FRANKFURT - At a reception shortly before Christmas, German football federation president Wolfgang Niersbach said his plan for t

FRANKFURT - At a reception shortly before Christmas, German football federation president Wolfgang Niersbach said his plan for the holidays was to sit back on a sofa, shut off the radio and television and think about the wonderful year behind him. Authentic Andrew Ladd Jersey .After winning a fourth World Cup title, Germany has plenty of reason to celebrate 2014 as an extraordinary year. But the Germans dont want to rest on their laurels and again end up waiting 24 years for a World Cup title.The year behind us was extraordinary but it shouldnt be the only one, Niersbach said. We are not going to lean back. Thats why weve set out a 10-year plan.The ambitious long-term project is aimed at making success more permanent. Few would consider Germany a failure in football, but the title in Brazil was its first championship since the 1996 European Championship.When you are first, you always have something to lose, German national team director Oliver Bierhoff said. Its dangerous to think its always going to continue like that. We went through that in 1990. Ten years later, you wake up and notice that youve slept through something.Germany coach Joachim Loew hopes his team can create somewhat of a dynasty, like Spain did with two consecutive European titles and a World Cup.We want to leave our mark on an entire era, Loew said.Germany hopes to follow its World Cup triumph with the 2016 European Championship title in France. Then there are World Cups in 2018 and 2022 and another European tournament in 2020.We are still hungry, said Hansi Flick, Loews assistant in Brazil and now the federations technical director.Niersbach said we should be thankful and humble for what weve achieved, but promised to embark on the project for the future.The plan culminates with the 2024 European Championship that Germany hopes to be awarded.It would be a wonderful perspective for us and our most ambitious goal to get the 2024 championship and we are confident we are going to get it, Niersbach said. Not many nations are able to host a 24-team competition.Germany plans to use 10 stadiums, all of them already in existence and most used for the 2006 World Cup.Another highlight of the project is an 89 million euro ($109 million) academy to be built on the outskirts of Frankfurt, the federations biggest investment to date. The national training and research facility will be home not only to Loews team but also to all other national selections starting at youth level.Its important to use the momentum of the World Cup title and to lay down structures for future success, Bierhoff said.He and Flick will visit the United States early in 2015 to visit similar academies, and Bierhoff said the academy will also offer its know-how to other nations.Work on the academy is scheduled to start in 2016 and to be completed by the end of 2018. Frankfurt residents, however, have started a move that could end up in a referendum and ultimately scuttle the project despite previous approval and a contract with city authorities. Authentic Cal Clutterbuck Jersey . 1. AMIR JOHNSON: Nice to see him back in the lineup Tuesday night in Washington DC. Played with great energy and purpose. Its amazing when a guy gets those few precious days to recover what it does to the bounce in their step and overall game/confidence. 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Webb gives the Panthers an extra quarterback during off-season workouts with Cam Newton sidelined four months rehabilitating from ankle surgery. Derek Anderson, who re-signed with the team, is expected to run the first-team offence while Newton is out. Webb spent the last four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, seeing action at quarterback and wide receiver. The Panthers said in a press release they plan to use Webb at quarterback. A former sixth-round draft pick out of Alabama-Birmingham, Webb completed 88 of 152 passes for 853 yards and three touchdowns and five interceptions with Minnesota. Webb signed with the Panthers after what coach Ron Rivera described as a "strong workout" on Friday. "He is a young player who intrigues us and has a similar skill set to Cam," Rivera said in a press release. "With Cam sidelined for the spring, it is an opportunity to get a good evaluation of Joe as well as Matt Blanchard, who was on our practice squad last year." The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Cason is a six-year NFL veteran who played for Rivera in San Diego when Rivera was the Chargers defensive co-ordinator. Authentic Anthony Beauvillier Jersey. Cason has played in 80 games with 49 career starts and is a potential replacement for starting cornerback Captain Munnerlyn, who signed this off-season as a free agent with Minnesota. "I have experience with Antoine and look forward to working with him again," Rivera said. Cason was a first-round draft pick by the Chargers in 2008 and had 12 interceptions and four forced fumbles in five seasons in San Diego. He signed with Arizona last year and saw his playing team dramatically reduced. He played in all 16 games but did not start, finishing with 14 tackles and two interceptions. Cason has been a durable player. Hes played in 96 consecutive games, which is tied for the third-longest active streak among NFL cornerbacks behind only William Gay (112) and Corey Graham (109), according to the Panthers. Underwood played the last two seasons with Tampa Bay where he started 10 games. He brings big play potential to Carolinas offence -- something they lost when Ted Ginn Jr. signed a free agent contract with the Cardinals this off-season. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound receiver caught 24 passes last season for 440 yards and four touchdowns in 2013, averaging 40 yards per TD catch and 18 yards per reception. "Tiquan has the kind of speed that helps any team and has shown good progress as a receiver," Rivera said. 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