Ryan Miller and Halmstads BK look to finish their season on a high note despite relegation while Brian Edwards and Degerfors IF look to inch their way towards promotion.

Ryan Miller and Halmstads BK were officially relegated on Saturday with a loss while Brian Edwards and Degerfors IF missed a chance at gaining ground in the promotion race.

Ryan Miller looks for another start for Halmstads BK as they take on Syrianska in the Allsvenskan while Matt Pyzdrowski and Lester Dewee hope to keep ngelholms FF at the top of the Superettan.

Almost assured of being relegated at the conclusion of this season, Ryan Miller and Halmstadts BK went down hard to Malmo FF in midweek Allsvenskan action.

Ryan Miller and Halmstads BK look for three points against Malmo FF in Wednesday Allsvenskan action.

Ryan Miller and Halmstads BK went down again against Kalmar FF while Brian Edwards and Degerfors IF walloped Jonkoping Sodra IF.

Brian Edwards and Degerfros IF look to inch closer to a playoff spot while Ryan Miller hopes for playing time with Halmstad BK.

Alejandro Bedoya is a question mark for Orebro as they try to recover from Europa League disappointment while Ryan Miller and Halmstad are in desperate need of a win as relegation inches closer.

Ryan Miller will lookt to anchor Halmstad's backline in a game against second place Elfsborg while Ljungskile's Nick Noble and Angelholm's Matt Pyzdrowski will face each other in a battle between American goalkeepers

Alejandro Bedoya and Orebro lost their fourth consecutive match over the weekend falling to Elfsborg on the road while both Ryan Miller of Halmstad BK and Djurgarden's Gale Agbossoumonde suffered embarrassing defeats on Monday.

Alejandro Beodya returns from international duty as Orebro take on Elfsborg, while Ryan Miller has earned a permanent spot in the Halmstad starting eleven even as the club looks for its first win in nearly two months.

Ryan Miller and Halmstad face a tough visit from the Allsvenskan league leaders while Matt Pyzdrowski and ngelholm will try to work their way into the Superettan top spot on their visit to Hammarby.

Ryan Miller played a full match for Halmstad in a draw against Orebro while Brian Edwards posted another shutout for Degerfors to highlight a full weekend of Swedish action

Ryan Miller and Halmstad will try to pull free from the Allsvenskan celler while Gale Agbossoumonde will hope to see the field as Djurgarden go for their second straight win.

Ryan Miller helped Halmstad hold out for a point on the road against Syrianska while Gale Agbossoumonde was unable to get off the bench for Djurgarden's big win.

The Allsvenskan resumes this weekend as Gale Agbossoumonde travels to IFK Goteborg and Ryan Miller looks to continue to impress for Halmstad BK.

photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com

By FRANCO PANIZO

Michael Parkhurst and FC Nordsjaelland may not have won their season finale this weekend, but Parkhurst helped the club to a sixth-place finish in the Superliga with a 90-minute performance in a scoreless draw.

By FRANCO PANIZO

If there is one American who has flown under the radar despite putting together a solid but quiet season in Europe, it is Carlos Bocanegra.

Bocanegra will end a strong first campaign with St Etienne this weekend when the club takes on Paris Saint-Germain.

By FRANCO PANIZO

If there is one American who has flown under the radar despite putting together a solid but quiet season in Europe, it is Carlos Bocanegra.

Bocanegra will end a strong first campaign with St Etienne this weekend when the club takes on Paris Saint-Germain.

Gale Agbossoumode and Djurgarden will try to avoid falling to last place while Ryan Miller and Halmstads BK are looking to escape the Allsvenskan's basement.

Gale Agbossoumode and Djurgarden will try to avoid falling to last place while Ryan Miller and Halmstads BK are looking to escape the Allsvenskan's basement.

The third round of the Sweden Cup comes to an end Wednesday night as Halmstad BK and Ryan Miller travel to Varmland to take on Division 1 side Karlstad BK.

1. The January Camp friendlies rarely provide the most exciting matches normally our MLS-ers against a decent country's domestic-leaguers but they do provide a glimpse at our youth (most players on our roster are under 25). For a lucky few, it can even propel them into the first-team conversation.

1. The January Camp friendlies rarely provide the most exciting matches normally our MLS-ers against a decent country's domestic-leaguers but they do provide a glimpse at our youth (most players on our roster are under 25). For a lucky few, it can even propel them into the first-team conversation.

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Edson Buddle scored a goal in the 78th minute of his German debut with Ingolstadt against fellow American, goalkeeper David Yelldell. Unfortunately they gave up a late goal and only got a 1-1 tie.
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Japan scored 2 goals down a man and trailing to beat Qatar 3-2 in the Asian Cup Quarterfinals today.

Here's all the news and notes you need to get ready to watch USA-Chile. Here's some highlights:

• The 23 players eligible for selection to the roster have won a combined total of 26 caps. A total of 12 players are looking for their first cap with the full national team. The game-day roster will be cut down to 18 players.

BY ADAM SERRANO

Ryan Miller's name isn't one many would have expected to receive a U.S. national team call-up a month ago, but considering how far he has come in his career over the past two years, nothing should come as too much of a surprise.

U.S. Soccer announced today there is no English-language TV coverage of the U.S.-Chile game scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 22 at Home Depot Center in Carson, although you'll notice the time change apparently made at the behest of Telemundo and ESPN3.com.

About 8,000 tickets have now been sold for the game.

Photo by ISIPhotos.com

BY ADAM SERRANO

For the United States National team, there are plenty of new faces in an old place.

The annual January camp kicked off on Wednesday at the Home Depot Center ahead of the January 23rd match-up with Chile.

The first training session of the January camp is done and dusted, and all the nervous energy and anticipation will start to give way to better focus and sharper soccer. All of the 22 players currently in Carson took part in the nearly 90-minute long session which included a lengthy warm-up, technical exercises, simultaneous small-sided possession games and finally 6 v.

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2011? Really? Already? It's moving too quickly.
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The Guardian has named du Nord as one of the 100 football blogs to follow in 2011! What a great surprise.
-Plenty of our friends in football made the list too!
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Brad Guzan has gone on loan for the month of January to Hull City from Aston Villa.