Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore will miss most of preseason after being called up to the United State's January camp.
In many ways it is a good problem to have: if you want to have top international talent on your team it only makes sense that they would also represent their country internationally. But ever since Toronto FC acquired Michael Bradley ahead of the 2014 season, it was clear that international absences were going to be something that the club would need to overcome.
In a league that rarely breaks for international fixtures, clubs who sign top international and domestic talent do so knowing full well that they will have to lose them for multiple games ever year.