From good U.S. news to bad

We all like to believe in fairy tales, who didn't enjoy the Sword in the Stone when they were a little kid or the 2004 Boston Red Sox coming from 3-0 down against the hated Yankees to win 8 straight games and win their first World Series in 86 years.

Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the Charlie Davies fairy tale appears to be turning into reality. Remember that Davies nearly dies in the accident last October that ripped the car he was traveling in half and killed Ashley Roberta. His injuries included a broken leg, dislocated elbow, a broken nose, a lacerated bladder and several other small fractures.

It was announced today that he will not achieve his goal of returning back in action for French Lique 1 side Sochaux this season like Davies had hoped. In fact he has struggled with exhaustion in training, has not taken part in any contact drills, and even had his stomach test after feeling pain - which luckily came back negative.

“He won’t play again this season in Ligue 1,” Sochaux president Alexandre Lacombe told local paperEst-Republicainon Thursday. “He is fine and that is the main thing. Since leaving his wheelchair, he has gone through a lot to get fit again. But it’s a bit early to say when he will play again.”

“It’s been very hard for Charlie, as every time we up the workload, he gets very tired,” added Sochaux coach Francis Gillot toL’Equipe.

I would not be surprised to see Bob Bradley still call Davies into the U.S. training camp as part of the 30-man roster just because of the complete lack of depth in front line forwards even with Edson Buddle (all 7 goals for the Galaxy in their 4 games) and Herculez Gomez (leading scorer in the Mexican League) have been in fine form.

However, Davies return that was viewed as a long shot would now realistically take a minor miracle. I know all U.S. fans will be rooting for him to complete the come back, but the World Cup realistically and unfortunately will probably not be the place.

Switching over to European, U.S. news - after a 17-hour bus ride thanks to the ash cloud being preventing air travel in Europe, Clint Dempsey and Fulham earned an important 0-0 draw with Hamburg in Germany.

Dempsey came on as a sub for forward Bobby Zamora, who went down with an Achilles injury, and supposedly nearly came up with the lone goal of the match had a Hamburg defender not made a last-second intercept.

Fulham now only need to win at home at Craven Cottage to move onto the Europa final, which incidentally is back in Hamburg.