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Juergen Klinsmann is excited for U.S. World Cup match with Germany
latimes.com ^
| June 24, 2014
| Kevin Baxter
Posted on 06/25/2014 11:39:16 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
When the World Cup pairings were announced in December, the date U.S. Coach Juergen Klinsmann circled most prominently on his calendar was June 26, the group-play final against Germany.
That's the country Klinsmann, the player, led to a World Cup title in 1990 and the one Klinsmann, the coach, led to a third-place finish in the 2006 World Cup. So playing against his homeland in his first World Cup as the American coach was something he both feared and embraced.
Now that the game is at hand, though, Klinsmann says he's feeling another emotion: joy.
"This is going to be so much fun," he said Tuesday. "I'm so excited."
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The personal secretary of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is under fire this week for apparently tweeting an image that mocks Honduras’s national football team by comparing its players to desperate Central American migrants, such as those currently flooding the US-Mexico border.
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Colombia’s ambassador to the United Nations will file a protest to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) over an offensive Twitter post aimed at the Colombian soccer team by Dutch actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Nicolette Van Dam, local media reported.
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Re: 62-64 — people really need to stop getting their panties in a twist. Trash-talking is part of the fun, and sometimes it gets a little over-the-top. There’s no need for groveling apologies and investigations; man up and dish some out in return.
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Twitter users quickly responded to what many of them said was a joke made in bad taste. Screw 'em if they can't take a joke.
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06/26/2014 7:32:24 AM PDT
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Don’t mind Ghana being in disarray as long as they don’t lose to Portugal by more than a couple of goals...
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06/26/2014 7:51:01 AM PDT
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kevkrom
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Bradley in the starting lineup for USA? Really? After two very lackluster (to be charitable) games so far?
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06/26/2014 7:57:56 AM PDT
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If it's too wet, just award both teams a draw and move on.
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