Ten American players and one coach brace for the Champions League stage, with the degree of expected involvement differing across the board.

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.S.-eligible players in the competition (and beyond that, there’s manager Jesse Marsch, too).

Not all opportunities are alike as it relates to the Americans taking part in