How bad a year was it for Americans in the Bundesliga? For the first time since Americans started going abroad in numbers in the early 1990s, the USMNT will enter a major tournament with its “A” team without any players that spent the season in the German top flight.

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Paul Kennedy is the Editor in Chief & General Manager of Soccer America.