Even were Germany to win, which looks unlikely, Mr Klinsmann might prefer to go back to California.
Klinsmann is now focused on transforming the us team into a world power and hopes his new team can make progress against France on Friday.
A World Cup-winner as a player in 1990, Jürgen Klinsmann tookGermany to the semi-finals on home soil in 2006 before a strange interlude as Bayern Munich manager.