By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax The English FA Cup fourth-round match to be played Sunday between League Championship straggler MK Dons anddefending Premier League champion Chelsea is tinged with relevance that has nothing to do with the storied, romantic tradition of the competition. For decades, matchups of minnows againstpowerful clubs captured imaginations not just in England […]
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USA-Iceland Preview: Klinsmann begins auditions
The most inexperienced squad of players in a January camp since the strike camp of 2005 will get down to action when the USA hosts Iceland Sunday in the first of two men’s friendlies it will play atStubHub Center (TV: ESPN2, UniMas, UDN, 3:45 p.m. ET). Ten uncapped players — David Bingham, Ethan Finlay and […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“We are the biggest fans of MLS because of the growth of the game here. I’m probably the biggest sales rep of MLS in Europe because I’m talking nonstop to coaches, to people, tofans, to journalists. With endless interviews that I do now, the comments that I make are for the development of MLS in […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“We had Benny several times with us and he never had an impact in the moments he had the opportunity with the national team under my guidance. I cannot speak for [former coach BobBradley]. Bob had his own experiences with him. Whenever he came in with us, he never made an impression that made us […]
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Benny Feilhaber launches tirade at Jurgen Klinsmann
It’s called the MLS Media & Marketing Tour, but it’s not actually a tour. The bulk of the activity — involving more than 300 people — takes place on one wing of the second floor of the MarriottHotel in Manhattan Beach, California. As far as the eye can see down the hall are easels with […]
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What They're Saying: Sigi Schmid
“We’ve had some direct conversations, but we’re both German so we can talk about things. I always find it interesting sometimes the sensitivities of certain people or cultures where if you say, ‘Idon’t agree with you,’ they view that as you not liking them when it’s just not agreeing with a particular point and everything […]
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What They're Saying: Eddie Johnson on Jurgen Klinsmann
“I think with his philosophy and his understanding of the game, it’s important for our national team. I think our fans need to be a little more patient with what he’s trying to build here in ourcountry. I think he’s done a really good job since he’s taken over as coach in turning the national […]
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What They're Saying: Merritt Poulson
“I don’t think you’re going to find a single MLS owner who’s going to be an advocate of Jurgen Klinsmann. This is a guy who’s got a clear agenda that’s an anti-MLS agenda.” –Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson when asked about the conflict of interests between MLS and the national team program that surfaced with […]
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U.S. January camp: Who's in and who's out
U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann terms the national team camp that opens on Sunday “more an identification camp” and “a developmental camp.” But there are certainly enough veterans incamp to then speculate about the future of the veterans not in camp. With just eight of the 28 players initially called into the January 2015 […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“The make-up of the roster for the January camp in 2016 is a little bit tricky because we have World Cup qualifying on the horizon at the end of March. So one part will be the senior teamplayers that we’re looking at for those qualifying games, and the other part will be for the Olympic […]