“As we said over the last months, one step at a time, but the step was right today. The performance was wonderful to watch. Don’t want to give him too many compliments — gotta keephim down on the ground.” — U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann after giving 17-year-old Christian Pulisic his first start for […]
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Klinsmann: 'This isn't the time to experiment'
The USA has not lost a World Cup qualifier at home since a 3-2 loss to Honduras on the eve of the 9/11 attacks in 2001, but Jurgen Klinsmann doesn’t want to consider the improbable outcome thatwould knock the USA out of the 2018 World Cup. He says his players can’t underestimate the task at […]
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What They're Saying: Sacha Kljestan
“It was a ‘949’ phone number which is where my brother lives, and close to where I grew up, so I thought it was maybe one of my friends that was having a joke with me, I didn’t really want to textback like I was excited, [which] I was, so I just wrote ‘Please call […]
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More than a Hexagonal berth is on the line for USA in Caribbean tests
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Caribbean opposition has occasionally been troublesome for the USA in its World Cup qualifyingcampaigns, and since head coach Jurgen Klinsmann doesn’t take advancement for granted until it happens, he’s summoned a few veterans who aren’t likely to be on the team in2018. If the inclusions of Kyle Beckerman and Chris […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“If you tell the German national team coach to pull a kid from the second division that isn’t even on the bench, they would call you crazy. But our pool of players is just completely different to anyteam in Europe or South America. We don’t have the luxury just to pick the players from Champions […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“My message since I took over this role, since five years ago, to all of them — if it’s clubs or countries — is, ‘I’m very, very privileged to have this role, and I feel very honored, and I willrespect my contract which goes until Russia [at the 2018 World Cup] and then we will […]
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Klinsmann: 'We have a lot of attacking options'
Clint Dempsey and Gyasi Zardes, the USA’s top two contributors in 2016 with seven goals and six assists between them, are out, but U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann sayshis team has plenty of firepower for World Cup 2018 qualifiers against St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago. Dempsey is sidelined with a […]
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WCQ Callups: USA battles injuries and suspensions
The roster for the U.S. national team’s World Cup 2018 qualifiers against St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago is expected to be released on Sunday. When JurgenKlinsmann sends out call-up notices, he’ll have to deal with a bunch of change of addresses: five players from the Copa Centenario team have switched clubs. […]
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Video Pick TBT: Klinsmann's crowning Bundesliga moment
With the Bundesliga’s 2016-17 season kicking off this weekend, we throw it back to the 1987-88 Bundesliga season, when Jurgen Klinsmann scored the Goal of the Year in what thecommentator calls his “crowning moment in the Bundesliga” in the match against Bayern Munich “that truly put Klinsmann on the road to greatness.”
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Man City spends $62 million on defender John Stones
Manchester City’s acquisition of 22-year-old England defender John Stones from Everton reportedly cost a transfer fee of $62 million. A week ago, Man City spent $50 million on20-year-old German midfielder Leroy Sane. “I can’t believe that I’m here playing for such a big club and the best manager [Pep Guardiola] in the world. It allseems […]