On the modern-day map of the United States men's national team, German cities such as Dortmund, Bremen and Hannover are featured every bit as prominently as New York, Dallas and Los Angeles.
The U.S. squad that will face England and Italy over the next week contains six Germany-based players—John Brooks (Wolfsburg), Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Green (Greuther Furth), Bobby Wood (Hannover, on loan from Hamburg) and Josh Sargent (Werder Bremen)—and there is plenty more where they came from.
Senior internationals Fabian Johnson (Borussia Monchengladbach), Alfredo Morales (Fortuna Dusseldorf) and Timothy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt) also play in the Bundesliga, while highly regarded New York Red Bulls prospect Tyler Adams has been strongly linked with a move to RB Leipzig.