Charlie Davies is back

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Charlie Davies made his return to the pitch for Sochaux today in a mini-tournament against Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax. Davies played a 45 minute mini-match that Sochaux ended up losing on penalties 5-4. The match was a part of a mini-tournament also involving Costa Rica's Saprissa. The entire Sochaux 11 was changed for the 45 minutes against Saprissa, which Sochaux won 4-3 on penalties.



Sochaux have 9 friendlies in July and start their season August 7, giving Davies a month to prove he is back and ready to go, hopefully resuming his hot form that he had in October.

Sochaux's "matches of preparation," as their website calls them when translated to English, include Southampton, Frieburg, and Chilean side FC Bale, as well as French sides AS Nancy-Lorraine, Evian Thonan Gaillard FC, and Strasbourg.

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American forward Charlie Davies, who nearly died in a car crash last year, was caught speeding at 125 miles per hour last weekend, a French newspaper reported Friday.

The website of Le Progres newspaper reported Friday that Davies was driving an Audi Q7 last Sunday when he was caught on a motorway in France's Jura region.

Davies, who plays for French club Sochaux, was involved in a car accident on Oct. 13, 2009 that killed another passenger and left him severely hurt.

He suffered two broken bones in his right leg, a broken and dislocated left elbow, a broken nose, forehead and eye socket, a ruptured bladder and bleeding on the brain.

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Davies' driving license suspended over 125 mph speeding incident


PARIS (AP) -- Charlie Davies has been fined $1,040 and had his driving license suspended by French police over the speeding violation for which the American forward claims a teammate was driving.

Davies was with Sochaux teammate Jacques Faty when they were pulled over by police in the early hours of Oct. 3 after being clocked at 125 mph in France's Jura region. Faty and Davies have both said Faty was driving the car, but they switched positions because Faty thought his license was still suspended from a previous speeding infraction.

A French police official, who was not authorized to be publicly named, said Monday that Davies has been fined. The official said neither player has officially contradicted the original version of events to police.

Read more: sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/10/11/davies.license.suspended.ap/index.html#ixzz129pbvR5h