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Here are some interesting tidbits....

On Saturday, the Galaxy's Landon Donovan helped Everton upset Manchester United, 3-1, after earlier helping the Merseyside club tie Arsenal and defeat Manchester City and Chelsea. Donovan, Everton's player of the month, is making the most out of his loan spell in the English Premier League and now has a Manchester United scalp to hang on his belt.

On Thursday, Fulham Coach Roy Hodgson said that Clint Dempsey is well on the mend from a knee injury.

Also on Thursday, AC Milan defender Oguchi Onyewu made it back onto the training field for the first time in four months when he worked out with the U.S. team in Carson.

On Wednesday, MauriceEdu returned from knee surgery and a subsequent ankle problem to help Scottish champion Rangers defeat St. Mirren, 1-0, to advance to the quarterfinals of the Scottish Cup.

Also on Wednesday, Freddy Adu scored his second goal in four days for his new club, Aris Thessaloniki in Greece, as it beat Xanthi, 3-0, to advance to the semifinals of the Greek Cup.

So, things are looking a bit brighter on the World Cup front for the U.S., but the best news of all for Coach Bob Bradley came from Sochaux in France, where Charlie Davies is preparing for a return only four months after being injured in a car crash.

Davies, who suffered a broken leg, multiple facial fractures and a lacerated bladder in the October accident in Maryland that claimed one woman's life, had been expected to be sidelined for a year or more. Now, he has his sights set on South Africa 2010.