For USMNT’s World Cup Core, UEFA Europa League: A Key Platform

The UEFA Europa League begins this week, and, for better or worse, it carries the potential to determine success this season for a number of core U.S. men’s national team World Cup veterans. But before you shrug and say “It’s not the Champions League,” remember that legends can be made in the second-tier European competition. Unai Emery, who is the first head coach to win the Europa League with three clubs (Sevilla, Villarreal and Aston Villa), should campaign to have the trophy named after him. Emery has lifted it on five occasions, but this season he’ll lead Villa in the…