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Dominic Oduro won't be the only member of the Chicago Fire getting his first taste of international soccer in Wednesday's Ghana-Chile friendly at PPL Park.

Patrick Nyarko has been called in as a late addition to Ghana's roster, marking his first call-up on the international level.

When Revolution head coach Jay Heaps signed his squad up for the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup tournament, many assumed that the team's defense was primed for a pounding against the competition.

The competition? Only the defending champions (Los Angeles), a CONCACAF Champions League finalist (Real Salt Lake), and a team with one of the biggest budgets in the league (New York).

U.S. Under-23 defender Andrew Wenger, who was called in once again to the U-23s this month for training in Carson, Calif., is also taking home some collegiate hardware on the side.
The junior out of Duke won the Hermann Trophy on Friday, an honor that is given to the top NCAA Division I soccer players.

By Andrew Crawford, writing from Shanghai

Events in Shanghai have taken a dramatic turn in the last week and suddenly a season of promise is teetering on the edge of complete chaos following a dressing room mutiny that ousted Joan Tigana from the Shenhua bench and put in its place, the team's star player, Nicolas Anelka.