Teerathep Winothai was supposed to be the latest in a long line of talented Thais to make an impression on the game beyond their own borders. But his highly publicised move to Lierse SK in Belgium never really worked out and he returned to Thailand with Muang Thong United who farmed him out to BEC Tero.

Stetson University alumni Nate Weiss has signed with German side FSV Erlangen-Bruck this month, after leaving Sweden's Raslatts SK.

It's been a quite few weeks when it comes to player rumors, really since Omar Bravo left for Cruz Azul there have been few rumors regarding Sporting KC. As James said in his post regarding this rumor, it's been campfire talk for a short little while, and it does seem to make sense. Michael Thomas is currently playing with Ljungskile SK in Sweden.

Jonathan Spector's Birmingham City take on Slovenia's SK Maribor at St Andrews tonight, knowing their Europa League odyssey will come to an end if they fail to win."We are making a good run of it, " Spector told NSC, "so hopefully we can advance to the group stage. We definitely want to make the most of this and get as far as we possibly can.

Three-time champion SK Brann (often called Brann or Brann Bergen) is a Norwegian soccer club currently campaigning in the Norwegian Premier League or Tippeligaen. The club won its first championship since the 1963 season in 2007 but hasn't finished a season higher than fourth (in 2011) since then. Following the club inking a 5-year technical [.

Andy Stadler (Wauwatosa West) and Sandvikens IF beat Spårvägens FF 2-1 Saturday to close the season in the Division 2 Norra Svealand but missed out on promotion to the Swedish third division for next season.

Sandvikens (14-4-4) finished two points behind Enköpings SK FK (15-4-3), which held off Västerås IK 3-2 in its finale.

Matt Pyzdrowski and ngelholms took hold of first place in the Superettan with a win over Atvidabergs while Nick Noble and Michael Thomas could not help Ljungskile SK as they went down to Osters in a thriller.

Matt Pyzdrowski and Lester Dewee could not will ngelholms FF to a win, while Brian Edwards and Degerfors IF were victorious in a thriller against Vasteras SK FK.

Nick Noble and Michael Thomas look to propel Ljungskile SK into the promotion race with a win this week while Matt Pyzdrowski and ngelholms FF hope to solidify their first place spot when they take on Falkenbergs FF.

Matt Pyzdrowski and ngelholms took down Brian Edwards and Degerfors IF in the battle between Americans in the Superettan, while the American duo of Nick Noble and Michael Thomas featured once again for Ljungskile SK.

After trials with teams across Sweden, Andy Stadler (Wauwatosa West) signed with Sandvikens IF this week.

Sandvikens (6-2-3) is second in the Division 2 Norra Svealand, one of six leagues across Sweden that comprises the country's fourth division.

Central defender Greg Rosenthal (UW-Milwaukee) also plays in the league with Gamla Upsala SK, which is in fourth place and plays Sandvikens when the league resumes July 30.

By Chris Wright

One for the 'shaven, heavily-tattooed gibbon' fetishists now lord alone knows they're criminally under-catered for with a snapshot taken from a charity game in Slovakia in which dancer/choreographer Jan Durovcik snuck in and stripped Martin Skrtel down to his undercrackers in the name of entertainment.

Greg Rosenthal (UW-Milwaukee) apparently is off to a great start to his professional career.

The Gamla Upsala SK center back has been the best defender in Sweden's Division 2 so far this season, according to voters in a poll conducted by a website that covers the 72 teams in the division.

If someone had told you that Freddy Adu would be on the Gold Cup roster and Timothy Chandler off you would have told them they were crazy. I know I would have. We should have known this was going to be a "crazy" day when US Soccer announced this morning that the release of the Gold Cup roster would be delayed due too a "last minute change".

Alejandro Bedoya continued to tear up the Allsvenskan on Sunday contributing a goal and an assist while leading Orebro SK to victory over visiting GAIS.

Ryan Rosenblatt of SBN LA and SBN Soccer answered three of my questions about the Los Angeles Galaxy, prior to the team's match tomorrow against the Philadelphia Union.

SK: When the Galaxy beat the Seattle Sounders to start the 2011 MLS season, there were thoughts that LAG had cemented itself as a team to beat in MLS.

USMNTer Alejandro Bedoya is trying to make like The Jeffersons and move on up; dude has left Orebro SK in Sweden and is on trial with Birmingham City. If he ends up moving there I'm calling for a straight up, All-American party house in Birmingham with Bedoya, Eric Lichaj, Michael Bradley and The Brads complete with off-season keggers and a deportation-worthy 4th of July party.

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The silly season may be over, but that doesn't mean speculation about American players' club futures has ended.

Orebro SK midfielder Alejandro Bedoya will join Birmingham City for a week-long training stint. Bedoya has been partaking in Orebro's preseason preparations, but will now temporarily prepare himself for the upcoming Swedish season with Birmingham.

One of Thai Port's several trialists has been identified as Jay Harris (pic below). The London born defender made a combined total of 179 league appearances in English football for Gillingham, Tooting & Mitcham United, Lincoln City and Crawley Town. He has also played in Norway for Tromsdalen UIL and Alta IF, in Sweden for Enkopings SK and in Hungary for Dunaújváros FC and Vasas SC.