderjyskE defeated AC Horsens 2-0.

In Sweden's Allsvenskan, shot-stopper Ante Covic came on as a 57th minute sub after Jesper Christiansen limped off injured as IF Elfsborg drew 1-1 at BK Hacken.

In Scotland's Premier League, Danny Invincibile played a full game as Kilmarnock lost 1-0 at home to Motherwell.

In Czech Republic's Gambrinus Liga, Kerem Bulut started and played 72 minutes as Mlada Boleslav defeated Banik Ostrava 1-0.

In England's Championship, Scott McDonald put in a full shift as Middlesbrough defeated Sheffield United 1-0. McDonald's flick-on played in Kris Boyd for the game's only goal.

In Italy's Serie B, Socceroos midfielder Carl Valeri was an unused substitute as Sassuolo won 4-0 at Livorno, while Adrian Madaschi put in a full shift as newly promoted Portosummaga defeated Cittadella 2-0.

Over to Asia, in Japan's J.League, Socceroo Joshua Kennedy scored Nagoya Grampus' third goal in the 3-1 victory over Gamba Osaka.

Kennedy played the full 90 minutes in the win which sees Grampus move five points clear at the top.

Elsewhere in Japan, Eddy Bosnar put in a full shift at the back as Shimizu S-Pulse slumped to a 2-1 loss at Jubilo Iwata.

In Japan's J2.League, Mark Milligan was not involved as JEF United Chiba lost 1-0 at FC Gifu. Promotion hopefuls United are third.

In Korea's K-League, Sasa Ognenovski wasn't in the Seongnam Ilhwa side which won 2-0 against Ulsan Horang. Seongnam are fourth.

In China's Super League, Ryan Griffiths received one of the earliest red cards in CSL history when sent off after seven minutes in Beijing Guoan's 2-2 draw with Henan.

Beijing were 2-0 up after ten minutes, before blowing their lead. Joel Griffiths was sent on as a substitute after 79 minutes but could not clinch a winner.

Elsewhere, Perth Glory's Chris Coyne played a full game in defence as Liaoning Whowin continued their surprise season with a 4-1 win over Shandong Luneng, while Adam Griffiths put in a full shift as Hangzhou Lucheng drew 0-0 at Tianjin Teda.

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