The young Americans take the field against Wales on Monday in a match a growing fanbase back home has been pining for since 2014.
Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Gio Reyna, Joe Scally and Yusuf Musah were 11 years old the last time the United States took the field in a World Cup match. On the 3,066th day after that loss in Brazil, the Americans return to soccer’s showcase with a new-look team dreaming lofty goals and hoping for actual ones.
People are also reading… Only DeAndre Yedlin, a 29-year-old defender, remains from the American team eliminated by Belgium in the second round eight years ago. Yedlin, Christian Pulisic, Kellyn Acosta and Tim Ream are among just four holdovers from the group that flopped to the field in anguish after the crushing loss at Trinidad in CONCACAF qualifying in October 2017 that ended the streak of U.S. World Cup appearances at seven.
Some are already looking ahead four years, to when the U.S. co-hosts the tournament and the core group figures to be in its prime.Berhalter becomes the first American to play and coach at a World Cup — his 50th minute shot from Claudio Reyna’s corner kick struck German defender Torsten Frings’ arm on the goal line but was not called a hand ball in 2002′s 1-0 quarterfinal loss.
Host Qatar loses openerAL KHOR, Qatar — The large swathes of empty seats in the second half summed up the Qatar soccer team's disappointing start to its first ever World Cup.
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