In Germany's Bundesliga, finishing 16th out of the 18 teams means a relegation playoff with the 3rd-place team in the 2.Bundesliga. For 2012-13, that means Hoffenheim - home of US National Team players Fabian Johnson and Danny Williams - play a 35th ...
BERLIN (AP) -- Schalke clinched Germany's last Champions League spot by winning 2-1 at Freiburg in the final round of Bundesliga games on Saturday, while Fortuna Duesseldorf was relegated after losing 3-0 at Hannover. The 19-year-old Julian Draxler ...
Now that it looks like the US national team program is going to win the tug-of-war with Germany, it becomes a lot more exciting to think about this 20-year-old backline leader for the 2.Bundesliga champs. In part thanks to unusually agile feet for a 6 ...
Dortmund, Germany - Hoffenheim managed to pull off a 2-1 defeat of Borussia Dortmund at the Westfalenstadion on Saturday to earn one more chance to remain in the Bundesliga next season. The club improves to 31 points on the season to clinch a spot in ...
The veteran coach has enjoyed a fabulous season with Bayern Munich leading the Bavarian giants to the Bundesliga title, the final of the Champions league as well as the final of the German cup. The former German International is in his third stint in ...
SCHALKE IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Schalke clinched the league's last Champions League place by beating Freiburg, 2-1, on the final day of games in Germany's Bundesliga on Saturday. Fortuna Düsseldorf was relegated, but Hoffenheim escaped ...
German soccer has been relatively successful since its first World Cup win in 1954. A post war team from a defeated country and an underdog in the tournament defeated Hungary, after losing 8-3 during the group stage, in the final 3-2. Names like Fritz ...
Polo Tang of UBS AG in London, the leading media analyst, made the correct call that German broadcaster Sky Deutschland would win the rights to German soccer's Bundesliga. And it was far from a sure bet, he says. In a note to investors five months ...
No tears for Piers. In early March, I wrote a post called “Tears for Piers” about the meltdown of Piers Morgan on Fox Soccer Channel as he watched Arsenal, the soccer team he supports, lose to Tottenham Hotspur, the club's North London rival. ...