Two yanks missed time due to swine flu precautions while Sal Zizzo made his first appearance of the season for Hannover. Click to continue reading...

Two yanks missed time due to swine flu precautions while Sal Zizzo made his first appearance of the season for Hannover. Click to continue reading...

For those who don't subscribe to the Rapids' Undercurrent Blog you will have missed this gem. Yes, Zinedine Zidane just happened to stop by the adidas ESP camp going on here in Denver and actually played with the All*Star team of the annual event.
This kind of blows my mind. Every summer the adidas ESP event is a premier invite only camp that works with the best of the American youth soccer field. Click to continue reading...

Americans Abroad / USMNT
Okay Okay, You've Been Patient - No Short Corners
Conference Call With Gulati And Bradley - The MNT Blog
Bradley Speaks - Soccer Insider
Major League Soccer Talk #95 - MLS Talk
Generation Next: American Center Backs - Soccer Academics
Pearce Interest Spreading - Soccer365
Clint Dempsey Transfer Rumors - Match Fit USA
Know Your Gold Cup History - Climbing The Ladder
Transfer Rumors Abuzz As Interest In Americans Grows - Soccer By Ives
Less Mistakes Was Key For US Confederations Cup Run - Soccer Academics
Sounders FC's Brad Evans Getting Some National Team Experince - Sounders FC Blog (Seattle Times)
Zizzo On Verge Of Loan Deal - Yanks Abroad
Why Does America Hate Soccer? Click to continue reading...

Hannover 96 midfielder Sal Zizzo will be on loan with Bundesliga.2 club Fortuna Dusseldorf for the 2009-10 season. The deal was completed earlier today. Zizzo has seven appearances for Hamburg since joining them in 2007. He has one National Team cap, against Sweden in 2007. Click to continue reading...

Sal Zizzo is close to finalizing a loan deal from Hannover 96 to Fortuna Dusseldorf of Germany's Bundesliga II.

The one-year loan deal is in the final steps of negotiations with Zizzo just needing to pass a physical before officially joining the recently promoted club.

Zizzo, who transferred to the Hannover in 2007 following his impressive performance at the U-20 World Cup, played in only five games for Hannover this past season.

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Sal Zizzo is close to finalizing a loan deal from Hannover 96 to Fortuna Dusseldorf of Germany's Bundesliga II.

The one-year loan deal is in the final steps of negotiations with Zizzo just needing to pass a physical before officially joining the recently promoted club.

Zizzo, who transferred to the Hannover in 2007 following his impressive performance at the U-20 World Cup, played in only five games for Hannover this past season.

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Sal Zizzo is undergoing a physical Fortuna Dusseldorf and is expected to sign a one-year loan deal with the 2 Bundesliga club within the day. Click to continue reading...

Assuming that many of the USA players who are on the World Cup qualifying and Confederations Cup rosters will not be on the Gold Cup team, here is my pool of players that I see the 23 Gold Cup players coming from.
There are 78 here in total.
Who should or should not be in my list, and who would be your first 11? Click to continue reading...

Two victories off penalty kicks send the Americans to the semi-finals of Concacaf Olympic qualifying, with a likely matchup against Canada as of the time of this writing. I think the US is probably the favorite to win at this point, despite some pretty unconvincing victories.
1. Stuart Holden - Looked like maybe the Man of the Match for the second game in a row. Click to continue reading...

With Adu bidding adieu to Real Salt Lake and the MLS for Benfica and Sal Zizzo shunning Major League Soccer all together and signing with Hannover 96 before he can get trapped in the MLS slave trade, who will be the next US player to change continents?
Danny Szetela? The Columbus Crew midfielder may be gaining a world of knowledge by playing along side Guillermo Barros Schelotto, but other than that, he's wasting his time and talents. Click to continue reading...