The tabloid Daily Mirror reports that Sam Allardyce is the favorite to get the England job over U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann. One reason: Klinsmann, who has a reputationwith Germany, Bayern Munich and U.S. Soccer for wanting to implement his own ideas, would want to make more changes to a system the English FA’s […]
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Klinsmann to England? The story that won't go away
Since Roy Hodgson stepped down as England coach on June 27, one name that keeps popping up as a candidate to succeed Hodgson is U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann. There has been no confirmation that the Football Association has asked U.S. Soccer for permission to speak to Klinsmann, but reports in the English press […]
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Projecting U.S. roster for September qualifiers — five changes in 23
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) The aftermath of a fourth-place showing in the Copa America Centenario is a mixed bag for theU.S. national team and head coach Jurgen Klinsmann. Three group matches and three knockout games didn’t transform midfielder Darlington Nagbe into alock-down starter, but they certainly confirmed the credentials of defender John Brooks and […]
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Klinsmann's U.S. plans hamstrung by FIFA calendar
After the USA fell to Argentina, 4-0, in the Copa Centenario semifinals, Jurgen Klinsmann reiterated his call that his players get a chance to face the top teams of the world to gauge theirprogress. The reality is, the USA will see nothing but a steady diet of Concacaf teams for the next 15 months thanks […]
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Is Klinsmann worthy of a remarkably long tenure?
By Mike Woitalla Next month marks the fifth anniversary of Jurgen Klinsmann’s tenure as USA head coach. Only one other nation at the 16-team CopaAmerica Centenario had a coach in charge for as long — Uruguay’s Oscar Tabarez, at the helm since 2006. Of the 24 Euro 2016 teams, only Germany’s JoachimLoew (2006) and Spain’s […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“Every day you learn. You learn about every individual, about your group, about the chemistry, about so many little pieces every day is fascinating in our little world. Definitely, you see playerscoming through start to bloom; if it’s a Bobby Wood, a [DeAndre] Yedlin, a John Brooks and others becoming stronger. It’s fun to watch […]
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If the song remains the same, how can it be rewritten?
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Get whomped by the best team in the world and every expert knows where to put the blame. Of course,said experts provide myriad reasons and numerous scapegoats as to why the U.S. national team is manhandled by Argentina, 4-0, in the semifinal of a major tournament. A glaring talent gap is […]
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What They're Saying: Sunil Gulati
“We don’t base decisions on one game, whether it’s today or one win against Ecuador. We look at all of this and we’ll do that after the tournament is over and assess where we are and how we’ve done.Obviously, the three consecutive wins was good. Today and the Colombia game were less good. The semifinals […]
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USA-Argentina Takeaways: Hapless in Houston
It is hard to remember a more one-sided loss the USA has suffered in a major tournament or a more disastrous result for the image of the national team program than its 4-0 loss to Argentina in thesemifinals of the Copa Centenario. This is a special Albicelesteand a special Lionel Messi — two goals and […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“I think we have come to a place where we both can move on from it. It wasn’t an easy time probably for either of us, but we both realize that life goes on, and if we’re both going to be involved inthis sport, we should have a relationship, and so we are on good […]