Jurgen Klopp was denied a winning start to his reign as Germany coach when Cody Gakpo scored a late equalizer to earn the Netherlands a 1-1 draw in their UEFA Nations League clash on Thursday, while reigning champions Portugal saw off Wales. Erling Haaland picked up where he left off for Norway at the World […]
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Klopp calls on Germany to ‘rise above ourselves’ as new era begins
New Germany coach Jurgen Klopp on Wednesday called on his squad to harness the power of the collective ahead of his first match in charge. Germany plays the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Thursday still bruised from a third-straight early World Cup elimination, having gone out at the last 32 stage to Paraguay. The defeat was […]
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Klopp wants German team to help reclaim national pride from far-right
Jurgen Klopp said on Thursday that Germany’s national team can help ensure “national pride is not entrusted to the wrong people” after a recent far-right AfD election victory. In a Frankfurt press conference announcing his first squad as Germany manager, the former Liverpool coach referenced a recent state election landslide win by the anti-immigration Alternative […]
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Cole Campbell on his Bundesliga breakthrough, his big-time soccer mom, and life in Germany
In July, 25 years after his mother turned pro, Texas-born Campbell joined newly promoted Bundesliga club SV 07 Elversberg for a club-record transfer fee.
Campbell’s mom, Rakel (née Karvelsson) Campbell, played for the Philadelphia Charge in the inaugural WUSA season of 2001, after winning two NCAA championships with the UNC Tar Heels.
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Americans Abroad: Cole Campbell scores his first Bundesliga goal
The 20-year-old Texas native Cole Campbell scored his first Bundesliga goal in newly promoted Elversberg’s first top-flight victory — 3-2 over Bayer Leverkusen. For how Americans rated on the opening weekend of the Bundesliga season …
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Bundesliga: Opening Weekend
The most intriguing American to keep on eye in this Bundesliga season may be Santiago Castaneda, a diamond in rough from Florida who went pro in Germany at age 18 in the third division. Last season he helped Paderborn win promotion to the 1. Bundesliga. In 2023, Santiago Castaneda was part of a Capelli Sport squad […]
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SOCCER AMERICA ARCHIVES: Americans in Germany (1988)
The migration of American players to Germany began in the 1980s. In 1988, Paul Caligiuri, originally signed by Hamburg SV, was starting for Second Division SV Meppen. A group of young players joined lower division clubs, including Brad Smith, Shawn Blakeman, Mike Linenberger, Dario Brose and Chris Veselka. To read the 1988 Soccer America article …
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Ruthless Bayern targets treble as rivals reboot on Bundesliga return
Bayern Munich has vowed to pick up where it left off last season, targeting the treble, while its outclassed Bundesliga rivals have undergone a reboot to try and cut the gap. Bayern host German Cup runner-up VfB Stuttgart in Friday’s opener after a successful 2025-26 campaign, winning the double and chalking up the fourth-best points […]
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Americans Abroad (Germany): Joe Scally looks set for transfer
Borussia Mönchengladbach not dressing Joe Scally for its first-round German Cup game signaled that the 23-year-old, who has played 167 games in all competitions for the club, will be moving on. Gladbach reportedly values Scally at $10 million.
• Defensive midfielder Santiago Castaneda scored in Paderborn’s win.
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BY THE NUMBERS: Europe’s Big 5 attendance (2025-26)
1. 41,580 🏴 Premier League. High: Man. Utd. (73,271). Low: Bournemouth (11,175).2. 41,562 🇩🇪 Bundesliga. High: Dortmund (79,931) Low: Heidenheim (13,541).3. 30,952 🇪🇸 LaLiga. High: Real Madrid (71,549). Low: Getafe (8,196)4. 29,891 🇮🇹 Serie A. High: AC Milan (73,370). Low: Pisa: (11,033)5. 27,576 🇫🇷 Ligue 1. High: Marseille: (62,612). Low: Monaco: (8,120)• Note: Germany’s second […]