Tristan Bowen scored his third goal of the season in Roselare’s 2-2 draw to Heist.  Here are the highlights, including Bowen’s goal at the 2:10 mark.  Gob Bluth would also be proud of the entrance music.

We decided to put the Player of the Week on hold for most of the winter break since only England was really playing, but with some more leagues starting back up this weekend, here is the first POTW honors for 2012.

Howie’s Pick – Landon Donovan (Everton – English Premier League)

Landon Donovan gets my nod for the first OT Player of the Week on the strength of his excellent through ball to help Everton earn a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa.

Matt’s Pick – Tristan Bowen (KSV Roselare – Belgian Second Division)

The Chivas USA forward scored his first goal with KSV Roselare in his 14th league appearance since going out on loan this season.  The goal helped Roselare notch a 4-1 victory over Eendracht Aalst (highlights here).

Tristan Bowen came off the bench and scored a goal in SV Roeselare’s 4-1 victory over Eendracht Aalst.  Here are 21 minutes worth of highlights from the game with Bowen’s goal coming in at the 17:22 mark.

A couple of things to report from the weekend this morning.

I’m guessing many of you already heard this by now, but if not, George John will not be headed to Blackburn Rovers afterall.  The central defender was over in England to complete the deal, but it is sounding like Blackburn decided against the deal before it could be completed.  John will now return to FC Dallas.  No word on why the deal fell through.

Chivas USA’s Tristan Bowen is headed to Belgium to play for KSV Roselare of the Belgian Second Division on a year-long loan deal.  The 21-year-old forward will join Devann Yao as another American in the Belgian Second Division.  KSV Roselare’s website recently did an interview with Bowen which you can see right here.  I like the quick dental ad at the very end.

Speaking of Devann Yao, he finally made his first appearance with Boussu Dour Borinage last week, getting the start and picking up a red card in the 71st minute of Boussu Dour Borinage’s 2-1 loss to KV Oostende last Wednesday.

While doing The OT Report yesterday and looking up Daniel Stevens at Kemi Kings in Finland, I came across a new American in Kyle Luetkehans.  Luetkehans signed with the club last week and played his college soccer at Vermont.  The deal is a one-year deal with an option for a second season.