“We should not underestimate that it can still trigger post-traumatic stress months after it happened. I’ve discussed this with psychologists. They say that the risk is extremely high some six, sevenmonths after such an attack. We have professional help.” — Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke, in his address to club shareholders, suggesting the after effects […]
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Revierderby: German rivals have lots in common, including U.S. teen stars
In few areas of Europe is soccer interest as concentrated as it is in Germany’s Ruhr Valley. Borussia Dortmund has led the Bundesliga in average attendance every year since 1998-98,averaging 79,653 last season. Twenty miles away in Gelsenkirchen is Schalke 04, which averaged 60,703 fans a year ago. Other clubs with rich histories — MSV […]
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Dortmund slumps to another draw against APOEL Nicosia
Last season, Christian Pulisic‘s Borussia Dortmund reached the quarterfinals. This season it is on the verge of elimination from the Champions League in the group stage after a 1-1 draw at homeagainst APOEL Nicosia, its second against the Cypriot club after defeats to Tottenham and Real Madrid.
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Watch: Christian Pulisic on '60 Minutes'
The Christian Pulisic segment on CBS’s “60 Minutes” newsmagazine program, in which we’re told the 19-year-old American earns more than $8 million annually,includes interviews with U.S. coach Bruce Arena, Christian’s parents, Mark and Kelley— and up-close footage of Pulisic on and off the field.
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UCL: Real Madrid downs Borussia Dortmund
Christian Pulisic was a 76th minute sub as Borussia Dortmund fell, 3-1, at home to Real Madrid in Group H UEFA Champions League play. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twiceafter Gareth Bale gave Real Madrid an 18th minute lead.
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Christian Pulisic hype train leaves Madrid station
Until now, the European media have been rather cautious about heaping praise on Christian Pulisic. From an American perspective, Pulisic is a once-in-a-generationplayer. In a major talent-producing European country like Spain, Germany or France, players like Pulisic come along two or three at a time. But with Ousmane Dembele sold toBarcelona and Borussia Dortmund in […]
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USMNT 40 Tracker: Top-class marks for Miazga with Vitesse
With concerns about the U.S. national team’s corps of center backs available for the October qualifiers against Panama and Trinidad & Tobago, Matt Miazga is making a case for a bigger role.He starred for Vitesse in its 2-1 win at Ajax, earning the highest rating for a defender by the Algemeen Dagblad daily in the […]
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Bundesliga surprise: Dortmund, unbeaten and unscored upon
Borussia Dortmund is first in the German Bundesliga after five games, largely because it has yet to concede a goal. Dortmund, one of three unbeaten teams left, is the first team that’s opened withoutconceding a goal in five games.
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UCL: Pulisic takes the reins at Borussia Dortmund
Christian Pulisic, who turns 19 on Monday, didn’t have quite the game he did in his UEFA Champions League debut a year ago, when he terrorized the Legia Warsaw defense, but hecertainly was a central figure in the thrilling Tottenham-Borussia Dortmund opener to the 2017 group stage won by Spurs, 3-1, at Wembley Stadium. : […]
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Euro leagues ponder impact of EPL decision on shortened transfer window
Fifteen months after Britons voted to leave the European Union, the Continent’s top soccer leagues are mulling the effects of an English vote in a matter of international commerce. At issue is an earlier shutting of transfer windows, as was approved by the 20 Premier League clubs in a vote conducted Thursday. Needing a two-thirds […]