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The Outlook for an Unprecedented Number of Americans in the Champions League

The word "unprecedented" has been batted around the U.S. soccer sphere plenty in the last couple of years. There was Christian Pulisic's "unprecedented" $73 million move to Chelsea in January 2019. A couple of months ago, Tyler Adams did the "unprecedented" by scoring the goal that sent RB Leipzig to the Champions League semifinals. More recently, there's been Weston McKennie and Sergiño Dest's "unprecedented" transfers to Juventus and Barcelona, respectively.

Another of the "unprecedented" achievements will get put into practice starting this week, when the new Champions League campaign kicks off and 10 Americans will be eligible for selection, an "unprecedented" amount of U.