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Kenny Cooper has been struggling for playing time� with� TSV 1860 Munich lately, and now it appears he will have to wait even longer to get on the field.

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Kenny Cooper has been struggling for playing time� with� TSV 1860 Munich lately, and now it appears he will have to wait even longer to get on the field.

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Soccerway is reporting that Schalke and potential USMNT midfielder Jermaine Jones will sit out the remainder of 2009 in an effort to recover from a troublesome shin injury. Jones has looked close to...

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With the Bundesliga winter break fast approaching, it's looking more and more unlikely that Jermaine Jones will be able to return to the pitch for Schalke 04 in 2009. The Bundesliga's winter break begins on December 19, and will last until January 16, meaning the 28-year-old midfielder would have another two months to recuperate from his shin injury.

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Welcome to the latest installment of Your Questions Answered, now with more national team content.

The U.S. men's national team has dominated October's batch of questions as you might expect, but this installment includes some interesting inquiries about the likes of Brad Friedel, Jeff Cunningham and yes, Freddy Adu.

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Welcome to the latest installment of Your Questions Answered, now with more national team content.

The U.S. men's national team has dominated October's batch of questions as you might expect, but this installment includes some interesting inquiries about the likes of Brad Friedel, Jeff Cunningham and yes, Freddy Adu.

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Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke edged closer to a potential takeover of English power Arsenal after buying another batch of shares.

Kroenke now owns about 29.6 percent of Arsenal's shares, just three percentage points below the amount that would obligate him to launch a formal takeover bid.

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Colorado Rapids owner Stan Kroenke edged closer to a potential takeover of English power Arsenal after buying another batch of shares.

Kroenke now owns about 29.6 percent of Arsenal's shares, just three percentage points below the amount that would obligate him to launch a formal takeover bid.

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The time is now for Kenny Cooper if he wants to get Bob Bradley's attention for 2010. With two friendlies on the horizon in November, steady play from the tall forward would likely earn up at least a spot when the rosters are announced next month.

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The time is now for Kenny Cooper if he wants to get Bob Bradley's attention for 2010. With two friendlies on the horizon in November, steady play from the tall forward would likely earn up at least a spot when the rosters are announced next month.

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A FIFA autorizou Jermaine Jones a representar a selecção dos Estados Unidos depois do médio já ter jogado pela Alemanha em três ocasiões, abrindo um grave precedente para futuros casos do género.
Jones, de 27 anos, que nasceu em Frankfurt mas tem dupla nacionalidade, jogou pela selecção germânica frente � Áustria, Bielorrússia e a Inglaterra. Click to continue reading...

Schalke midfielder Jermaine Jones' application to switch to the U.S. national team from Germany has been approved by FIFA. Click to continue reading...

Controversial German-American midfielder Jermaine Jones has finally received approval from FIFA to switch his national allegiance to the US, assuring that if he is to play internationally again, it will be for the Stars and Stripes. Click to continue reading...

FIFA has approved the change of association application for Jermaine Jones, making the midfielder available for selection for the U.S. Men's National Team. Well, qualifying is over and Jones is still fighting an injury, but this is still good news. He should help the team immensely once he has recovered.

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Brent Latham from ESPN Soccernet checks in with a story on the U.S. U-17 team for the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. A good portion of the team the U.S. is taking to Africa played here at our Swope Park Training Center last week, falling to a team made mostly of KCW Reserves 3-0.
In full national team news, Jermaine Jones has been cleared by FIFA to play for the United States after initially representing Germany in three friendlies. Click to continue reading...

FC Schalke midfielder Jermaine Jones is now officially eligible to represent the United States. The 27-year-old German-born Jones's father is American, with Jones opting to switch his international registration under a revamped FIFA policy. FIFA officially approved the move on Tuesday, after Jones announced his intentions on June 12th. Click to continue reading...

FIFA has finally gotten around to approving German-American (or should that be American-German?) Jermaine Jones' switch to the US National Team. Jones, a member of FC Schalke in Germany's top...

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The last time the USA was in Honduras was late March of 2001. And while many things in American soccer have changed in just 8 years, others have stayed remarkably the same. The game that night was only shown in America via Pay Per View. (Sound familiar?) So, via the glory of Big Soccer, 8 of us lost souls met up in a basement in St Paul. Click to continue reading...

For those of you wondering when you would see the rest of the September Q&A questions answered, here is the newest installment of Your Questions Answered.

This batch of questions is dominated by U.S. national team questions, with Oguchi Onyewu, Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones among the subjects covered.

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For those of you wondering when you would see the rest of the September Q&A questions answered, here is the newest installment of Your Questions Answered.

This batch of questions is dominated by U.S. national team questions, with Oguchi Onyewu, Michael Bradley and Jermaine Jones among the subjects covered.

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Should I like the rich guy for wearing semi-normal clothes?
Or hate it because it's awful.
Hate it.
Don't hate the links:

• Avram Grant to Portsmouth. Name drops N.Y. [Goal!]
  
• FC Dallas 2, at San Jose Earthquakes 1. [MLSnet.com]
  
• Norwich goalkeeper goes AWOL.

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Jermaine Jones' injuries woes have gone from bad to worse.

After feeling pain in his surgically-repaired leg, and sitting for three more weeks with the hope of having the pain subside, Jones has now undergone another surgery. This time he had the metal plate in his leg removed, a procedure that will sideline him for at least six more weeks, German newspaper Bild reported on Wednesday.

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Jermaine Jones' injuries woes have gone from bad to worse.

After feeling pain in his surgically-repaired leg, and sitting for three more weeks with the hope of having the pain subside, Jones has now undergone another surgery. This time he had the metal plate in his leg removed, a procedure that will sideline him for at least six more weeks, German newspaper Bild reported on Wednesday.

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The return of (future) US National Team midfielder Jermaine Jones to the pitch will be put off again, as the Schalke man's injured shin has suffered complications. A metal plate inserted into Jones'...

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Is it ironic that Soccernet only uses foreigners to discuss Americans playing overseas? Click to continue reading...

With DC United off this weekend, I got a chance to sit back and enjoy being a neutral for the most part. Of course, there's always that pesky playoff picture looming in the background... Almost Perfect No, it wasn't the ideal set of results this... Click to continue reading...

The U.S. Soccer Federation has received all the necessary paperwork from the German Football Federation, and from Jermaine Jones, for Jones' application for a switch to the U.S. national team to be processed by FIFA, sources told SBI this weekend.

There had been a delay in the securing of the necessary documents, but with the USSF finally receiving all the necessary paperwork to submit the application, the clock now starts ticking on Jones' switch to the U.

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The U.S. Soccer Federation has received all the necessary paperwork from the German Football Federation, and from Jermaine Jones, for Jones' application for a switch to the U.S. national team to be processed by FIFA, sources told SBI this weekend.

There had been a delay in the securing of the necessary documents, but with the USSF finally receiving all the necessary paperwork to submit the application, the clock now starts ticking on Jones' switch to the U.

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Apparently there's a website out there that allows you to send text messages to French national team coach Raymond Domenech.
I have a feeling this type o' thing might catch on.
Scary.
Now the links:

• Fergie tells Scholes to forget retirement. [Daily Mail]
  
• New Costa Rica coach having problems.

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It's Friday and it is time to start a new series, which is more like the old series.

Every Friday, I will touch on some of the week's popular subjects being discussed by readers, as well� astouch on news stories SBI may have missed.

The first subject today is Jermaine Jones.

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It's Friday and it is time to start a new series, which is more like the old series.

Every Friday, I will touch on some of the week's popular subjects being discussed by readers, as well� astouch on news stories SBI may have missed. We've called these types of posts Musings and TGIF before, but now we'll be going with Friday Free Kicks and plan to make it a weekly series.

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Chris Rolfe and Jermaine Jones have never met (that we know of), but they're both key figures in the latest installment of Your Questions Answered.

Rolfe is set to leave the Chicago Fire after the season as a free agent, a move that has plenty of readers asking what went wrong, while Jones' potential arrival to the U.

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Chris Rolfe and Jermaine Jones have never met (that we know of), but they're both key figures in the latest installment of Your Questions Answered.

Rolfe is set to leave the Chicago Fire after the season as a free agent, a move that has plenty of readers asking what went wrong, while Jones' potential arrival to the U.

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Schalke midfielder and U.S. national team prospect Jermaine Jones' return to Bundesliga action is set to be delayed by up to three weeks, but it appears as though he will not need a new surgery on the shin fracture that has sidelined him for the summer.

This development is good news for Jones, who had been in jeopardy of needing a new surgery after continuing to feel pain in his leg, which had a metal plate inserted in it to help heel a shin fracture.

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Schalke midfielder and U.S. national team prospect Jermaine Jones' return to Bundesliga action is set to be delayed by up to three weeks, but it appears as though he will not need a new surgery on the shin fracture that has sidelined him for the summer.

This development is good news for Jones, who had been in jeopardy of needing a new surgery after continuing to feel pain in his leg, which had a metal plate inserted in it to help heal a shin fracture.

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