Depleted Germany roster for U.S. friendly at RFK Stadium

Germany coach Joachim Loew on Thursday named an inexperienced squad for their two-match tour of the United States with many first-choice stars unavailable due to the Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and

Tags: World Cup football, qualifiers, Germany, Kazakhstan, Joachim Loew BERLIN: A dazzling first half gave way to an erratic second-half performance as Germany again battled with lapses of concentration in their 4-1 win over Kazakhstan in their ...

Injuries add woes again for Germany coach Joachim Loew ahead of Tuesday's World Cup qualifier

BERLIN (Reuters) Germany coach Joachim Loew called up midfielder Sven Bender for their 2014 World Cup qualifier at home to Kazakhstan on Tuesday after Bastian Schweinsteiger was ruled out through suspension, the team said on Saturday. Holding ...

Joachim Loew (right) was on Jurgen Klinsmann's staff when he coached the German team. Oliver Lang/AFP/ BERLIN -- Germany will take on Ecuador in May and the United States in June during an 11-day U.S. trip, the German soccer association said on ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany coach Joachim Loew believes smaller nations should play in preliminary qualifying matches for World Cups and European Championships. "The fixture list is overcrowded so we need some sort of remedy," he told Kicker magazine ...

Former Germany captain Michael Ballack and coach Joachim Loew have ended their years-long feud with the latter accepting an invitation to attend the retired player's farewell game. Loew said on Thursday he had talked to Ballack on the phone after months of silence between the two and he would be attending his June 5 game in Leipzig. "We talked on the phone yesterday and he invited me," Loew told reporters. "We said we will drink a coffee together sometime before the match, as the last months ...

Berlin Germany coach Joachim Loew has said the Champions League semi-finals, with Bayern Munich playing Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund against Real Madrid, are a clash of ideologies, not just nations. While the semi-finals will see the top two ...

The win made it 13 points from five Group C games for Joachim Loew's side and lifted them provisionally six points clear of Sweden, who were facing Ireland later. Playing without a recognised spearhead after Mario Gomez strained a thigh muscle, the ...