Episode 7 of the Yanks Abroad Podcast is now online and be can be found here.

In this episode, usual commentator Brian Sciaretta was unable to join the rest of the guys as they discussed the aftermath of the Olympic Qualifying debacle and what it means in the big picture for American soccer, in regards to fan support and dual-national players, but the show went on.

The 19-year-old forward from Hawaii needs another knee operation that will end his season.

Wood had only recently returned to match fitness for 1860 Munich, but has learned that the same meniscus problem from last year has flared up again, requiring season ending surgery to hopefully fix the problem.

With a 16 team league and all teams having played each other home and away already, realistically the Pro League season is over in Belgium.

But ending a professional season in March would be quite ridiculous, so the Belgians have adopted an American idea - the play-offs!

Yanks Abroad Podcast: Episode 6 is now online, and can be located here.

In this episode, the team is a bit short handed as a couple regulars were unable to dress for the show. Christopher McCollum, Brian Sciaretta, and David Smith hold down the fort and cover a range of global recaps, hand out their inaugural Player and Game of the Week awards, and then Dave gives a press box report of the Bayern Munich-Hannover 96 game, which he attended with fellow YA writer Michael Adubato.

The USA cruised to a dominate 6-0 win over Cuba in the opening game of the Olympic qualifying.

Here are the player ratings for the match

Kiryat Shmona are on the verge of a remarkable title in Israel but the club is now in disarray after a fallout with between the owner and the coach.

Kiryat Shmona currently have a insurmountable 17 point lead with just seven games to play. They can possibly clinch the title next weekend in the first round of the seven game playoffs.

U.S. U-23 and Derby County foward/midfielder Conor Doyle has suffered a possible season ending injury.

The 20-year old has been sidelined for the next 4-6 weeks with a torn hamstring suffered in a reserve game. While he hadn't played a large role in Derby's season so far, there have been indications from manager Nigel Clough that he was going to get more time to show his ability in final month of the season.

US U-23 forward Andrew Wooten scored hat-trick today for Kaiserslautern's U-23 team in a 4-3 win over Fortuna Koln.

Wooten, 22, has begun to break into Kaiserslautern's first team as he made his Bundesliga debut on March 3 when he came on as a substitute in a 0-0 draw with Wolfsburg.

The fourth episode of the Yanks Abroad Podcast is now online, recorded live on Sunday afternoon.

The episode features a panel discussion of several topics including Clint Dempsey's future, Michael Bradley's fans at Chievo, Tim Howard's contract extension, and Herculez Gomez's goal scoring tear.

Media reports out of England on Friday have said that Fulham have begun contract negotiations with Clint Dempsey for a new contract.

Dempsey is the all-time leading English Premier League goal scorer for an American and has 16 goals this season.