SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — When they were done dousing each other with beer and champagne, once Tim Weah carried the boombox out of Estadio Nacional’s locker room while tunes were still pumping, the U.S. men’s national soccer team was on the move.
Coach Gregg Berhalter and U.S. Soccer Federation officials scrambled late Wednesday to make an overnight flight to New York, followed by a trip to Doha, Qatar, for Friday’s World Cup draw.
European-based players, still wearing ski goggles to protect their eyes from sprayed alcohol, prepared for a charter to London to rejoin clubs resuming league seasons this weekend.