Editorial office. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
If there is one sport in which the United States has not excelled throughout history, it is soccer. The senior team's record is based on titles in the North American and Caribbean region, CONCACAF, where they have won the Gold Cup six times, a runner-up spot at the Confederations Cup in 2009 and a runner-up spot at the 1930 World Cup.
Today's big stars suggest that the US will have too high a ceiling on football, completely changing the dynamics that have generated the national team's reach throughout history.
The one considered the best in the history of the American country is Landon Donovan. A stereotype of an athlete with a winning mentality, offensive skills and great soccer generation.
The today retired 10 of US Soccer Not only did he generate animosity on the field, but the white phenotypical characteristics, the supremacy speech that he managed throughout his career and the so representative nickname that marked him as "Captain America", contributed to infect generations of mentally solid players, but scarce of resources for the game.
However, today, talent abounds in the U.S., the common denominator involving African-American migrants. Barcelona's recent recruit, Sergiño Dest, comes from a Dutch mother and father from Suriname, an island in the Caribbean. The club's right-back is barely 20 years old and already stands out as one of the regulars in Ronald Koeman's squad.
Another of the athletes that the Catalan team is profiling to be part of its offensive revolution on the left wing is Konrad de la Fuente, who was born in Miami Florida in 2001. His parents are Haitian, and he is of Dominican Republic descent. At the age of 10, he left for Spain and, although he had the opportunity to wear the Iberian shirt, he preferred to represent the United States, where he made his debut with the senior national team.
One of the most promising of his historical past is Timothy Weah, son of the legendary African player, George Weah, who is also currently president of his country, Liberia. The current Lille player has skills as a centre-forward, has played ten times for the US national team and has scored one goal. Weah Sr. is remembered as the only African player in history to win the Golden Ball, the annual individual award for the best player in the world.
Giovanni Alejandro Reyna is another talent with American nationality, but originally from Durham, England. He currently plays as a midfielder for Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga. His training took place mainly in New York and, at the age of 15, in the 2017-2018 season, he was considered in the New York City FC U-18 team where he contributed with 13 goals in 17 games.
Borussia Dortmund looked to him to make him part of the German team and his managers said "We only consider bringing in youngsters from abroad when we are 100% confident that the player has the potential to play for the first team.
Christian Pulisic, a Croatian grandfather, represents the U.S. team. He is currently a player with Chelsea F.C., the runner-up in the English championship. He was initially signed in Europe by Borussia Dortmund, where he played from 2016 to 2019. However, he was born and raised in Hershey, Pennsylvania and began his career for PA Classics and Harrisburg City Islanders, during his childhood and teenage years, respectively.
The talent of the American team promises to compete for important positions in the face of an atypical World Cup, to be played in another field where football did not figure until recently: Qatar 2022.
