{"id":641572,"date":"2025-12-19T04:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/641572\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T04:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:38:11","slug":"germany-wnt-news-gotham-fcs-ann-katin-berger-wont-retire-from-international-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/641572\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany WNT News: Gotham FC\u2019s Ann-Katin Berger won\u2019t retire from international football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Two-time German Female Footballer of the Year and star goalkeeper NWSL club Gotham FC Ann-Katrin Berger is sticking with the national team, per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kicker.de\/berger-kuendigt-ihren-verbleib-in-der-nationalelf-an-1115971\/artikel#twfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kicker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIt\u2019s a very important decision that is being made now, with a view to the 2027 World Cup. We exchanged ideas and clearly signaled to her that we would like to continue the collaboration if she feels ready for it,\u201d Germany head coach Christian W\u00fcck had relayed to the German media outlet prior to Thursday\u2019s news. \u201cShe received that information with a smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Berger, 35, cemented her place in the national team only recently, beginning her starting run at the 2024 Olympics, where Germany captured bronze. She has written about playing into her 40s \u2014 but acknowledges that such a dream may not be realistic and that she would step away if she could no longer maintain her standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Those standards are sky high. A shot-stopper par excellence, Berger turned in an all-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bavarianfootballworks.com\/2025\/7\/22\/24471079\/france-germany-euro-2025-match-awards-player-ratings-penalty-shootout-ann-katrin-berger-brand-kett\/?utm_campaign=internal_ref_fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heroic performance<\/a> for ten-woman Germany in the EURO 2025 quarterfinals against France last summer and should have the inside track to remain the No. 1 at the 2027 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 _16w9vova ls9zuh1\">VfL Wolfsburg\u2019s Stina Johannes (25) and Bayern Munich\u2019s Ena Mahmutovic (21) represent the next generation of Germany keepers, and Johannes was in between the sticks earlier in the fall while Berger was out with injury. But for now, Berger is still top dog \u2014 as long as she wants it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on <a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/bavarian-podcast-works1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5kHW7eDJSF2sGA1O6gKxvB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bavarian-podcast-works\/id1460036325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>, or any leading podcast distributor\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time German Female Footballer of the Year and star goalkeeper NWSL club Gotham FC Ann-Katrin Berger is sticking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[9198,2000,299,129072,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-641572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-bayern-munich-frauen","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-german-national-team-and-international-soccer","12":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115744388056100997","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}