The United States would be affected by COVID-19 restrictions
According to the statement of the English Premier League where all their teams refuse to cede players who will have activity in the country in the “red list” of Great Britain by restrictions of COVID-19, the selection of the The United States would suffer very significant losses: Christian Pulisic, of Chelsea, To start.
Although the United States as a country is not on this red list, because it belongs to the amber, the selection must begin its passage to the Octagonal Final of CONCACAF with two of its three parties outside the American Union.
On September 2, USA plays in El Salvador; then receives in Canada on the 5th, and travels to Honduras on the 8th of September. Both Central American countries are on the “red list.”
The rules for “red list” countries are that people who visit them will have to save 10 days of total quarantine before returning to their life in England or being able to interact on British soil freely. This means that ceding the players would mean casualties for British teams after the next FIFA date.
In addition to Pulisic, who is currently infected with COVID-19, but hypothetically could be ready for the playoffs, there are 12 other American footballers participating in leagues in the UK.
In the Premier League are Pulisic (Chelsea), Matthew Olosunde (Preston North End), Erik Palmer-Brown (Manchester City), Josh Sargent (Norwich City), Zack Steffen (Manchester City) and Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham).
What is not yet known is whether the Championship League and League One will apply the same refusal, because this would further affect the team of Bars and Stars, because here play six more players, including Ethan Horvath ( Nottingham Forest) and Antonee Robinson (Fulham), who were recently called up by coach Gregg Belhalter.