This is where women play the leading role in football

Ribs, nachos, pizza and potato wedges – at Susanne Erdmeier’s, the table is big on Sunday evenings. “We want to have a bit of American lifestyle,” says the former national football player and laughs. She will be following the Super Bowl with her husband and friends from the comfort of their own home on the couch, because the 41-year-old has to work on Monday. But she doesn’t mind because her favorite team, the Las Vegas Raiders, didn’t make it to the finals anyway. “That’s why I personally don’t care who wins.”