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McKennie, Cardoso among Americans to learn UCL schedules

The league phase of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League is now set. 

Weston McKennie, Johnny Cardoso, and Malik Tillman were among the American players to learn their league phase schedules. Sergino Dest, Tim Weah, Folarin Balogun, Cole Campbell, Timmy Chandler, and Ricardo Pepi will also feature in the annual competition.

Tillman will aim to lead Bayer Leverkusen to a deep run in the competition after making the move back to Germany from PSV this summer. He will square off with Pepi and Dest in the competition.

McKennie and Juventus’ toughest test comes at the home of Real Madrid.

Weah, who made the move to Marseille this summer, will have showdowns with both Real Madrid and Liverpool.

Cardoso will lead Atletico Madrid into consecutive road matches against Liverpool and Arsenal. 

The league phase will begin during the week of September 14.

Here is a breakdown of each American’s slate of matches:

Weston McKennie: at Real Madrid, vs. Borussia Dortmund, vs. Benfica, at Villarreal, vs. Sporting Lisbon, at Bodo/Glimt, vs. Pafos FC, at Monaco.

Johnny Cardoso: vs. Inter Milan, at Liverpool, at Arsenal, vs. Eintracht Frankfurt, vs. Bodo/Glimt, at PSV, vs. Union St. Gilloise, at Galatasaray.

Sergino Dest, Ricardo Pepi: vs. Bayern Munich, at Liverpool, at Bayer Leverkusen, vs. Atletico Madrid, at Olympiakos, vs. Napoli, vs. Union St. Gilloise, at Newcastle United.

Folarin Balogun: at Real Madrid, vs. Manchester City, at Club Brugge, vs. Juventus, vs. Tottenham, at Bodo/Glimt, vs. Galatasaray, at Pafos FC.

Malik Tillman: vs. PSG, at Manchester City, vs. Villarreal, at Benfica, vs. PSV, at Olympiakos, vs. Newcastle United, at FC Kobenhaven.

Tim Weah: at Real Madrid, vs. Liverpool, vs. Atalanta, at Club Brugge, vs. Ajax, at Sporting Lisbon, at Union St. Gilloise, vs. Newcastle United. 

Cole Campbell: vs. Inter Milan, at Manchester City, vs. Villarreal, at Juventus, vs. Bodo/Glimt, at Tottenham, vs. Athletic Club, at FC Kobenhaven.

Timmy Chandler: vs. Liverpool, at Barcelona, vs. Atalanta, at Atletico Madrid, vs. Tottenham, at Napoli, vs. Galatasaray, at Qarabag.

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