Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie are the heartbeat of US soccer and core of Leeds' EPL survival bid

Make no mistake about it, Leeds are America's Premier League team. And the nickname 'Leeds United States of America' grew stronger on Monday night,when Weston McKennie completed his loan move from Juventus.

There, he was greeted by Tyler Adams - the United States captain, teammate and his friend from his teenage years. Adams crept up on McKennie while he was giving his first interview as a Leeds player and then took on the journalistic duties himself.

'He had nothing to do with my decision!' McKennie joked about Adams, moments after putting pen to paper to officially become a Leeds player.

He continued: 'You know how it is when we play. We like bumpin' atmospheres. But obviously knowing there's a big American support network here - Jesse's here, you, Brendan (Aaronson) - having played with on the national team, it was an easy decision.'

It's an interview littered with laughs and cheeky smirks between the two as Adams asked the questionsand the jokes carried over to social media, whereAdams posted a throwback picture from a United States Under 17 training camp in Florida.