This and that on a Tuesday afternoon

Hey soccer fans.

Going through World Cup qualifying withdrawal yet? It would be expected after the sugar rush the last day of qualifying brought, with fortunes made and lost all over the globe.

Well good news -- Just two and a half weeks until the U.s. plays...Slovakia!

One thing is certain: Oguchi Onyewu won't be on the field, and might not be again before the World Cup -- if even then.

That, and a hodgepodge of other stuff, below.

U.S. to play Cup qualifiers Slovakia in November

10-man Spain edges U.S. at U-17 World Cup

Man U manager admits FA charge over ref comments

Onyewu Out Six Months

Hull fines Altidore for tweeting apology

Davie's Stefan Jerome a rising star for U.S.