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German national team coach Joachim Löw unveiled the squad that will make the trip to the United States to play friendlies with the US national team on June 2nd and Ecuador on May 29th. Four players will make their national team debut.  Freiburg’s Max Kruse, Mainz’s Nicolai Müller and Bayer Leverkusen pair Philipp Wollscheid and [...]

Germany beat Kazakhstan by an aggregate score of 7-1 over two games in their World Cup qualifying double-header.   That scoreline could have been in the double digits had it not been for the post and Kazakhi goalkeeper Sidelnikov in the second match.  Germany are now eight points clear of Austria in second place and [...]

Germany extended their lead at the top of World Cup Qualifying Group C with a routine 4-1 win against Kazakhstan in Nuremberg on Tuesday evening.  Joachim Löw made three enforced changes to the side that coasted to a 3-0 away win on Friday in Astana. Borussia Dortmund’s Ilkay Gündogan replaced the suspended Bastian Schweinsteiger in midfield. [...]

Against Kazakhstan Germany lined up without a recognized striker in a competitive game for the first time in its history. It was a landmark tactical decision that symbolized both a growing talent pool of attacking midfielders in German football and the acclimatization to a generational trend in football tactics. With more and more of these [...]

Germany extended their lead at the top of World Cup Qualifying Group C with a comfortable 3-0 win in Kazakhstan on Friday evening – the very same scoreline achieved on their previous visit in 2010. The trickiest part of the trip to the former Soviet republic may have been actually getting to the world’s ninth [...]

World Cup qualifying resumes for Germany this week with back to back fixtures against Kazakhstan.  Alongside resuming their journey to Brazil, the next couple of games may also signal a significant tactical shift in the team’s development.  For the first time in over a 100 years, Germany could line up without a recognized striker in [...]

Great news for North American fans of the German National Team…..Joachim “Jogi” Löw‘s senior men’s national team will be playing two international friendlies in the U.S. in 2013 after the final matchday of the Bundesliga season (May 18th), including a match on June 2nd in Washington, DC at DC United’s RFK stadium against Jürgen Klinsmann’s United [...]

There were no surprises in Jogi Löw’s squad, but one name is still missing: Leverkusen’s Stefan Kiessling has set the Bundesliga on fire this season, but Löw prefers other options in Germany’s double header against Kazakhstan. National team coach Jogi Löw has chosen to set his trust in Mario Gomez, Özil and Reus, who are [...]

It is a sad day for German football and the MLS as Torsten Frings has decided to hang up his boots after injuries slowed him down to the point of retirement. Frings mainly made his mark in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen, playing for the club from 1997-2002 during his breakout into the national scene [...]

Germany kicked off the calendar year with their first win over France in 26 years. Their last win came all the way back in 1987 when two goals from Rudi Völler topped a French side in Berlin that featured a young Eric Cantona.  It’s only their second win in France as a matter of fact, [...]