Ten days after saying he expected Jurgen Klinsmann would be the USA’s head coach through the Hexagonal, like every previous national team coach, Sunil Gulati fired him. Whatchanged? In a conference call with the media on Tuesday with new national team coach Bruce Arena, Gulati said, “None of us expected the two results we got.” […]
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Jurgen Klinsmann, the U.S. years
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) After retiring as a player in 1998, Jurgen Klinsmann moved toSouthern California — an area he had visited many times while on vacation — to live and start a family with his American wife, Debbie. He played for a PDL club team, OrangeCounty Blue Star, in 2003 under a pseudonym […]
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What They're Saying: Landon Donovan
“Never want to see someone lose their job. I have no doubt that this talented group of players will qualify for Russia ’18.” — Landon Donovan, whom Jurgen Klinsmann cutfrom the 2014 U.S. World Cup team, on Klinsmann’s firing as U.S. national team coach. (Twitter @landondonovan)
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What They're Saying: Joe Gyau
“Called me into my first camp ever and started me and I played 90 minutes. Even after I got hurt still checked on me every month for 1.5 yrs.” — Joe Gyau, who was injured playingwith the USA and recently returned to action for Borussia Dortmund II after a two-year absence, on fired national team […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“He said, ‘It didn’t go well down there in Costa Rica, did it?’ And I said, ‘Nope, Mr. President — it didn’t go well at all.’” —Jurgen Klinsmann on meeting President Barack Obama at the state dinner held by Angela Merkel, chancellor of German, last week in Germany for Obama. (New York Times)
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By the Numbers: The Klinsmann era
Jurgen Klinsmann departed as U.S. men’s national team head coach with a record of 55-27-16 (W-L-T) after five-plus years in charge (2011-16). Only Bruce Arena, consideredKlinsmann’s likely replacement, has won more games (71). 16 The 16 wins in 2013 were the most by the USA in any year in the history of the men’s program. […]
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U.S. Soccer fires Jurgen Klinsmann
Jurgen Klinsmann is out as U.S. men’s national team coach and technical director. The decision came less than a week after the USA lost to Costa Rica, 4-0, and fell into last place in its WorldCup 2018 qualifying group. No replacement was named, but U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati is expected to appoint LA Galaxy head coach […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“I’m not afraid. What you need to do is stick to the facts. Soccer is emotional, and a lot of people make conclusions without knowing anything about the inside of the team or the sport. Istill believe we will get the points we need to qualify, and I am even confident we could win the […]
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Klinsmann: 'I'm 1,000 percent sure we'll qualify'
In an interview with biographer Erik Kirschbaum for Reuters, U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann insisted the USA would qualify despite opening with two losses that left itin last place in the Hexagonal. “It’s important to put this in the right perspective,” he said. “We lost the two opening games and played the two […]
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Report: Interest in Klinsmann replacement has been gauged since 2015
U.S. Soccer has been gauging the interest of potential replacements for Jurgen Klinsmann — notably LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena and Sporting Kansas City coach Peter Vermes –since late in 2015, sources told ESPN FC. One source said Tab Ramos, Klinsmann’s current assistant, could also be a candidate if Klinsmann is fired.