Key events
Preamble
The United States should Beat Panama.
But Brazil should defeated Costa Rica.
And Mexico should have defeated Venezuela.
A loss would leave the US needing a result against Uruguay. That should not have to to happen.
And I should Stop using italics.
Kick-off in an hour.
Beau will be visiting soon. In the meantime, here’s how the US proceeded in their opener:
On May 28, 2016, Christian Pulisic became the youngest player to score for the US men’s national team. He found the net in a 4-0 win over Bolivia in preparation for the Copa América Centenario. But what happened the night before was, in a quieter way, no less remarkable.
Jürgen Klinsmann, then the US coach, gave Pulisic permission to go to his graduation party in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the night before the game. The 17-year-old rented a private jet so he could get back to Kansas City in time for the game.
That was the abnormal norm of his teenage years: the tension between the shy child, a Justin Bieber fan who wanted to hang out with friends in a chocolate town called The sweetest place on earthand the realities of his working life as a rising international star who was traveling by corporate jet before he was old enough to drive alone in Germany, where he lived. A universal rite of passage at his high school and a unique achievement for his country, in the space of 24 hours.
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