The wait is almost over, as the 2020/21 edition of the UEFA Champions League will begin on October 20, which will feature a never-before-seen number of American players, as
a total of 10 American Union players will set a record with their presence in the group stage
of the most important club tournament in the world.
This Thursday, UEFA released the lists of players registered by the 32 participating teams for this edition of the Champions League, in which the United States will have 10 representatives,
a figure never before seen in the continental tournament and that surpass the record of Americans in Champions,
dating from the 2004/05 edition.
COUNT 'EM!
A record 𝟏𝟎 🇺🇸 players have been named to @ChampionsLeague rosters for the 2020-21 competition.
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- US Soccer MNT (@USMNT) October 8, 2020
Christian Pulisic (Chelsea), Sergiño Dest, Konrad De la Fuente (Barcelona), Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Chris Richards (Bayern Munich), Zack Steffen (Manchester City) , Alex Méndez (Ajax) and Ethan Horvath (Bruges),
will be the Americans who will be in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League
, starting on 20 October.
At just 22 years old, C
hristian Pulisic is the most experienced American ahead of the next edition of the UEFA Champions League
, with a total of 26 duels played and 2 scores with both Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea, the club with which he reached the quarterfinal round in the last edition of the Champions League, in just his first season with the
Blue team.
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For their part, of the 10 American representatives for the next Champions League, Konrad De la Fuente, Chris Richards, Zack Steffen and Alex MĂ©ndez,
are the only ones who have no previous experience in this tournament
and will seek to make their debut with their respective clubs. during this season.
Set record
A total of 24 American footballers have played the UEFA Champions League, which has already been lifted by one of them, since in 1997, Jovan Kirovski, became the
first and only player in the American Union to win the Champions League
with him. Borussia Dortmund.
The 10 Americans who will face the next Champions League will set a record that has remained intact since the 2004/05 season.
That 2004/05 edition was the most American had,
with a total of 6 representatives
, led by Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley, Tim Howard, Jermaine Jones, Robbie Russel and Jonathan Spector.