Sitting in his hotel room in Costa Rica, Portland Timbers forward Jeremy Ebobisse could only watch on his laptop as his new team routed Minnesota United FC 5-1 in front of a typically raucous Providence Park crowd.
That's because Ebobisse–the fourth overall pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft–spent most of the last month training and playing with the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team, which on March 5 defeated Honduras on penalty kicks to win the first CONCACAF U-20 Championship in program history.
Things in Costa Rica, however, got off to a far rockier start.