Jurgen Klinsmann today named a young, almost entirely European based 20 man squad to face Russia Wednesday in Krasnodar, Russia. By Peter Nolan

This week we head into week 10 of the EPL, and after one quarter of the season there have been 279 goals, 47 clean sheets, 312 yellow cards, 19 red cards and surprisingly only two hat-tricks. By Anthony Ta

So we have reached the halfway point in the group stage of the champions' league, and after the first 3 rounds of games there have already been 136 goals, 1,263 fouls, six red cards. By Anthony Ta

Now that the schedule for the Hex is set, Jurgen Klinsmann can turn his thoughts to Russia. The U.S. would love to close out 2012 with a win next Wednesday night in Krasnodar.. By Peter Nolan