Chievo Verona and Michael Bradley are set to host Parma on Sunday as the Veronans look to pick up back-to-back victories for the first time since November.

Chievo Verona and Michael Bradley are set to host Parma on Sunday as the Veronans look to pick up back-to-back victories for the first time since November.

Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona were victorious and kept last place Novara at the bottom of the Serie A standings in Thursday-night action.

Arsenal's season hasn't gone quite according to plan, but a win today against Aston VIlla in FA Cup Fourth Round action could help ease some of the pressure being faced by Arsene Wenger these days.

Wenger has been roundly criticized since the Gunners' loss to Manchester United last week, but a win today might help ease some of that backlash.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey have shared plenty of moments throughout their careers as the top two attacking threats of the U.S. men's national team, but they will not be celebrating together on Friday.

The two American stars are set to face off for the first time since 2006 when Everton and Fulham do battle in the fourth round of the FA Cup (3pm, Fox Soccer Channel).

The Serie A wraps up the first half of the season this weekend, and Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona will be looking to end on a high note as they head south to take on U.S. Lecce.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Sacha Kljestan and RSC Anderlecht returned to league action this weekend for the first time since December, and they both picked up right where they left off.

RSC Anderlecht continued its winning ways with a 3-0 victory over third-place Club Brugge on Sunday.

Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona will look to give their home fans a big victory as the Flying Donkeys host US Palermo in Sunday action in the Serie A.

This week saw some serious Coppa Italia action as the Serie A was put on hold. On Tuesday, Lazio fielded a side culled from both their first team and reserves against Serie B side Hellas Verona – a gamble for which they almost paid dearly. After securing a 2-0 lead, Lazio seemingly fell asleep, and Hellas got back into the game with two goals in the second half.

After a rough start to the 2011/2012 Serie A Season, AS Roma is currently enjoying a 3 match winning streak (4 match unbeaten streak). This past Sunday, before the start of Roma's match with Chievo Verona, this video was aired in the Stadio Olimpico:

Today, Roma faces Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia.

After a rough start to the 2011/2012 Serie A Season, AS Roma is currently enjoying a 3 match winning streak (4 match unbeaten streak). This past Sunday, before the start of Roma's match with Chievo Verona, this video was aired in the Stadio Olimpico:

Today, Roma faces Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia.

The new year got off to a rough start for Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona as they started the 2012 in the Italian capital with a narrow defeat in Sunday Serie A action against AS Roma.

The FA Cup continues in full swing today, with the biggest match-up of the weekend featuring the Manchester Derby.

Manchester City will look to take a step closer to defending their FA Cup title against a Manchester United side that is coming off a painful loss to Newcastle in league play.

Michael Bradley and his Chievo Verona teammates had one last pre-Christmas task traveling to the Italian capital to take on Lazio, where the Veronans were unlucky only to get a point.

With the word that Landon Donovan is heading to Everton in January, the Toffees are suddenly feeling confident about their chances of climbing back into the top half of the English Premier League standings. If they can make that move before the new year will depend largely on whether Tim Howard and Co.

Set your alarms for early Sunday morning, because a rare matchup between two of the world's most entertaining teams -- and players -- is on the docket.

Barcelona and Santos each took care of business to set up a meeting between the defending European champions and the South American powerhouse in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.

Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona had to settle for a point against Atalanta in front of their home fans in a defensive stalemate that was sparse on offense.

Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona will be locked in a Serie A showdown with Atalanta as Chievo look to get back on the winning track against last year's Serie B champions on Sunday.

Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona were dispatched in style by AC Milan at the San Siro on Sunday, in a game where one outspoken Swedish striker cracked the century mark in Serie A.

Heading into Sunday night's match Milan had won nine matches in a row against the Flying Donkeys of Verona. With such a record and given the Champions' resurgence after a slow start to the season Milan were clear favourites to win this one. And, Max Allegri's side duly lived up expectation as they trounced a [.

This weekend's English Premier League action marked the one-third point of the season, leaving plenty of soccer left to play, but Manchester City could put a stranglehold on first place in England with a win against Liverpool today.

The Reds are the only thing standing between City and a seven-point lead atop the Premier League, and Liverpool has its own motivation for wanting to win at Anfield today.

The United States is set to face its biggest test of the Klinsmann era with a visit to France on Friday in an international friendly. This is just the third meeting between the two teams with France winning the previous two games 6-0 and 3-0 in 1979.

France
France has already qualified for Euro 2012 so expect France coach Laurent Blanc to give some younger players much needed experience.

Slovenia has released its roster for the Nov. 15 game against the U.S. MNT in Ljubljana. The squad of new head coach Slavisa Stojanovic features 10 players who played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Group match against the USA, including goalscorers Valter Birsa and Zlatan Ljubijankič. There are also two teammates of Michael Bradley's from Chievo Verona: Bostjan Cesar and Bojan Jokic.

The U.S. men's national team returns to action on Friday with a match-up against France, a match that should tell us plenty about the current state of Jurgen Klinsmann's team.

Klinsmann will have a strong group to choose from for Friday's match. Both Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey will be available, and German-born Fabian Johnson is set to make his national team debut.

Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona finally got back on the winning track at the Stadio Marc'antonio Bentegodi in Verona as the Flying Donkeys knocked off Fiorentina in Serie A action.

Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona will look to get off the snide as they host ACF Fiorentina on Sunday in Serie A.

Jurgen Klinsmann continues to use his pipeline to Germany for talent with his latest roster selections for the United States games against France and Slovenia. No less than five players born in Germany are on the roster, including newcomer Alfredo Morales who received his first senior team call up.

The Major League Soccer playoffs will be in full swing today, taking center stage on a busy day in the soccer world.

The headlining match of the day takes place at Red Bull Arena, where the New York Red Bulls take on the Los Angeles Galaxy in the most star-studded playoff match in MLS history.

Surprise contender Levante and Real Madrid sat back and watched Tuesday as Barcelona leapfrogged both teams to take the top spot in the Spanish league table. Both have a chance to strike back as part of a packed Wednesday afternoon of soccer.

Between full slates of La Liga and Serie A games, there's plenty of domestic action to go around, but cup play is also a big part of the day, as the remaining four spots in the Carling Cup quarterfinals will be claimed by day's end.

After defeating Napoli earlier this season, Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona continued to foil the big boys of Italian soccer last week as they scraped out a goalless tie against league leaders Juventus.

photo by Javier Garcia/ISIphotos.com

By FRANCO PANIZO

Three months into the season, Everton and Fulham are each just two points away from the relegation zone, leaving Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey to attempt to help further their respective club away from there this weekend.

Michael Bradley and Chievo Verona snatched a point off Serie A leaders Juventus on Sunday at the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi in Verona.

As far as intense rivalries go, you can't find many more intense than the Rome Derby.

Roma and Lazio always produce some of the most intese matches in Europe, and today should be no different as the Serie A powers collide. Both teams have gotten off to slow starts in league play, and are currently tied on points, but today's derby could help catapult one of them up the standings.

The U.S. men's national team will field as close to a full strength squad as it has had since Jurgen Klinsmann took over, leaving what should be some easy decisions when it comes time for him to pick a lineup for Saturday's match vs. Honduras.

Landon Donovan is the lone regular starter not to make the trip to South Florida, and now Klinsmann will have some good options as he tries to put together a team to deliver his first win as U.

There are in fact only three "newcomers" who haven't yet been in a Jurgen Klinsmann-led national team camp: veteran defender Oguchi Onyewu, Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando and German-born midfielder Danny Williams, 21, who just got his American citizenship.

"We would like to continue seeing our players develop through these initial couple of months," Klinsmann said.

Jurgen Klinsmann has named his roster for the upcoming friendlies, and while most of the names should be familiar, there are a couple of new faces. The USMNT squares off against Honduras on October 8th at 5PM CST. The match will be played at Joe Robbie/Pro Player Park/Pro Player Stadium/Dolphins Stadium/Dolphin Stadium/Land Shark Stadium/Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL.

Nobody has been able to slow down Manchester City's high-powered attack, but U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard will have a shot at doing so on Saturday, when the Toffees venture into the Eastlands to take on City, which has scored at least two goals in every league game thus far.

As for a pair of American midfielders, Stuart Holden could be in line for his first Premier League minutes of the season after his 90-minute Carling Cup stint when Bolton travels to the Emirates to face vulnerable Arsenal on Saturday, while Michael Bradley aims for his second consecutive start in Chievo Verona's home match against Genoa on Sunday.

Serie A Weekly welcomes writer Ben Powell to the pages of Serie A Weekly. Throughout the 2011-2012 season Ben will be bringing Gialloblu updates and insights to the website. Make sure to leave your comments for Ben all Chievo Verona faithful. A new Coach, a raft of new faces, another year older but some things remain the same.

Serie A Weekly welcomes writer Ben Powell to the pages of Serie A Weekly. Throughout the 2011-2012 season Ben will be bringing Gialloblu updates and insights to the website. Make sure to leave your comments for Ben all Chievo Verona faithful. A new Coach, a raft of new faces, another year older but some things remain the same.

By FRANCO PANIZO

It took 15 years, but finally another member of the U.S. men's national team has started a Serie A match.

The man responsible for accomplishing that feat is Michael Bradley, who got the nod and went the distance in Chievo Verona's surprising 1-0 win over Napoli on Wednesday.