The US national team is set to open camp next week for important qualifiers and already there are injury concerns.

Yesterday YA received independent confirmation that Tijuana left back Edgar Castillo suffered a foot injury that is expected to keep him out for a few weeks. While he might be ready for the September 11 qualifier against Jamaica in Columbus, his status remains doubtful.

US national team camp is set to open up next week and the roster could be interesting.

Right now there are a lot of regular players who may not be in their club's starting lineup. So Klinsmann will have to weigh a lot of options in considering his team.

Hoffenheim's American winger Joe Gyau could soon be off to St. Pauli on loan.

Sources have told YA that Gyau is currently in St. Pauli right now has the two teams are trying to work out a loan for the former US U-23 wingers.

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.