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1. Trust the Process
Sporting KC center back Ike Opara earned a deserved call to the U.S. Men’s National Team on Monday, joining a 30-man roster for January Camp in Carson, California. Opara’s first inclusion on the senior national team could see the defender make his U.S. debut when the Americans host Bosnia and Herzegovina on Jan.