Eddie Johnson to Greece?

Soccer By Ives is reporting that the Greeks are reporting that Greek club Aris Salonika are interested in bringing in the American striker. Sounds good to me. Anything to get this guy back on the field.

Jared Jeffrey moves to Mainz

Kicker is reporting that German Club Mainz has bought US U-20 midfielder Jared Jeffrey from Belgium’s Club Brugge. Jeffrey was a member of Brugge’s first team, but had yet to appear in a league match.

Belenenses send Adu back to Benfica

New Belenenses manager, Toni, has cut Freddy Adu and sent him back to Benfica. Adu had been struggling for minutes with the last-place team, and will most likely find it even harder to come by back at Benfica. Will he secure another loan to a smaller team or league? Will he try to find a [...]

Bradley’s Babes: 23 for 2010 [December]

In this monthly segment, we attempt to answer the question, “Who should we take to South Africa?” Rather than taking the standard approach (doing our best to guess who Bob will take to South Africa), we focus on who we think Bradley should take. Despite an empty international schedule and the termination of the MLS [...]

USA U-20 roster announced

GOALKEEPERS (3): Earl Edwards (Nomads SC; San Diego, Calif.), Justin Luthy (Boston College) Dublin, Ohio), Spencer Richey (Crossfire Premier; Seattle, Wash.) DEFENDERS (12) Gale Agbossoumonde (Miami FC; Syracuse, N.Y.), Paolo Del Piccolo (Louisville; Lakewood, Colo.), Moises Hernandez (FC Dallas Juniors; Dallas), Zachary Herold (West Pines United; Port St. Lucie, Fla.), Perry Kitchen (Chicago Magic; Indianapolis, [...]

Fernanando Torres on loss to USA: “Not the real thing”

From NY Times: “They beat us in the Confederations Cup and it was, I think, not the real thing so we had 27 shots on target but we couldn’t score,” said Spain and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. “But it will be nice to play against them.” I’m a Liverpool fan and I’ve always liked Torres, [...]

Donovan loan to Everton is complete

Soccer By Ives is reporting that the Landon Donovan short-term loan to Everton is complete. It will last three months and Donovan will return to the Galaxy in time for the start of the MLS season. I wish this deal was for longer, but I think it’s a great move for him.

Donovan to Everton in January?

The Guardian reports that Landon Donovan is being linked with a January loan move to Everton. No word on whether this would extend to the start of the MLS season or the end of the English season.

Fulham looking to unload Eddie Johnson

Daily Mail is reporting the Fulham are looking to unload striker Eddie Johnson during the January transfer window. Nothing surprising here. Will there be any takers?

Some post-draw thoughts

I scrambled to get that post about the draw out earlier, so I thought I’d come back after sitting on it for a while and offer a few more post-draw thoughts. -I don’t think the US could have asked for a much better draw than the one they got. And yes, I am including the [...]