“A lot of people didn’t realize what actually happened, and that’s why I explained it. I’m honest enough to say, this is what happened. He didn’t think that way in that moment. It was a mistake inthat moment. We have to learn our mistakes so we avoid for the next time. I think it won’t […]
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Klinsmann drops Dempsey, adds uncapped Miazga, Nagbe
U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann called in two uncapped players — New York Red Bulls defender Matt Miazga andPortland Timbers midfielder Darlington Nagbe — for the USA’s two opening games of World Cup 2018 qualifying next Friday against St. Vincent & theGrenadines at Busch Stadium in St. Louis and at Trinidad & Tobago four […]
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Klinsmann: 'We have all over the place some issues'
The first two World Cup 2018 qualifiers are right around the corner — St. Vincent & the Grenadines on Nov. 13 in St. Louis and at Trinidad & Tobago four days later — but U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann faces a host of issues.
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Looming World Cup qualifying fight adds to USA's unsettling picture
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) Jurgen Klinsmann spent all yearhyping up the 2017 Confederations Cup to which the USA would have qualified by winning either the 2015 Gold Cup or the one-off Concacaf Cup. Neither happened so it’s on to the next task: qualify forthe 2018 World Cup. Indeed, all the talk about the importance of […]
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Klinsmann's Technical Director duties have become more ceremonial?
SI.com’s Grant Wahl writes that multiple sources say that Jurgen Klinsmann’s duties as U.S. Soccer Technical Director “have become more ceremonialthan before.” That over the past, U.S. Soccer’s chief commercial director Jay Berhalter has started taking over a lot of the day-to-day technical director duties. A U.S. Soccerspokesperson said: “Any perception that there’s a power […]
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Klinsmann has molded a team that resembles himself
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) First of all, let’s sum up the last few months for the men’snational team and its subset, the under-23s. Put aside the Brazil game, though it must be said that trying out a new central defender pairing (Ventura Alvarado,Michael Orozco) and assigning defensive midfield duties to a primarily attacking type (Alejandro […]
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What They're Saying: Gladbach's Markus Aretz on Fabian Johnson's injury
“He was doing some individual work [on Wednesday]. It’s still open [as to the question of how long Fabian Johnson will be sidelined]. He still has muscle problems, such as during the Mexico match.” — Borussia Moenchengladbach press officer Markus Aretz on Fabian Johnson, whom Coach Jurgen Klinsmann kicked out of the U.S. squad after […]
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Klinsmann: Mr. Sunshine gets muddy
The 1-0 loss to Costa Rica on Tuesday extended the USA’s losing streak to three games. Never in the era of the last three national team coaches has the USA had a longer losing streak withits “A” team. Embattled coach Jurgen Klinsmann insisted Tuesday night the current funk was temporary. “We’ve had a lot ofsunshine,” he said. “2012, […]
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Klinsmann dumps Johnson: What's wrong with asking to be subbed for the good of the team?
By Mike Woitalla First, a little background on Fabian Johnson. Among the many German-raised players Jurgen Klinsmann brought into theU.S. national team, Johnson was especially intriguing. He was part of Germany’s 2009 U-21 European Championship title-winning squad, playing in a midfield alongside future World Cup winnersSami Khedira and Mesut Ozil on a team that also […]
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USA-Costa Rica: Klinsmann sends Johnson packing
The biggest loss in the tenure of head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has not triggered any immediate change, other than a reshuffling of the U.S. roster to face Costa Rica at Red Bull Arena on Tuesday(6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN, UniMas, UDN), after a 3-2 loss in overtime to Mexico. And if you were wondering if right […]