The wait is over and this Tuesday, the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League season will start, which It will be marked as the edition with the largest US participation in the history of the event, Well, a total of 11 players from the American Union will be in the group stage, which will begin on September 14.
Initially, 12 Americans would contest the new edition of the Champions League, but before the loan of Chris Richards to Hoffenheim from Bayern Munich, this number was reduced, but still, It will be registered as the edition with the largest presence of North American players in the history of the tournament.
Christian Pulisic will be the main casualty of the US representatives at the start of the new UEFA Champions League season, as he will be withdrawn from the duel against Zenit due to the injury he suffered on the FIFA Date with the US National Team in the Octagonal Final and will not be available for the duel against Zenit.
The American presence in the 2021/22 season of the UCL will begin nothing more and nothing less than in the opening duel of the group stage, since Sevilla will receive RB Salzburg from Brenden Aaronson, in addition to some teams from date 1, some American players could meet in their respective matches.
Matchday 1 schedule for Americans in the Champions League
This will be Matchday 1 of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League for US footballers:
– Sevilla vs RB Salzburg (Brenden Aaronson): September 14, 12:45 ET
– Young Boys (Jordan Pefok) vs Manchester United: 14 de septiembre, 12:45 ET
– Lille (Tim Weah) * vs Wolfsburg (John Brooks): September 14, 3:00 p.m. ET
– Chelsea (Christian Pulisic) * vs Zenit: September 14, 15:00 ET
– Malmo vs Juventus (Weston McKennie): September 14, 3:00 p.m. ET
– Barcelona (Sergiño Dest) vs Bayern Munich: September 14, 3:00 p.m. ET
– Beşiktaş vs Borussia Dortmund (Gio Reyna)*: 15 de septiembre, 12:45 PM ET
-Brujas (Owen Otasowie) vs PSG: September 15, 3:00 p.m. ET
– Manchester City (Zack Steffen) vs RB Leipzig (Tyler Adams and Jesse Marsch): September 15, 15:00 ET
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