“Jurgen called me to let me know that I was going to be in the squad — I was over the moon! It was nice to talk to him, exciting as well. He did a lot of good things at Tottenham, he’s regarded as alegend so it’s definitely good to have that link.” — Cameron […]
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MLS conference semifinals: Our predictions
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Quick turnarounds are not uncommon during the regular season, andthe four Knockout-Round survivors play again on short rest when they host conference semifinals on Sunday. Montreal, the only lower seed to advance, heads home to Stade Saputo to play theRed Bulls. The other three winners, after prevailing at home, stay put […]
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LA schedules announced for NSCAA and MLS events
Los Angeles will be the place to be for soccer in January. It will for the first time host the NSCAA Convention — Jan. 11-15 at the LA Convention Center — and it will be the site of both the adidasMLS Player Combine and MLS SuperDraft. NSCAA Convention: Schedule The MLS combine returns to Los […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“I think for Julian, it’s just a maturing process. He’s getting a little bit older and he knows that there’s a lot at stake for him towards the future. He wants to break into that team and hewants to get minutes there, and he has people like [Frank] Ribery and [Arjen] Robben ahead of him. […]
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USMNT: Quality opponents in short supply
Four days after playing in Cuba — more a bonding trip than a serious tuneup — the USA faces New Zealand, hardly the world-class opponent that U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann says his players needto test themselves against. With World Cup qualifying in most of the world during the October international window, the All Whites — […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“It’s simply not true. I could’ve taken the job in 2006. I could’ve taken it in 2010. I was not jockeying anything.” — Jurgen Klinsmann responding to Bob Bradley‘s commentthat he was “jockeying” for the U.S. coaching job in 2010, a year before he replaced Bradley at the helm. (ESPN FC)
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“I grew up in Germany. My father’s family lived in East Germany; I grew up in West Germany. I had to wait 25 years until the wall came down in ’89. My family was always divided. So I knowwhat it means that people are not united, that there are different walls to break down.” — […]
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What was the value of the USA's bumpy win in Cuba?
By Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla The USA’s 2-0 win in a friendly over Cuba on Friday marked its first return to the island since September of 2008, when the USA beat theCubans, 1-0, in a semifinal round qualifying game for the 2010 World Cup. Two players who played in the 2007 game, in which Clint Dempsey […]
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USA-Cuba International Friendly Player Ratings
Hot conditions and a bumpy, dry field produced a rather tepid U.S. effort, but substitute Chris Wondolowski’s goal and assist etched a 2-0 victory in the first of two friendlies servingas preparation for the start of Hexagonal play in November. Julian Green threatened throughout the match and after his shot rebounded for Wondolowski to put […]
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Bob Bradley throws some shade on Jurgen Klinsmann
Bob Bradley held his first press conference since being named manager of the English Premier League club Swansea City. He talked passionately and proudly about himself — “I am not an Americanmanager. I am a football manager” — and about his work in Egypt, about his move to Europe at Norway’s Stabaek, about leaving Le […]