[AMERICANS ABROAD] Striker Charlie Davies, 23, who has spent the summer playing in the Confederations Cup, where he scored in the 3-0 win over Egypt, and in the Gold Cup, is moving from Swedish club Hammarby to French club Sochaux.
Davies left Boston College after his junior season for Europe in 2007 and after struggling in his first season scored 14 times for Hammarby in his second. He had four goals in nine games in this season in Sweden before leaving for national team duty.
“Naturally it’s sad that a player like Charlie is leaving us,” Hammarby chief executive Michael Andersson said on the club’s Web site. “But when a player develops like Charlie has done we don’t have resources to keep him. It’s a problem we share with other teams in Sweden.”
Sochaux finished 14th in the 2008-09 Ligue 1 season.