As the golden haze of the World Cup disappears into the yawning mouth of summer, there’s little time to dwell on a phenomenal tournament. Unless you’re French. Otherwise, it’s straight back into the club game, which is suddenly less than a month away in Europe. There are transfers to complete and friendlies to play for the world’s best clubs, and two of them, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, were just in the United States.



The participation of these teams in the International Champions Cup wouldn’t have been particularly remarkable if it weren’t for the bevy of American talent they had in tow. Dortmund has Christian Pulisic, the best American player currently drawing breath, obviously. But Bayern has spent the summer collecting plenty of new prospects from the States and Canada as well. Among the star-spangled contingent that is either training with, on-loan to, signed, or rumored to be signed with the German champions are Chris...