At 49, Klinsmann is still a young manager, and he does not have much hardware on his mantle. What he does have, however, is a vision, one that he is willing to implement regardless of external pressures, and one that usually ends up paying off in the end. Klinsmann took over Germanys national team after a disappointing 2004 Euro Cup, completely revamped things, and then led them to a third place finish at the 2006 World Cup where they played beautiful football. Then, he stepped away, but Germany has cruised ever since. Sure, his tenure at Bayern Munich is not well thought of, but he did a respectable job while once again installing his own philosophy, which may have led in part to his early dismissal. However, his desire to build things from the ground up was very enticing to the United States, who basically have handed Klinsmann the keys to the entire U.S. soccer system. So far, it has been nothing but success under Klinsmann, although his efforts likely wont bear real fruit until the 2018 World Cup, especially with the United States in the group of death this year.
