The Germans Are Coming

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Germans Not Named Heidi Klum Are Coming to America
Published 4/21/2008 by SF at The Offside Rules
... . Borussia Monchengladbach --the most unwieldy name in world football-- is headed stateside this summer as part of it's pre-season training and is slated to play games against FC Dallas and the Colorado Rapids. Hop over to the New York Times' Goal blog for the full scoop, then pull out your English-to German dictionary that you put away after the 2006 World Cup and figure out how to say something other than "another round please". ...

Weekly Dose 23.04.08
Published 4/23/2008 by Jan at Bundesliga
Addendum to last week’s Weekly Dose: yet another Luca Toni puff piece. (International Herald Tribune) Those could be Werder’s new kits. (1 2 3) Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach will come to the US. (NY Times) In case anyone missed it: the official Bundesliga Report 2008 is out and you can learn some fascinating things; i.e. how the percentage of female fans in the stadiums rose from 21 to 23 per cent and how the Serie A clubs cheat with their taxes to gain an unfair ...