The third round off European qualification completed during the week, further narrowing the list of Americans attempting to reach the various League Phases. Erik Palmer-Brown will breathe a sigh of relief after his team’s narrow win, while the American pair of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Auston Trusty at Celtic learned their opponents as they begin their adventure next week in the play-off round.
The new league-based format for European competition will soon get underway, with Thursday’s Champions League draw setting up USMNT stars Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Giovanni Reyna and more for a number of can’t miss games, while giving all American participants a realistic chance to reach the knockout round.
Christian Pulisic’s history-making goal for AC Milan was a minor consolation in an otherwise humiliating loss for the Rossoneri against just-promoted Parma, while Andrija Novakovich did his best to give Bari a leg-up for their first points of the season, only for the team to blow it to stay winless.