It appears as if Stoke City will be acquiring their second American of the summer transfer window.

Over the weekend Stoke City confirmed that they have agreed to personal terms for US international Maurice Edu and that the only two hurdles are a physical and a new UK work permit.

According to numerous reports out of England, Clint Dempsey has been fined by Fulham for refusing to play this weekend.

As punishment, Fulham have fined Dempsey.

Robbie Rogers' time at Leeds United could be coming to an abrupt end, less than a year after joining the club.

On Thursday, the Yorkshire Post reported that Rogers along with Danny Pugh were going to be put on the transfer list as the club seeks to raise money.

US U-20 defender Will Packwood received good news this week when he was named to Birmingham's first team roster for the new season.

Packwood, 19, has been a regular with Birmingham City's reserve team but he has yet to make a first team appearance for Birmingham City but he did make the bench on one occasion last year during an FA Cup match against Chelsea. Prior to the start of last year, he signed a two year professional contract.

The long awaited opening day weekend for many leagues is now in the books and it was an amazing few days for American players abroad.

Mexico, Austria and 3. Bundesliga kicked off with Americans at the helm on Friday night, and it has been non-stop action with mostly positive results for the Yanks involved.

Terrence Boyd scored a stunner for Rapid Vienna as they faced off against Michael Bradley and AS Roma in a pre-season friendly yesterday.

Michael Bradley's debut for the Giallorossi came in Austria as a tune up before heading to the United States to continue their pre-season, but it ended up being Terrence Boyd who was the star of the show. Roma took the lead in the 14th minute after a terrible mental lapse from Harald Pichler resulted in giving away possession only 12 yards from goal to Miralem Pjanic, who immediately placed a near-penalty kick to the far post.

After a 15 year absence, the Copa Mexico has been revived by the Mexican federation.

The competition was discontinued in 1997, but will return for the 2012-13 season as part of the FMF's revamp of the top two divisions, which have been renamed Liga MX and Ascenso MX respectively.

After weeks of waiting, former US Under-17 midfielder Anthony Ampaipitakwong is off to Thailand.

Over the weekend, the American midfielder was unveiled as one of six new signings by Thai Premier League champions Buriram United at the Thunder Castle Stadium.

Twenty-five of the 30 SFL clubs today voted on the fate of the new Rangers FC and decided the club must begin in the Third Division.

The news was an enormous setback for the country's most prestigious team who, even if all goes well, will not be able to return to the Scottish Premier league for at least four years. But it also puts the future of its current players in jeopardy who are all surely looking to move elsewhere.

Portland's forward Danny Mwanga who was first overall pick in the 2010 MLS Superdraft is now close to finally receiving his American citizenship.

Mwanga, 20, was born in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) but moved to the United States in 2006. His father was killed in Congolese civil war in 1997.