[BRAZIL 2014] To understand how close Jurgen Klinsmann and Joachim Loew are, youhave to listen to Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid talk aboutbeing with them and speaking in their Swabian dialect that drove the rest of the German national team coaching staff nuts during the tenure of Klinsmann as head coach and Loew as his assistant. Butthere will be no conversations in Swabian or any other language until after Thursday’s USA-Germany match at which Klinsmann and Loew will be on opposing benches.

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