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The second “Americans” column of the new calendar year took round 19 of the 2022/23 German Bundesliga into account. A player highly praised in the previous piece earned top marks.

The final league to re-start after the Winter 2022 World Cup break had some quick catching up to do. The 2022/23 German Bundesliga employed an “Englischer Woche” to reach its midpoint. “Tactics Talk”, as always, was there.

The November midweek fixtures of the 2022/23 German Bundesliga brought Dortmund fans, yet again, crashing back down to earth. A rare midweek edition of the recap column covered WOB-BVB, along with everything else.

From Gio Reyna’s historic tally at Signal Iduna to Kevin Paredes’ rough outing at the BayArena, the “Americans” deep-scout column (as always) has all the U.S. lads from the German Bundesliga thoroughly covered.

A rather eventful weekend over on the German Bundesliga beat on matchday 12 saw the table tighten and the intrigue deepen. The recap column tackled it all once again.

A significantly shorter “Americans” column in the German Bundesliga’s first matchday back from the September international break featured some significantly less encouraging news. Form dips for both players and coaches covered in this installment.

Nice little bit of unexpected, and most welcome, bit of history over on the German Bundesliga beat during matchday nine. For the first time in over three years, Dortmund didn’t lose to Bayern! The famous BVB-FCB encounter took the focus section this time.

A much shorter field to survey in the round five edition tracking the work of American actors in the 2022/23 German Bundesliga, but we did get a chance to survey the work of an interesting up-and-comer.

Dortmund fans may care to look away as yet another pure debacle of a performance earned the “focus” section of the round six edition of “Tactics Talk”. There were naturally plenty of other interesting goings-on during another great matchday in the 2022/23 German Bundesliga; all of which were covered in the recap column.

As the 2022/23 German Bundesliga progressed, VfB Stuttgart trainer Pellegrino Matarazzo led the pack of American actors assessed in week two. Joe Scally remained level and Jordan Siebatcheu was down a tick.

As the 2022/23 German Bundesliga rolled on, “Tactics Talk” remained there every step of the way to chronicle all the action. The second installment of the Bulinews column took another close look at the goings on in top flight German football.

The second full-color repost of the new German Bundesliga campaign revisits the seven clubs thought to belong to the middle of the pack. Here too, we’ve some pleasant surprises to reflect upon.

The final edition of the “Americans” deep-scout column covering the 2021/22 German Bundesliga assessed the on-pitch work of four actors, then proceeded to discuss the fortunes of eight more relegated to the sidelines.

Full-color fandom rolls on over on the German Bundesliga beat! Virtually no sense of quite from the world’s greatest footballing fan scene as we rolled toward the finish of the 2021/22 campaign.

Tons of talking points from round 32 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga. The full-color re-post of the Bulinews “Tactics Talk” column brings it all to life.

A somewhat shorter column this time after fewer American actors saw action in round 32 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga. Four graded sections cover all the work.

Fans shut out of German Bundesliga stadia for over two years continued to make their presence felt in round 30 of the recently completed campaign. More great optics in our latest re-post.

The Fan Scene during round 27 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga featured everything from the embarrassing reality of a match abandonment to the ecstasy of the first full-house (Köln) in over four months. We’ve got it all covered here.

From a talking-point-laden day at the Olypiastadion to the travails of Bayern in the league, round 29 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga had much to offer. “Tactics Talk” breaks every last bit of the nuance down.

Eight full graded sections for the deep-scout column after a busy weekend for American actors in round 29 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga. From John Anthony Brooks to Pellegrino Matarazzo, it’s all assessed.

Round 24 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga coincided with the outbreak of conflict on the continent. Football’s greatest fan-scene responded. In a very special full-color repost of the fans column, we’ve got the best from across the Bundesrepublik.

Another intriguing weekend on the German Bundesliga beat yields questions, answers, and (well) even some unanswerable questions. Expect nothing less from Europe’s most entertaining football league. Do come along for another edition of “Tactics Talk”!

A full seven graded sections this weeks in one of the larger “Americans in the Bundesliga” columns of the season. Plenty of interest going on in Germany’s top footballing flight.

Deep into the tactics (and irreverence) we go when covering Round 25 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga. Join us for the “stare-down” of the century and oh so much more!

Another comparatively short “Americans in the Bundesliga” column covers round 22 of the 2021/22 campaign. There’s still plenty of interesting matters to discuss, including the work of a German footballing debutant.

Round 22 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga brought it all, including one of the most sensational upsets of recent years. Here to help you re-live it in full-HD-color quality, it’s Peter Vice.

The 2021/22 German Bundesliga rolls on. A grand statement from Borussia Dortmund might not mean much with FC Bayern München laying down its own strong declaration. As always, Peter Vice has the full breakdown of the round.

Our next “deep scout” look at the fortunes of Americans playing in Germany’s top footballing flight takes a look and round 19 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga and round three of the DFB Pokal.

With the heaviest of hearts, one must note that the 17th round of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga was likely the final time that even a small (yet meaningful) number of fans will be allowed into German football stadiums. We’ll pay tribute with the last installment of this column for awhile.

The 2021/22 German Bundesliga really intensified during the second round of the pre-holiday “Blitz Phase”. Heating up alongside the league itself, we had Eintracht Frankfurt. A rare midweek tactics column covered the SGE and the rest of the field.

There shall be precious few fans on hands when the 2021/22 German Bundesliga returns in January. All the more reason to enjoy the full color reposts of the Bulinews attendance columns. Here’s round 15. Frohe Weinachten!

The latest check-up on American actors working on the German Bundesliga beat yields a wide range of grades. Only one of seven actors earns top marks, but there’s still plenty of intriguing action to discuss.

For the second time this season, we’ve a non-USMNT international leading the pack. Timothy Tillman of SpVgg Greuther Fürth tops our weekly look at Americans working in the German Bundesliga.

Round 12 of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga supplied more of a mixed bag in terms of performances from American actors. We’ve nevertheless plenty to discuss.

The latest column checking in on the status of Americans active in the German Bundesliga contains fabulous news for Tyler Adams fans! There’s also a comprehensive check on everyone else in the latest installment.

Round Ten of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga yields another set of grades for the American trainers and players working in the Bundesrepublik. Here’s the latest.

The dulcet colors of Autumn foliage aren’t the only ones on display in the Bundesrepublik. How about the colors from the fans of all the German Bundesliga tiers and then some? Indeed. It’s Pokal time in Germany!

Even without Tyler Adams and Giovanni Reyna, there remains quite a great deal of news concerning the US actors of the German Bundesliga. Eight graded sections fill the latest report.

For those interested in the future of U.S. Soccer, there remains no better place to look in on than the German Bundesliga. As he has every round for the last three seasons, your friend “Vicey” has the latest full slate of Grades.

It doesn’t get much better for a writer responsible for tracking Americans in the German Bundesliga this time. We’ve five “A-Level” graded sections to lead this column and more largely good news to discuss when it comes to three other actors after week six.

The absolute best part of the German Bundesliga continues to makes its way back in front of the cameras, through which the whole world can see them. Your friendly Bundesliga corespondent is pleased to present all of the visual delights.

A little less action for our American subjects in Round Four of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga. For Chris Richards of Hoffenheim and Julian Green of Fürth, it proved a round to quickly forget.

Another intriguing week for the US internationals in the German Bundesliga. We’ve the full breakdown of participating actors (players and trainers) in the latest edition of “Americans in the Bundesliga”.

Not exactly the greatest week for those of us following the fortunes of US Internationals over on the German Bundesliga beat. There’s still plenty of interesting material to report on from week two of the 2021/22 campaign.

Round One of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga got us off to a hi-flying start. Here to kick off a third season of a weekly comprehensive round-up column, it’s none other than your humble Shadow Scholar with all the news from the Bundesliga Beat.

A final preview section covers the five clubs predicted to contest the relegation battle. All 18 clubs have now been previewed ahead of what promises to be a fabulous 2021/22 Bundesliga season!

A fourth preview section ahead of the German Bundesliga’s 2021/22 kickoff examines the teams deemed to be “average” in a positive way.

We roll on down the table able ahead of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga season. Next up, time to cover the four clubs projected to fight for that last Champions’ League place.

In the process of getting hyped and psyched for another German Bundesliga season, we’re releasing previews for all 18 clubs. The “Big Three” of Bayern, Dortmund, and Leipzig are up first.

The concluding post of our 2020/21 Americans column takes a look a six actors seeing action the German Bundesliga’s penultimate round. What a season it has been. Don’t forget to check us out next year!

The 2020/21 German Bundesliga draws to a close, as does another season of covering the fortunes of US internationals playing in the Bundesrepublik via this deep-scout column. Peter Vice has the penultimate report.

We’re nearly there! The 2020/21 German Bundesliga nears its conclusion. Peter Vice has the full breakdown of the third-from-last matchday in this week’s column.

The American style grades for round 31 of German Bundesliga are in and they are low. Taking the level of exhaustion into account, however, there’s plenty of interesting nuance to discuss.

Another big weekend in the German Bundesliga leaves us with plenty to unpack. Peter Vice has you covered with all the major developments from Round 31 of the 2020/21 campaign.

Rounds 29 and 30 of the 2020/21 German Bundesliga get a double-fixture column as Peter Vice takes the latest in-depth look at Americans active in Germany’s top footballing flight.

Plenty of talking points from round 29 of the German Bundesliga, but Hansi Flick’s bombshell announcement that he was leaving Bayern overshadowed all. Flick and Bayern get the tactical focus this week along with all the German football news that’s fit to print.

Round 28 of the 2020/21 German Bundesliga supplies plenty of thrills and spills. Peter Vice has all nine fixtures covered, complete with a full breakdown of the match day’s big relegation dogfight.

Following an intensely contested duel between RB Leipzig and FC Bayern München, the 2020/21 German Bundesliga has its likely champion. We’ve a full breakdown of that crucial fixture, along with musings from around the rest of the league, and some thoughts on the German national team in this week’s column.

With only eight rounds left, it’s now officially crunch time in the 2020/21 German Bundesliga. Before the next round kicks off, it’s worth taking a look at where we left off.

The German Bundesliga has but nine rounds to go before the 2020/21 campaign concludes. From the title race to the battle to stay up, we’ll cover the salient points from all the weekend fixtures.

The weekend of all weekends on the German Bundesliga beat supplied talking points galore. Peter Vice furnishes the full breakdown of all developments Bayern-Dortmund and beyond.

With just eleven rounds left in the 2020/21 German Bundesliga, there’s signs of a title race and so much more. A most intriguing full breakdown of round 23 awaits.

The 2020/21 German Bundesliga now features an arithmetically possible title race along with loads of intrigue throughout the table. Peter Vice has the full breakdown as we round the corner towards the finish.

It’s a jam-packed column to follow a busy weekend on the German Bundesliga beat . Come along as there’s no shortage of developments to discuss!

Round 20 of the 2020/21 German Bundesliga truly delivered! A full breakdown of all the fantastic action in Europe’s best footballing league does its utmost to do it justice.

With the 2020/21 “Rück-runde” in full swing, a whole spate of storylines heat up in the German Bundesliga. Peter Vice has the full lowdown here.

The many storylines associated with the official onset of the 2020/21 German Bundesliga’s “Rück-runde” call for quite the dense column. We’ll cover it all in our weekly wrap-up.

The 2020/21 German Bundesliga’s “His-runde” officially draws to a close. There exist a great many thoughts as all 18 top-tier clubs now prepare to play each other in the exact same oder as in the season’s first-half.

One round removed from the official midpoint of the 2020/21 German Bundesliga, there’s loads of talking points to unpack. As per usual, Peter Vice has you covered.

Unquestionably the best German Bundesliga of the whole campaign took place in the second week of 2021. Peter Vice has you covered with a full breakdown of all the action.

The German Bundesliga returns after a miniscule eight-day break. Even if some of the footballing quality noticeably suffered, there’s still plenty to break down.

An annum too traumatic to forget finally draws to a close. Peter Vice’s final 2020 report on Americans in the German Bundesliga takes a look and round 14 and the DFB Pokal before assigning the final composite autumn grades.

Will Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sven Mislintat, and Pellegrino Matarazzo soon lead VfB Suttgart to the upper echelon of the German Bundesliga? This week’s “Americans” article has something to say on that.

With an abridged winter break just around the corner, it’s time for some midweek German Bundesliga. There’s much to discuss following the season’s first “Englischer Woche”.

Different sets of eyes see different things in the German Bundesliga. Peter Vice is prepared to award top marks to Tyler Adams for some truly impressive work against the German giants.

Round Ten of the 2020/21 German Bundesliga supplied plenty of talking points both on the pitch and off. Peter Vice breaks it all down; even covering the the new revenue sharing model.

There’s a great deal to unpack from round nine of the 2020/21 German Bundesliga. Peter Vice covers all the news, not even shying away from the tire-fire that is FC Schalke 04.

The German Bundesliga returns from the international break with no shortage of storylines. It’s a long column this week with so much to discuss.

Relax German Bundesliga lovers. The 2020/21 title race isn’t anywhere near over after the 7th round. Peter Vice explains why.