Sergiño Dest and Barcelona suffered another heavy defeat on their visit to Benfica, while Brenden Aaronson put in a solid shift for Salzburg, who beat Tim Weah and Lille thanks to a pair of spot kicks.
Jordan Pefok was the hero of the day for Young Boys, as his opportunistic last-second goal gave his team a stunning victory over Manchester United as the Champions League group stage kicked off.
After a pair of subpar performances against El Salvador and Canada, as well as the Weston McKennie saga, Gregg Berhalter was able to put his young Americans back on track as they convincingly beat Honduras in their own back yard.
After last night’s Champions League play-off games where both Jordan Siebatcheu Pefok’s Young Boys and Brenden Aaronson’s RB Salzburg advanced to join the other 30 teams in the draw, 13 Americans learned who they would be facing in the group stages of Europe’s most prestigious club competition this afternoon.
The last hurdle into the Champions League group stages saw two teams with American interests go through, while two were knocked out of the competition.
