Saturday morning, hoards of American AIB students gathered together in Hofgarten for a friendly and sweaty game of German Fußball, or American soccer. The students were divided into twelve teams of five or six players, each team consisting of a variety of students from the LMU programs: Film, Engineering, New Europe and the Penn State and Texas A&M Landscape and Architecture Programs.
The first games started at 11 a.m. sharp and it was soon clear which teams were going to champion over the rest. Each group was able to take the field to play at least five games while the other students hung by the playing fields, cheering on their friends. Even though the games only lasted a total of four minutes, each one was packed with plenty of action, heart-stopping goals, and amazing saves.
“I really enjoyed the fun competitive nature of the Fußball tournament,” says film student Nick Logsdon. “And it was great meeting students from other schools.”
As the hours passed and the weaker teams were eliminated, only two teams remained, the “Keystone Chillers” and “Team Einstein.” After a nail-biting final match the victor team, the “Keystone Chillers”, was crowned and awarded a bucket of a Bonn specialty, Haribo gummy bears. At the end of the day, all participants learned the value of friendship and the value of wearing cleats.
Written by Janette Danielson
