Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann said Sunday only winning the World Cup can silence the sceptics of his side as they prepare for a last-32 showdown against Paraguay. Despite progressing as Group E winners with a game to spare after a 7-1 thrashing of Curacao and a late 2-1 win over Ivory Coast, defeat to Ecuador […]
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World Cup fans get taste of American life — at the mall
Waving flags and dancing to booming Latin music, the Ecuador football fans were living the World Cup fever. “Let’s get this party started!” an announcer declared. But instead of in the streets or a stadium, the crowd was rocking in one of America’s biggest malls — the unlikely setting for fan events outside New Jersey’s […]
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Better to qualify this way, says Ecuador World Cup hero Plata
Ecuador’s World Cup hero Gonzalo Plata said qualifying for the last 32 with a dramatic 2-1 win over Germany on Thursday made the achievement even sweeter. Plata bagged the winning goal in the 77th minute in New Jersey as Ecuador snatched a place in the knockout rounds as one of the best third-placed sides. However, […]
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Germany reaches round of 32 with late comeback
Germany booked its place in the knockout rounds of the World Cup with a dramatic stoppage-time winner in a 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast on Saturday. Substitute Deniz Undav was the hero for Germany, scoring a 68th-minute equalizer before calmly slotting his second in the fourth minute of stoppage time to settle an enthralling Group […]
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Curacao thrashing will boost Germany’s ‘self confidence,’ Nagelsmann
Julian Nagelsmann said Germany’s 7-1 win against World Cup debutants Curacao on Sunday will grow his charges’ self-belief as they seek a fifth title. Since lifting the World Cup for the fourth time in their history 12 years ago in Brazil, Germany have struggled on soccer’s biggest stage and failed to progress beyond the group […]
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USMNT: What Pochettino has accomplished and needs to work on, from three predecessors
Good American soccer content comes in many forms these days. Right up there is the Coaches Corner, a podcast with Bruce Arena, Bob Bradley and Gregg Berhalter, who will talk with host Rob Stone after each U.S. match. They aren’t just all former U.S. World Cup head coaches. Bradley was Arena’s assistant at Virginia, D.C. United and on the […]
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Game Report: USA-Germany Men’s Friendly Player Ratings
The U.S. fell 2-1 to Germany in their final tune-up match ahead of the World Cup.
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Chicago captures the World Cup spirit, boosting both Germany and the USMNT
Chicago hosted five 1994 World Cup games, including its opening game. But it withdrew from 2026 World Cup bidding in 2018 when then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Chicago would not write FIFA a “blank check.” And yet it felt like the World Cup in Chicago this weekend when the USA hosted Germany in their final test […]
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USA-Germany: Co-hosts fall in final World Cup warmup
Kai Havertz and Leroy Sane powered Germany to a 2-1 win over World Cup co-hosts the United States in Chicago on Saturday, in both teams’ final warm-up game before the tournament kicks off next week. Despite the loss it was a promising performance for the US, who created a flurry of chances including a remarkable […]
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Ahead of the USA-Germany showdown in Chicago, the Berhalters recall life in Munich
The USA’s final practice before its final World Cup warmup game — against Germany on Saturday at Soldier Field — took place at the Chicago Fire’s training facility. The Fire is coached by Gregg Berhalter, who coached the USA at the 2022 World Cup and was replaced by Mauricio Pochettino in 2024. Berhalter was there […]