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Tim Ream returned to England earlier this week with all the necessary paperwork completed for him to suit up for Bolton Wanderers, and he might not have to wait long at all to make his debut.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle told reporters on Thursday morning that Ream, and two of the other club's recent acquisitions, will be on the gameday squad that will take on Wigan Athletic in a match with relegation implications on Saturday.

OTP gazes into its crystal ball to see who might take to the pitch to face France on June 11. 1. Shaka Hislop [Bloody Trinidad and Tobago] David James 2. Pascal Chimbonda [Passport TBC - but he's already played for two international teams so shouldn't be a problem] 3. Julian Dicks 4. Izzy Iriekpen 5.

According to a flash report on the BBC Sport website, Tim Ream has received his work permit and will sign with Bolton Wanderers. Having no ancestral connection to allow for a passport, Ream needed to apply for a work permit. That procedure has hampered potential American moves in the past. New York had been preparing for Ream to be sold to Bolton.

Sebastien Le Toux will have a week to impress the Bolton Wanderer's coaching staff, according to manager Owen Coyle. The Scot confirmed reports out of the United States that Le Toux was on his way to Bolton on a trial ahead of a possible transfer.

"We have received good reports about Sebastian, so we thought we would give him an opportunity to come into the group," said Coyle.

Fox Soccer is reporting that Union striker/top scorer/face-of-the-franchise/fan-favorite Sebastien Le Toux began training with the English Premier League's Bolton Wanderers ahead of a transfer that will be completed by the end of the week.

As of 12:40 PM, no sources have confirmed this news.

Hard to believe it but the Philadelphia Union are close to selling their biggest star, Sebastien Le Toux.

The Philadelphia Union are preparing to sell star striker Sebastien LeToux to a European club. Story coming on Fox Soccer. #Wow38 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®ReplyRetweetFavorite@SoccerByIvesIves Galarcep

To further drive home the rumor, Le Toux tweeted the following:

On a jet plane to Englandabout 16 hours ago via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite@SebastienLeTouxSebastien Le Toux

Ives later goes on to report that Bolton could be the landing spot for Le Toux.

George John could be on the move (again). (Getty Images)

A fun bit of news broke late yesterday evening. Two US National team defenders George John and Omar Gonzalez were said to be leaving the national team camp for "club-related matters". Naturally their two teams instantly sent out messages about those matters.

There are a number of ways to get called up to a historically prestigious national team, among them simply owning an Argentinean passport between the years 2008 and 2010. Not on that list is being a 29 year old defender for a minnow languishing near the bottom of Serie B. Typically, anyway, if things are being judged on merit.

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The first season's half of the Eredivisie resulted in an interesting list of top players in the AD ranking. Two central defenders, both with a Dutch passport, grabbed the first two spots.

Normally, it's the forwards who stand in the limelight with big name players like Wesley Sneijder, Jari Litmanen [read more]

It's not often that you get detained under the Terrorism Act following the Arsenal. Well, when I say not often it's probably leaning to never. Except yesterday after the Manchester City defeat. There I was minding my own business as I tried to exit the arrivals hall after my flight from Manchester to Southampton.

It's not often that you get detained under the Terrorism Act following the Arsenal. Well, when I say not often it's probably leaning to never. Except yesterday after the Manchester City defeat. There I was minding my own business as I tried to exit the arrivals hall after my flight from Manchester to Southampton.

It's not often that you get detained under the Terrorism Act following the Arsenal. Well, when I say not often it's probably leaning to never. Except yesterday after the Manchester City defeat. There I was minding my own business as I tried to exit the arrivals hall after my flight from Manchester to Southampton.

It's not often that you get detained under the Terrorism Act following the Arsenal. Well, when I say not often it's probably leaning to never. Except yesterday after the Manchester City defeat. There I was minding my own business as I tried to exit the arrivals hall after my flight from Manchester to Southampton.

French Ligue 1 title contenders and possible David Beckham destination Paris Saint-Germain has released a collectors edition of its Nike 2011/12 home kit. The limited edition jersey comes in a collectors case that also includes a 30 cm in diameter PSG emblem and a passport containing information regarding exclusive club events.

Soccer America reports that Liverpool has signed 17-year-old midfielder Marc Pelosi, who represented the USA at the 2011 Under-17 World Cup in Mexico, to its academy program.
Pelosi, who played for De Anza Force in the Bay Area, had a verbal commitment to attend UCLA. He got around the work permit requirements because he holds a German passport.

Luis GilArticle by Pedro Gomes.
This morning began like any other for me. I started the ol' desktop, fired up the web browser and began to troll my usual soccer news sources with a cup of Joe in hand.
The first story that caught my eye was one out of England, which doesn't typically do it for me but this one had "U.

Remember, remember the fifth of November well, some Conference North fans would probably rather not remember a Saturday speckled with nasty incidents which hardly cover the league in glory.

Accusations of racist abuse on the field, alleged violence and a goalkeeper sent off for throwing a firework into a stand (no really) have left a grubby stain on the northern half of Step 2.

George John had to hold off on his dreams of a move to Europe this summer when a proposed transfer to Blackburn fell through in the final stages. Those events may ultimately lead John to wind up at a better club this winter, if reports are to be believed.

According to the UK Daily Mail, Everton and Wigan are both on the trail of the FC Dallas defender and are expected to make January bids for the big centerback.

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With the MLS playoff race dominating the headlines in recent weeks, a bit of news slipped under the radar recently regarding one of the best young prospects in the league.

Omar Salgado recently celebrated his 18th birthday, and a week after that he scored the best present a young American soccer player could hope for.

George John will take his talents to England. (Getty Images)

I really wanted to get to this yesterday since the player's agent actually contacted me about it. Ah never the less it was still reported well over at my other hub at BigDSoccer.com.

FC Dallas defender George John is on his way to Greece to pick up his Greek passport.

George John has moved a big step closer to a move to the English Premier League after Major League Soccer and Blackburn agreed on the fee for the standout centerback.

Here is my Fox Soccer story on the latest development's in Blackburn's move for John, who is on his way to Greece to secure his passport, which will help facilitate his transfer.

The boys done good, as the adage goes. It might have been a distinctly unexotic first step into Europe's junior competition yesterday evening, but they were steps plenty big enough for Jim Jefferies and his half-baked Jam Tarts. In fact, you might even say: we proved to be rather...sticky customers?

Upon clicking on this,it seems nice, fun. Yet there is no worldly reason why one should watch several minutes of this. And yet I did. I couldn't stop. "Just score, would you?"

Nor any idea why it happened, though there are suspicions Jose is looking into a 1-0-108 formation for the Super Cup.

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood Arsenal have been using Ryo Miyaichi in their friendlies this season and yet he does not appear to qualify to play in the UK. So what's going on? The first possibility is that somehow during his time in the Netherlands he picked up a local passport, [.

Villyan Bijev was a forward who put up good numbers with Cal Odyssey of the USSDA and was one of the first two to sign Letter's of Intent with the University of Washington and Coach Jamie Clark. The young American with a Bulgarian passport will now be skipping his college commitments to instead come-up through the Liverpool system.

I have several things set to pop for you, but for now let's stick to just one because I'm in a world of pain right now, this has leaked out with a little wrong info and I have yet to get a photo for the proper MLSS report.Anyway... Cali boy Villyan Bijev has signed a five-year first team deal with Liverpool.

As I write this, I'm on my way to a job interview. I'm happy with my current job but that's often the best time to have a look round. This is a similar role but in a national private corporation as opposed to the voluntary sector. I'll have greater responsibilities, a bigger budget, more people to manage and a higher profile, which this stage of my career is a real opportunity.

Pic via @gunemall

So, football yesterday and pre-season kicked off with a fairly routine win over a Malaysia XI.

Two goals in each half gave us a 4-0 win. An early Aaron Ramsey penalty after Jack Wilshere had been taken down in the box opened the scoring. The second came from a lovely Ramsey pass over the top of the Malaysia defence, Theo Walcott timed his run and lobbed the onrushing keeper.

Friday's here, I'm leaving town, I've come to accept Charlie Adam, and there's a good chance that if I don't get straight to the point I'll say something embarrassingly lustful about Raul Meireles omigodilovehimsomuch:

* Following the signing of Charlie Adam and the extensions given to Glen Johnson and Andre Wisdom, Damien Comolli took a break from smiling deviously to chat with the offal about the the new boy, what the club's intentions are in the transfer market, and his feeling about things have proceeded so far.

Not that one needs to coerce me to this kicking and screaming, mind you.Alright... so... I can reveal that the AS Roma likey list has new charter with a bullet at a position they'd like to bolster. Jermaine Jones also has the all-important EU passport, making him another potential American buy that would not cause any roster limit woes.

Koke finally has passport, heading to Houston

Sergio Koke, the Spanish forward who signed with the Dynamo two weeks ago, finally received his work visa a few hours ago. | Soccer y Futbol - Chron.com

Arema's AFC Champion League campaign ended ignobly with a 5-0 thumping against Chinese side Shandong Luneng.
They went into the game without either of their first choice keepers, Mega Kurnia and Ahmad Kurniawan, as well as influential striker Noh Alam Shah and Roman Chhmelo. Also missing were the likes of Dendi Santoso and Guillen Esteban.

Didier Drogba, regarded as one of the best soccer players of this generation, celebrated his birthday over the weekend. Why is that notable? Check out the pictures of Didier Drogba's birthday cake below. The birthday cake features three naked women with the phrase: "Happy Birthday Diddy". To make it even better, the birthday cake was served by a topless waitress.

Harry Redknapp has revealed that Ledley King's groin operation has been put back to next week after he lost his passport and was unable to travel to Germany.

The Physio room at Tottenham is becoming ever more crowded as Steven Pienaar joined a growing list of casualties after a head injury picked up in training. Pienaar clashed heads with fellow new signing Bongani Khumalo and was reported to have been knocked unconscious. He is expected to be out for two weeks.

The USA/Egypt friendly has been canceled. Probably because of the weather or something, right?

Want to know where the Union are staying on their preseason jaunt through Florida? Here's the info on their schedule and hotel.

In addition to re-aligning the conferences, MLS also formed a Canadian development task force yesterday.

Jogi has dropped a few tidbits of information regarding potential call-ups for the friendly against Italy, and broader futures with the national team. FIFA reports:
Germany coach Joachim Low today told Bayern Munich's Brazil-born midfielder Luiz Gustavo he should get a German passport first if he wants to play his way [read more]

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"So you're telling me there's a chance. Yeah!"
With those simple words born from the mind of Lloyd Christmas in the movie Dumb and Dumber, optimists have a rallying call and continue to believe they are destined to succeed whenever it looks like the odds are heavily against them.

Not much to report the past couple of days. At least nothing really THAT interesting.

We're linked with Sergio Ramos because he and CRon apparently don't get along. There was obviously only going to be one winner from that battle. The real question is whether or not Madrid will let him go or tell the 2 players to suck it up and coexist.