Bundesliga – BVBLA

BVBLA – April 2024

It all comes down to one month of difficult matches, beginning with:

Saturday, March 30, 10:30am, will be our last watch party at LA Draught. Hoping for a good crowd to show our appreciation for their support over the last few years. RSVP at Facebook now.

Bundesliga – Update: Absolutely daunting schedule coming up: Bayern, Stuttgart, Atletico, Leverkusen; with small breathers against Mönchengladbach and Augsburg. Some are saying Terzic is out if no CL spot, others are saying he’s out no matter what.

I believe that Dortmund will play to the level of their competition. They’ve done this in Champion’s League all season. I’m not thinking we will win all of these matches, but I do believe that we will beat Atletico over two legs, and that we will win enough in the Bundesliga to stay rooted in the top four.

Champions League – Atletico Madrid is one of the best draws we could have hoped for, but even with that, all odds are against us. Dortmund is already being written off in CL, and that’s usually when they shine. Having the second leg at home is helpful. We’ll know where we stand.

30.03 Sat Bayern München vs Borussia Dortmund – 10:30am, ESPN+ LA Draught

06.04 Sat Borussia Dortmund vs Stuttgart – 9:30am, ESPN+

10.04 Wed – Atlético vs Borussia Dortmund – 12pm, Paramount+

13.04 Sat M’gladbach vs Borussia Dortmund – 6:30am, ESPN+

16.04 Tue – Borussia Dortmund vs Atlético – 12pm, Paramount+

21.04 Sun Borussia Dortmund vs Leverkusen– 8:30am, ESPN+

26.04 Fri RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund – TBA, ESPN+

Dortmund vs Bayern – BVBLA Roadtrip!

Fan-Bus to der Klassiker at Old World (Nov. 4th)!

To register for the Fan Bus, go here.

We are one week away from Der Klassiker when our beloved BVB take on FC Bayern. We have reserved our Fan Bus to take us to Old World Village in Huntington Beach for Der Klassiker Watch Party on November 4th.

Seats on the bus are only $30 and available on a first come first serve basis. Bus will depart from LA Draught in Santa Monica at 8:00am. Along with a ride to and from Old World, everyone on the bus will get extra tickets for the exclusive merchandise raffle and plenty of ice cold Warsteiner Beer on the bus!

This is our first official Road Trip/ Fan Bus experience so let’s make it something special and bring back a win for BVB! The ride to Huntington Beach and back is a great opportunity to hang out, sing, chant and share our love for BVB together outside of just watching the game…plus did we mention the ice cold Warsteiner Beer?

To register for the Fan Bus, go here.

Meeting Point: LA Draft at 8:00AM, Saturday November 4th, 3021 Lincoln Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90405

BVBLA – September 2023

Update – Champion’s League

OK, kind of a tough group. Not because the other teams are particularly good, but because all of the teams are so tightly grouped in quality.

Amazing to see how low PSG has fallen, and, of course, they always suck in UCL. Newcastle are up there based on last seasons results, but they are probably not that good. AC Milan is probably fairly ranked, but Dortmund…well…we all seen their recent form. So here’s September:

~~01.09 Fri Dortmund vs FC Heidenheim – 11:30am, ESPN+~~ 2-2

16.09 Sat Freiburg vs Dortmund – 6:30am, ESPN+

19.09 Tue Paris SG vs Dortmund – 12:00pm, Paramount +

23.09 Sat – Dortmund vs VfL Wolfsburg – 6:30am, ESPN+

29.09 Fri Hoffenheim vs Dortmund – 11:30am, ESPN+

BVBLA August 2023

The start of the season almost seems anticlimactic after San Diego and Las Vegas. Some of us were hosting Dortmund in Southern California for the second time, but many more had their first experience of Dortmund in the USA.

But On To Bundesliga

19.08 Sat Dortmund vs FC Köln – 9:30am, ESPN+ and LA Draught in Santa Monica.

Topspiel first week at home is the perfect situation. First team is healthy, except…Adeyemi is doubtful. Köln is (believe it or not) having more injury problems than us, including obvious starters like Ljubicic and Hübers. This should be good.

26.08 Sat VfL Bochum vs Dortmund – 6:30am, ESPN+

This is as close as we get to a Derby nowadays, so I guess we make the most of it.

31.08 2023/24- 9am – Champions League group stage draw – Details Here

You’ll all want to see who we get. There are some weaklings in Pot 1 that could really help us out.

It All Comes Down To…

March Madness – Join The Party

Out of Champions League, disappointing result in the Derby. Keeping tabs on who’s injured and who’s not. After 10 straight victories, setting new records, it’s back down to earth again.

Long time fans will recognize this roller coaster of emotions as a typical Rückrunde, but here’s the difference: The team seems to have fixed a lot of its issues this year (defense, set pieces, mentality) and the Coach is not in danger of losing his job.

With that in mind, we are still looking at three meet-ups in a row. That too is probably a record. So after the Derby, two more big weekends.

Borussia Dortmund vs Köln – March 18 at 10:30am @ LA Draught

You may remember our sad showing in Köln last October. Alexander Meyer started, along with Anthony Modeste. Brandt scored our single goal. Tigges put the game away for Köln. This time may be very different. Haller is up front, and Kobel should be back. Reus should also be back.

Köln is sitting at 12th in the table coming off a 2-0 defeat to Bochum. They are not having a good year. Will this match put us back on winning ways?

Bayern München vs Borussia Dortmund – April 1 at 9:30am @ LA Draught

I can’t say I like the Der Klassiker title added to this match, but if it generates more interest in the Bundesliga… If you remember back to the Hinrunde, we played them to a 2-2 draw with Anthony Modeste supplying a miracle header for the tie.

I won’t make any predictions this time around, but I will say that if Adeyemi, Brandt, Kobel and Reus are all healthy, we can go toe to toe with the current Bayern team.

LA Draught

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2022 A New Hope

July 4th, 2022 – Liam

OK, stealing titles from Star Wars now. Mea Culpa! We can all feel the difference this season and most of us are feeling optimistic. Let’s review:

Players out: Erling Haaland, Steffen Tigges, Roman Bürki, Marvin Hitz, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Axel Witsel, Marcel Schmelzer, Reinier, Marin Pongracic.

I liked Bürki and Hitz, I was sad that Zags couldn’t get over his injuries. That’s about it. Haaland always seemed like a sideshow to me, taking the focus away from the team. Maybe that’s just me being salty. Rumors are abounding about Akanji, about Rapha, about Schulz, about Hazard. Can’t say what will happen, but (at least) Rapha has been a favorite from the beginning. Would hate to see him go.

Players in: Karim Adeyemi, Nico Schlotterbeck, Salih Özcan, Niklas Süle, Jayden Braaf, Alexander Meyer, Sebastian Haller.

Can you feel the defense? Nico and Süle lined up in front of Kobel? Özcan in Defensive Mid? A back three with Hummels?

…and the offensive possibilities? Adeyemi will be a star no matter where he lines up. Malen will feed off that sort of creativity. Haller will be a center target like all Dortmund strikers of the past.

July 2022

July 05, 10am, Tue: Lüner SV vs Borussia Dortmund (PRE)
July 09, 8am, Sat: Dynamo Dresden vs Borussia Dortmund (PRE)
July 14, 9am, Thu: Verl vs Borussia Dortmund (PRE)
July 15, Fri: Training Camp – Bad Ragaz (PRE)
July 18, 10am, Mon: Borussia Dortmund vs Valencia (PRE)
July 22, 10am, Fri: Borussia Dortmund vs Villarreal (PRE)
July 29, 11:45am, Fri: 1860 München vs Dortmund (POK1)

A great bunch of pre-season matches this year. Valencia and Villareal should give us a good idea what Terzic is thinking. Then our first trip to München for the season. Not the match we were anticipating, but a solid Pokal opener.

The Bundesliga opener will be our first chance for a meetup:

Aug 06, 9:30am, Sat: Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen (BUN1)

This season, as last season, we’ll meet at LA Draught on Lincoln Blvd. in Santa Monica. Let’s get a crowd out.

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