Sergio Almiron (Empoli) and Tiago (Lyon) have signed for Juventus.
Garry O'Connor (Spartak Moscow) signed for newly promoted Birmingham City.
Sanli Tuncay (Fenerbahce) has signed for Middlesbrough. The Turkish winger/striker has all the right tools to become a solid winger in the Premiership. Could this mean Stewart Downing is looking to move elsewhere or is THIS the replacement for Viduka?
Bayern Munich continued their spending (trying to get that dismal season out of their minds) by bringing back Ze Roberto from Santos.
Oguchi Onyewu will still be a Standard Liege player at the beginning of the 2007-08 season according to Yanks Abroad.
Roma have signed consistent Brazilian fullback Juan from Bayer Leverkusen on a four-year contract through 2011.
Olympique Marseille has swooped for three. Gael Givet, established fullback/midfielder for Monaco and internationally capped, has signed as well as Laurent Bonnart (Le Mans) and Benoit Cheyrou (Auxerre).
Quick Game Recaps:
USA 2, Canada 1
Gold Cup Semifinal
On to the Gold Cup final thanks to a well-struck Frankie Hejduk goal (his first in 7 years) and a Landon Donovan PK. Not really much to say about this game, except that up until Michael Bradley's 89th minute send-off, the kid was having a good match. As were Dempsey, Donovan, and at times, Beasley. The problem is they stopped the momentum too early and the last 10 minutes were mostly dominated by the Canadians. A bogus offsides call, and it was rather bogus, in the end saved our boys from an extra 30 minutes with a man down. The Canadians didn't threaten much, but when they did it was normally Ali Gerba at the forefront. It was former Leicester City man Iain Hume that cut the lead in half with some time to go with a nice 20 yard shot.
The US will play Mexico this Sunday for the championship. It should be said that based on momentum heading into the game - the US have been all over the place form-wise, whereas Mexico has steadily been finding their groove. I would love to think our shakiness is due to the fact we need some tough competition.
MLS Primetime Thursday
Houston 4, Chivas USA 0
There really wasn't much dominance. Maybe some, but none that showed Houston could do that to Chivas USA 9 times out of 10. Brad Davis provided the unlikely scoring touch - hitting two long-range efforts and supplying penalty kick composure. His first hat-trick no less as he must have been inspired by fellow "defensive" midfielder Ben Olsen's recent hat-trick against the New York Red Bulls. Maybe the Dynamo want to ask Ching, Clark, Onstad, and De Rosario to take another week off - these guys are playing opportunistically and with vigor. Regardless, just like Frank Yallop is excited to get back Jazic and Harmse, Kinnear will be happy as hell to get back De Ro and Onstad.
HOU: Davis 3 (3), Mullan (1)
CHV: NONE
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