AUSTIN — After another sterling performance, one that helped launch the U.S. men’s national soccer team to the top of Concacaf’s World Cup qualifying table, Ricardo Pepi made his way to one end of Q2 Stadium on Thursday night. Family and friends awaited.
His rapid journey to this high point, to where many of the 20,500 fans were chanting his name during a 2-0 victory over Jamaica, did not happen without support. The 18-year-old striker expressed his appreciation to those who journeyed to Central Texas from West Texas (his hometown is El Paso) and North Texas (where he plays for MLS’s FC Dallas).