The fourth round of games in the Champions League group stage is now completed, and the picture of which Americans in the competition will join in next year’s knock-out round or watch from their couch is beginning to come clear.
After every recent USMNT game since his hiring almost three years ago, head coach Gregg Berhalter has been repeatedly drawn into the center of conversation, around the sports bars from coast to coast across the country, and on social media around the planet.
Now that the dust has settled after the first international break for World Cup qualification games in the CONCACAF third round Octagonal stage, the Yanks Abroad staff have been busy studying charts and videos to determine who we feel should be traveling to Qatar in November next year to take on the world in the 22nd Edition of the FIFA World Cup.
After an exhausting summer of nonstop regional and international tournaments, European domestic leagues are finally underway, returning a sense of regularity to the game-watching schedule.