The German Cup quarterfinal draw has been made, sending Jermaine Jones and Schalke 04 to visit 3. Liga club VfL Osnabruck in the early-February matchup. Click to continue reading...

Media criticism, internal criticism, huge injury concerns, a long winless streak, and the list goes on. All the aforementioned obstacles severely marred the opening of the current season for German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. In September, such was the state of affairs at Allianz Arena that new manager Louis van Gaal appeared to be on his way out of the Bavarian club sooner rather than later.

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It is very likely that Stuttgart coach Markus Babbel may be out of the job after the forthcoming weekend. He received the dreaded vote of confidence after their 1-0 defeat to improving Hannover 96 last Saturday but the club's Sporting Director Horst Heldt made it clear that he was looking for a response against the 2 Bundesliga side Greuther Furth in the German Cup (DFB Pokal) on Tuesday. Click to continue reading...

The German Cup third round proved disastrous for all participating yanks, as both Kenny Cooper and David Yelldell found themselves on the wrong side of lopsided blowouts. Click to continue reading...

Kenny Cooper started and went 56 minutes, but 1860 Munich lost 3-0 at home to Schalke 04 in the DFB Pokal. Rafinha put Schalke up in the 41st. Benedikt Howedes scored twince in the second (40th and 81st). David Yeldell's luck was no better in the German Cup, in goal for TUS Koblenz's 4-0 loss to TSG Hoffenheim. Click to continue reading...

The draw for the round of 16 in the German Cup was made on Saturday night, setting up a trio of attractive encounters for the remaining yanks in the competition. Click to continue reading...

Sorry this took me so long, I've been battling my computer in the Thunderdome. I don't know why it even tries to blow up anymore... after a mere few hours of wanting to injure myself in the most horrid way I can think of, I always win. Yeaw.In any sad event, here is the suspiciously proficient from-the-crowd look at Kenny Cooper's strike for 1860 Munich in their German Cup upset of Hertha Berlin. Click to continue reading...

Kenny Cooper netted another goal for 1860 in an exciting penalty shootout win while David Yelldell and Koblenz needed overtime to book their place in the next round of the German Cup. Click to continue reading...

God bless domestic cup competitions. The second round of the DFB Pokal (German Cup) has come to a conclusion and it produced plenty of shock results. The upsets started on Tuesday night as fourth tiered Eintracht Trier beat Arminia Bielefeld of the...
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Michael Bradley returned to Borussia Moenchengladbach's starting eleven for the second round of the DFB Pokal, but the club is no longer in the German Cup after losing 1-0 to Duisburg. Kristoffer Andersen scored in stoppage time to send the visitors to the next round. David Yelldell went the full 120 for TUS Koblenz, needing overtime to see off Energie Cottbus 4-2. Click to continue reading...

It's a busy midweek of matches with many of the domestic cups in action such as the DFB-Pokal in Germany and the Carling Cup in England. La Liga and Serie A have midweek matches as well. Overall, all the top clubs in every division were in action and here are video highlights from the English Carling Cup, Spanish La Liga, and DFB-Pokal for Tuesday, September 22, 2009.

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Misfiring Blues man return to the Bundesliga where he literally is a goal machine!

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Chelsea striker Claudio Pizarro has rejoined Werder Bremen after spending last season on loan at the German club.

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The yanks surviving the first round of the German Cup have finally learned their fates for late-September's second set of games in Monday afternoon's draw. Click to continue reading...

The German football season actually kicked off two Saturdays ago as the Third Division (3-Liga) got underway. In fact two rounds had already been played before last weekend when the first round of the DFB Pokal (that's the German Cup to you and me) was played. In this round the minnows from the 2 Bundesliga, 3-Liga and the three Regionaliga try to catch the big boys off guard as they prepare themselves for the big kick off this weekend. Click to continue reading...

Sad to see the passing of a legend.
Here's to Sir Bobby Robson.
Now the links:

• Alan Shearer not returning to Newcastle. [Goal.com]
  
• Should players Twitter? [EPL Talk]
  
• Santos signs Marta for WPS offseason. [USA Today]
  
• More Montreal expansion talk.

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Steve Cherundolo and Hannover were the upset victims of the first round, falling to Trier while Michael Bradley and Gladbach moved on as the German Cup got underway this weekend. Click to continue reading...

A list of all major transfers in the German Bundesliga in the 2009 summer transfer window. Loan Returns are not mentioned. All transfers listed here have a German Bundesliga club involved in same way or the other. This page will be updated from time to time. Please check the soccer transfers and rumours section for more [. Click to continue reading...

I have been a big supporter of this lovely tournament ever since I saw the old Thomas R. Dewer Cup being surrounded by DC United in a MLS Merchandize catalog back in 1997. Just getting into the sport you always knew about the league and the Cup playoffs, but never about the US Open Cup till someone informed me what it's about.

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Martin Jol stepped up as Ajax manager following Marco Van Basten's resignation.

Jol's former club Hamburg started the season at a furious pace and was favoured to win either the Bundesliga, UEFA Cup or the German Cup but in the end Werder had their number and they lost three straight times to end up empty handed.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

Diego will be playing for Italian giants Juventus next season after Juve and Werder Bremen agreed to a $34.32 million transfer fee for the Brazilian playmaker on Tuesday.

Diego had also attracted interest from Bayern Munich but ultimately agreed to a five-year deal with the Bianconeri.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

Diego will be playing for Italian giants Juventus next season after Juve and Werder Bremen agreed to a $34.32 million transfer fee for the Brazilian playmaker on Tuesday.

Diego had also attracted interest from Bayern Munich but ultimately agreed to a five-year deal with the Bianconeri.

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The dust has barely settled on Ricky Sbragia's resignation and there's already talk of who will replace him in the hot seat at Sunderland.
Wigan boss Steve Bruce is the bookies early favourite at a price of 5/2, while Celtic's Gordon Strachan is also a name being mentioned, however, for me, there is only one man to replace Sbragia and that is Hamburg's Martin Jol. Click to continue reading...

In the end it was pretty straightforward. Nevertheless, Wolfsburg have actually done it. They are the German Champions for the first time ever.
Congratulations go to the players, particularly their impressive attackers Dzeko, Grafite and Misimovic. Kudos should also be extended to their coach Felix Magath who has taken a club that was, for years, the very definition of mid table mediocrity and transformed them into, not only the best team in Germany but one of the most exciting teams in Europe. Click to continue reading...

Germany's Werder Bremen will face Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine in the last UEFA Cup final in Istanbul,Turkey.
Werder Bremen will hope to make up for a disappointing league campaign by beating Shakhtar Donetsk to capture the UEFA Cup on Wednesday and then use that success as a springboard to also capture the German Cup. Click to continue reading...

With two rounds of matches this week I thought it was best to wait until today before posting this week's Bundesbag. I'm glad I did because there have been even more twists and turns at both the top and bottom of the Bundesliga table.
Last week, we speculated as to whether the news of Wolfsburg coach Felix Magath's move to Schalke at the end of the season would have a negative affect on the team, particularly since their next fixture was against the side in uber-form, Stuttgart. Click to continue reading...

The comedy of errors that led to Frank Baumann's goal against Hamburg. The culprit has been identified and it will be installed in Werder's hall of fame.

Werder had Hamburg's number this season. Make it three of three. Baumann's goal ended their UEFA aspirations. They also lost the German Cup.

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As the last World Cup hosts, Germany unsurprisingly have an array of impressive stadiums. There are no fewer than 11 football stadiums with a capacity of at least 50,000, 10 of which are called home by Bundesliga clubs.

This is compared to only four English football grounds, including Wembley, to have a capacity above 50,000.

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As previously threatened, the Bundesbag unmasks its official guide to the run-in of the Bundesliga season. Join us as we look at the runners and riders at the top and bottom of the Europe's most exciting league.
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The Title Race
VfL Wolfsburg
Some potentially tough fixtures for the Wolves. Click to continue reading...

for week of 5/3

Bayern oust Klinsmann, install Heynckess
In an extremely rare move for the otherwise orderly club, Bayern Munich have sacked coach Jürgen Klinsmann with just five League games to go in an attempt of salvaging the season and securing at least a place in the Champions League. Click to continue reading...

May is the dawning of the much-heralded ‘business end to the season', the fitting climax to the sweat, tears and bloodshed which have been sacrificed to guarantee a euphoric finale. It is the curtain-fall that differentiates the genuine victors from the once-threatening aspirants and creates an opportunity to watch mesmerising history unfold in front of our very own eyes. Click to continue reading...

Juergen Klinsmann, who had been unsuccessfully courted by U.S. Soccer to replace Bruce Arena in 2006, has been sacked from his first coaching job since guiding host Germany to third place of 2006 World Cup. Bayern Munich dismissed Klinsmann on Monday following the latest disappointing result -- a 1-0 loss to Schalke 04. Click to continue reading...

Just a quick note to let you guys know that we have partnered with ESPN360.com to keep you informed on all the soccer you can watch every week via their broadband service.
As we launch our new redesigned site we hope to have the schedule per day in its own section. For now we will post an ESPN360. Click to continue reading...

Bayern Munich put the league on notice that they are taking no prisoners when Bundesliga play resumes this weekend after tonight's 5-1 thrashing of VFB Stuttgart in a German Cup quarterfinal match. Bastian Schweinsteiger opened up scoring for Bayern with a 14th minute goal followed two minutes later by Franck Ribéry in the 16rth for a 2-0 lead. Click to continue reading...

Ten-man VfL Wolfsburg missed their chance to go third in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 defeat at Karlsruhe on Sunday after defending champions Bayern Munich suffered their second consecutive league defeat.
Having smashed minnows Oberneuland 7-0 in the German Cup in midweek, Wolfsburg were brought crashing down to earth when Karlsruhe midfielder Massimilian Porcello curled in a free-kick on 51 minutes to take a 1-0 lead. Click to continue reading...

In the DFB Pokal second round, Heath Pearce and Rostock were successful, while Sal Zizzo and Hannover crash out in these midweek German cup games. Click to continue reading...