Apparently, Kofi Sarkodie and Will Bruin are not the only members of the Houston Dynamo across the pond these days. Take a close look at that picture yesterday from Celtic's 1-0 win over Hearts of Midlothian at Celtic Park. Reeeaalllll....Clooooosseeee.

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U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is closing in on adding another big piece to the coaching staff, as U.S. Soccer has made contact with former Austrian international Andreas Herzog after receiving permission from the Austrian Federation last week.

Herzog would be bring a wealth of playing and coaching experience, having earned 106 appearances and scoring 24 goals for Austria, making him their most-capped player in history.

(Photo: Paul Rudderow)

Editor's note: At the end of the 2010 season, we posted a series of "Raves" about our favorite Philadelphia players. They need not be the team's best players, but they're guys and gals we like. Over the next two weeks, we continue the series again with some of the PSP writers' and contributors' favorite players of 2011.

The Philadelphia Union have made their first off-season moves, and the latest installment of the KYW Philly Soccer Show has Union assistant coach John Hackworth on the pod to talk about it.

In part one, Coach Hackworth joins KYW‘s Greg Orlandini and Philly Soccer Page writer Eli Pearlman-Storch to discuss losing veteran midfielder Justin Mapp to Montreal Impact in the Expansion Draft and other possible moves in the offseason.

Galaxy owner Anschutz Entertainment Group is a part-owner of Swedish club Hammarby, so the news isn't as strange as it first appears. Still, Gregg Berhalter has been an assistant coach at the Galaxy for less than a year, so it's still a big step up. And it's a sign of

When 2011 started, LA Galaxy defender Gregg Berhalter set out to work on his life after soccer. Turns out, the season he spent as a player-assistant coach was the best transition possible.
Berhalter hit the ground running on his post-playing days, as he was named manager of Swedish club Hammarby IF on Monday.

Things just keeping getting tougher for goalkeepers. The match balls continue to be more active and fly faster, attackers are stronger and smarter, and now the U-23 coaching staff has added a new challenge: the absence of light.
OK, it was just for one session and it wasn't actually planned that way, but it still made the training interesting.

By CALEB SONNELAND

David Beckham isn't going anywhere — for now.

Despite rumors that the LA Galaxy's Beckham was present at Paris Saint-Germain's Ligue 1 clash with Lille on Sunday, reports have emerged to squash any notion of that kind.

With a reported move to PSG imminent, Beckham was thought to be in France to finalize an 18-month deal to the newly-rich club.

Jurgen Klinsmann is bringing in former Bayern Munich teammate Andreas Herzog to be his assistant coach on the U.S. national team. The Austrian soccer federation made the announcement that Herzog, who had 103 caps for Austria, would be leaving his job as Austrian U-21 coach to return to the United States, where he finished his career with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2004.

A coaching change at FC Ingolstadt led to an early winter break for Edson Buddle, who was sent home until the new year. The U.S. national team striker isn't going to lay around doing nothing during the German winter break though. He has headed to London, where he will spend a week training with West Ham United.

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Big Apple Soccer alerts us to a an interview that former New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul is accusing his former team of having a racist attitude when it comes to dealing with him and other players of African decent.
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Edson Buddle who was given an early winter vacation by the new coach at Ingolstadt last week is in London for a try out with West Ham.

Trevor James, an assistant coach for the Portland Timbers during the 2011 season has officially departed from the team's technical staff today. Those of you who were with us during this past pre-season will remember that he had spent the previous 5 years as an assistant coach and director with the LA Galaxy, which means he brought a lot of experience from one of MLS's best teams to the Timbers, unfortunately for us.

For the first time since its soccer-specific stadium opened in 2005, FC Dallas won't be playing at Pizza Hut Park.

Instead, the club will play at the temporarily named FC Dallas Stadium while it searches for a new sponsor.

Pizza Hut is reportedly dropping its sponsorship of the stadium, effective after the Football Championship Subdivision title game is held there on Jan.

The Portland Timbers continue to make offseason news even with official matches still over two months away. The team announced the departure of assistant coach Trevor James while also releasing details of a community tour that will see the MLS team visit four selected communities in central, southern and central Oregon.

The Seattle Sounders talent scout and assistant coach is often just thought of as Sigi's son, this discounts his work efforts as recently profiled at SoundersFC.com. A rare man of the Rave Green and Capitol Blue Ajah he hunts for players that hold that certain spark. He travels from Qalm (from where Cato is looking to succeed) to Shienar (a cold forlorn place where they are known to be good fighters).

Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed Cliftonville have backtracked on an agreement the Premier League club had regarding a fee for Rory Donnelly.
The Welsh side announced last week that an offer, believed to be in the region of £100,000, had been accepted by Cliftonville for the teenage striker.

UPDATED The Disney Soccer Showcase kicks off today and there are two Missouri-based squads participating, both in the Under 17 age group. Disney is considered one of the top tournaments in the country and will have over 350 college coaches on hand to evaluate the talent.

Springfield SC 94/95 are participating in the Showcase Red group.