Mexico’s Tigres became the first Concacaf finalist in the Club World Cup, but Bayern Munich succeeded in winning its sixth title within a year, following the UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga, German Cup, UEFA Super Cup and German Super Cup. Frenchman Benjamin Pavard scored the gamewinner in the 1-0 victory in the 59th minute.
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Lavender oils and left foot first — at home with the Lewandowskis
Like millions of soccer-playing kids, I dreamed of becoming a pro. Not just any old professional, but the best one in the world, and in my backyard I scored the winning goal for Scotland in the World Cup final almost every day. My coach recognized that I had potential and was good with both feet, […]
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Bayern Munich responds to collapse of its U.S. youth partner GPS
German record-champion Bayern Munich launched its foray into American youth soccer in 2014 by partnering with multi-state club Global Premier Soccer (GPS), which has foldedamid its parent company filing for involuntary bankruptcy and a federal investigation into its former president and CEO. Legacy Global Sports, which acquired 80 percent of GPS ownership in 2016 for […]
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Watch: Bayern Munich's wide array of team-building activities
Bayern Munich’s team-building ahead of its quest to win an eighth straight Bundesliga title included contests in cow-milking, beer-mug pushing, hammering, sawing, rubber-boot tossing and, last but notleast, singing.
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Ribery and Robben — great players, poor sportsmen
In sports, one fan’s hero is another fan’s object of derision and contempt. Successful players on a rival team may illicit begrudging admiration, at best, but there are few things more difficult tostomach than the open floodgates of adulation for world class players who have channeled all their talents into a team you decry. I’m […]
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Domestic trophies no longer enough for Europe's top coaches
Massimiliano Allegri has just made history at Juventus, becoming its first coach to win the Italian title five times in succession, the club’s seventh consecutive scudettooverall. Yet again, however, he failed to win the Champions League, a trophy that Juventus hasn’t hoisted into UEFA’s confetti shower for 23 years. There is consequently much fan and […]
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What They're Saying: Hasan Salihamidzic
“Franck has been slandered and insulted. And not only Franck, but his pregnant wife, his child and his mother, who is currently in hospital for an operation. Franck wanted to defend himself and defendhis family. He has the right to do that. I support him in that, but unfortunately he totally lost control. He used […]
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What players are having for dinner — I'd rather not know
As a symbol of both the decadence and the detachment of the modern soccer star, it would be hard to improve upon the $1,000-plus, gold-leafed steak that was served up to Bayern Munich’s FranckRibery in Dubai last week. That the former French international enjoyed such a delicacy in the Nusr-Et restaurant, with the compliments of […]
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Bayern Munich's media-bashing backfires on Rummenigge and Hoeness
On Friday evening I was in Eintracht Frankfurt’s Waldstadion watching them beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 7-1, the club’s biggest win in the Bundesliga for almost 40 years. Serbian striker LukaJovic became the first-ever Eintracht player to score five goals in a single Bundesliga game. Yet despite all the euphoria, there was plenty of room among home […]
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Watch: FC Dallas teens experience Bayern Munich
The MLS club’s partnership with the German powerhouse has sent three young FC Dallas players to Bavaria. Thomas Roberts, 17, and Brandon Servania, 19, had a 10-daytraining stint with Bayern Munich while 18-year-old Chris Richards is playing with Bayern’s U-19s on a half-year loan.