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Patrick van Aanholt is off once again. Vitesse announced today that the 21-year-old fullback will be joining the Dutch club on loan for the remainder of the season.

In need of games

This is pretty good news. While the Eredivisie is a clear step down in competition from the Premier League, van Aanholt should have a chance to receive significant minutes after an egregious loan spell during the first half of the season.

January, the start of a new year, is often seen as a month of hope. Resolutions made as the previous year came to an end are still fresh in the mind as is the belief that they will be maintained. That similar resolutions were made (but not kept) before doesn't matter. This time round will be different, this time round I will make it.

Mirror: Yesh! Schteve returnsch to FC Twente as bossch confirmed!

Ex-England boss returns to Dutch club for second spell

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By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (Dec 30, 2011) US Soccer Players – If 2010 was considered a great year for the National Team because of its performance at the World Cup, then 2011 will go down as the year where American players shined individually. Just ask Jozy Altidore. The 22-year-old striker turned things around this fall after signing with Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, proving that he can be a deadly offensive weapon following.

In recent years, the January window's been relatively tame 2007 was maybe the most active, with Javier Mascherano and Alvaro Arbeloa among the names on the way in, and 2008 saw Martin Skrtel arrive with Momo Sissoko heading out. But 2009 brought only the exit for the recently arrived but underwhelming Robbie Keane, and 2010 had only Maxi Rodriguez arriving on a free with Andrea Dossena and Andriy Voronin leaving Anfield.

It would appear from various reports in the media that Newcastle United had hoped to resurrect the deal to sign Erik Pieters from PSV Eindhoven during the January transfer window. However the Dutch club are not willing to part with the Holland international according to quotes attributed to their Sporting Director, Marcel Brand.

The lottery to allocation Lee Nguyen to an MLS team is set to talk place tomorrow. Rumor is that all the teams in the league have applied to be in the lottery. For those that don't know, the lottery is based off of a team's record over the last season. That being said, with Sporting KC finishing 5th in the regular season last year, their chances are not great.

By Chris Wright

Here you go, Pies' pick of the ten best still exposures from the past two day's worth of Europa League action...

FC Vaslui supporters are silhouetted by burning flares during their game against Lazio in Piatra Neamt, Romania

FC Vaslui's Mike Temwanjera and Lazio's Modibo Diakite hit an isolated hotspot of weak gravity

Fulham's Bryan Ruiz waves to the Twente fans after receiving a hero's welcome on his return to the Dutch club

AEK Athens vs Anderlecht quickly descends into an all-out gurn-fest as a corner is swung into the Greek side's penalty area

Schalke 04′s Kyriakos Papadopoulos throws up the big twos after scoring against Steaua Bucharest in Gelsenkirchen

Ibrahim Toroman is not exactly enamoured with the view as Besiktas celebrate scoring against Maccabi Tel Aviv

Billy Conolly and Rod Stewart turn up at Parkhead to watch Celtic take on Atletico Madrid, and are seen here presumably discussing exactly why Beram Kayal felt to need to duck and let Arda Turan's shot fly in over his head

Hapoel Tel-Aviv's Abbas Mahmmoud watches on while Rapid Bucharest's Iulian Apostol endulges in a spot of light turf rotivation

Hannover 96 fans do their thing ahead of the German side's game against Standard Liege in Belgium

A lone Tottenham fan taunts the travelling PAOK Salonika supporters by holding a tenner aloft to mock Greece's debt crisis.

Bad luck. Just about to start the biggest game of this fall, and possibly of this season, Olympique Lyonnais is in disarray. After a promising start to the season, both in the game and in the mindset, OL is so far in a series of three defeats, regardless of the competition. Rémi Garde's men are ineffective upfront and fragile behind.

Full Name: Robin van Persie

Date of Birth: August 6, 1983

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, Netherlands

Height: 1.83 m (6 feet)

Weight: 71 Kg. (156.5 lbs)

Squad Number: 10

Robin van Persie was born on August 6, 1983 in the eastern district of Rotterdam, called Kralingen.

Liverpool are the latest club to be linked with a move for in-demand midfielder Kevin Strootman who has been attracting interest from a number of European clubs are starring for PSV Eindhoven.
The 21-year-old only joined the Dutch club in the summer after coming through the youth system at Sparta Rotterdam and has so far impressed both for his club and for his country with some assured displays for Holland.

Red Bulls Fans May Have a Euro 2012 Rooting Interest After AllThe 2011 MLS Cup final participants are now set following yesterday's conference finals, and for the first time in a number of years none of the lowest playoff seeds made it through to the championship. Whether that's the result of a slightly more equitable playoff format that punished poor regular season performance is anyone's guess.

Suarez Hits Back

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has hit back at Patrice Evra's claims that he racially abused the French defender during Saturday 1-1 draw at Anfield. The FA has confirmed that they will investigate the allegations further, Evra was quoted as saying that Suarez had insulted him in a attempt to wind him up.

An amazing look at the set up at Dutch club Ajax, which includes former Arsenal star Dennis Bergkamp. They have an amazing coaching staff.

Luis Suárez proves the difference as Liverpool overcome Wolves

• Suárez shows why he is an Anfield legend already • Liverpool bounce back from heavy defeat at Tottenham They were standing in the foyer before kick-off, two men who were absolutely assured of their place in the Anfield pantheon.

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The U.S. men's national team plays its second match under Jurgen Klinsmann tonight with a friendly against Costa Rica at Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. (11pm, ESPN2/Galavision).

Klinsmann will be looking at several young players, including some of the ones who impressed in Klinsmann's debut against Mexico.

Portuguese clubs did not fair well this week in European competitions with none of the five clubs in action coming away with a victory. Benfica opened the week of drawing 2-2 with Dutch club Twente and will be looking to advance to the Champions League group stage at home this coming week. In Europe League action, Sporting, Braga and Nacional all played to scoreless draws against

SPANISH FOOTBALL has a new"player" on "the scene" & big time. MALAGA FC defeated Dutch Club FEYENOORD away 0 - 2 in a friendly pre-season game to notch up their sixth victory in the pre-season. The Spanish Club has done some big spending on new players (up to 8) & the results are showing pre-season that the Club is on the right track, gaining steam & becoming a serious rival for other Spanish

Dutch club AZ Alkmaar have confirmed the signing of USA striker Jozy Altidore from Villarreal on a four-year contract.

Photo by ISIphotos.com

By FRANCO PANIZO

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Jozy Altidore's club career since heading over to Europe has not gone as well as he would have liked, and that might explain why Altidore was full of smiles when he announced the next phase in his career.

A roof at FC Twente's Grolsch Veste stadium has collapsed and one person has died with 14 others injured as renovation work was taking place at the Dutch club.

By FRANCO PANIZO

An unknown number of people have been trapped as a result of part of FC Twente's Grolsch Veste Stadium collapsing on them on Thursday.

The stadium was undergoing renovation on Thursday morning when the roof of a stand caved in, trapping people under the rubble.

photo by ISIphotos.com

By FRANCO PANIZO

If Oguchi Onyewu is going to revive his club career, he'll have to do so in Portugal.

Onyewu has transferred from AC Milan to Sporting CP, signing a three-year deal with the Portuguese club.

Photo by ISIphotos.com

Oguchi Onyewu's tenuous club situation may be close to getting settled.

According to a report from Portuguese outlet A Bola, Onyewu is close to signing a deal with Portuguese power Sporting Lisbon.

Onyewu was loaned to FC Twente this past season from AC Milan, but the Dutch club did not act on its option to buy Onyewu's contract outright.

Ryo Miyaichi heading back to Feyenoord for another loan spell is not, it would appear, a foregone conclusion. Sky Sports is reporting that although Ryo had a successful loan with the Dutch club, Feyenoord may ...

In their quest to make a return to the Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur have signed American goalkeeper Brad Friedel. The 40 year old was available on a free transfer from Aston Villa, and his arrival at White Hart Lane has seemingly paved the way for Brazilian Gomes to leave the club.

"Brad is a top goalkeeper of real quality who has great experience," Spurs boss Harry Redknapp told the club's official website.

Tonight is the first of three international friendlies included in the season ticket holders package. Essentially these are games that don't really matter and are more just fun for people who like to see and watch other teams from around the world play in our own back yard. While it might seem like a useless waste to some of the more hardcore soccer supporters, I, personally, enjoy international friendlies.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Jonathan Spector is set to become a free agent this summer, but West Ham United is hoping that he never reaches the open market.

West Ham is looking to keep Spector as it prepares for a season in the Championship, and has offered the U.

ADO Den Haag goalkeeper Gino Coutinho received a six-month conditional jail sentence and community service from a Dutch court in Lelystad for a series of offences including growing cannabis, the Dutch club said.

Sports parent alert?

What would seemingly be the product of the maniacal machinations of the PR department deep down seems anything but, and it's quite frightening.

That one year old 'phenom' who can put his toys away, basically? He just signed a ten year deal with VVV Venlo.

Liverpool target Christian Eriksen is in no rush to leave Ajax as he settles to develop his career with the Dutch club, despite reports linking him with a summer departure to Anfield.
The 19-year-old Danish midfielder has enjoyed a stellar campaign with the Amsterdam-based giants, scoring four goals in 27 league games this season as he continues to earn regular first team status under Frank de Boer.

Oguchi Onyewu and FC Twente need a comeback of epic proportions to keep their UEFA Europa League hopes afloat after being drilled by Giuseppe Rossi and Villarreal in the first leg of their quarterfinal matchup. Twente managed a late away goal in the opening leg to keep its flame flickering but still trails its Spanish opponent by four goals.

He's not Dutch. He doesn't play for a Dutch club. But he deserves a post here. ( He could be Dutch :-) )

Because boy, can this lad play. And he's doing it for 20 years in Man United now. Born in Wales. Never will he shine at a World Cup [read more]

Sport.co.uk understands that CSKA Moscow striker Keisuke Honda will not be leaving the club in the summer despite rumoured interest from Liverpool, Arsenal and AC Milan.
On the back of the Japanese international's superb performances at the World Cup finals last summer, the 24-year-old was lauded as the player of the tournament by Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, who alongside Kenny Dalglish and Serie A giants AC Milan, have been perpetually credited as admirers of the precocious youngster.

Thulani Serero scored both goals for Ajax Cape Town this weekend

South African football's biggest clubs and arch-rivals Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs lead the way in the ABSA Premiership with Ajax Cape Town close by hoping for them both to slip up in what could be one of the country's most exciting title races for years.

New Liverpool signing Luis Suarez has pledged to make his move from Dutch football to the Premier League a successful one.
The Uruguay international, who has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract after completing his £22.8million move to from Ajax, scored 111 goals in 159 matches for the Dutch club.

Liverpool are reportedly frontrunners to sign Roma striker Mirko Vucinic, who could become available in the summer.
According to talkSPORT, the Reds are 'strong favourites' for the 27-year-old, although Roma remain unwilling to sell during the January transfer window - but they have received bids for his services.

Amid reports that Sunderland, Galatasaray and Palermo are courting Borussia Moenchengladbach's Michael Bradley, Mike Woitalla of Soccer America reports why Gladbach coach Michael Frontzeck benched the American after 17 straight starts.