The United States men’s national team will face Red Bull Salzburg in a scrimmage during January training camp in Qatar.
The fixture is listed on the Salzburg web site.
That means, of course, that Gregg Berhalter will match wits with fellow American boss Jesse Marsch.
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Berhalter announced his roster for the break last week, with 22 MLS-based players joining three others in camp from Jan. 5-25.
Presumably, the Yanks will add a second Qatar-based match.
The camp in Qatar will be followed by a friendly against Costa Rica in California. Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup, and the USMNT begins qualifying in the Hex this Fall.
The Austrian league is on winter break, so Marsch’s men have four friendlies scheduled including the USMNT match. They’ll also face Russia’s Zenit St. Petersburg in Qatar before meeting Poland’s Gornik Zabrze and Austria’s SKU Amstetten in Europe.
Salzburg is yet to lose in league play but holds just a two-point lead over LASK. They have an Austrian Cup quarterfinal on Feb. 9 before meeting LASK on Valentine’s Day and Eintracht Frankfurt on Feb. 20 in the Europa League. That’s a huge ask of a manager.