Some News for Thu Dec 17, 2009
du Nord, December 17, 2009
AMERICANS IN EUROPEArch Bell of Yanks Abroad does a great interview with Jay Needham who passed up MLS to play for Alta in Norway's 2nd division. How bad does your MLS experience have to be to go play in a league like that? He has some pretty open comments about MLS etc.dNThe Glasgow Herald with a story on the amazing turnaround in the season for DaMarcus Beasley.dNThe Guardian describes the dyer financial state of Jay DeMerit's team Watford.dNGreg Seltzer at Soccer 365 talks to Ian Joy about where he goes next.dNClint Dempsey helped lead Fulham to a road win over Basel in the Europa League, which got them enough points to finish 2nd in their group behind Roma, and they now advance to the knockout stages early next year. The draw for the next round will be held on Fri Dec 18. Stay tuned.MLSTSN reports that Toronto has not picked up the contract options for both Amado Guevara and Pablo Vitti. That frees up a tooooooooon of salary cap space.dNEven though the Charleston Battery are dropping down to USL-2 for ne