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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.
There are in fact only three "newcomers" who haven't yet been in a Jurgen Klinsmann-led national
team camp: veteran defender Oguchi Onyewu, Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando and German-born
midfielder Danny Williams, 21, who just got his American citizenship.
"We would like to continue seeing our players develop through these initial couple of
months," Klinsmann said.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Union
In this week's power rankings roundup, the Philadelphia Union leap four spots from no. 10 to
sixth at MLSsoccer.com. They jump three spots to no. 6 at SBI and at Soccer America. The Union move
up two spots to sixth at WV Hooligan. At ESPN, the Union move up two spots to ninth.
The Belgians have never lacked for individual talent and the present side have a number of names
that are already established international stars like Vincent Kompany, Maroaune Fellaini, and
Thomas Vermaelen.
Others like Eden Hazard, the winger strongly linked to Arsenal, Alex Witsel, Moussa Dembele,
Steven Defour, and Dries Mertens are stars in the making.
I wrote for SI.com this morning about Jurgen Klinsmann and his biggest challenge ahead:
identifying that final 10 percent, that little "something extra" from a talented young group that
still clearly needs some seasoning.
Anecdotally, we can all see that something is surely missing, that extra sliver of quality that
makes the difference at the highest level.
Costa Rica's national team is in the midst of a rebuilding process. After last month's defeat to
Ecuador, Los Ticos fired their head coach Ricardo La Volpe. His replacement (for the time being) is
interim head coach Ronald Gonzalez.
Gonzalez earned more than 60 caps for Costa Rica and featured at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
24 Players have been called in by USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers
Edgar Castillo - America
Timmy Chandler - Nürnberg
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Clarence Goodson - Brondby
Zach Loyd - Dallas
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis
Heath Pearce - Chivas USA
Tim Ream - New York Red Bulls
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Maurice Edu - Rangers
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht
Jeff Larentowicz - Colorado Rapids
Robbie Rogers - Columbus Crew
Brek Shea - Dallas
Jose Torres - Pachuca
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Jozy Altidore - AZ
Teal Bunbury - Sporting Kansas City
Landon Donovan - Los Angeles Galaxy
Assistant Coaches:
Thomas Dooley
Tab Ramos
Martin Vasquez
Ian Feuer - Costa Rica
Chris Woods – Belgium
STARTERS
We received word late this afternoon that long time MLS star Jimmy Conrad will announce his
retirement on Thursday. He is currently at Chivas USA, but had his hay-day in San Jose and Kansas
City. Not to mention that he is one of the most entertaining of all players to ever grace the
league.
Clint Dempsey scored twice for Fulham in their 3-0 victory against Dnipro. The comfortable win at
home puts the Cottagers on course to qualify for the Europa League group stage.
Sliding one-touch finish to double Fulham's lead.
Dempsey gets up to head home his second goal:
Union
Four days remain until the close of the transfer window...
The Union will host its first Supporters Summit on Wednesday, August 17 with Union CEO Nick
Sakiewicz, Peter Nowak, Faryd Mondragón and MLS Commissioner Don Garber answering questions. If,
as Sakiewicz said, "hearing from a wider audience than usual" is the reason for the summit, the
fact that only registered members of the Sons of Be will be allowed to attend is rather mystifying,
particularly if topics for discussion will include "the Union's style of play, the League schedule,
game-day experience, ticketing, stadium expansion, single table alignment and playoff
structure.
Jurgen Klinsmann--Not Bob BradleyDoes Jurgen Klinsmann need to win tonight? You bet your ass he
does. Now that doesn't mean the U.S. has to defeat Mexico tonight in Philadelphia, but it had
better be a good show. He'd better play some young guys, show some hints of a new philosophy and
the defense better not be a sieve.
The U.S. contingent for this game is sporting two of the most famous midfielders in U.S. history in
New Jersey natives Tab Ramos and Claudio Reyna, who each have appearances in three World Cups under
their belts. They are joined by '98 World Cup captain Thomas Dooley. The trio was on the field
together in two of three matches in France '98, and both Dooley and Reyna were in the lineup in the
USA's opening game against Germany when their opponent's insurance goal was scored by a striker by
the name of Jurgen Klinsmann.
Landon Donovan is one of five club captains on this MNT rosterCoaches have long emphasized the value of international players playing important roles for their
club teams, and there can be no bigger role than serving as team captain. Being given the honor of
wearing the captain's armband speaks to your character as much as your abilities on the field, and
shows the confidence that the manager and the players have in your leadership ability.
Thomas Dooley, chosen as an assistant coach by Jurgen Klinsmann, for USA-Mexico this Wednesday.
Here, getting ahead of Mexico in the 1995 Copa America...
Slapped on the schedule right after the Gold Cup, the US-Mexico clash looked like nothing more
than a money grab by US Soccer.
With the outstanding ratings of the Gold Cup final, Sunil Gulati and chums eyes surely widened
at the vats of creamcheesy cash that they figured could be made in Philadelphia.
I hope everyone is having an excellent Friday despite the gloomy weather. I was under the
impression this was August, but I must be mistaken. Oh well, at least the Sounders lifted the gloom
a little bit with their 2-1 on aggregate over-time victory against San Fransisco. Sure, it wasn't
the prettiest of games, but a win is a win.
Paul Kennedy of Soccer America writes of the diverse group of assistant coaches that new US head
coach Juergen Klinsmann has selected to work with him for his first camp.
You really couldn't ask for a more diverse group of assistants for Juergen Klinsmann for his first
game in charge of the U.
STARTERSThe NSC Minnesota Star will host Breast Cancer Awareness Night at their home game on Sat Aug 27 v
Montreal and will be wearing, auctioning & selling one-off pink Admiral kits. Please give them your
support.
dN
This will be the 20th season of the English Premier League.
Jurgen Klinsmann has called 22 players into camp for the United States friendly game vs. Mexico
on August 10 in Philadelphia. Staying true to his word that the team would have a Latin influence
Jose Torres, Michael Edgar Orozco Fiscal, and Edgar Castillo were called into camp. DaMarcus
Beasley makes his return to national team as does Edson Buddle and Heath Pearce.
Photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
Martin Vasquez and Tab Ramos have been named as two of five assistant coaches appointed by U.S.
men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann for the upcoming friendly against Mexico.
Thomas Dooley, Mike Curry and Mark Verstegen were the others chosen to be part of Klinsmann's
rotating pool of assistant coaches.
As new head coach Jurgen Klinsmann mentioned in his opening press conference, he is planning on
bringing in a variety of different coaches for the next few months before settling on his future
staff. Here's a brief intro to the first crew:
Martin Vasquez - Vasquez re-unites with Klinsmann after serving as an assistant coach at Bayern
Munich.
Clint Dempsey celebrates scoring against Egypt on Father's Day in 2009.Today's game against Jamaica at RFK Stadium marks the eighth time the U.S. Men's National Team has
taken the field on Father's Day. Overall the U.S. has a 4-2-1 record on the third Sunday in June,
including matches in the FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup and World Cup qualifying.
In this The Fan In You piece, TSG Photog Extraordinaire Matt Mathai fills us in on
how he came about his passion
Death Valley Days "Life nowadays as a DC United fan"
There's only one Matt Mathai. One Matt Mathaaaaaiiii. There's only one Matt Mathai.
