The long saga of Brek Shea's transfer to Stoke drawing to a close as deal is now complete pending a physical.

Sources confirmed the deal to YA on Monday night.

American defender Parker Walsh has been added to the roster at Karlsruher SC.

The club was forced to look for a replacement for defender Sebastian Schiek, who has been sidelined for the season with a knee injury. Walsh has signed a contract which will keep him at KSC until the end of the season.

MLS has reportedly rejected Stoke City's bid to acquire FC Dallas winger Brek Shea.

Last week it was reported by many outlets that FC Dallas and Stoke had come to terms on an agreement on a transfer for Shea pending a physical. MLS, however, has the final say in transfers of league players and has reportedly rejected the deal in seeking a higher price.

Landon Donovan will return to the field according to Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena.

At the opening of Galaxy preseason camp, Donovan was not present by Bruce Arena did speak with reporters and confirmed Donovan would return to the team.

FC Dallas winger Brek Shea may be the next American to head to the English Premier League.

As news broke on Friday, many more news outlets are reporting a pending deal that would send Shea to Stoke City.

The 2013 MLS Super Draft took place Thursday, sending nine young men with US Youth National Team experience into the league.

Chivas USA, drafting second, chose Carlos Alvarez who has seen time with both the US and Mexican U-20 teams. His services were sought out quite publically by Chivas USA's new head coach Jose Luis Sanchez Sola (aka El Chelis) after the coaching staff and ownership decided to move exclusively toward a team comprised of Spanish-speaking players.

Add Steve Cherundolo to the list of American players currently injured.

Kicker magazine reported on Tuesday that Hannover right back Steve Cherundolo, 33, will miss this weekend's game with knee pain. It is unclear at this time how much action he will miss.

US U20 midfielder Marc Pelosi played a full 90 Liverpool's U-19 team in an impressive 4-1 win over Inter Milan in the NexGen Series.

The game completed group play for Group 5 and Liverpool finished third place behind Italy's Inter Milan and Norway's Rosenborg but ahead of Germany's Borussia Dortmund. Pelosi was a regular for Liverpool who finished with three wins and three losses in group play.

US U-18 midfielder Zach Pfeffer is enjoying a strong start in year-long loan with Hoffenheim in Germany

Pfeffer, whose loan to Hoffenheim began last week on his 18th birthday, scored in his first game with the Germany club on Tuesday. In a U-19 friendly against Stuttgart Kickers, Pfeffer scored one of Hoffeheim's goals in a convincing 6-0 win.

US national team midfielder Stuart Holden made an impressive return to competitive action going 70 minutes for Bolton's reserve team today.

It was announced before the game by Bolton that Holden would start for the reserve team in a game against Oldham's reserves and numerous reports from those in attendance were that Holden looked both fit and sharp.