Herzogenaurach Herzogenaurach. Even the town's two football clubs were divided by the Adidas/Puma split: ASV Herzogenaurach club was supported by Adidas, while FC Herzogenaurach endorsed Puma's footwear. Both clubs still play at amateur level. The Argentina national football team resided in Herzogenaurach for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Néstor De la Torre, Mexico's Director of National Teams, said the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) would gather for 12 days in the city, its last stop before heading to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. Herzogenaurach was the location of a military airfield beginning in the 1930s. The
Florsheim Shoes 70 percent of high-quality men's shoes and succeeded when its parent company was struggling. Florsheim eventually sold women's shoes through Thayer-McNeil stores, also owned by International Shoe (by this time called Interco). In the 1980s Florsheim began selling athletic shoes, and Interco's shoe division became part of Florsheim. In 1991, Interco declared bankruptcy but kept Florsheim until the company got out of the shoe business in 1994. Florsheim became a separate company, and in 1996 changed its name to Florsheim Shoe Group. Until the mid-1990s, almost every mall in the United States had a Florsheim store. However, with the rise