In Mauricio PochettinoIn the perfect universe, everyone in the U.S. player pool will maintain top health and fitness throughout the World Cup roster selection process and well into this summer’s soccer fun. Reality, however, has other ideas. Advertisement And for six weeks until he announces his 26 selections, Pochettino will see players return from and…
Augsburg’s Keven Schlotterbeck has crossed paths with his little brother Nico many times in the Bundesliga. A scene just before the start of Saturday afternoon’s Bundesliga match against Borussia Dortmund still had a unique feel. Keven, now captaining Augsburg in the absence of Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, had to confront Nico during the pre-match draw. While Keven…
The surprising thing is that this interview was conducted in the 20/21 season, but it couldn’t be more timely. In the last of a series of adrenaline-filled matches over the last ten days, among which was the two-legged duel against Atalanta Bergamo, in which BVB failed to progress to the round of 16 of the…
In December 2025, Mainz parted ways with popular coach Bo Henriksen after just one win in their first 12 Bundesliga games in 2025/26. Benjamin Hoffman, coach of the second team, occupied the last place in the table on an interim basis during the visit of Borussia Mönchengladbach, a match that was decided with an unfortunate…
FC Bayern Munich can still lose in the Bundesliga. The German champions lost 1-2 at home to FC Augsburg and had to say goodbye to two streaks at once. To date, FCB has gone 27 consecutive games undefeated in the Bundesliga and has scored at least two goals in each game. Perhaps Kompany’s team overlooked…
81′: Bayern is behind. 75′: Jonathan Tah and Jonas Urbig miscalculate a corner kick and everything is tied. 64′: A quarter of an hour has passed and Bayern still had not found the second goal. 45′: We are back. Halftime observations Bayern are largely in control, but struggle to score goals Augsburg continued to look…
Augsburg tried to end a three-game winless streak with a superb goal from Alexis Claude-Maurice, but conceded a goal to Union Berlin, who were reduced to ten men in stoppage time. The draw means they are just three points clear of the relegation zone at mid-season. “The result is really bitter for us,” said Augsburg…
MUNICH (AP) — Michael Olise scored twice and Bayern Munich started the new year by beating Wolfsburg 8-1 with six second-half goals to take an 11-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga. Olise, Harry Kane and Luis Diaz tore apart Wolfsburg’s defense on Sunday in a display of dominance that leaves Bayern firmly on…
Overall, it was a productive weekend for the United States World Cup hopefuls spread across Europe, the United States and Mexico. Four scored, four assisted and two helped their Canadian team advance to the MLS Cup for the first time. For four of them, in particular, it was also a strangely lovely weekend. Advertisement Let’s…
The stage The last international matches of the year are over: the DFB team with Nico Schlotterbeck, Felix Nmecha, Waldemar Anton and Karim Adeyemi as well as Gregor Kobel (Switzerland), Marcel Sabitzer (Austria) and Julian Ryerson (Norway) have qualified for the 2026 World Cup, while Daniel Svensson (Sweden) and Salih Özcan (Turkey) will play in…
