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Tart defeat: FC striker celebrates debut in the national team
Updated on June 11th, 2025 – 4:05 p.m.Reading time: 85 min.
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Damion Downs celebrated his debut for the US national team. The striker of 1st FC Köln went with the USA against Switzerland 0: 4. Now the Gold Cup is pending. After the tournament, Downs should decide on his future at the billy goats.
In the last preparatory game in front of the Gold Cup, Downs was substituted in the 75th minute when his team was already falling behind with 0: 4. Despite the clear defeat, the first assignment in the A national team for Downs was a special moment. It continues on Monday night: Then the USA starts against Trinidad and Tobago in the group phase of the Gold Cup.
The member council of 1. FC Köln proposed its trio for the board election in September. Jörn Stobbe, Jörg Alvermann and Ulf Sobek are to form the new Presidium of the “Boils”. The team of the membership is definitely the choice, while other candidate trios – such as the previous Vice President Carsten Wettich and his two new colleagues Wilke Strom and Tugba Tekkal – need 4,500 signatures from members.
Stobbe, a trained bank clerk, lawyer and manager in the real estate and investment area, goes into the race as a potential president. From 2019 to 2021 he was already chairman of the supervisory board at FC. Alvermann is a lawyer with specialization in tax law and sports law. Sports Science Sobek teaches at the German University of Prevention and Health Management in Cologne and has been working as a athletic coach for numerous U-teams of the DFB since 2013.
The Cologne anthem “Tommi” of his band AnnenMayKantereit is regularly smashed after Siegen in FC cabin. Now Henning May, the singer of the trio, who stormed with two albums to the top of the German charts, gives a recommendation for the upcoming board election at the “Geißböcken”.
In his Instagram story, the glowing FC fan posted a contribution by Wilke Strom, Tugba Tekkal and Carsten Wettich, who wanted to compete together as a board member at the general meeting in September. In addition, May let his almost 800,000 followers know: “My voice Hamse.” The team of power currently collects the 4,500 signatures of members who are necessary to be approved for election. May is friends with the former FC player and current human rights activist Tekkal.
If you include the two newcomers Said El Mala and Isak Johannesson, eight professionals of 1. FC Köln were nominated for their respective national teams this summer. Including Denis Huseinbasic, who has been running for the A team of Bosnia and Herzegovina for a year. However, he has currently left the national team.
“The footballer informed the coaching staff that he does not feel mentally ready to perform,” says a report published on Sunday. Bosnian media speculate about problems with national coach Sergej Barbarb. On Saturday, Huseinbasic only sat on the bench for the entire 90 minutes at the World Cup qualification game against San Marino (1-0). On Tuesday, a test duel with Slovenia is waiting for Bosnia and Herzegovina – without the Cologne.
The 1. FC Köln continues to change its sporting leadership. After the discharge of sports managing director Christian Keller, Thomas Kessler, as sports director, initially took over the management of the sporting area. The managing director position will continue to be vacant in the future, but the previous young boss Lukas Berg will move into the sporting management as a technical director.