With the eyes of the world on them, U.S. men’s national team players enjoyed a mixed bag of a home World Cup this summer. There were the highs against Paraguay, Australia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and the sobering low of elimination vs. Belgium; there were highlight-reel goals scored by Gio Reyna and Sebastian Berhalter and the blooper-reel concessions in that last-16 ouster. Top star Christian Pulisic was electric for the first 45 minutes of the tournament, then was plagued by injuries and scrutiny.As it relates to the U.S. team, the European summer transfer window reflected some of that same mixed-bag vibe. No, performances at the World Cup did not lead directly to any blockbuster U.S. transfers to Champions League contenders. The likes of Pulisic, Tyler Adams, Ricardo Pepi, Sergiño Dest, Antonee Robinson and Folarin Balogun (plenty more on him and the transfer saga that resulted in a U-turn back to Monaco instead of a move to Everton below) all wound up staying put.And in terms of U.S. players who did make notable moves overseas, the list isn’t exactly a who’s-who of top-line talent landing at marquee clubs. Reyna (Borussia Mönchengladbach to Strasbourg) and Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps to Middlesbrough) were the highest-profile World Cup players to earn transfers, while nascent U.S. internationals Zavier Gozo (Real Salt Lake to Crystal Palace), Jack McGlynn (Houston Dynamo to Stoke City), Cole Campbell (Dortmund to Elversberg) and Rokas Pukstas (Hajduk Split to Middlesbrough) were among others to change teams.The summer transfer window is now closed across most of Europe, so we took the opportunity to assess it from a USMNT lens, with the first camp of the 2030 World Cup cycle a few weeks away and the spotlight of this summer’s home World Cup in the rear view:Gio Reyna moved to Strasbourg on the back of the World Cup. (Darren Yamashita / Imagn Images)Which completed USMNT summer transfer was the most important one?Henry Bushnell: Reyna to Strasbourg. Ligue 1 is a much better fit for him than the Bundesliga was. He’s already starting and impacting games, and I still believe that, somewhere in his 23-year-old body, he has some of the potential he flashed as a teen at Dortmund.Paul Tenorio: Gozo to Crystal Palace. The U.S. needs more difference makers, and it needs them growing and developing at the highest levels. No one in the pool gets me as excited for their potential as Gozo, and he’s now playing in an environment that raises his ceiling.Felipe Cardenas: Slim pickings to be honest. Gozo made the most newsworthy move and it didn’t surprise anybody. He’s 19 and can run for days. Gozo was in line to be the next MLS-based American to join a big-five league. Let’s see how he adjusts.Tom Bogert: Gozo. The extremely talented teenager leaves Real Salt Lake for Crystal Palace and the Premier League. He’s already deserving of a call up to the senior national team, but if he plays basically at all at his new club, that cements it. How high is his ceiling?Which player who stayed put were you hoping to see move?Bushnell: Balogun. He needed a bigger stage than Monaco’s. To go from World Cup stardom back to a league that very few Americans watch, and to a club that averages less than 10,000 fans per game, and to a season in the UEFA Conference League, will be tremendously disappointing.