[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Another season of the UEFA Champions League kicks off next week, and the draw was held Monday for the first two qualifying rounds in whicha pair of Americans will compete. Danijal Brkovic, who was born in Croatia and grew up in Johnson City, N.Y., will play for Bosnian champion Zeljeznicar againstCzech champion Viktoria Plzen, and Josh Gatt‘s Molde will face Ireland’s Sligo Rovers, though his participation is doubtful because of a likely call-up to theGold Cup.

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