Borussia Dortmund went up just one place to ninth in the Bundesliga after tonight’s 2-0 win at home to bottom club Hertha Berlin. Nuri Sahin’s penalty on the hour and Lucas Barrios’ unstoppable strike in injury time sentenced Hertha to their sixth away defeat in six so far this season. The nearest the visitors came was in the 75th minute when Lukasz Piszczek was within inches of an equaliser, his stinging right-foot shot hitting the post from the edge of the penalty area. (more…)

Bayer Leverkusen missed their chance to go clear at the top of the Bundesliga table when they were held to a draw at home to Borussia Dortmund tonight. The hosts went a goal behind when Lucas Barrios scored in only the eighth minute. Even after Manuel Friedrich had equalised in the 64th, they could not go on to win and are therefore just one point ahead of second-placed Hamburg - who now have a game in hand. (more…)

Michael Preetz, manager of the German first division (Bundesliga) soccer club Hertha BSC Berlin, is seen during a news conference in Berlin, Germany

Hertha Berlin fired coach Lucien Favre on Monday after six straight losses in the Bundesliga.Favre, who was in his third season in Berlin and had a contract until the end of next season, became the fourth Bundesliga coach to lose his job only seven matches into the season. (more…)

Christian Seifert, Chief Executive of the Bundesliga, has come out publicly in support of UEFA focusing in more on the debt clubs have attained during the course of trying to build super clubs and what has been seen by some as destabilizing the future of the game.

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TSV 1860 Munich’s Kenny Cooper celebrates scoring against Hertha Berlin during their German soccer cup (DFB-Pokal) match in Munich.  Cooper scored from 19 yards.  TSV Munich won on penalty kicks.  Cooper has 3 goals on the year.

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“Schalke’s Jermaine Jones has begun training with the first team, however his progress remains under the watchful eye of the team’s medical staff.”

Meanwhile, his US National Team paperwork begins moving through the FIFA beaurocratic process…

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“FC Dallas announced today that Forward Kenny Cooper has been transferred to TSV 1860 Munich of the 2. Bundesliga pending a medical examination. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not announced.”

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The man who has almost single handedly put Bundesliga newcomers Hoffenheim on the map with 18 goals scored in the opening half of the 2008 / 09 season has reported torn ligaments in his knee and will be on the sideline indefinitely.

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