With the 2011/12 Mexican Apertura season underway one American who is on the very of making his
professional debut is Morelia midfielder Ernest Nungaray.
Amaechi Igwe started and played a full 90 for Babelsberg in a disappointing tie while Preston
Zimmerman failed to get off the bench for Darmstadt
SV Babelsberg and Amaechi Igwe picked up the home win against Rot-Wei Erfurt in an early-season
relegation battle Tuesday night in 3. Liga action.
By FRANCO PANIZO
Barcelona has long flirted with the idea of acquiring midfielder Cesc Fabregas, but the Spanish
club will have to increase its offer if it wishes to pry him away from Arsenal.
Barcelona had a $42.6 million bid for Fabregas rejected by Arsenal, which reporedly wants at
least $70.
By FRANCO PANIZO
Oguchi Onyewu will hope to have fully recovered from the hip injury picked up against Argentina,
as FC Twente has a colossal match this weekend.
Currently trailing PSV Eindhoven by one point for the top spot in the Eredivisie, Twente has its
best chance to unseat the first place team as the two square off in one of Saturday's bigger
matches.
By FRANCO PANIZO
Oguchi Onyewu will hope to have fully recovered from the hip injury picked up against Argentina,
as FC Twente has a colossal match this weekend.
Currently trailing PSV Eindhoven by one point for the top spot in the Eredivisie, Twente has its
best chance to unseat the first place team as the two square off in one of Saturday's bigger
matches.
photo by Javier Garcia/ISIphotos.com
By FRANCO PANIZO
When Clint Dempsey steps onto the field for Fulham on Saturday, he'll be looking to make history
by becoming the American with most goals scored in a Premiership campaign. There's only one
problem, though.
By FRANCO PANIZO
U.S. national team head coach Bob Bradley is expected to announce the roster for the upcoming
friendlies next week, and that means players abroad who are on the fringes will have one more
chance to earn a call-up.
Ricardo Clark is one of those players.
By FRANCO PANIZO
Clint Dempsey and Fulham may have had a flat showing against Liverpool on Wednesday, but they'll
have a chance to quickly erase that from their memories in FA Cup action this weekend.
Fulham hosts Tottenham on Sunday, and Dempsey will look to spark the Cottagers' attack against
the likes of Ledley King and Michael Dawson after failing to find the back of the net against
Liverpool.
By FRANCO PANIZO
The U.S. national team won't be the only squad with new American faces in its lineup this
weekend.
Several players in the Americans Abroad contingent will be looking to make debuts with their
respective new clubs.
Jermaine Jones is one of those players, and he'll look to start for Blackburn when it faces West
Bromwich Albion on Sunday.
Breaking this weekend was the surprising news that 2010 MLS MVP candidate Edson Buddle was
poised to make his long-discussed move overseas. What made it surprising was that the move was
not to Birmingham City, which is where he had long been rumored to go, but to FC Ingolstadt, a
Bundesliga 2 club that is currently in danger of being relegated to the third German soccer
division.
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Freddy Adu is closing in on another career stop, and it doesn't appear to be in Major League
Soccer.
According to Yanks Abroad, Adu is on trial with FC Ingolstadt 04, the same 2. Bundesliga club
that employs American Amaechi Igwe.
The club's Web site confirms that Adu is scheduled to be with the team, which is taking part in
its winter training camp in Turkey, through Sunday.
