In the ever-long fight among European clubs to capture the hearts of American soccer fans, German teams have been among the leaders - selling their fan-focused culture to the United States despite a language barrier.
The latest to make the push is RB Leipzig, the East German powerhouse club whose meteoric rise by skirting German football’s ‘purest’ rule is as inspirational as it is controversial.
Over the course of four days in April, DailyMail.com got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the club's operations and spoke with multiple decision-makers within the team - all leading to Leipzig's announcement that they were off to the United States on the club's first international tour.