Gooch!

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Oguchi Onyewu, probably the US player who showed the biggest ability to be a world class player at last year's World Cup, is joining Newcastle United.

This is a great move for him, and for US soccer, as he moves from the relative obscurity of the Belgian League to arguably the best domestic league in the world. As the US looks ahead to the next World Cup, getting Gooch significant time against some of the best talent in the world will only boost the US backline.

Now if only we could get some scorers, then we'd be in business!

Keep an eye out for Gooch on Fox Soccer Channel on the weekends.

PS - Interesting quote from the article. How much do you want to bet that Eddie Johnson didn't really say this about Gooch: "I just don’t like playing against him, full stop." Unless Eddie Johnson always speaks in British idioms when interviewed about his US national teammates.