The German players in the German leagues are awful. By league rules each team is only allowed to have 2 Americans on the field at any time. And the Americans kill it, every time there in. And a lot of them are juco wash outs that joined the Army or air force and just happened to get stationed in Germany. Guys that were on my battalion team that we thought weren't any good were getting serious offers from the German teams when they went looking. I would not put any hope in a German player. Just my experience/opinion.