Oliver Kahn maintained his number one spot for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, but Germany were once again eliminated in the group stage. Oliver Kahn gave up his captaincy to Michael Ballack after the tournament. Germany's new manager Jürgen Klinsmann, who replaced Rudi Völler, adopted the strategy of rotating the number one spot between Kahn and his longtime competitor, Jens Lehmann of Arsenal, to stimulate competition between the two. On 7 April 2006, after two years of dispute for the position Klinsmann announced Lehmann was his first-choice goalkeeper for the 2006 World Cup. Kahn decided to stay on as a backup
Len Oliver (soccer) Star, but Pompeii folded in 1961. Records do not reveal whether or not he continued to play for a team after that year. However, he did play for the U.S. soccer team which finished 0-4 at the Football at the 1963 Pan American Games In his later life, Oliver also became an USSF 'A' license coach and referee, and regularly trains new coaches in the Washington, DC area. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1996, the Philadelphia Old Timers Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Virginia-DC Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001. Len Oliver