Below is a list of all significant American soccer players plying their trade outside of the US. No youth-team players listed.

Spain

none

Italy

none

England

English Premier League

- Tim Howard (Manchester United)
- Jonathan Spector (Manchester United)
- Zak Whitbread (Liverpool)
- Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham)
- Brian McBride (Fulham)
- Kasey Keller (Tottenham)
- Brad Friedel (Blackburn)
- Claudio Reyna (Manchester City)

English League Championship

- Marcus Hahnemann (Reading)
- Bobby Convey (Reading)
- Jay Denny (Stoke City)
- Eddie Lewis (Preston North End)

Germany

1. Bundesliga

- Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96)
- Clint Mathis (Hannover 96)
- Conor Casey (FSV Mainz 05)

2. Bundesliga

- Greg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus)
- John van Buskirk (Rot-Weiss Erfurt)

France

none

Portugal

none

Holland

Eredivisie

- John O'Brien (Ajax)
- DaMarcus Beasley (PSV)
- Charles Kazlauskas (NEC Nijmegen)
- David Johnson (Willem II)

Greece

Greek National League

- Peter Philipakos (AEK)
- Paul Kolovos (AEK)

Belgium

Belgian First Division

- Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege)

Belgian Second Division

- Alex Yi (Royal Antwerp)

Norway

Norwegian Premier Division

- Robbie Russell (Rosenborg)
- Brian West (Fredrikstad FK)
- Wade Barrett (Fredrikstad FK)

Mexico

Liga Mexicana de Futbol

- Daniel Hernandez (Necaxa)




Yanks Abroad currently without a team: Zach Thornton, Tony Sanneh and Greg Vanney. Again, this is only a list of players who might have some signifigance for the US NT. There are somewhere around 150 Americans that play professionally outside of the US.

Benfica had a young american keeper in the U-19 team. Jason Papadakis. Dunno if he stills this season.

Fergie has hinted that Spector could start against Bayern Munich in his hometown, Chicago. He won United's Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award, and he's only been at the club for roughly a year. (Y)

Link (http://www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=84226&itype=466&icategoryid=120)

Young American striker Kenny Cooper is also in Manchester United's reserves Run DMB.

I say Sanneh and Vanney go to the MLS. Its not like theyre in their prime.

Daniel Karbassiyoon and Frankie Simek play for Arsenal

Originally posted by xxxFLYERxxx
I say Sanneh and Vanney go to the MLS. Its not like theyre in their prime.
Sanneh negotiated with MLS but they couldn't come to an agreement. He wanted max salary... a bit too much to ask for I suppose but then again Nurenberg asked him to re-sign for $700,000 a year (he declined).

If Vanney comes back, he would become the ONLY good left back in MLS.

Originally posted by shokz
Fergie has hinted that Spector could start against Bayern Munich in his hometown, Chicago. He won United's Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award, and he's only been at the club for roughly a year. (Y)
Sweet. (Y)
Originally posted by Bobby
Daniel Karbassiyoon and Frankie Simek play for Arsenal
I wasn't sure about their status with the club. Have they seen any first-team action (including friendlies)? Or are they at least regulars with the reserve squad?

Frankie played in Carling cup (He's behind Sol Campbell, Kolo Toure and Senderos at the moment), Karbassiyoon i'm not sure about.

Sanneh was really good. It's a shame that he was such a greedy player.

I haven't seen van Buskirk but the other 4 Americans belong to the best players in their teams. They fit well into the German style. (Y)

How far away do you think Spector and Simek are from joining the national team?

Simek might be very close, because he's still at Arsenal and the team cut ALOT of players this summer.

Giovanni Rossi, the guy Man Utd signed from Parma was born and raised in New Jersey.... but plays for Italys under 19 team

Originally posted by xxxFLYERxxx
How far away do you think Spector and Simek are from joining the national team?
Not that close IMO... I mean as soon as either of the two starts getting good first-team minutes, he's a lock for the national team. But until that happens, they have a lot of guys in front of them in central defense... Pope, Boca, Gibbs, Berhalter, Mastroeni... not to mention a guy like Chad Marshall who at 19 is already one of the top defenders in MLS. For right now, Onyewu would be a better bet to get capped than either Simek or Spector. But that could change very quickly.
Originally posted by -Vince-
Sanneh was really good. It's a shame that he was such a greedy player.

I haven't seen van Buskirk but the other 4 Americans belong to the best players in their teams. They fit well into the German style. (Y)
Apparently van Buskirk has been playing in the Regionalliga for years, and just now signed for a 2. Bundesliga team.

Sanneh is in the process of suing Nurnberg

Atlético Paranaense has 2 americans in the U-21 squad: Mike Banner (he was at the Dallas Cup, which Atlético Paranaense won BTW) and Rick Kukwa.

While On the subject. Heres a list of Canadians playing abroad.

Scotland

- Paul Fenwick (Hibernian)
- Kevin McKenna (Hearts)

England

English Premier League

- Tomasz Radzinski (Fulham)
- Jim Brennan (Norwich)
- Lars Hirschfeld (Tottenham)

English League Championship

- Paul Peschisolido (Derby County)
- Iain Hume (Tranmere)
- Jason DeVos (Ipswitch)
- Marc Bircham (Queens Park Rangers)
- Mark Rogers (Wycombe)
- Adrian Serioux (Milwall)
- Josh Simpson (Milwall)

Germany

1. Bundesliga

- Maycoll Canizalez (Werder Bremen)
- Julian De Guzman (Hannover 96)
- Paul Stalteri (Werder Bremen)

2. Bundesliga

- Tam Nsaliwa (Saarbrucken)

Swedish Premier League

Atiba Hutchinson (Helsingborg)
Kenny Stamatopoulos (Enkoping)
Fernando Aguiar (Landskrona)

Holland

Eredivisie

- Richard Hastings (Maastricht)

Belgium

Belgian First Division

- Mike Klukowski (La Louviere)

Norway

Norwegian Premier Division

- Patrice Bernier (Tromso)
- Rob Friend (Moss FK)
- Chris Pozniak (Haugesund FK)
- Olivier Occean (od Grenland)

Swiss Premier League

- Daniel Imhof (St.Gallen)

Russian Premier League

- Ante Jazic (Kraznovar)

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If im forgetting anyone or theres any youth team guys, please tell me.

Fernando Aguiar doesn't play for Benfica any longer. He moved to some Swedish club.

Was he a regular player there, when he was at Benfica?

And to Vince, how are Canizalez, De Guzman and Tsaliwa doing (if you know). I already know how well Stalteris been doing:D

Aguiar was transfered to the swedish Landskrona. In Benfica he wasn't a regular but he played much games as a used substitute.

Originally posted by Mikey
And to Vince, how are Canizalez, De Guzman and Tsaliwa doing (if you know). I already know how well Stalteris been doing:D
Canizalez plays for Bremen's youth or second team so I don't know him, sorry. The same applies to that guy from Saarbrücken. I will keep an eye on him this season.


De Guzman is a key player in Hannover's gamers. He's aslo the second captain. Last year he was injured over a few weeks and his team wasn't able to win any games without him. Leverkusen were interested in him a few weeks ago but Hannover didn't let him go.

Well Stalteri is a starter for the team which won the league and the cup. Nuff said. :crazyboy:

Much Obliged. It wouldve been nice if De Guzman went to Leverkusen though. Wouldve gotten to play CL this season.

Anyways, i wont be totally satisfied until the day i see an American or Canadian playing in the top two leagues (La Liga and Serie A)

Originally posted by Mikey
While On the subject. Heres a list of Canadians playing abroad.

Scotland

- Paul Fenwick (Hibernian)
- Kevin McKenna (Hearts)

England

English Premier League

- Tomasz Radzinski (Fulham)
- Jim Brennan (Norwich)
- Lars Hirschfeld (Tottenham)

English League Championship

- Paul Peschisolido (Derby County)
- Iain Hume (Tranmere)
- Jason DeVos (Ipswitch)
- Marc Bircham (Queens Park Rangers)
- Mark Rogers (Wycombe)

Germany

1. Bundesliga

- Maycoll Canizalez (Werder Bremen)
- Julian De Guzman (Hannover 96)
- Paul Stalteri (Werder Bremen)

2. Bundesliga

- Tam Nsaliwa (Saarbrucken)

Swedish Premier League

Atiba Hutchinson (Helsingborg)
Kenny Stamatopoulos (Enkoping)
Fernando Aguiar (Landskrona)

Holland

Eredivisie

- Richard Hastings (Maastricht)

Belgium

Belgian First Division

- Mike Klukowski (La Louviere)

Norway

Norwegian Premier Division

- Patrice Bernier (Tromso)
- Rob Friend (Moss FK)
- Chris Pozniak (Haugesund FK)

Swiss Premier League

- Daniel Imhof (St.Gallen)

Russian Premier League

- Ante Jazic (Kraznovar)

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If im forgetting anyone or theres any youth team guys, please tell me.


Who the **** cares, honestly.

Did you read the title of the thread? make your own.

:boohoo:

Mikey isnt is Giuseppe Rossi not Giovanni?

Originally posted by xxxFLYERxxx
Who the **** cares, honestly.

Did you read the title of the thread? make your own.
Somehow that response didn't surprise me...

I didn't see anybody reply to this thread asking who gives a ****. :kader:

PS: Mikey: Owen Hargreaves is Canadian.

This is a Yanks abroad thread.(Y)

Do you know what a yank is?

I saw Daniel Hernandez in a few matches... and he seems to be getting better. :D

I remember he used to do sh*t like lose the ball really easily before, but know he seems to be improving. (Y)

Benfica have American Goalkeeper Zach Thorntan also.

Originally posted by Delly
Benfica have American Goalkeeper Zach Thorntan also.

Not any more.

Yeah he was released and didnt even play a minute for the senior squad.

Originally posted by bbranco10
Yeah he was released and didnt even play a minute for the senior squad.

Isn't he like 104kg? And we thought Ronaldo was in bad shape.

Hes huge, but hes good. Its not like you need speed to be a goalie. But he still has good reflexes. I would be scared to go on breakway with him in net.

Yeah i actually wanted him to play a couple times just to scare the opposition. Too bad he didnt play.

Originally posted by bbranco10
Mikey isnt is Giuseppe Rossi not Giovanni?

Ya, i wasnt really sure about rossi, i knew it started witha 'G'. ;)

I know Hargreaves is CDN, he was born and raised in Calgary. At first i despised him for playing ditching Canada, but than i realized, if i was good enough id ditch Canada for Italy anyday.:mrpimp:

Oh and Flyer, dont talk anymore.

Nope Ill talk all i want. This a thread for Euro based American players. Why the hell would we talk about canadians

Guys peace out.:D

Originally posted by xxxFLYERxxx
Nope Ill talk all i want. This a thread for Euro based American players. Why the hell would we talk about canadians

cool

Originally posted by #1 Stunna
I saw Daniel Hernandez in a few matches... and he seems to be getting better. :D

I remember he used to do sh*t like lose the ball really easily before, but know he seems to be improving. (Y)
Where does he play for Necaxa? I assume as a central defender?

I'm interested in his development, Hernandez took the road less traveled by going to Mexico after getting kicked out by the Revolution (ouch!). Most players in his situation would have tried to find another MLS club or tried their luck in Europe. His move might become a precedent for other (mediocre) American players seeking to better themselves by playing in what is admittedly a better league.

Maybe he'll come back to MLS to play for Chivas USA?

Yeah Nexaca i remember him at the revolution, he had great long shots all the time. Very good shooter.

Originally posted by Mikey
While On the subject. Heres a list of Canadians playing abroad.

If im forgetting anyone or theres any youth team guys, please tell me.
USA

Major League Soccer

Dwayne DeRosario (San Jose Earthquakes)
Pat Onstad (San Jose Earthquakes)
Felix Brilliant (New England Revolution)

:p

Also Olivier Occean, he was a Metros fourth-round draft pick but Odd Grenland (Norway) stole him from them after the two teams played in the La Manga preseason tournament. Probably because they offered him more than the $28,000 a year he would have been making in MLS as a rookie.

Originally posted by Run DMB
I assume as a central defender?

From the few games I saw (its just so hard to watch Necaxa games, they play with like 8 defenders) he played central defender on the left side. I'm not sure if thats his natural position but thats where I saw him play.

And he has gotten better, because I remember how you and bjmenge used to tell me how much he sucked. :p And from what I've seen recently from him he didnt seem that bad, so he must be improving. (Y)

Originally posted by Run DMB
Maybe he'll come back to MLS to play for Chivas USA?

Maybe, though if he decided to go play in the Mexican league wouldnt you think he'd try to stay there. By the way he played a better club could sign him (not Toluca of course :D ) and give him more playing time.

You said he could of tried to sign for another MLS team, so if he didnt do it before you think he'd do it now?

Originally posted by Run DMB
USA

Major League Soccer

Dwayne DeRosario (San Jose Earthquakes)
Pat Onstad (San Jose Earthquakes)
Felix Brilliant (New England Revolution)



That is true. Felix Brilliant, awesome name, is he any good. Oh wait i forgot, like flyer said, nobody cares. but seriously is Brilliant any good?

Originally posted by Delly
Isn't he like 104kg? And we thought Ronaldo was in bad shape.

He's not in bad shape, he's just big.

Isn't Donovan going back to Bayer Leverkusen this season??

Whats his situation?????

:rolleyes:

Originally posted by mufc_daddy
Isn't Donovan going back to Bayer Leverkusen this season??

Whats his situation?????

:rolleyes:
He will be going back to Leverkusen in winter. I hope he will play.

Thanks.

He needs to play football in Europe.

I heard the MLS want to keep him

He has to ask Tristan first though

MLS might try to buy out Landon's contract from Bayer. Landon wants to stay in MLS. 99% of the players in MLS would kill to play for a team like Bayer Leverkusen but Donovan doesn't want to go back. Very unusual.

Then again I could understand if you're making over $500,000 (including endorsements, etc.) a year, you live close enough to your friends and family, you're the star of the league on a championship team, you're virtually guaranteed a spot in the national team starting eleven, you get to enjoy the beautiful California weather and you're banging this:

http://www.biancakajlich.com/maxim.jpg

...I could understand why you would want to stay in the States.

I thougth they broke up

Originally posted by Caponedawg
I thougth they broke up
They did, nevermind. I'm not keeping up on these things very much. ;)

She still has "San Jose Earthquakes soccer" as one of her hobbies on her website though.

:kader: :-puke:

maybe she has a thing for Troy Dayak

wats her name? looks like ive seen her from a show/movie.

Fastlane :rockman:

Looked her up. She was on Boston Public, thats wat i know her from.:D

Good thread. I'm suprised that I didn't notice it before.

Originally posted by Mikey
Anyways, i wont be totally satisfied until the day i see an American or Canadian playing in the top two leagues (La Liga and Serie A)
Alexi Lalas once played in the Serie A. For Padova, I believe.

... and Kasey Keller played for Rayo Vallecano in La Liga.

Tab Ramos played for Real Betis. I think he helped them get promoted to La Liga and then played the following season with them in La Liga.

I think most Canadians play in England Division 1 hurah!

Philipakos to Olympiakos!


New York native Peter Philipakos, who had been in negotiations with AEK Athens, has been snatched up by bitter rivals Olympiakos where he will join the newly signed Rivaldo and be eligible for Champions League play.

The former American University (Washington, D.C.) standout had previously signed a 3 1/2 year with AEK in January after impressing in trials in December 2003. But after serious cash issues at the club led to a mass restructuring of many of the players' contracts, the two sides grew far apart on a new deal which allowed Olympiakos to pounce.

http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php?mode=news&id=000077

Another American in the Champions league. :rockman:

Onyewu makes headlines in Belgium:

http://www.sport.be/sportmagazine/fr/cettesemaine/

Being on the cover of the Belgian Sports-Football Magazine might be a good indication that he'll start for Standard Liege this season. (Y)

EDIT: cover image has since changed; this was the Onyewu cover:

http://home.comcast.net/~m.gonzalez/wsb/media/567121/site1010.JPG

Updated list:

Spain

none

Italy

none

England

English Premier League

- Frankie Simek (Arsenal)
- Daniel Kabassiyoon (Arsenal)
- Tim Howard (Manchester United)
- Jonathan Spector (Manchester United)
- Zak Whitbread (Liverpool)
- Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham)
- Brian McBride (Fulham)
- Kasey Keller (Tottenham)
- Brad Friedel (Blackburn)
- Claudio Reyna (Manchester City)

English League Championship

- Marcus Hahnemann (Reading)
- Bobby Convey (Reading)
- Jay Denny (Stoke City)
- Eddie Lewis (Preston North End)

Germany

1. Bundesliga

- Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96)
- Clint Mathis (Hannover 96)
- Conor Casey (FSV Mainz 05)

2. Bundesliga

- Greg Berhalter (Energie Cottbus)

France

French Ligue 1

- Greg Vanney (Bastia)

French Ligue 2

- Quentin Westberg (Troyes)

Portugal

none

Holland

Eredivisie

- John O'Brien (Ajax)
- DaMarcus Beasley (PSV)

Greece

Greek National League

- Peter Philipakos (Olympiakos)

Belgium

Belgian First Division

- Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege)

Norway

Norwegian Premier Division

- Robbie Russell (Rosenborg)
- Brian West (Fredrikstad FK)
- Wade Barrett (Fredrikstad FK)

Mexico

Liga Mexicana de Futbol

- Daniel Hernandez (Necaxa)

Word is Alex Yi and Tony Sanneh are coming to MLS.

I so wish the Revs get atleast one of them (especially Sanneh) The Revs have sucked this year and could use another good player, especially in the defence.

Where's Greg Vanney?

Originally posted by Dallas
Where's Greg Vanney?
It looks like Vanney will stay with Bastia in France. I didn't put him on the list because there was a lot of speculation he would be leaving the club. A recent interview suggests that he is definitely in the plans for the new season, so I've added him to the list.

http://www.baldyank.com/index.php

heh, Hahnemann's site

Spector got a first team # for Man U. :rockman:

From what i've seen of Beasley has been good. He's fast and is good on the ball.

Would of been nice to see him in the premiership

Along with Landon Donovan (H)

Onyewu opens well for Liege
Robert Price, USSOCCERUK.COM
Giant American defender Oguchi Onyewu started and played 90 minutes on Saturday for Standard Liege as the club travelled to Lierse for the season opener and drew 1-1.

Playing central defence the physically imposing 6-4, 205-pound Onyewu anchored the Liege backline. In the 87th minute, he picked up a yellow card as he fouled a Lierse attacker to prevent a dangerous scoring threat. For his efforts Onyewu received the highest marks on his team from the the Belgian newspapers.

The opening day effort did not show Liege, who finished third in the league the year before, in its best light.

"This was not a good result for us," said Onyewu speaking after the match by telephone. "They scored against the run of play. It wasn't a terrible result but we should have done better. Fortunately, all the top three finishers from last year either lost or tied on opening day."

With his play last year at La Louviere and in the run-up to this season Onyewu has caught the attention of the Belgian press, at least. Onyewu made the cover of Foot magazine with a multi-page photo spread and article, two weeks ago, wherein he was dubbed "The Giant American of Liege" and recognized for his impressive play.

The magazine is the largest sports magazine in Belgium, equivalent to Sports Illustrated of the United States.

Next up is the Liege home-opener as the club hosts Charleroi on Friday.

Originally posted by Caponedawg
Onyewu opens well for Liege
Robert Price, USSOCCERUK.COM
Giant American defender Oguchi Onyewu started and played 90 minutes on Saturday for Standard Liege as the club travelled to Lierse for the season opener and drew 1-1.

Playing central defence the physically imposing 6-4, 205-pound Onyewu anchored the Liege backline. In the 87th minute, he picked up a yellow card as he fouled a Lierse attacker to prevent a dangerous scoring threat. For his efforts Onyewu received the highest marks on his team from the the Belgian newspapers.

The opening day effort did not show Liege, who finished third in the league the year before, in its best light.

"This was not a good result for us," said Onyewu speaking after the match by telephone. "They scored against the run of play. It wasn't a terrible result but we should have done better. Fortunately, all the top three finishers from last year either lost or tied on opening day."

With his play last year at La Louviere and in the run-up to this season Onyewu has caught the attention of the Belgian press, at least. Onyewu made the cover of Foot magazine with a multi-page photo spread and article, two weeks ago, wherein he was dubbed "The Giant American of Liege" and recognized for his impressive play.

The magazine is the largest sports magazine in Belgium, equivalent to Sports Illustrated of the United States.

Next up is the Liege home-opener as the club hosts Charleroi on Friday.
:rockman:

Update on Vanney: started and played 90 minutes in Bastia's season opener.

Beasley scores on Eredivisie debut:

http://english.psv.nl/show?id=21372&contentid=6964

You can find his goal here:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/helbeek/

Here's a thread about what he had to endure midweek v. Red Star Belgrade:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130089

Why does that not surprise me? :rolleyes:

congrats to damarcus on his first goal.

Great for Beasley to score on his Eredivisie debut, this should be a boost of confidence for him :rockman:

Kenny Cooper. Man Utd striker was loaned to Academica. so SuperLiga has an american too :)

Originally posted by Punkt
Kenny Cooper. Man Utd striker was loaned to Academica. so SuperLiga has an american too :)

Well, you guys had an American last year in Zach Thornton. Man, was he successful in Portugal. :crazyboy: I've heard good things about Cooper so hopefully he can get some playing time with Academica.

Originally posted by USA Supporter
Well, you guys had an American last year in Zach Thornton. Man, was he successful in Portugal.

not really, he only played a few games in the Benfica B team :p

Philipakos made his Olympiakos debut yesterday, coming off the bench in a friendly. Pretty cool to have a previously unknown American playing alongside Rivaldo.

*Cough*...Greek-American...

Originally posted by reddebil99
*Cough*...Greek-American... What's your point? If it's what i think it might be, you're an idiot.

Originally posted by reddebil99
*Cough*...Greek-American...
Does it really matter? The US is a nation of imigrants. You don't see people calling John O'Brien 'Irish-American'.
"Yeah, being American, I think at the beginning it was a little tough getting people to take me seriously, but the fact that I speak fluent Greek made it a little easier," Peter told YA. "All I can do is go out and play, work hard every day and prove that I belong out here."

http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php?mode=news&id=000136

Seven Americans in the Champions League group stages:

DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven)
Tim Howard (Manchester United)
Jonathan Spector (Manchester United)
John O'Brien (Ajax)
Peter Philipakos (Olympiacos)
Robbie Russell (Rosenborg)
Zak Whitbread (Liverpool)

Not sure if Simek will even make the bench for Arsenal's games (I'm certain Kabassiyoon won't). Some more insight on this? Brian? Bobby?

But anyway that's got to be a record. Seven yanks in the Champions League group stages.

Depends on if Cygan keeps playing like crap

http://www.telegraaf.nl/multimedia/archive/00492/beasley_jpg_492911g.jpg

Beas after he scored today

Philipakos sparks Olympiakos comeback (http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=135535)

A translated Portuguese article on Kenny Cooper:

Cooper is a finisher

He has the air of a tourist. Always smiling, he asks many questions and pays attention to all the details. He is Kenny Cooper, the young American who Manchester United loaned to Académica. Without the time for great feats against Braga, Cooper has been distinguishing himself in training sessions, showing sufficient effectiveness in the area of finishing, much to the dismay of the three goalkeepers in the squad. A strong and precise finish, with right or left foot, is the main quality of the American, always advised by his father, who accompanies him in this adventure in Portugal.

Jonathan Spector Interviewed by ussoccer.net (http://www.ussoccer.com/editorial/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=101433&itype=4129&icategoryid=77) (Y)

:)

Some updates:

Gooch named third-best transfer in the Belgian league:

http://www.anderlecht-online.be/article.php?id=1733&lang=eng&from=home

Three American-born players were on the field at the same time for Man United in their Carling Cup match vs. Crystal Palace. Howard started with Spector and Rossi coming off the bench. However it should be noted that Rossi has not so far shown any intention of playing for the US, he's currently on one of Italy's youth squads (U-21 I think). He's still spend considerable time in the US though, so there's a chance he might change his mind.

Oh and yeah, O'Brien injured himself again while playing his first match for Ajax in almost a year. I'm speechless.

Mathis is out of favor with Hannover's coach (I wonder why? :D ) Hopefully he can transfer to another Bundesliga side.

First time i read this thread and i noticed Run DmB mentioning Kenny Cooper.
I´ve been following his career pretty closely since he joined Académica, who is the team i support in Portugal. I live and study in Coimbra and i watch about 80% of Académica´s home games.
Académica de Coimbra is one of the oldest and most respected football clubs in Portugal. The club was founded by students of the University of Coimbra (who is one of the oldest in Europe, founded in 1290).
I was quite curious when i saw that Académica got Kenny Cooper from Manchester United on loan. We really needed a striker with his caractheristics. Good physical presence, tall with strong heading capability. Although he is not a real technical player, he has reasonable technic.
He is slowly adjusting to the portuguese Superliga. He had a couple of chances and played ok. He made one goal assist in one of the games. I personally think that he is a good asset for our team. I consider him a breath of fresh air in our football. Him, Stephen McPhee (Scottish) and Paul Murray (English) of Beira-Mar. You can easily understand why i say this because 80% of the players purchased by portuguese teams are brazilian, who are cheaper but most of the time adopt unprofessional behaviours and are slackers.
Cooper is a humble player with great attitude and is an extremely hard working player. He never gives up.
I honestly think that when he settles (new football type and new country) that he will get more chances. He is the perfect partner for our major player Dário, who is a more technical player who needs a team mate with good physical presence to help him battle strong defences (he is usually out numbered).
He is a young player and from what ive seen in training and matches, he has lots of potencial. I also see alot of merits in the way he is managing his career by experiencing different types of football (english and portuguese).
I´ll keep you informed on how he is performing.

Originally posted by Vinnie Jones
First time i read this thread and i noticed Run DmB mentioning Kenny Cooper.
I´ve been following his career pretty closely since he joined Académica, who is the team i support in Portugal. I live and study in Coimbra and i watch about 80% of Académica´s home games.
Académica de Coimbra is one of the oldest and most respected football clubs in Portugal. The club was founded by students of the University of Coimbra (who is one of the oldest in Europe, founded in 1290).
I was quite curious when i saw that Académica got Kenny Cooper from Manchester United on loan. We really needed a striker with his caractheristics. Good physical presence, tall with strong heading capability. Although he is not a real technical player, he has reasonable technic.
He is slowly adjusting to the portuguese Superliga. He had a couple of chances and played ok. He made one goal assist in one of the games. I personally think that he is a good asset for our team. I consider him a breath of fresh air in our football. Him, Stephen McPhee (Scottish) and Paul Murray (English) of Beira-Mar. You can easily understand why i say this because 80% of the players purchased by portuguese teams are brazilian, who are cheaper but most of the time adopt unprofessional behaviours and are slackers.
Cooper is a humble player with great attitude and is an extremely hard working player. He never gives up.
I honestly think that when he settles (new football type and new country) that he will get more chances. He is the perfect partner for our major player Dário, who is a more technical player who needs a team mate with good physical presence to help him battle strong defences (he is usually out numbered).
He is a young player and from what ive seen in training and matches, he has lots of potencial. I also see alot of merits in the way he is managing his career by experiencing different types of football (english and portuguese).
I´ll keep you informed on how he is performing.
A very big "thank you" for the first-hand account.

It's not easy to find info on Cooper and how he's doing at Academica so I really appreciate it. (Y)

Hopefully Kenny will continue to make progress and become a productive player for Academica.

Cletus will most likely go back home to the MLS.

Cherundolo scored his second goal of the season for Hannover 96. Not bad for a right back. Hannover are now 4th in the Bundesliga standings!

If Hejduk starts over Stevie for the US against Trinidad & Tobago, Arena needs to get his head checked.

Dammit, Dan. When are you gonna get it through your thick skull that Frankie is always first on the team sheet? :nape:

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But, seriously, Frankie's my boy. :(

Has anyone heard of Kiki. He is a young high schooler in Youngstown, Ohio. I heard he was offered contracts by a few top clubs in Europe (Milan and someone else). People say he is going to go to college instead(possibly Wake Forest).

I heard Clint Mathis is coming home, there's an article about but I can't find it atm, I'll find it later.

Originally posted by ColumbusGunners
Has anyone heard of Kiki. He is a young high schooler in Youngstown, Ohio. I heard he was offered contracts by a few top clubs in Europe (Milan and someone else). People say he is going to go to college instead(possibly Wake Forest).

If that's the case why isn't the MLS involved? I'm sure can do the college thing while being in Project40. If he's that good the MLS should be all over this kid instead of letting him go to college where he will lose time and skills development.

Originally posted by Rochester Rhino
I heard Clint Mathis is coming home, there's an article about but I can't find it atm, I'll find it later.
I have a german article about it, it says that will leave Hannover to play in the MLS. Hannover Manager Ilja Kenzig said that, all three sides want to reach a deal.

So if you speak german or can read it.
http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/content/2004/12/14/sport/722533.html

My man Stewart is going to VVV in Holland's second division.

Can we please have Clint in Columbus? We'll give Jeff Cunningham away, for FREE, to get Clint. :(

It would be in the best interest of the MLS to send Mathis to the new Utah team, Real Salt Lake... just to have a player with "name" there. I'm sure this will happen since there arent that many Americans with "name" in the MLS anymore.
Anyways it would be good for an expansion team to get Mathis... since he can't go to other expansion team, Chivas USA.

here is the article
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&storyID=7087562

I have never been a Mathis fan. Obviously I want him to do well especially when he is playing for US. but if he is in bad form(which he has been for a while now) he doesn't make other players better or create for other players. Anyway I still wouldn't mind him in Columbus because we need someone who can put the ball in the net because we have the individuals who can create.

Beasley had an assist in Saturday's game against NAC and he played very well. He finally got a starting position (on the right).

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Video of the 1-0 (http://www.dem.demon.nl/22-01-2005_PSV-NAC_1-0_vennegoor.mpg)

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Keller! (H)

Originally posted by Vagegast
Friedel! (H)
Keller. :p

Whar are you on about, Dan? :rolleyes: :(

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Nice right-footed cross by DaMarcus Beasley von Indiana on that goal. Gibbs went 90 for Feyenoord but they ended up losing 2-1.

What ever happened to zach thornton, he played in portugal i think, i heard he was very good there... then nothing.

Originally posted by shadowofanubis6
What ever happened to zach thornton, he played in portugal i think, i heard he was very good there... then nothing.
He didn't get to play at all in Portugal. He's back with the Fire now.

Julian De Guzman is rumoured to be going to Deportivo or Tottenham:D

Jaime Peter rejected Chelsea (likely youth academy) to join Ipswich:D

John O'Brien may play left-back tomorrow in the match against NAC. I hope he doesn't :(

Originally posted by Vagegast
I hope he doesn't :(
Why?

He'll get injured again. Let him train injury-free for a while first.

Donovan will be starting the first time for Leverkusen later today.

Earnie Stewart has retired due to injuries and will become the new technical director at VVV. VVV finished 3rd in the First Division thereby qualifying themselves for the play-offs. There's a chance they'll be promoted to the Eredivisie.

John O'Brien should join the ADO Den Haag squad in July.

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teletext (H)

man that looks like some 1980s old school computer text ****

that's because it is, only it's on a tv.

Pictures of John O'Brien at ADO :(

http://www.adodenhaag.nl/upload/nieuws/ADO-TRAIN-05-01-06-280.jpg

http://www.adodenhaag.nl/upload/nieuws/ADO-TRAIN-05-01-01-280.jpg

http://www.adodenhaag.nl/upload/nieuws/ADO-TRAIN-05-01-04-280.jpg

There's an interview in Dutch. He talks about his revalidation and the Gold Cup.

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cheap shot (H)