Two English Premier League teams, Arsenal and Everton, will find themselves playing soccer in front of an American crowd on Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore as part of a preseason tour.
This weekend’s friendly matchup will be infused with the red, white and blue — one team’s past filled with American stars, the other’s future including one, and both playing in a Premier League where U.S. players and fans are becoming more common.
Before Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie and Tyler Adams were sparking bidding wars on the other side of the Atlantic, Europeans were skeptical about how good American soccer players could really be.