George Bello and Alex Freeman became the 50th and 51st Americans to play in the UEFA Champions League and before that the European Cup.
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Americans Abroad: Freeman and Bello make UEFA Champions League debuts
Alex Freeman, the USMNT’s 22-year-old right back, came on at halftime in Villarreal’s 3-2 loss at Borussia Dortmund on Matchday 1 of the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League. Left winger George Bello, 24, started for Austria’s LASK in its 1-0 loss at AEK Athens.
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Americans Abroad: 7 U.S. players in the UEFA Champions League
Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League’s league phase kicks off on Tuesday, when Texan Samuel Adeniran and Georgia product George Bello could make their UCL debuts with Austrian club LASK Linz. Villarreal, whose Alex Freeman started in LaLiga last weekend, takes on Borussia Dortmund, which named 17-year-old Mathis Albert to its Champions League roster. Atletico Madrid (Johnny Cardoso) is in action Wednesday, followed by PSV (Sergino Dest and Ricardo Pepi) on Thursday.
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Americans Abroad (France): Gio Reyna is ‘the heart of’ Strasbourg
After Gio Reyna scored and helped create another in Strasbourg’s 6-2 win over Troyes, his coach Hugo Olivera called the 23-year-old American player the “heart of the team” in the 4-2-3-1 formation. Oliveira added that Reyna must absorb the “very important work” of pressing required of him, “like all the attacking players.” 🇫🇷 French Ligue […]
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Americans Abroad (England): Chris Richards prevails in meeting of Americans
Crystal Palace, after opening with two losses, won its first game of the season, 3-2, at Fulham, which has now lost three straight. Chris Richards went the full 90 for Palace. Antonee Robinson exited for Fulham in the 79th minute, by when all five goals had been scored.
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Americans in Spain: Alex Freeman gets first start of season
Outside back Alex Freeman got his first start of the LaLiga season and fourth since joining Villarreal last January in a 2-3 loss to Deportivo. Villarreal is winless, with two ties and two losses, four games into the season. Johnny Cardoso had his longest stint on the field for Atletico Madrid, coming on in the […]
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Americans Abroad: Goals by Ricardo Pepi and Joe Scally
Ricardo Pepi scored his third goal in four games for PSV. Joe Scally scored in Mönchengladbach’s 4-3 loss to Elversberg but may have been able to Elversberg’s second goal with a more emphatic effort. For how all Americans fared in the Netherlands and Germany …
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Americans Abroad (Italy): Christian Pulisic’s wait continues
Christian Pulisic watched from the bench as compatriot Yunus Musah went the full 90 in AC Milan’s 1-1 tie at Juventus. Weston McKennie didn’t dress for Juve because of a muscle injury.
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AMERICANS ABROAD: Aidan Morris’ first Championship goal (in 78 games) set up on platter by Seb
It took 78 games, but Aidan Morris finally scored his first goal for Middlesbrough in the Championship. And it was set up by buddy Sebastian Berhalter on a platter in Boro’s 1-1 tie at Burnley. “USA! USA!” could be heard from visiting fans at Turf Moor.
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SA Confidential: U.S. youth prospects shine in Europe
It has been an extremely busy week for U.S. youth internationals in both the United States and in Europe. In MLS, the surge of impressive outings from young American players continued. Meanwhile in Europe, we saw Olympic-eligible players see the field in most of the continent’s top leagues, including Serie A, the Premier League and […]