SI.com’s Grant Wahl interviews LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena on a range of topics including Landon Donovan’s impending retirement,Jurgen Klinsmann’s handling of the U.S. men’s national team, the growth of MLS, and the future of soccer in the U.S. Regarding his “close” relationship with Donovan, whowill play his last-ever game in the MLS Cup final […]
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Report: Herrera Extends Mexico Contract Through 2018
Miguel Herrera on Wednesday signed a new contract with Mexico’s soccer federation (FMF) that will take him through the 2018 World Cup as head coach of the national team. The 46-year-oldformer Club America coach said the extension is the best contract of his managerial career and stressed that his primary objective is to qualify Mexico […]
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Del Bosque Reflects on Poor Year for Spain
Following Spain’s 1-0 loss against world champion Germany on Tuesday, coach Vicente del Bosque reflected on a poor year for the national team, which lost three of its last sixinternationals after bowing out of the 2014 World Cup in the first round. “We are in a transition period and we want to keep looking to […]
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Bosnia Fires Susic
Bosnia-Herzegovina coach Safet Susic was fired on Tuesday following the Balkan nation’s poor start to Euro 2016 qualifying. Susic, who led the Dragons to a first-ever World Cupappearance last summer, was unanimously dismissed by the Bosnian soccer federation (NFSBIH) after Bosnia managed to take just two points from its opening four games of qualifying. Sunday’s 3-0defeat […]
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Bayern's Lahm Breaks Ankle, Out Three Months
Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm on Tuesday suffered a broken ankle during a training session. The German World Cup winner will now undergo surgery and has been ruled out for the nextthree months. According to the Guardian, the 31-year-old, who retired from international duty following the World Cup, had to be stretchered off in a […]
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Sepp and the gang that can't shoot straight
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) Not a day goes by, it seems, without some more craziness from FIFAland. On Monday, the German magazine Spiegel reported that at dinner with Norwegian soccer federationofficials in October, Sepp Blatter had ripped into the Qatari World Cup organizers, saying Arabs were “arrogant” and they thought they “could buy anything withtheir […]
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Suarez: Biting 'is Relatively Harmless'
Luis Suarez has finally opened up about his feelings on the four-month ban he received from FIFA for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup last summer. In anexcerpt from his autobiography, Mi Vida, Luis Suarez, published by Spanish sports daily Marca, the Barcelona striker claims he was “treated like a criminal.” TheUruguayan goes […]
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'Die Mannschaft' celebrates Germany's World Cup title
[VIDEO PICK: Trailer] Members of Germany’s 2014 World Cup championship team were feted Monday in Berlin at the premiere of ”Die Mannschaft” (“The Team”), aninside look at Germany’s run to its fourth title. The Potsdamer Platz in Berlin was the site of the event, and the players, dressed in black suits, attended with their wives […]
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Schweinsteiger Returns to Bayern Training
Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, who has missed the entire Bundesliga season so far due to ankle and knee injuries, was welcomed back to team training on Tuesday. The GermanWorld Cup winner is hoping to be available for selection with Bayern following the conclusion of the current international break on Nov. 22.
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Herrera Questions Klinsmann Inclusion for FIFA Award
Miguel Herrera, for one, isn’t impressed with USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s inclusion in FIFA’s shortlist for World Coach of the Year. After all, Klinsmann onlyguided the USA men to the Round of 16 at this year’s World Cup, losing 2-1 to Belgium — the same finish as Herrera’s Mexico, following his team’s 2-1 loss to […]