Jurgen Klinsmann took over US Soccer’s twitter account yesterday and while he didn’t answer any of Howie’s questions, he did give us some good news on Clint Dempsey, Fabian Johnson and Steve Cherundolo.

Spoke with Clint. Back in training & hopes to play v Inter. All good for WCQs RT: ‏@mrhoffman02 When will we know if Dempsey is able to play

— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) March 11, 2013

Yes. He should be good to join us in Denver. RT @chieffif Heard that Fabian Johnson is returning to training. Option for the next 2 games?

— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) March 11, 2013

Happy he is back in training. Hopefully he can catch up as soon as possible. @elchosenjuan94how is cherundolo doing? #AskJK

— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) March 11, 2013

And while it has been mentioned before, Bruce Arena gave an update on Landon Donovan and he should return to the Galaxy the last week in March.

Costa Rica released their roster for the qualifiers.  Good news for USMNT fans, and most Red Bulls fans can confirm this, Roy Miller made their roster.  Also, I just noticed tonight that the US is winless in its last five games (3L, 2D) against Costa Rica and haven’t won a game since a qualifier in 2005.

The US U-20 team will be playing in the Toulon Tournament in late May/early June.

One of those players, Juan Ocegueda, is still going to play for Chivas Guadalajara despite playing for the US.  Chivas have a policy of “Mexican only” players, but they are apparently going to look the other way with Ocegueda.

It looks like Villyan Bijev finally got his work permit and made Liverpool’s U-21 bench this past weekend.

Conor O’Brien got the start and went he full 90 minutes in Nordsjaelland’s 1-1 draw to FC Midtjylland yesterday.

I haven’t heard Charles Renken’s name since he returned to the US last year, but he and fellow American Aubrey Perry are in Sweden on trial at Umeå FC at the moment.

And finally, Etchu Tabe has returned to Finland with KuPS again.

While the transfer window has been pretty calm this year (damn you teams for being fiscally responsible for once!), today was pretty hectic.  And that brought us two moves with guys likely coming back to the US.

The first move is 100% bringing an American back to the US as the Portland Timbers have acquired US youth international Charles Renken.  Renken has been in Germany with TSG Hoffenheim’s youth teams since 2009, but has experienced multiple ACL injuries over the years.  Due to complex MLS rules that seem to change by the day, the Timbers were able to “claim him off waivers”.

The other news of the day was FC Ingolstadt terminating Edson Buddle’s contract.  Buddle has been on the outs with the club since early December, despite leading the team with six league goals, as he was allowed to leave the team early before winter break, which included unsuccessful trials with Everton and Westerlo (although it sounded like Buddle passed on the Westerlo deal).  Now there has been some twitter speculation of Buddle returning to the US and the LA Galaxy.

Here are a bunch of quick links for Wednesday.  First off, Howie has some rational thoughts on tonight’s US U-20 loss right here, while some highlights can be found here.

Not too surprising, but Andy Najar selected Honduras over the US earlier this week.  He can play right away for Honduras, while he still had a couple of years before he could become a US citizen.

Fulham manager Mark Hughes had some nice things to say about Clint Dempsey on the team’s website.

Michael Parkhurst left FC Nordsjælland’s game early this past weekend due to a hamstring injury and it looks like he will be out until early May.

Greg Seltzer talked to Brad Guzan this week about his uncertain future as his loan deal with Hull City ends after this weekend’s game with Watford.

Yanks Abroad has a season preview for all the Americans in Sweden up on their site this week.

Spotted this on No Short Corners today, but Jay Z’s web magazine hung out with TSG Hoffenheim’s midfielder Charles Renken.  You can check it out here.

And finally, I mentioned this in the comments the other today, but Eddie Johnson almost scored his first goal for Preston North End on Tuesday.  His header went off the post then off the back of the goalie before going into the goal and was ruled an own goal.  Here is a highlight of his “goal”.

After disappearing to the bench after Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier singled him out after a bad performance against Manchester City in December, Eric Lichaj has finally re-appeared.  But the next time he sees the field, it will be with Leeds United.

The 22-year-old right back is headed to Leeds United on a month-long loan as they look for cover for their normal starter, Paul Connolly, as he battles a hamstring injury.

This will be Lichaj’s third loan stint over the last 1.5 seasons, playing with Lincoln City and Leyton Orient in 2009-10.

But Lichaj will have a chance to see the field again, which is a good thing, with Leeds United having six games during his stay at Elland Road.

As for some other little links:  Jeremy Vuolo is the latest American headed to Finland.  Gale Agbossoumonde’s loan deal is still not completed, but getting closer.  Charles Renken is finally fit again and is looking to play with TSG Hoffenheim’s U-19/reserve teams.