Overview

• At Dortmund’s Club World Cup base in the United States, Groß argued that many U.S. sports outperform football in organization and tactical variety.
• He praised American Football’s team-based training methods and cited its 50-play playbook as examples of superior complexity.
• The midfielder lamented that achievements of German athletes in top North American leagues, including NHL star Leon Draisaitl, go largely unnoticed at home.
• Draisaitl has now suffered back-to-back Stanley Cup final defeats with the Edmonton Oilers against the Florida Panthers.
• Groß said he regularly tracks German players abroad such as Tim Stützle, Leon Draisaitl and Moritz Seider but finds American Football the most engaging to watch.