#44 Why are there so many Americans in the Bundesliga?
Soccer 101
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4.9 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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On this episode of Soccer 101, Taylor gives a three-pronged explanation for why so many Americans play (or have played) in the Bundesliga. We'll also take a look at how Spain and the Netherlands approach international players, as well as how changing policies in England could make it easier for Americans to make the jump abroad.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, and welcome to soccer 101. |
| 0:14.1 | My name is Taylor Rockwell, and on this episode, we're going to be getting to the bottom of why so many Americans have spent time in the Bundesliga. |
| 0:22.7 | And a chance now, and it's been put away by Wester McKinney. |
| 0:27.0 | One-nil to Shalka and Wester McKinney with goals in back-to-back games. |
| 0:32.9 | What was on the deck? He got up, and he scored. |
| 0:36.6 | He kept his head when all were losing days and |
| 0:39.9 | hamburg lead here who was sick at the edge of the box tries to find a yard what a hit and what |
| 0:45.8 | started a season for the u.s international a goal with the super cup and now a goal with opening day |
| 0:51.5 | plenty of options in there are Nick and Sargent. |
| 0:56.2 | First touch in the top flight of German football. |
| 1:01.1 | And Josh Sargent bags a goal for Verde Bremen. |
| 1:05.7 | It's in for Rainer, Bellingen. |
| 1:07.9 | And now Giorina with a sight of goal. |
| 1:10.7 | And Baratia Dortmunds are up and running in the Bundesliga. |
| 1:15.6 | It's certainly not a new thing to have Americans playing in the Bundesliga. Hungary-born U.S. |
| 1:20.1 | International Andy Mait scored two goals for Hamburg in the 1964-1965 season, which coincidentally |
| 1:26.7 | is roughly the same number of Bundesliga goals scored by Bobby Wood since then. |
| 1:30.3 | But since the 1960s, more than 60 Americans have played in Germany's top flight with many more in the country's lower divisions. |
| 1:37.1 | But whereas it was a steady trickle of players in the 1990s and early 2000s, the modern Bundesliga has seen an explosion of American involvement. |
| 1:45.6 | So why is it that Americans have gained such a foothold in Germany compared to the Netherlands, |
| 1:50.0 | Spain, Italy, or England? Well, there are three primary factors which we'll be looking at |
| 1:54.2 | today. The first is the one that most people will point to. It's the military angle. After World War II, |
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