http://dortmund.theoffside.com News from Borussia Dortmund Football Club Tue, 20 May 2008 14:16:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In his most brilliant transfer move yet, Rafa Benitez has taken Philip Degen off of our hands. It's all part of his "rebuild the team so we can finish higher than fourth place" strategy, and apparently he thinks Degen is capable of providing an "attacking spark" down the flank. I'm ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/team-news/thank-you-liverpool.html Jan Koller made his return to the Westfalenstadion tonight after a stint in France with Moncao. Dortmund returned to the Westfalenstadion after a road outing at Eintracht Frankfurt. Neither return was a very happy one. We needed three points out of this match, as did Nuremberg. It was obvious that both ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/team-news/on-nuremberg-doll-and-sahin.html Thanks to their qualification for the UEFA Cup, Dortmund will be bringing in extra money through sponsorships. According to this Westline article, the club will spend "eight figures" in the transfer market ahead of next season. If you're good at math, you will realize that eight figures could be just ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/team-news/looking-to-spend.html The suffering caused from the awful jerseys of this season can finally be put to an end. In an official release from the club, Dortmund will be wearing a slick looking new jersey for the 2008-2009 season. The predominant color is yellow (none of this half-and-half crap) with black pinstripes. The ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/team-news/pinstripes.html According to Bild, Juventus are preparing to mount a €20million bid for Mladen Petric. In a later report from Tribal Football (which is completely unreliable), the boys from Turin are also mulling the idea of sending Tiago plus cash to Dortmund in return for our striker. No thanks, Juventus. As for ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/team-news/juve-want-petric-dortmund-eye-bochum-encounter.html Thank you, Bayern Munich. Thanks to the over-spenders in Munich's win over Wolfsburg last night, Borussia Dortmund is virtually guaranteed a spot in next year's UEFA Cup. Should we fail to win the Cup in Berlin, we'll be given a spot anyway since Bayern will be finishing in a Champions League ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/dfb-cup/into-the-final-into-the-uefa-cup.html Dortmund is into the DFB Cup final after a 3-0 win over FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Tinga was the first to find the back of the net, as he pounced on a loose ball in the box in the 13th minute. In the 71st minute, Diego Klimowicz scored in similar ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/match-recaps/into-the-final.html Ouch. So that's what it feels like to be on the other end of a 3-0 drubbing. HSV's goal scoring exploits started fast and furious, with José Paolo Guerrero putting them ahead with only seven minutes gone by. Rafael van der Vaart, who I said would be the key man in ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/team-news/dortmund-vs-hamburg-bushwhacked.html The English (I mean German) Bundesliga is back in action today, with Dortmund looking to get back on the winning track against Hamburg. Last Saturday, we lost 3-2 at Hertha. But today we welcome HSV to the Westfalenstadion, where we recently beat Werder Bremen by a resounding 3-0 scoreline. A win ... http://dortmund.theoffside.com/match-previews/westfalenstadion-to-host-hamburg.html For American viewers such as myself, the following news will be sweet music to your ears. 9/22/07 - Hertha Berlin vs. Borussia Dortmund (11:30 AM EST) - GolTV 9/29/07 - Borussia Dortmund vs. Hamburg SV (time TBA) - GolTV YES. http://dortmund.theoffside.com/team-news/goltv-goodness.html