Despite all the "near done" rumors about Gooch's move to France, Pierre Francois has THIS to say (in delicious broken/translated english): "The director general director of Standard Liege, Pierre François said, about the situation of Oguchi Onyewu BigSoccer Topi, considered a target of Marseille: "His contract expires in June next year and it will be [. Click to continue reading...

Despite rumors that Paris St Germain was also in hot pursuit of The Gooch, it appears that Marseille has all but closed the deal. Sports Illustrated tells us: Oguchi Onyewu's move from Standard Liege to Olympique de Marseille could be just a matter of formalities. According to French soccer news Web site Mercato365. Click to continue reading...

Michael Bradley is sadly back to the bench today for BMG as they face Bayer Leverkusen.  After 45 minutes, BMG are down 2 - nil.  God Moenchengladbach is a mess.  They currently sit second to last in the league table.  If they get relegated, the team is only gonna get worse, as you have to [...] Click to continue reading...

Onyewu showed up in today's UEFA Cup match and scored the first goal of the game for Standard Liege.  Looks like the little American has some fire in him and wants to be taken seriously in this transfer window.  Hey, Marseille might have to pay 7 million to secure the big man. Jokes aside, a [...] Click to continue reading...

Rumors Abound! It's only December 2nd, but we can already smell the January transfer window and our first whiff comes courtesy of Oguchi Onyewu.  Seems like Marseille and Borussia Moenchengladbach are battling it out for the America centre back.  Goal.com tells us: "The offer from Marseille is reportedly around $6. Click to continue reading...

Word out of the Washington Post is that Michael Parkhurst has reached a tentative agreement with a Danish club and will be moving in January. Goff writes: The buzz around MLS circles is that Michael Parkhurst, the Revolution's standout defender who is out of contract this winter, has reached agreement with a Danish club. Click to continue reading...

Wow.  Jozy Altidore started today for Villarreal against Recreativo Huelva and that is the nail in the potential-loan coffin.  Josmer is now unable to go on loan to another club this year and that means he will stick around with the Yellow Submarines for the rest of the season. Hopefully their striker injury woes can [. Click to continue reading...

It's been a slow holiday week, but in the spirit of posting SOMETHING, this is what's rumbling: Kenny Cooper: Increasing rumors about a connection with Eintracht Frankfurt have heated up the transfer talk for this FC Dallas striker.  Pair that with the fact that Dallas doesn't seem to be willing to pay DP money for KCoop [. Click to continue reading...

Some encouraging news out of Wales yesterday, as we learn that Eddie Johnson is working one on one with forward coach Paul Wilkinson in some extra training sessions.  Wales Online tells us: "The pair are staying out on the training ground at Vale of Glamorgan Hotel and Resort working on Johnson's touch, finishing and more. Click to continue reading...

Well there you have it.  Just as Donovan completed his 10 day training stint in Germany, Bayern has reported that he will join them on loan from January to March. Klinsmann had some positive things to say about Landon's impression, as posted on the Bayern website (forgive the translation): "Klinsmann has reported that Donovan in the [. Click to continue reading...

Well surprise surprise! Check out Johnny Thorrington! Guzan Thorrington Goodson Parkhurst Bornstein Mastroeni (c) [...] Click to continue reading...

Only a couple hours left until kickoff for the WCQ this evening against Guatemala.  As we get ready for this match, what do we think the starting lineup will look like? Let's take a stab. Guzan Bornstein Goodson Parkhurst Gibbs Adu Mastroeni Clark Kljestan Ching Altidore In a perfect dreamland, Kenny and Jozy would be up top, because that's what [. Click to continue reading...

Another Bayern Munich training video has hit the German internets!  Head over to THIS link to watch the video and this time, the camera man pays some extra attention to Landon (how nice of him). Not too much goes down in this video.  After 10 minutes of warming up, they go into a small scrimmage and [. Click to continue reading...

News out of Villarreal today is that Joseba Llorente has torn a muscle in his thigh.  The injury came in last weekends 2-2 draw with Malaga and now the striker is facing a month on the sideline.  While this may be bad news for Llorente and Villarreal, it could be nice for Altidore who suffers [...] Click to continue reading...

Bob Bradley released the roster for the Guatemala game this Wednesday and Jozy and Freddy are the only boys to venture over from Europe.  John Thorrington (Why Gody Why) and Chris Role (Kill Me Now) are the new domestic additions.  Take a peek: GOALKEEPERS Brad Guzan, Troy Perkins, Matt Pickens DEFENDERS Jonathan Bornstein, Sean Franklin, Cory Gibbs, Clarence Goodson, [. Click to continue reading...