One week ago USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann was left scrambling to find players to fill out his roster to take on Italy.

A sudden rash of injuries forced him to replace Jermaine Jones, Timothy Chandler, Landon Donovan, and Jose Torres. One week before that, Klinsmann's team was informed that starting central defender Oguchi Onyewu would be out two months with a knee injury.

Yanks Abroad Podcast Episode 3 is now online!

The third edition of the YA Podcast features the usual panel discussion of YA writers, dissecting results from England, Mexico, Germany, Holland, and elsewhere. There is a focus on the results of the USA-Italy game, as well as the US U-23 game against Mexico.

West Ham United will not be exercising their option to purchase George John and the defender will now return to FC Dallas.

The news was reported on FC Dallas' website

After two episodes, Yanks Abroad has made the decision to join the YA Podcast with the North American Soccer Network

In joining the North American Soccer Network, the Yanks Abroad Podcast will become the latest addition to a fast growing set of shows that cover everything from Major League Soccer and the English Premier League, to Turkish and Canadian soccer.

US national team head coach addressed the media following Monday's first practice and he touched on a number of key topics.

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The second episode of the Yanks Abroad Podcast is now available for streaming or download.

Topics of conversation for this episode include Jurgen Klinsmann's roster selection for the Italy game, as well as the injuries to Jermaine Jones, Timmy Chandler, and Jose Torres. Possible roster additions to take the place of the injured trio, and then an update on Adam Henley being open to switching from Wales to the United States.

The second edition of the Yanks Abroad Podcast will stream live this coming Sunday, February 26.

The broadcast time will be 10:00AM EST, which will be uncomfortable for West Coast listeners, but the timing is working around Brian Sciaretta's schedule in Italy, to allow him to be on the air to provide live commentary on the U.S. National Team.

After featuring in one match for Eintracht Frankfurt, Ricardo Clark will be plying his trade elsewhere for the rest of the season.

According to kicker, Eintracht may loan Clark, 29, to Norwegian club Stabaek IF. Hessicher Rundfunk also reported that Clark could be at Stabeck until July 31st, quoting his agent Brian Eylert.

Stuttgart continues to show interest in Timothy Chandler, and Nurnberg manager Martin Bader doesn't want to dance around the topic anymore.

According to SkySports and Bild, Bader has reportedly given Chandler a four week ultimatum to decide on his own future; whether he wants to stay at Nurnberg, or move to Stuttgart. Chandler's contract is up in 2013, but Bader wants to know right away if Chandler is going to be a part of Nurnberg's long term plans.

The inaugural episode of the Yanks Abroad Podcast has been released, at long last.

After being talked about and kicked around, and a trial and error episode that featured a little bit too high of a trial:error ratio, Episode #1 has been released and is available for streaming or download. It should also be available on iTunes shortly.