Jonathan Klinsmann, who started in goal for the USA at the 2017 Under-20 World Cup in South Korea, is set to make his debut for Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin on Thursday in the EuropaLeague. The match against Sweden’s Ostersunds FK is the Group finale. It will be Hertha’s last match of the competition as it […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“He could have signed with any MLS team. They all got in touch. But his goal has always been to go to Europe and to see how far he could go.” — Jurgen Klinsmann on his20-year-old son Jonathan, who signed with Hertha Berlin earlier this month. (Kicker)
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Miazga adds his name to deep U.S. centerback pool
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Just how deep is the competition at centerback on the current U.S. team? Three winners of the MLS Defender of the Year Award — Omar Gonzalez (2011), Matt Besler (2012) and Matt Hedges (2016) — are competing for Gold Cup playing time and,presumably, backup spots behind John Brooks and Geoff Cameron, […]
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Jonathan Klinsmann signs with Hertha Berlin
U.S. U-20 goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, who spent the last two seasons at Cal Berkeley, has signed with German first division club Hertha Berlin. Klinsmann, the USA’s starter duringits quarterfinal run at the 2017 U-20 World Cup, had been on a 10-day trial with Hertha. “Jonathan convinced us with his ability, charisma and ambition,” said Hertha […]
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Arena: Players responded to 'unprecedented challenge'
In the last two World Cup cycles, the USA has never made as many lineup changes with qualifying still on the line as it did in the June window. Getting players to buy into the fact there would bewholesale changes between games was one of the keys to the 2-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago […]
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What They're Saying: Omar Gonzalez
“Sometimes with Jurgen you wouldn’t know until the day of the game. It’s just stressful, so with Bruce here taking that kind of approach here, it’s been helping out a lot.” — U.S.defender Omar Gonzalez, admitting he was nervous about playing with three in the back, given what happened against Mexico in the Hexagonal opener, […]
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What They're Saying: Bruce Arena
“I’m trying to have a little bit of consistency, and sometimes you’ve just got to make a decision. All things being equal, you decide to stick with one guy and you stay with him until heproves otherwise.” — Bruce Arena, saying he couldn’t find a lot of rhyme or reason to a lot of the […]
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Video Pick: How Jonathan Klinsmann became a keeper
Jonathan Klinsmann, the USA’s starting goalkeeper in its run to the quarterfinals of the U-20 World Cup, started out as a goalscorer and is the son of a World Cup championstriker. The 20-year-old Cal Berkeley student explains how he ended up in goal in this video that highlights his long reach while diving for the […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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Possible U.S. Soccer presidential challenger emerges
Boston attorney Steve Gans, who has been involved in soccer as a player, parent, attorney and adviser for 40 years, says he is considering a run for U.S. Soccer president, a position SunilGulati has held unchallenged since 2006. Gulati was elected to successive four-year terms in 2006, 2010 and 2014. New U.S. Soccer term limits […]