When DeAndre Yedlin was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur in 2014, it was music to Jurgen Klinsmann’s ears as he finally began to see more American national players move to Europe. As the MLS continues to grow and develop into an elite league, it becomes very important for players on Klinsmann’s current roster to play big European matches.
Ok, seriously guys, what is happening with the world? The United States was not supposed to be this good, this quickly. Jurgen Klinsmann wasn’t supposed to be finding kids practically off the street — or Straße, in this case — and turn them into world beaters. We shouldn’t have been up 2-1 at any point against Portugal in the World Cup. We shouldn’t have pulled off that ridiculous comeback against the Dutch last Friday.
After an amazing 4-3 win in a comeback against the Dutch, the Americans continue to Germany to take on Jogi Low's World Cup winning team.
Stars from Mexico’s championship U-17 World Cup squad and potential US National Team stars feature against tough international competition in this year’s Toulon Tournament.
The U.S. again fails to impress as it surrenders a late lead thanks to three Nicklas Bendtner goals. How worried should we be?
Jurgen Klinsmann has come out and said that Gedion Zelalem is ready to play for his starting XI, but what does that really mean?
American men's soccer is on the up-and-up, in large part because of these five gentleman.
First half goals from Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey against Panama give the U.S. Men's National Team its first win in the last six matches.
With Christmas just around the corner and Santa putting his final touches on his naughty and nice list, we here at The18 thought we’d put together our own list of soccer’s naughtiest and nicest personas of 2014.
Luis Suarez
It's been clear since Jürgen Klinsmann's final selection of the USMNT for Brazil 2014 - and, infamously, his exclusion of American star Landon Donovan - that he has an eye to the future. And that future is building U.S. Soccer into a powerhouse.