There can be no question that the decision about whether German coach Juergen Klinsmann remains with the national team now belongs solely to Klinsmann himself, writes Chris Bryant of the German paper Der Spiegel. There can be no doubt that Klinsmann extended his team to the limit, a team that almost no one gave a chance of winning a the start of the tournament, and who by the semifinal became favorites to win it all. “The disappointment is huge, the mood in the dressing room is very quiet,” Klinsmann said. “It’s yet to sink in. It’s a bitter pill. But the team can be proud. They’ve made a whole nation proud.” Der Spiegel notes that Klinsmann remained modest in defeat, that his achievement was really much more extraordinary than even he recognizes. No one wanted to take the job of guiding this group of under-achieving Germans to the World Cup. Klinsmann practically took charge out of charity and love for his country. There can be no question that the German Federation will ask him to stay on, but does he want to? Klinsmann refused to say during the after match press conference. Fans and officicals certainly want him to stay. “I really hope that Juergen Klinsmann continues,” Franz Beckenbauer, head of the World Cup organizing committee, said. “It would be a terrible shame if he wants to quit. He has molded this team. The players trust him.” Meanwhile, rumors persist that the DFB (German soccer federation) is unimpressed with Klinsmann’s desire to maintain residency in the United States, and is considering making it compulsory that Germany’s manager live in the country. It would appear that that would be enough for Klinsmann to make a final decision to walk out on the job.