Matt Besler would leave Kansas City late in the evening, a suitcase packed for United States men’s national team camp. Practice started the following morning, and just a week later, he was on the field, wearing red, white and blue and playing on an international stage.
In just a few days’ time, there were game plans to implement, opponents to study, teammates with which to bond. It’s a rushed period of adaptation that follows all national team players.
It’s followed Besler back to Kansas City.
Again.
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