Pardeep Cattry

Europe's top clubs begin the league phase this week on the road to May's final in Warsaw, with matches across Paramount+, CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Golazo Network

The Gunners may have lost, but they still reign supreme in our rankings

Pulisic earned his first of the season in Milan's game against Lecce, slowly being integrated into the team after an injury-plagued World Cup

Townsend, who plays for Thai League 1 side PT Prachuap, came off the bench in their 3-0 win on Saturday despite the incident

Real Madrid went down to 10 after Dean Huijsen's 53rd-minute red card, which paved the way for a 2-1 defeat on Sunday

Banks has filed a one-time switch to represent Germany after playing for the USMNT at the youth levels

The squad for the fall friendlies is almost evenly divided between players who competed at this summer's World Cup and uncapped players, the latter group boasting an average age of 19 years and six months

Head coach Mauricio Pochettino is expected to name multiple rising talents for the USMNT's first games after the World Cup

The 16-year-old, who has 12 goal contributions in 10 MLS games, is reportedly set to be named to the USMNT squad on Thursday

Ainsley McCammon scored to send the match into extra time, but Emeri Adames missed a penalty in the shootout ensuring the U.S. team would notch an early exit

Elsewhere on the Golazo Starting XI newsletter, Manchester United are in EFL Cup action

Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie headline a selection of U.S. internationals competing in the Europa League this season, while Yunus Musah hopes to revive his career back at Milan

Inter's in action in Serie A on Monday

Manchester City's win over Manchester United on Sunday means they have four wins out of four to start the season, a feat matched only by reigning champions Arsenal

City went down to 10 in the 23rd minute after Phil Foden received a red card but still came out on top thanks to Erling Haaland's goal in the 60th minute