Bruce Arena and Avram Grant are on a two-man shortlist to become the new United States coach, according to Sky sources.LA Galaxy head coach Arena is the favourite to replace Jurgen Klinsmann who was sacked on Monday.Arena was the USA coach from 1998 to 2006 and led his country to two World Cups. Avram Grant is also on the shortlist for the USA job Grant is the other candidate after impressing the US Soccer Federation with the job he has done coaching Ghana.Grant led Ghana to the final of last years African Cup of Nations where they were beaten on penalties by Ivory Coast. Sky Sports Black Friday sale Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price! The former Portsmouth and West Ham United manager also led Chelsea to the final of the 2008 Champions League where they lost on penalties to Manchester United in Moscow.Klinsmann was sacked as USA boss with his team bottom of their World Cup qualifying group following recent defeats to Mexico and Costa Rica. Klinsmann was sacked as USA coach on Monday The German, who was appointed to the role in 2011, led the US to the Round of 16 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price. Hurry, offer ends December 4!Also See:Klinsmann sacked as US coachUSA fixturesUSA statsWATCH: Best of MLS 2016George Hendrick Athletics Jersey . The Browns coaching search remains incomplete. Josh Phegley Athletics Jersey . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. https://www.cheapathleticsonline.com/2305m-joe-rudi-jersey-athletics.html . - Blake Griffin had 30 points and 12 rebounds, J. Billy North Athletics Jersey .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. Dennis Eckersley Jersey .com) - The Montreal Canadiens embark on their first road trip of the season as they head out west to battle the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.The Edmonton Oilers have traded disappointing former first overall draft pick Nail Yakupov to the St. Louis Blues for a prospect and conditional draft pick, the teams announced Friday evening.It marks the second time in just more than three months that the Oilers have traded a former first overall draft pick. On June 30, they dealt Taylor Hall, the first overall pick in 2010, to New Jersey for defenseman Adam Larsson.The return for Yakupov, the first pick in 2012, was significantly lower and illustrates just how far his stock has fallen since he was drafted.The Oilers will receive Zach Pochiro and a third-round pick in 2017. That pick will become a second-round pick in 2018 if Yakupov scores 15 goals or more during the coming season.Pochiro is a center who was drafted in the fourth round, 112th overall, in 2013. He is 22 years old and played in the ECHL last season. He has not played in an NHL game.Yakupov, 23, has scored 50 goals in 252 NHL games and has never scored more than 17 in a single season.dddddddddddd He scored 17 in his rookie season with the Oilers during the lockout-shortened 2013 campaign. He had just eight goals last season and had been rumored to be on the trade block for months.The Oilers retained none of Yakupovs salary in the deal, a source told ESPNs Pierre LeBrun.Edmonton also finalized a one-year contract with unrestricted free-agent defenseman Kris Russell. The new deal between the Oilers and Russell is worth $3.1 million, a source told LeBrun. Russell has remained on the market all summer despite being a top-four defenseman.In 573 games in the NHL, Russell has scored 177 points playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars.Russell, 29, led the League in 2014-15 with 283 blocked shots. ' ' '