Clint Dempsey, who has been so instrumental in Fulham’s run to the quarterfinals of the Europa League, will miss Thursday’s quarterfinal match againstWolfsburg with a thigh injury. Dempsey was injured in Sunday’s Premier League match against Wigan but played the entire game. Fulham’s other top striker, Bobby Zamora, is also injured. Fulham goes into the […]
men’s national team
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Ching's injury muddles U.S. roster
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] In selecting his forwards for the World Cup, U.S. coach Bob Bradley would like at least one targetman with a foundation of international experience. Brian Ching’s name has been prominent in discussions about 2010 World Cup selections. Hedidn’t play in the 2006 competition despite making the cut for Germany; his current status […]
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World Cup hopeful Ching injured [UPDATE]
[MLS] Brian Ching, who overcame injury problems, to put himself back in contention for a berth on the U.S. World Cupteam, left the Houston Dynamo’s game against Real Salt Lake in Thursday night with a hamstring strain. It remains to be seen how serious the injury and whether it might jeopardize his chances ofmaking the […]
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Preliminary rosters due May 11
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] FIFA has set May 11 as the deadline for all World Cup finalists to submit a preliminary list of 30 players. The final list of 23 players(including three keepers) must be named by June 1, and those players must come from the 30-man preliminary roster. Another key date: May 16, the end […]
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Michael Bradley breaks nose
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Michael Bradley broke his nose in practice at German club Borussia Moenchengladbach but could returnto training next week. Bradley, the son of U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley, was already scheduled to miss Sunday’s Bundeslida gameagainst Hamburg. He was suspended for having picked up his fifth yellow card.
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Davies seems to get better by the day
Steven Goff reports that just five-plus months since being severely injured in an auto accident near U.S. national team forward Charlie Daviesbegan light jogging Monday with his French club, Sochaux. He will continue to work with a physiotherapist for two to four weeks, and if all goes well, participate in full sessions. As Davies’ outlook […]
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Holden and Feilhaber on the mend
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Midfielders Benny Feilhaber and Stuart Holden, the mostrecent U.S. national team regulars to be injured, are improving. Feilhaber has resumed training with Danish club AGF after receiving treatment for his ankle injury in Brazil, while Holden is againwalking without crutches. Feilhaber will rejoin the AGF first team next week after spending several weeks […]
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Donovan can be game-changer in union talks
Can the magical presence of Landon Donovan loosen the impasse that MLS and the MLS Players Union can’t seem to extricate themselves from? He flew to Washington, D.C., Thursday to join about two dozen player representatives, and all manner of executives and lawyers from the opposing sides trying to reach deal by which a threatened […]
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Davies to resume training at Sochaux
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Charlie Davies tweeted the good news on Thursday: “It’s official! I’m done with rehab!!! Leaving forSochaux tomorrow! Who said I couldn’t be back training so soon!? Let’s go!! God Bless!!” Davies is finishing his fourth week of rehabilitation at the CERS de Capbreton, the sportstraining center in in southwestern France. He’s spent more […]
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Bradley's Gladbach slipping
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Winless in four games and outscored, 7-0, in its last two matches, alarm bells are going off at Borussia Moenchengladbach, where WorldCup-bound Michael Bradley plays in midfield. Gladbach is in 12th place in the 18-team league, seven points above the relegation zone. But after a 3-0 loss to BorussiaDortmund and a 4-0 loss […]