From a local newspaper, the local professional American football team, New England Patriots, who play at Gillette stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, will be exchanging hospitality with a German Fußball team when they come here to play soccer and they will return the favor when we go to Frankfurt to play American football in November. Interesting, I thought.
From the newspaper article:
"The Patriots and Germany's men's national soccer team will host each other this fall, as both have plans to play games abroad. Gillette Stadium will welcome the German team the week leading up to its friendly against the United States on Oct. 14 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium in Hartford. Then, the Patriots will train at the German Football Association campus ahead of their game against the Indianapolis Colts at Frankfurt Stadium on Nov. 12.
“Over the past few years, we have been in close contact with clubs from the NFL, collaborating and sharing best practices with each other," Dr. Holger Blask, managing director of the German Football Association, said in a statement. “We are proud to partner with one of the NFL's most successful franchises. The New England Patriots have dominated their sport over the past two decades and have contributed to the global growth in the popularity of American football.
“We look forward to traveling to the United States in October and using the Foxborough training facility to prepare for our match in New England."
