Brendan Rodgers' Reds will take on Roma, Olympiacos, Manchester City and AC Milan as they journey to Boston, Chicago, New York and Charlotte ahead of the 2014-15 season.

The current team will be following in the footsteps of a series of their predecessors, who took the plunge and transferred their talents across the Atlantic in years gone by.

Two familiar faces are plying their trade in Major League Soccer right now, but others you might not be quite so aware of. And you thought the Beatles were the only Scousers to conquer America...

Roy Evans

Before becoming a member of the legendary Liverpool boot room, Roy played for the Reds 11 times under Bill Shankly between 1965 and 1974. In the summer of 1973, Bootle boy Roy went on loan to North American Soccer League team Philadelphia Atoms, where he played 19 times and scored twice. Upon his return, he would make his final two appearances for Liverpool before becoming reserve-team coach at just 25 years of age.

Tommy Smith

The 'Anfield Iron' spent the summer of 1976 on loan at the Tampa Bay Rowdies, before returning to the Reds for his final two seasons with the club, during which he scored in Liverpool's first European Cup final triumph. After that stunning send-off, tough-tackling Smith went back to the States to play alongside his old rival George Best with the Los Angeles Aztecs while also acting as head coach. In total, seven Liverpool players from the 1970-71 team would enjoy spells across the pond, including the next man in our list.

Steve Heighway

Between 1970 and 1981, 'we had Heighway on the wing' a grand total of 475 times. At the climax of his Anfield career, the pacey left-footer took his considerable talents to the United States and the Minnesota Kicks, playing 26 times and scoring on four occasions. He would finish his career playing indoor soccer for the Philadelphia Fever, before taking up coaching Stateside. After learning his trade, he returned to Liverpool in 1989 to oversee the youth development system that saw Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and Steven Gerrard, among others, rise through the ranks.

Bruce Grobbelaar

Bruce took a long and winding route to Anfield, via the North American Soccer League's Vancouver Whitecaps. After serving in the Rhodesian army, the eccentric goalkeeper attended the Whitecaps' South African training camp. He did enough to earn a move to Canada, where he became a popular figure with local fans. During a loan spell at Crewe Alexandra, he caught the eye of LFC scouts and moved to Anfield following his final season in Vancouver. After Ray Clemence made a surprise move to Tottenham Hotspur in 1981, Grobbelaar would enjoy over a decade between the sticks, making 628 appearances for the Reds.

Peter Beardsley

One of the most naturally gifted English footballers of his or any other generation, Beardsley took an unorthodox route to stardom. Starting out with Carlisle United, the attacker moved to Canada to play for Vancouver Whitecaps, initially making 48 appearances and scoring 20 goals. He was signed by Ron Atkinson's Manchester United in 1982, but failed to make a single league appearance, and was shipped back to Vancouver on a free transfer. After another fine season, he arrived at Newcastle United, where he played for four years before making the £1.9m switch to Liverpool in 1987 and joining fellow new signings John Barnes and John Aldridge. The rest is history.

Steve Nicol

If there's one Red who truly mastered life across the Atlantic, it's Steve Nicol. One of the most successful players in LFC history, the Scot headed off to Boston in September 1999 to become player/coach of the minor league Boston Bulldogs. A year on, he stepped up to the big league as interim player/coach of New England Revolution. Following a brief return to the Bulldogs, he took on the Revs' head coach role in 2002 and won Coach of the Year in his first season. Nicol remained in the job for 10 seasons and won the North American SuperLiga with New England in 2008.

Brad Friedel

A native of Lakeland, Ohio, the former Reds stopper was a college stand-out at UCLA and was named the top college player in the United States in 1992. During a career in which several proposed moves to England were scuppered due to work permit issues, Friedel plied his trade with the United States Soccer Federation before earning a place in the MLS Team of the Year during a spell with Colombus Crew in his home state. He eventually got to Anfield, signed by Roy Evans in 1997, and remained with the Reds for three years before moving on to Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa and Tottenham, where he currently plays, aged 42.

Paul Dalglish

The son of the King, Kenny, was a Liverpool youth team graduate, but only after spells with Newcastle, Norwich City, Wigan Athletic and Blackpool, among others, did Paul make his mark across the pond. In 2006, he scored twice in the MLS conference finals for Houston Dynamo en route to an MLS Cup victory over Nicol's New England Revolution. Dynamo would retain the trophy the following year. Dalglish made a brief return to Britain, ending his career with Kilmarnock in Scotland, before taking up coaching in Houston. Following an ill-fated spell with Tampa Bay in Florida, he bounced back with the semi-pro Austin Aztex, helping to earn an assistant coach's position at Real Salt Lake in the MLS this year.

Abel Xavier

After signing from Everton in 2002, the Portuguese right-back's Anfield tenure was notable more for his wild hairstyles than his on-field displays. After making 21 appearances for Liverpool, he enjoyed spells with Galatasary, Hannover, Roma and Middlesbrough, before finishing his career in the United States with LA Galaxy. He retired in 2009.

Djimi Traore

Forever immortalised as a contributor to Liverpool's 2005 European Cup triumph in Istanbul, Traore, 34, is now seeing out the final years of his career with the Seattle Sounders in MLS. If your abiding memories of the Frenchman revolve around his gangly frame and that own goal against Burnley in the FA Cup, a quick internet search should help you discover a Goal of the Season he contender he notched for his American employers with an outrageous volley from 35 yards.

Robbie Keane

One of an increasing number of Barclays Premier League stars following in David Beckham's footsteps, as they wind down their careers, former LFC striker and boyhood Red Robbie Keane is currently doing the business for LA Galaxy. The 33-year-old has just signed a multi-year contract extension after finding the net 16 times in 23 games last season, alongside former Everton loanee Landon Donovan. The Irishman now looks set to round off a fine career in Los Angeles.

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