“Basically Mesut is a deserved international and as a player he deserved a better departure. But the way he resigned was not in order. The parts in his statement that are rightly addressed areunfortunately overshadowed by the significantly higher amount of nonsense. I think he knows very well that racism within the national team and […]
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Watch: Weston McKennie verbally spar humorously with Thilo Kehrer
Shortly before his 21-year-old Schalke 04 teammate Thilo Kehrer departed for Paris SG in a $40 million move, 19-year-old Texan Weston McKennie took him on in a”Me or Him Challenge.” Topics included dancing, cooking, skateboarding and sense of humor.
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U.S. Abroad: Tim Weah has 'great feeling' after scoring first PSG goal in preseason
Most of Paris St. Germain’s starters are still on vacation, including his buddy, French World Cup champion Kylian Mbappe, so 18-year-old Tim Weah is getting a chance to shine inpreseason, and he did it in an International Champions Cup friendly against Bayern Munich, scoring his first goal for the French champions. Tim Weah’s goal. Good […]
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Germany humbled — a reminder that no one has the perfect formula
“Like a drunk boxer swinging wildly in the dark” is how one German journalist described the defending champion at the 2018 World Cup. That was written by Deutsche Welle’s Jonathan Harding afterGermany beat Sweden, 2-1, before South Korea KO’d “Die Mannschaft” with a 2-0 win. Germany had opened with a 1-0 loss to Mexico, and […]
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Watch: The farcical ending to Germany's World Cup
In a last-ditch move, German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer decided to play forward in the last minute — and Son Heung-min took advantage to make it 2-0.
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What They're Saying: Joachim Loew
“We didn’t deserve to win the title again, we didn’t deserve to make the last 16. We tried hard to win, but we never earned the chance to take the lead.” — Germany national team coachJoachim Loew after his team was eliminated from the World Cup with a 2-0 loss to South Korea. (AFP)
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U.S. Abroad: Julian Green confident about future at Greuther Fuerth
Julian Green, who scored for the USA in its 1-1 tie with France, will remain at German second division club Greuther Fuerth. It secured his permanent transfer after he spent mostof the 2017-18 season on loan. He scored a key goal as Greuther Fuerth tied Heidenheim, 1-1, on the final day of the season to […]
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Germany needs another reboot after woeful performance from Rio heroes
After winning the 2014 World Cup, Germany started using analytics software and hardware that so impressed the New York Times, it headlined its article: “A Scary Thought: Germany Is Better Prepared Than in2014 “The Mexicans used different tactics than we expected that we partly didn’thave the means to deal with.” The German media agreed that […]
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Watch: World champion Germany rout its U-20 team
Germany’s World Cup preparations got underway in Italy (South Tyrol) with a 7-1 win over Germany’s U-20 team with goals by Leroy Sane (2), Julian Brandt, LeonGoretzka, Joshua Kimmich, Nils Petersen and Mario Gomez. Germany faces Austria on Saturday in a full international friendly.
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World Cup Countdown: Maracana heroes missing from Germany squad
Only nine members of Germany’s 2014 World Cup-winning squad have been named by Coach Joachim Loew to his 27-player preliminary roster for the 2018 World Cup that will be pared down to23 players. Neither Mario Goetze, who scored the overtime goal in Germany’s 1-0 2014 final win over Argentina, nor the man who assisted on […]