With Spain’s top two divisions in the midst of their short holiday break, YA takes a look into the up-and-down season for its small collection of Americans pursuing their careers on the Iberian peninsula.
The French Ligue 1 season finished out the year a few days before Christmas ending at Week 19, which means that half of the season has been completed already.
With the 2021-22 season boasting the highest-ever number of Americans plying their trade in Italy’s top two divisions, let’s take a detailed look at how things are going so far in “The Boot” of Europe.
With the end of 2021 for the Belgian Pro League, the last game of another “annus horribilus” played against Chris Durkin’s Sint Truiden and AS Eupen, it seems a good time to reflect on the season so far as the teams take a couple of weeks break before getting back to action in the new year.
American players are no longer immune from the negative impacts of big, rich teams stockpiling young players with potential and continuously sending them out on loan.
The Champions League Group Stage has finally reached its final round of games, and several Americans are feeling the crunch, needing results to stay alive in the competition as YA takes a look at the game(s) of the (mid)week.
Our national team coach, Gregg Berhalter, has called up a group of mostly MLS players to camp this month. These players will get a chance to show their stuff when the USA hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 19th in Carson, California.
Scouring the European schedules, there are a handful of potential clashes where Americans might face off against each other on the soccer fields of Belgium, Germany and even Scotland.
With all of the meaningful games behind us, let’s look back (complete with highlight videos) at some of the highs and lows over an eventful 2021 for Gregg Berhalter’s American squad.
In one of the most highly-billed matches of the Champions League group stage this season, Weston McKennie’s Juventus and Christian Pulisic’s Chelsea will battle it out in Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night with first place in Group H on the line.
