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Americans on the move on Transfer Day

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Americans on the move on Transfer Day

Michael Bradley completed his loan deal to Aston Villa. This is a great move for Bradley now that he will be playing with other young talent like Darren Bent and Ashley Young. @GrantWahl said it well, ” Michael Bradley’s progression up the ladder is impressive. MLS at 16, Eredivisie at 18, Bundesliga at 21, Premier League [...]

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Jermaine Jones to Blackburn on Loan

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Jermaine Jones to Blackburn on Loan

Americans continue to move around Europe as Jermaine Jones is the latest to pack his bags and head to England from Germany. After a recent outing with the coach at Schalke 04, Jones secured a loan for the remainder of the season to Blackburn in the Premiership. Jermaine reached out to Bolton’s Stuart Holden for advice. “I [...]

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Americans Onyewu and Buddle Find New Homes in Europe

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Americans Onyewu and Buddle Find New Homes in Europe

Oguchi Onyewu has made a loan move to FC Twente of the Dutch Eredivisie until the end of the season. Onyewu has only played once for AC Milan since transferring to the Italian club and has been injured most of his time there. The move to FC Twente was not a surprise as the new coach, Michel Preud’homme, was Oguchi [...]

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Nottingham Forest Sign Robbie Findley

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Nottingham Forest Sign Robbie Findley

Findley was on a trial with Premiership team Wolverhampton but ended up signing with Nottingham Forest of the Championship League. Robbie signed a two-and-a-half year deal that runs through the 2012-2013 season but is still waiting on a UK work permit to finalize the transfer. Findley left Real Salt Lake this season as a free [...]

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Eric Lichaj Picks USA over Poland

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Eric Lichaj Picks USA over Poland

Eric Lichaj, a 21 year old defender for Aston Villa, has decided to represent the US Men’s National Team over the Polish National Team. Lichaj was born in Downers Grove, Illinois and was part of the IMG Soccer Academy and played a year at the University of North Carolina. Aston Villa signed Eric in 2007, [...]

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Bradley Names USMNT for October Matches

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US Men’s National Team coach Bob Bradley has named the 20-man roster for the October friendlies against Poland (October 9th) and Colombia (October 12th). Bradley stuck with mainly a European based team because he did not want to disrupt the MLS teams that are challenging for playoff spots (what a nice gesture, rolls eyes). What [...]

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US Soccer Extend Bradley Through 2014…Lame (Updated)

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US Soccer Extend Bradley Through 2014…Lame (Updated)

Disappointing…to say the least. US Soccer just announced that they will extend Bob Bradley’s contract through the END of 2014. I will admit that Bradley did some good things in the last several years including leading the USMNT to a 38-20-4 record, the Gold Cup (yawn) and the Confederations Cup final. Two things bother me; [...]

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Look for Talent in Europe….Novel Idea

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After winning the Milk Cup and ramping up to the U-20 World Cup next year in Colombia, I have high hopes for the young soccer talent in the US and have been reading anything I can get my hands on. This week I can across an article on Sports Illustrated called “U.S. Under-20 team makes strides“. Overall [...]

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Edson Buddle T-Shirt Contest

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Edson Buddle T-Shirt Contest

In addition to being a soccer fan, I’m also a designer with occasionally overwhelming tendencies to embark on projects with little or no reward. Edson Buddle’s t-shirt contest was practically custom-built to take advantage of my shortcomings! To coincide with the upcoming launch of his online merch store, Edson is holding a t-shirt design contest. [...]

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Missing an Open Goal: Why USA Lost to Ghana

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Months ago, around the time the World Cup lottery was drawn, US Soccer publicly set one clear goal: Get out of the group stage. Surviving the group stage was a fair measure for the players, the program and the coach, and after all, the USA was improving incrementally over 2006 and their group seemed winnable. [...]

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