| Major League Soccer (MLS) is on its winter-break, | | | | team in the January window, with Robbie Findley and |
| having just concluded a successful season that saw | | | | Kyle Beckerman at the center of transfer speculation. |
| the introduction of the Seattle Sounders and the cup | | | | In a recent interview with RSL General Manager |
| won by Real Salt Lake. With the MLS season over, | | | | Garth Lagerway, SoccerHype reported that retaining |
| American soccer fans turn their full attention to | | | | the services of Findley and Beckerman was a top |
| Europe. With less than two weeks until the European | | | | priority in the off-season. Few suitors, if any, have |
| January transfer window, the rumor mill is strangely | | | | been named, but it is no secret that both attracted |
| quiet - at least as it concerns Americans. | | | | interest from abroad with their playoff form. It is |
| Landon Donovan signed a four-year contract | | | | known that RSL will lose Yura Movsisyan, who will |
| extension with the Los Angeles Galaxy and promptly | | | | join Randers FC of the Danish first division. Randers |
| agreed to a short-term loan to Everton of the | | | | has struggled this season and currently sits 14 points |
| Barclay's Premier League. The reigning MLS Most | | | | below the relegation line. |
| Valuable Player and U.S. Men's National Team captain | | | | As some players move abroad, a few might return |
| will join Tim Howard and the Toffees for a brief spell | | | | as well. Danny Califf has left Danish club FC Midtjylland |
| before returning for the start of the 2010 MLS | | | | to join the Philadelphia Union in its inaugural season in |
| season. | | | | MLS. The twenty-nine year-old spent more than |
| The Evening Times of Scotland reported this week | | | | three years in the Danish first division. Califf, currently |
| that MLS Commissioner Don Garber held talks with | | | | undergoing a buyout of his contract with Danish club |
| Stuart Holden to convince the Houston Dynamo | | | | FC Midtjylland, would become eligible during the next |
| midfielder to stay in exchange for a major salary | | | | transfer window in January. |
| bump - ten times more than his 2009 paycheck. | | | | Finally, Eddie Johnson, the once promising striker who |
| Holden is rumored to be a target of Rangers, a | | | | has failed to make an impression at Fulham and on |
| squad that includes Americans Maurice Edu and | | | | loan to Cardiff City, might be coming home. Johnson's |
| DaMarcus Beasley. New reports have linked Holden | | | | limited play has been lackluster and sources indicate |
| with Blackburn Rovers, though neither side has | | | | the twenty-five year-old is keen on returning to MLS |
| confirmed this speculation. | | | | where he might revive his career. |
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