Monthly Archives: September 2016

When Modern Football Took a Slap from Tradition: Dynamo Dresden

A notification was delivered to my phone by the German football publication Kicker. “Dynamo Dresden wird im Pokal RB Leipzig empfängen”, translated, Dynamo Dresden will host RB Leipzig in the Cup. For perspectives sake, Kicker seldom put out notifications. Secondly, the two teams have just been promoted from the second and third divisions. However, this clash wasn’t about two powerhouse teams being drawn in the cup. Rather two clubs from Saxony with two very different paths to this draw. The Clubs History Dynamo Dresden, a dominant force under the communist East German regime, winning numerous league titles and cups. In… Read more »