German Bundesliga Match Predictions 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below are predictions for all the Bundesliga matches on February 11, 2012. Times listed are GMT or local UK time.

German Bundesliga Match Predictions

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Bayern Munich v Kaiserslautern, 14:30 Bayern Munich wins 2-0

Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen, 14:30 Borussia Dortmund wins 1-0

Mainz v Hannover 96, 14:30 Mainz wins 2-1

Stuttgart v Hertha Berlin, 14:30 Stuttgart wins 3-1

Werder Bremen v Hoffenheim, 14:30 Werder Bremen wins 2-1

Borussia Monchengladbach v Schalke, 17:30 1-1 Draw

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German Bundesliga Match Predictions 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Joe Gyau made his pro debut while Daniel Williams and Fabian Johnson both started for Hoffenheim but the American trio could not stop Hoffenheim's slide as they crashed out of the German Cup to Greuther Furth.

German Cup (DFB Pokal) Match Predictions 8 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below are predictions for all the DFB Pokal matches on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Times listed are BST or local UK time.

German Cup (DFB Pokal) Match Predictions

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Hertha Berlin v Monchengladbach, 18:00 Monchengladbach wins 2-1

Hoffenheim v Gruether Furth, 18:00 Hoffenheim wins 2-0

Stuttgart v Bayern Munich, 19:30 Bayern Munich wins 1-0

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After playing in the fall with Hoffenheim's U-19 team, American Charles Renken is returning to MLS where he will join the Portland Timbers of MLS.

It may have have happened in a loss, but Fabian Johnson scored his first goal for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on Saturday.

Johnson opened his account with the club he joined last summer by netting in the second half of Hoffenheim's 3-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund. Johnson got on the end of a low cross and one-timed a powerful shot into the back of the net to prevent Hoffenheim from getting shut out for a second consecutive game.

Steve Cherundolo and Hannover will try to trip up Nurnberg for their first league win since October while the trio of Americans at Hoffenheim will try to trip up Dortmund's title ambitions.

Aston Villa will be the host team of yet another Philadelphia Union player on trial, according to soccer agent Richard Motzkin.

Former first overall SuperDraft pick Danny Mwanga will train with Aston Villa, of the English Premier League, for ten days. Mwanga joins Freddy Adu (Rayo Vallecano), Michael Farfan (Sunderland), Zac MacMath (Everton), Amobi Okugo (SC Freiburg), Sebastien Le Toux (Bolton Wanderers) and Zach Pfeffer (Hoffenheim) as members of the Union that have spent time training with overseas clubs prior to the 2012 MLS season.

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All American eyes Friday are on Goodison Park, where Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey do battle in Everton and Fulham's FA Cup match, but there's another game in Europe that is of importance to Americans abroad as well.

Timmy Chandler's FC Nurnberg and Steve Cherundolo's Hannover 96 are slated to go up against one another in a Bundesliga match that should be featuring the present and future of U.

Three Yanks featured in the Bundesliga on Saturday with Danny Williams and Fabian Johnson playing for Hoffenheim, while Steve Cherundolo lined up on the opposite side for Hannover 96.

African All-Stars: 7 Players to watch at Africa Cup of Nations 2012 is a post from: Just Football

"I think it is a responsibility for every proper club in Europe to go to the Africa Cup of Nations to see what the market brings and what hidden talents are running around in Africa," Hoffenheim scout Lutz Pfannenstiel told the BBC on the eve of the African Cup of Nations 2012.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a small article selecting the best eleven in Europe who wear the number thirteen shirt. I thought I'd look into this subject further and I believe that if you take the top five leagues in Europe (Spain, Italy, Germany, France and England) that the highest number you can make an eleven from (you need a goalkeeper remember) is 33.

Last summer, Liverpool rather famously spent big on players who created chances. To many, they paid far too much for far too little and the results haven't lived up to the expenditure, but regardless of whether one agreed with the approach at least there was a clearly identifiable approach: Find the Premier League players who created the most scoring opportunities and then start throwing money in their general direction.

After a promising first season at Liverpool, Ryan Babel found himself continually warming the bench during his time at Anfield, and the Dutch International - who currently plays for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga - has now accused his former club of 'mismanagement'.In a frank interview with Sport1 Voetbalmagazine, Babel revealed that he was not impressed with the way he was managed at Liverpool:"

Ich habe für die Pfiffe kein Verständnis. Ich nehme die echten Fans der TSG von der Kritik aus. Das sind aber nur die 1000 hinter mir im Fanblock. Die anderen 20 000 sind neutrale Zuschauer, keine Fans. Bei denen muss man 5:0 gewinnen, erst dann stehen sie auf und klatschen.

Tom Starke, Torwart der TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, findet die vielen Erfolgsfans im Hoffenheimer Verein nicht gut.

'Luis Suarez is already a legend in Liverpool' former Reds winger Ryan Babel

The attacker, who now plies his trade in Germany with Hoffenheim, also revealed he still maintains a number of connections at Anfield, as well as hailing the Uruguayan

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Ryan Babel may have swapped Liverpool for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in January but the Dutch star has never made any secret of the affection he still holds for the Reds.

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Ryan Babel may have swapped Liverpool for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in January but the Dutch star has never made any secret of the affection he still holds for the Reds.

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Mario Gomez (left) is the top scorer in the Bundesliga this season

FC Bayern München secured the tag of Herbstmeister (autumn champions) in Germany last night. Despite going down to ten men following Franck Ribéry's red card on the half hour mark, FC Bayern were seldom troubled by visiting 1.

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Editor's note: At the end of the 2010 season, we posted a series of season reviews of every Philadelphia Union player. Over the next several weeks PSP continues with a review of the 2011 season.

Zach Pfeffer was signed as the Union's first Homegrown player before the beginning of the 2011 season at the ripe old age of 15.

Hoffenheim's Fabian Johnson set up a pair of goals for former St. Louis University striker Vedad Ibieviand#263; on Saturday afternoon, in a game also highlighted by Timothy Chandler's sending off as the Hoffe took all the points in Nurnberg's Frankenstadion.

Hoffenheim's pair of Americans will try to guide the team out of their five-game slide in Nurnberg while Steve Cherundolo and Hannover will try to turn their streak around against Leverkusen.

United States Men's National Team head coach Caleb Porter named five Philadelphia Union players as part of his 28-man roster for the Olympic squad's December camp, today. The Union players make up the largest group of club teammates on the team.

Freddy Adu, Zac MacMath, Jack McInerney, Amobi Okugo and Sheanon Williams will head to Florida from December 15-28 to train with the rest of the under-23 team at the Premier Sports Campus.

Caleb Porter has named a 28-man roster for his first camp in charge of the U.S. U-23 men's national team, and there's talent aplenty.

Freddy Adu, Teal Bunbury, Mikkel Diskerud and Bill Hamid are just some of the more well-known names in the eight-day camp that will be held in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.

Starrting: Juan Aguedelo, Brek Shea, Jeff Larentowicz, and Kyle BeckermanThe off-season ritual of heading to Europe for some extra training is no longer just the extra-curriculars of David Beckham and Thierry Henry. Now young Major League Soccer players and U.S. National Team players are getting time with clubs all across the continent.

Hoffenheim man's sweary exchange with TV character Ex-Liverpool star Ryan Babel picked an unlikely fight with kids' cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants over his smoking habits. The Hoffenheim attacker explained on Twitter how he fell out with a children's entertainer dressed as the TV character this week.

As the US national team concluded its 2011 schedule with a 3-2 win over Slovenia, one of the most impressive new faces on the team is Hoffenheim midfielder Fabian Johnson.

Midway through his second season at Hoffenheim, US Olympic team prospect Joseph-Claude Gyau feels the recent influx of German talent and direction will only help his own country's game grow.

With a lot of recent rumours linking Arsenal to full backs such as Andreas Beck of Hoffenheim and Porto's Alvaro Pereira, maybe Arsene Wenger might be on the lookout for another defender. But is he in for a LB or RB, Pereira is more left sided whilst Beck can play both.

Having already signed three national captains over the summer, it appears that Arsène Wenger wants another excellent leader at the Emirates, with Hoffenheim skipper Andreas Beck seemingly next on the Arsenal transfer target list. Despite the arrival of Carl Jenkinson, Wenger is reportedly planning a swoop on the player – which could be of up [.

Renken (middle) is Back in Camp with the Natinoal Team
We spoke to midfielder Charles Renken about his experience in this U-23 Men's National Team Camp. The midfielder seems like he has been around awhile - he was in Residency in 2008 - but he's still only 17 figures to be a part of Tab Ramos' player pool during the U-20 cycle.

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The U.S. men's national team faces its first World Cup 2010 rematch on Tuesday against the same Slovenia side the Americans earned a dramatic 2-2 draw against in World Cup group play.

Jurgen Klinsmann will look to find the right combination of players to help a sagging offense that has managed just two goals in six matches since he took over as head coach.

Nick learned tonight: If you come in the snack room during the evening hours, you may get blogged about.
Royal-Dominique Fennell plays for Stuttgarter Kickers in the German Regionalliga Süd - the fourth division. It's actually the club where current MNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann got his start.

With the US U-23 team in camp in Germany, one player who is making his highly anticipated return to US youth national teams is Hoffenheim midfielder Charles Renken.

Where Jurgen Klinsmann spent his weekend

U.S. men's national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann took advantage of his trip to Europe to stop over and watch a trio of his players at their club addresses.

He was in Germany on Saturday to watch Fabian Johnson and Danny Williams at Hoffenheim, where the Bundesliga side drew 1-1 with Kaiserslautern.

The U.S. men's national team returns to action on Friday with a match-up against France, a match that should tell us plenty about the current state of Jurgen Klinsmann's team.

Klinsmann will have a strong group to choose from for Friday's match. Both Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey will be available, and German-born Fabian Johnson is set to make his national team debut.

Former Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has revealed that he regrets his 'dangerous' use of Twitter during the latter stages of his career at Anfield.
Babel, who now plays his trade in Germany with Hoffenheim, admits that he is 'addicted to Twitter', and warned that becoming 'too emotional', can be 'very dangerous'.

Former Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has revealed that he regrets his 'dangerous' use of Twitter during the latter stages of his career at Anfield.
Babel, who now plys his trade in Holland with Hoffenheim, admits that he is 'addicted to Twitter', and warned that becoming 'too emotional', can be 'very dangerous'.

Juergen Klinsmann picked 22 players for the U.S. men's national team friendlies at France on Nov. 11 (3 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Univision, ESPN3.com) and Slovenia on Nov. 15 (noon ET, ESPN2, Galavision, ESPN3.com).

A few surprises but mostly what you would expect from Klinsmann at this point. It seems as though Orozco Fiscal has replaced Jonathan Bornstein as the weird defensive call-up that makes no sense.

*Midfielder Jose Villarreal, a Leuzinger High product, and defender Zarek Valentin, who made 24 starts for the Goats this season, were among 31 players selected for the camp, which will run Monday through Nov. 16 in Germany under Claudio Reyna, U.S. youth technical director.

And check out all those German-based players on the full squad:

Goalkeepers: David Bingham (San Jose), Cody Cropper (Ipswich, England), Sean Johnson (Chicago), Jon Kempin (Sporting KC)

Defenders: Gale Agbossoumonde (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Anthony Brooks (Hertha Berlin, Germany), Sean Cunningham (Molde, Norway), Royal-Dominique Fennell (Stuttgarter Kickers, Germany), Greg Garza (no club), Perry Kitchen (D,C.

Thirty-one players were called in for the combined U-20/U-23 training camp in Duisburg, Germany, from Nov. 7-16.

GOALKEEPERS David Bingham (San Jose Earthquakes; Pleasanton, Calif.), Cody Cropper (Ipswich Town; Athens, Ga.), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire, Lilburn, Ga.