Daily news roundups

Daily news roundup

Some soccer news to get you going today:

Bob Bradley calls 30 in to the USMNT training camp in January. The team consists largely of MLS and Scandinavian league players whose seasons have ended. First-timers to watch: Aalborg striker Marcus Tracy, Örebro SK midfielder Alejandro Bedoya, D.C. United’s Chris Pontius and Delaware Valley native Jeff Larentowicz.

More on Philadelphia Union’s partnership with Reading’s Premier Development League team. The Reading Eagle talks about the specifics of the affiliation and what it means to the newly renamed Reading United AC.

Arrests down at EPL games by 2 percent last season to just … 3,752.

A look at Houston’s stadium situation, which seems murkier by the day. They moved San Jose’s team here for this? Now instead of one market without a proper soccer stadium, MLS has two – San Jose and Houston, the latter of which was so bad that Freddie Ljungberg flipped out over it — though he toned it down for his ESPN column.

Meanwhile, the Wizards want to build a stadium in Kansas. Let’s see if clicking your shoes together will make that stadium happen. This saga has gone on so long that, before Philadelphia Union existed, the Wizards briefly considered moving to south Jersey so they could get a stadium and a bigger market. (Meanwhile, St. Louis has support for a stadium, a history, and a club. But another day for that one.)

Landon Donovan and Hope Solo named USSF men’s and women’s players of the year.

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