Boston College Athletics
Charlie Davies Joins French Club Sochaux
July 13, 2009 | Men's Soccer
July 12, 2009
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Sweden's Hammarby has agreed to sell former Boston College forward Charlie Davies to Sochaux of the French first division.
Davies, who played for the U.S. team that lost to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final in South Africa last month, signed with Hammarby at age 20 in 2007.
Davies, a Manchester, N.H., native, struggled during his first season but had a breakthrough year in 2008 with 14 goals. So far this season, he has scored four goals in nine games. He also had a goal for the United States in its first CONCACAF Gold Cup game, a 4-0 win over Granada on July 4.
"I think this has been a very important stretch for him," U.S. coach Bob Bradley said after his team's 2-2 Gold Cup tie with Haiti on Saturday night in which Davies entered as a 63rd-minute substitute. "To see a young striker with the kind of physical qualities that he has maturing, developing, is great. Hopefully, his transfer now will only help."
"I'm extremely happy right now," Davies told Swedish daily Expressen. "Naturally, it's sad to leave Hammarby. I've had a good time in Stockholm and I have many friends there. But I always wanted to take the next step. Hopefully I can keep on developing in Sochaux."
