American footballers are racking up air miles for unprecedented travel.

The American No.10 in the all-time jet set will face 13th-ranked Switzerland at a show in St. Gallen on Sunday, and will travel around 5,200 miles with Honduras in the CONCACAF Nations League semi-finals in Denver Thursday. Make. The Nations League final will be held in Denver on June 6, followed by a friendly against Costa Rica on June 9 in Sandy, Utah.

US coach Gregg Berhalter has devised a schedule to prepare players for the very tight World Cup qualifying schedule starting in September.

“It should definitely help us with different conditions of different types of weather, obviously more travel and different time zones,” forward Geo Reina said on Saturday. “So I think we’re all trying to get as many staff as possible here to help reduce jet lag as much as possible.”

After playing at the club from August 28-29, the Europe-based Americans will travel to the United States to meet their Major League Soccer brethren for the opening qualifiers on September 2. It will probably be held in Trinidad and Tobago. This is followed by a home game on September 5, possibly a game against Canada, and a road game in Honduras on September 8.

They returned to Europe for a club match from September 11-12, crossed the Atlantic Ocean for three qualifying rounds from October 7-13, and twice again from November 12-16. Cross the Atlantic Ocean.

“It’s really tough,” said forward Brenden Aaronson, who celebrated his first season in Europe at Red Bull Salzburg. “It’s a burden on me because I have to fly back to the United States for eight hours, get off the plane and get ready for the game in three days.”

This week, players who trained in Crans-Montana, in the Alps, 5,000 feet above sea level, prepared for a one-mile game in Denver, a one-year game and half and qualifying in Mexico. The city on March 24.

“We don’t have a lot of time to recover,” said defender DeAndre Yedlin, who has played 62 senior roster players and made their first international game since December 2019.

Players are given FlyKitt dietary supplements to reduce the stress of playing away from eight time zones in a short period of time.

“We feed them properly and talk to them about the rest and hydration they need,” said Barholter.

Aaronson is one of nine Americans to win 12 trophies in Europe this season, and Chelsea midfielder Christian Pulisic and Manchester City substitute goalkeeper Zack Steffen on Saturday. Came when they played in the Champions League final. They join the American team in Denver.

Aaronson won the Austrian Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup, and Stephen became the first American to win a Premier League medal and also won the League Cup.

Sergiño Dest won the Coppa del Rey in Barcelona, ​​Weston McKennie won the Coppa Italia at Juventus, the German Cup at Borussia Dortmund and Mark McKenzie at the Belgian Cup in Genk.

Timothy Weah won the Little League Ann, Ethan Horvath won the Belgian Premier League at Club Brugge and Jordan Siebacheu won the Young Boys in the Swiss Super League.

Schalke striker Matthew Hoppe and Bayern Munich defender Justin Choi, 17, were part of Sunday’s roster, saying: “Now we are in the Nations League and this group is from win the trophy with the players.

Midfielder Julian Green got to play for the first time since November 2018.

Switzerland are preparing for the European Championship, with the group stage contested against Wales on June 12 and the first round between Italy and Turkey.

“We have to live up to expectations,” said defenseman Reggie Cannon. “After all, there are many possibilities for this group. I didn’t have a lot of time to work with them.

To note

Yedlin of the USL San Diego Royal Championship is second in the United Soccer League after seeing the team withdraw from the game against LA Galaxy II on suspicion of slander one of the San Diego players. he had joined Landon Donovan in his own group. Another opposition to Phoenix Rising on suspicion of gay slander directed against another San Diego player.

“Wow, I really see that would forgo the opportunity for a professional club to play in the playoffs here and turn to those issues and realize that in my opinion it’s bigger than the sport. Has been opened, ”Yedlin said. “And I think they’ve set a great example not just in the United States, but in other countries around the world.”