A bunch of goodies from the last week.

Clint Dempsey was named Fútbol de Primera’s US Soccer 2012 Player of the Year for the second straight year.  It was Dempsey’s third time winning the award (also in 2006), but Michael Bradley probably would have won my vote.

Speaking of Dempsey, Fulham have accepted Liverpool’s apology over their recruitment of Dempsey over the summer and have withdrawn their complaint.

Tim Howard will be making his 200th consecutive Premier League appearance on Saturday.  Timmy!

Steve Davis had breakfast with Jurgen Klinsmann recently and they talked about Carlos Bocanegra’s current role with the USMNT.

Bobby Wood has played his way into a new contract with 1860 Munich through the 2014-15 season.

Brian Sciaretta caught up with Sebastian Lletget to talk about breaking through with West Ham United.

Bryan Gerzicich has been cleared to play again for Ironi Kiryat Shmona after picking up a calf injury.

Benny Feilhaber signed with Sporting KC this week, but he apparently had some European suitors according to Greg Seltzer.

Seltzer also tells us that Alejandro Bedoya has been offered an extension by Helsingborg, while Swedish champions Elfsborg are also interested in his services.

A bunch of clubs are interested in Michael Parkhurst, who is now a free agent.

Jamie Hill ponders what a 2013 Olympic team would look like if there was one this year.

According to this report, Klinsmann has contacted Aron Johannsson about playing for the US and he “is now in doubt” over his decision.

Conor O’Brien has turned down a couple offers already and is meeting up with some more new teams according to his agent.

Rapid Vienna might be interested in Mix Diskerud.  Much like with Boyd’s move, USMNT assistant Andreas Herzog was the reference.  Speaking of Boyd, here is a Google-translated interview he recently did.

Adam Henley was invited to the upcoming US U-20 camp, but Blackburn nixed that idea.

San Antonio Scorpions defender Karsten Smith is currently on trial at Finnish side VPS.

Marc Pelosi is with Liverpool’s youth team in Singapore at the NexLions Cup.  And they were “mobbed” at the airport.

Conor Doyle made Derby County’s bench this past weekend for the first time since he had his appendix removed.

If you are like me, you are probably being lazy on the couch and watching 2343254 different bowl games after a nice morning of soccer.  Here are a few links from the last couple days.

We already know the Camp Cupcake roster, but Tab Ramos has called in 36 guys for the U-20′s January camp.  Some of the “bigger” names consist of Sean Cunningham, Luis Gil, Tyrone McCargo, Caleb Stanko, Villyan Bijev and Omar Salgado.

Just when we thought Eddie Johnson had found a home, he has already been let go at Puebla.  The club is claiming that he is out of shape/lacking pace.

Steven Goff has has a couple goodies over the last week.  He has one post with a bunch of stuff that has been covered here already, but also has a bunch of new information like Diego Restrepo moving to Venezuela plus some little tidbits on Charlie Davies.  He also introduces us to Gedion Zelalem.  Zelalem is a 14-year-old who is a German citizen of Ethiopian descent who has lived in the States for more than five years.  Just someone to keep an eye on as he gets older and gets closer to US citizenship.

Yanks Abroad’s David Smith recently caught up with Benny Feilhaber about returning to the USMNT picture with January’s camp.

Landon Donovan recently did an interview with Colin Murray of the BBC.  You can listen to it right here.  Here are some photos of Donovan back in training with Everton.  I am eager to see him playing again on Wednesday.

Not that we needed it, but here is video proof that Freddy Adu is training in Spain with Rayo Vallecano.

And finally, nothing is official, but it looks like the USMNT will be headed to Genoa in February to take on Italy in a friendly.

Some little nuggets of information for this afternoon.

* As expected, Alejandro Bedoya will officially replace Benny Feilhaber on the Gold Cup roster.  Feilhaber is expected to miss 3-6 weeks with an ankle injury.

* For those that care about these things, the US will be wearing their all white kits tomorrow against Canada, while our neighbors to the north will be wearing red tops with black shorts.

* And DaMarcus Beasley’s trial/workouts with Pachuca is apparently going well.

US Soccer confirmed today that Alejandro Bedoya has been called into camp, but he is not officially on the roster yet.  They are going to continue to evaluate Benny Feilhaber’s injury before making a final decision.  Bob Bradley and Co have until 24 hours before their first game (June 7) to replace an injured player on the roster.

Also, with this weekend being an international break, Bedoya will not miss any games for Örebro SK (their next game is not until June 13), so no harm in bringing him in for the week even if they decide to stay with Feilhaber.

With the USMNT camp slowly beginning (I think everyone except for Clarence Goodson has arrived to Cary so far according to US Soccer’s twitter account), the USMNT blog on US Soccer’s website is starting to become more active.

Steven Goff is reporting that 57,000 tickets have been sold so far for the US/Spain friendly on June 4 (only about 10,000 remain).  I read somewhere (if I could find the link/story/tweet again, I would credit it) that this will be a USMNT attendance record for games at Foxborough.

You can throw Jermaine Jones name into the AS Roma rumor hat according to Greg Seltzer.  I was also going to do a post tomorrow about what Yanks will be on teams in Champions/Europa League for next season, but Mr. Seltzer beat me to it.

And here are some highlights of Jemal Johnson’s goal from Saturday (I dig the music).

Finally, a shameless plug to enter our Gold Cup Bracket Contest.  Have about  20+ entries already and the top five scores will win free OT shirts.

Fresh off a 1-0 victory over GAIS in the Swedish Cup, a report out of Sweden is claiming that Alejandro Bedoya has been called in by the US for the Gold Cup.

Bedoya is more than likely taking the roster spot of Benny Feilhaber, who was injured late in the New England Revolution’s 1-0 loss to the LA Galaxy on Saturday.  He fell to the ground after tweaking his ankle and had to be helped off the field.

Feilhaber did not speak to reporters after the game and the team has not announced the severity of his injury, but he was seen wearing a boot and using crutches.

While we are on the topic of the Gold Cup, Brian Sciaretta talked to Timothy Chandler’s agent about his exclusion from the roster.  Howie has also started our 12-team preview of the Gold Cup by looking at Costa Rica.  And don’t forget to sign up for our Gold Cup Contest.

For those two other people still awake like myself, here are some links.

It looks like Ricardo Clark’s injury is a calf strain, but there is hope that he could possibly return this weekend when Eintracht Frankfurt takes on FC Köln.

Steven Goff gave us two updates yesterday via twitter.  The first is on the USMNT vs. Spain ticket sales (45,000 sold so far).  And the second one is on Kelyn Rowe’s self-paid trial-palooza.  Rowe is now in Germany with Cologne.

Blake Owen does a little chalkboard analysis on Jonathan Spector’s play in the central midfield from his past two games against Chelsea and Manchester City.

Brian Sciaretta caught up with Clarence Goodson to talk about his return to the field since injuring his toe.

Benny Feilhaber talks to David Smith about his time in Europe since returning to the United States.

And finally, for those with ESPN Insider ($), they have an article up about Gale Agbossoumonde.  You are not missing a whole lot, but they generally talk about how he is very athletic, but needs to work on the mental side of the game.

The Mike Grella ordeal continues to worsen for the American forward. Swindon Town manager Paul Hart has vowed to fight “tooth and nail” to prevent the club from owing him any further wages for his time on loan.

But Hart, who was disgusted with the attitude of the player he had handed five starts from seven games since being named manager in early March, will do all he can to ensure Town do not pay him any more wages.

“Mike Grella came to me to ask to leave Swindon, when we are involved in a relegation fight,” he said. “After deliberation I acceded to his request and it is good riddance to bad rubbish.

“As far as I am concerned we are not paying him and as long as I am here I will fight tooth and nail to make sure this remains the case.

“He has gone and I am only interested in players who want to fight for Swindon.”

This further extends my belief that Grella will not be returning to Leeds this summer. His reputation is rather sullied. He might be able to find himself a job in League One or League Two, but if I were Grella I’d be ready to start making some trial arrangements back in MLS.

I’m not doing a full OT Report, but I’ll note that Anton Peterlin did get a rare start for Plymouth Argyle in a 1-0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge. Argyle has already clinched relegation and Peterlin’s contract is up this summmer, so I am guessing that he’s another player that might be looking to return stateside this summer. Also, Preston Zimmerman scored another goal for Mainz II, his sixth of the season. He’s having a nice season.

Two notes on some now-former site subjects. You might recall JC Banks, the former Wisconsin-Green Bay midfielder who had spent some time with Hammarby in Sweden. He wound up signing with the Rochester Rhinos here (3rd division USL-Pro), where he scored on Saturday. Meanwhile, Benny Feilhaber made his debut with the New England Revolution, going 90 minutes and collecting an assist in the 12th minute to help defeat Sporting Kansas City. As a Sporting fan, boo to that.

Ex-AGF midfielder Benny Feilhaber signed with MLS last week, but he had yet to actually discover his club thanks to the complex MLS roster rules. Chivas USA had the first opportunity to claim him; they passed, citing a desire to preserve salary cap space. Philadelphia Union then passed as well. This meant that Feilhaber was available for the New England Revolution, who chose to claim him.

The Revs, however, are still weighing trade offers for Feilhaber.

If Feilhaber does wind up with New England, he would become the second US international on the current Revs roster, joining Matt Reis (two caps during the January camps of 2006 and 2007).

Here are some links worth checking out before the weekend.  I am finally able to post them as my internet finally decided to start working again.  Thanks Time Warner Cable.

The biggest news of the day has to be that Benny Feilhaber is headed back to the United States to play in the MLS.  It looks like Chivas USA is the first team with a shot to sign him (Chivas USA is first on the MLS allocation ranking).

Greg Seltzer caught up with Edson Buddle earlier this week to talk about his time in Germany so far.  When he first made the move to Germany, I was sort of unsure on how I felt about the move, but I now think it is a decent move for him at this point in his career.  Hopefully he can help Ingolstadt fight off relegation and he can start next season from scratch with a preseason with the club.

Georgina Turner of SI.com talked to Jonathan Spector about his up and down season at West Ham United this year.

Former St. Patrick’s Athletic winger Ryan Guy is now trialing with FC Dallas.  He has had an unsuccessful trials so far with the Portland Timbers and Chivas USA since returning to the US.

Here is a story from a newspaper in Georgia about some 15-year-old American named Daniel Johnson who is currently with West Ham United’s youth academy.

Jon Levy takes a look at what has happened to Michael Bradley over the past couple months.  As I tweeted the other night, is it time to panic yet on his lack of playing time at Aston Villa?

And finally, I am headed to San Diego for most of this weekend, so don’t expect too many highlights or The OT Report to be posted until Sunday evening.  Howie will man the site and will post if anything major happens (and you get a double dose of this next weekend when I go on vacation).

Enjoy the weekend.

Because I feel like numbering things tonight.

1) Thanks to OT reader Jack for sending this in, but here is a five-minute video interview with Oguchi Onyewu on FC Twente’s site.  He talks about a few different things.

2) Panama defeated Suriname 3-0 tonight, which means Panama and the US will be advancing to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.  A win or a draw on Friday against Panama in the last group stage game and the US will clinch the group and face a “lesser” opponent in the important quarterfinal game (all winners from the quarterfinals clinch a spot in the U-20 World Cup).

3) Benny Feilhaber did pick up a thigh strain in AGF Aarhus’ last game before the international break.  That is why he sat out of both USMNT friendlies and it  looks like he might be out for another two weeks since returning to Denmark.

4) Tony Taylor came off the bench and played 15 minutes in Estoril’s 2-2 draw to Trofense today.