Gibbs limped off with an ankle injury after a 12st minute tackle forced him out of the U21 Euro match against Lithuania. He is to undergo an X ray as a precautionary measure and more information on the extent of his injury will be available later this week.

With Gael Clichy out for a month with a back injury, the left back position was a lock for Gibbs.

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If the starting lineup the U.S. team fielded in Saturday's loss to Slovakia didn't look far enough away from Bob Bradley's first-choice squad, wait until you see the team we are likely to have take the field in Denmark on Wednesday.

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If the starting lineup the U.S. team fielded in Saturday's loss to Slovakia didn't look far enough away from Bob Bradley's first-choice squad, wait until you see the team we are likely to have take the field in Denmark on Wednesday.

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Now we start entering the realm of players with playing time. Of guys that may have value to other clubs in trade, and quite possibly seeing the guy that Philadelphia takes in the Expansion Draft later this month. This collection of players are in two sets.

The first set are two USL Sounders, and the second two players are young talents with promise, but who have lacked the playing time to showcase their reputations in competitive matches.

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With the World Cup inching ever closer, it's just about time to stop nibbling around the edges of the U.S. depth chart conversations and start biting into the chewy center of that little candy bunny.

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A busy show as Brian Zygo brings us a locker room report from Robertson Stadium after Houston's 1-0 win over Seattle in the MLS Playoffs.

Aaron Davidson, the President of Miami FC joins us to answer questions about today's press release from the TOA declaring the intent to form a new professional league in the US and Canada.

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Kagisho Dikgacoi on life in England.

Life's all about opportunities isn't it?  Sometimes you get them, sometimes you don't.  Kagisho had a debut at a time when the team's usual defensive midfielder, Dickson Etuhu, was out injured.  The Scott Parker incident meant Chris Baird has been given the nod, and hardly put a foot wrong.

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I finally got to this. There shouldn't be any surprises, but the depth chart is obviously switched right now. Forward: Montero, Ljungberg, Jaqua, Levesque, Le Toux Left Wing: Zakuani, Ljungberg, Levesque, Le Toux Right Wing: Jaqua, Ljungberg, Levesque, Le Toux Center Mid: Evans, Vagenas, Alonso Defensive Mid: Alonso, Vagenas, Ianni Left Wingback: Gonzalez, Scott, Wahl Right Wingback: Riley, Evans, Ianni Centerbacks: Hurtado, [. Click to continue reading...

I finally got to this. There shouldn't be any surprises, but the depth chart is obviously switched right now.

Forward: Montero, Ljungberg, Jaqua, Levesque, Le Toux
Left Wing: Zakuani, Ljungberg, Levesque, Le Toux
Right Wing: Jaqua, Ljungberg, Levesque, Le Toux
Center Mid: Evans, Vagenas, Alonso
Defensive Mid: Alonso, Vagenas, Ianni
Left Wingback: Gonzalez, Scott, Wahl
Right Wingback: Riley, Evans, Ianni
Centerbacks: Hurtado, Marshall, Ianni, Wahl

Rotationals are the following four in order of likely appearance: Levesque, Vagenas, Le Toux and Ianni

The coaches likely see the team as 15 deep at this time.

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By now you've probably heard the terrible news regarding the U.S. national squad. One week after losing one player indefinitely to a terrible single car accident, this week things didn't exactly get better for the U.S. injury report. Oguchi Onyewu will  be out for around six months making his presence in the World Cup this summer questionable thanks to a horrific knee injury in the final qualifier match against Costa Rica.

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By definition, the Donnety Award goes to the player who has been the biggest disappointment for DC United in 2009. The award's namesake Matias Donnet came to United in 2006 and was seen as a potential all star due to his pedigree after playing for Boca Juniors, as well as spending some time in Serie A. Click to continue reading...

Abe Thompson was with the Wizards for a little less than a year before he was traded this past week for Kei Kamara. Thompson was brought in last year by the Wizards to help with their scoring issues down the stretch. He didn't find net, but his bigger presence in the forward position did allow the Wizards to show something different on the field than they had been previously. Click to continue reading...

I complain about lack of movement and the next day, what happens? The Wizards make a move. Today (as I tried to post on Twitter, but apparently it didn't go through) the Wizards acquired Houston Dynamo forward, Kei Kamara for Abe Thompson and some allocation money. Kamara is joins the Wizards having scored 5 goals in 20 starts this year for the Dynamo. Click to continue reading...

Fox Sports Jamie Trecker and World Soccer Reader's Richard Farley joins us to discuss the following topics.

• US Player Development in the wake of two lackluster qualifying wins
• The state of the US program
• Where the US stacks up against other international sides
• Mexico's re-emergence as a power under Javier Aguirre
• Bob Bradley's team management
• The attitude of Americans fans and press
• Does the US have an issue integrating minority players into its national setup
• Will the US look at a non-American coach anytime in the near future

This and much more on an action packed MLS Talk Podcast brought to you by Audible.

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I had my doubts about this lineup going in because it just seemed way too defensive. I'm in favor of continuing with the 4-4-2 formation for the duration of this tournament, but my vision of a 4-4-2 involves attacking wingers, and maybe a creative attacking central midfielder. McTavish and Allen aren't really what you think of in terms of attacking wingers, and Andrew Jacobson isn't really the most creative CAM either. Click to continue reading...

A little bit of news round-up from the early part of this week. First off, Cesc has been ruled out for tomorrow's clash with Celtic. But this doesn't really tell us anything. Wenger has said that it might have just been a slight tweak, in which case he could be ready to play against Manchester United on Saturday; or it could have been a pull, in which case he could be out for 3 weeks.

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Preview week continues, and today we get to what the season will bring for our beloved Arsenal. Today we deal with questions about Arsenal's summer activities. As always, we're interested to hear what you think, so drop us a line in the comments.

Question 7: If You Had to Give Arsenal's Offseason a Grade, What Would it Be?

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Wenger swells his transfer kitty to about £50 million with Phillipe Senderos on his way to Everton. The big Swiss defender will go for a reported £6 m.

Everton is preparing for Joleon Lescott to head to City after they rejected a bid of £18m. The defender is reportedly preparing to hand in a transfer request which will make it harder for Everton to stop the eventual sale.

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I'm close to finishing a World Cup 2010 U.S. depth chart column for S365 and will have an Americans Abroad prediction Top 5 List later on, but for now we go to the tape...Everton's Tim Howard steals the show with three PK stops as the MLS All-Stars finally drop one.An injury-weakened Bayern Munich shred through Oguchi Onyewu's AC Milan in preseason friendly action. Click to continue reading...

The Gold Cup is over. While the final was certainly a disappointment, it's important to recognize the purpose of this edition of the tournament it was an opportunity to evaluate our fringe players, hopefully identifying who should (and should not) be considered for the 2010 roster.

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PR isn't supposed to matter this much.
Yet, here I sit, utterly mortified by the United States' utter capitulation to Mexico in the Gold Cup final. No matter how much I keep telling myself it doesn't matter or it hardly counted, I just cannot get over the fact those guys embarrassed themselves and the US program as a whole out there. Click to continue reading...

PDL side Ventura County Fusion hosts Burnley in a friendly tonight. The manager of the club, Graham Smith joins us to discuss Anton Peterlin who was sold to Everton earlier this month as well as the PDL and his thoughts on the USMNT. This interview features different content from the Smith interview released last week on EPL Talk.

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It was a game that didn't have much meaning from a results standpoint (at least not for the Americans), but the U.S. national team's 2-2 tie vs. Haiti on Saturday certainly still had plenty of value for the United States.

Along with giving head coach Bob Bradley a chance to see every player he hadn't seen in the team's first two matches, it also helped provide the U.

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It didn't start out as the prettiest game, and for long stretches the USA-Honduras match looked capable of being an upset loss for the Americans, but a strong defense and a pair of dangerous substitutes turned last night's Gold Cup match in the U.

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It didn't start out as the prettiest game, and for long stretches the USA-Honduras match looked capable of being an upset loss for the Americans, but a strong defense and a pair of dangerous substitutes turned last night's Gold Cup match in the U.

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Quick confession: Yes, I missed the first 20 minutes of the USA-Honduras match tonight at RFK Stadium. That's because I was in the tunnels in RFK Stadium, waiting to speak with Fabrice Noel, the Haitian player and former Colorado Rapid who years ago lost two of his brothers to a senseless act of violence and sought asylum in the United States. Click to continue reading...

And the news just keeps getting better and better! With the signing of Glen Johnson earlier this summer, Liverpool finally went from having a serviceable right-back in Arbeloa to a definite upgrade at the position.

Left-back seemed to be a position that was done and dusted last season. Fabio Aurelio was the first-option, whilst Emiliano Insua was the serviceable backup for the future.

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And the news just keeps getting better and better! With the signing of Glen Johnson earlier this summer, Liverpool finally went from having a serviceable right-back in Arbeloa to a definite upgrade at the position.

Left-back seemed to be a position that was done and dusted last season. Fabio Aurelio was the first-option, whilst Emiliano Insua was the serviceable backup for the future.

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Who should Bob Bradley start vs. Grenada?

Doesn't have the same ring of importance and urgency as "Who should Bradley start vs. Spain" or "Who should Bradley start vs.

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Misha Sher, Business Development Director of Soccerex and now a contributor to our show joins us from London to give his take on the USMNT Confederations Cup run and bring us up to speed on some transfer talk related to American players. Daniel Feuerstein then joins us to discuss the US Open Cup and break down the USMNT depth chart.

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Perhaps better known for his entertaining unorthodox goalkeeping tactics than a solid steadying presence in goal as well as an unfortunate incident involving a fan in Houston, DC United's Liberian goalkeeper has been released by the club. It should be noted that we received a rumor two weeks ago stating he was gone but at the request of DC United we contacted them for clarification and they denied he was on the outs with the club. Click to continue reading...

Having given myself almost a full day to take in the United States' historic 2-0 victory over Spain, I'm ready to offer up my player ratings for the team (on a scale of 1-10).
Tim Howard - 9.5
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Western Conference leaders Houston leave it late for a draw with Real Salt Lake, and Eastern Conference leaders DC United leave Commerce City with a lot of questions. Meanwhile, our decision to freeze SuperLiga teams in our depth chart means not a lot of movement in the rankings. Los Angeles 1 - San Jose 2 Pablo Campos stepped up big-time for the Earthquakes, scoring on the first goal and assisting on the second in a. Click to continue reading...

Man Utd announces Carlos Tevez is leaving Old Trafford.

"Disappointingly, his advisors informed the club that he does not wish to continue playing for Manchester United," read a United statement.

"The club thanks Carlos for his services over the last two seasons and wishes him good luck for the future.

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Don't get me wrong, I am still pissed as hell at the US, but let me clarify some things here.
I am well aware that many if not most of our players are simply not good enough to allow for us to compete with truly good teams. Trust me, I get it. This brings me to my next point.
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