On Wednesday, Minnesota United will take a break from league play to welcome Hertha Berlin of the German Bundesliga to Allianz Field. For 126 years, the club known as Die Alte Dame, or The Old Lady, has been the premier club in Germany’s capital and helped found the German Football Association or Deutscher Fußball-Bund.
Hertha, whose full name is Hertha Berliner Sport-Club e.V., wrapped up its sixth-consecutive season in the Bundesliga on Saturday, May 18, falling 5-1 at home to Bayer Leverkusen. The squad finished 11th in Germany’s top flight with 43 points on the year.