NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) This already has been a year of transition and triumph for Dax McCarty.
He was traded in January from the New York Red Bulls to Chicago, which won its only Major League Soccer championship in 1998, and has helped turn around the Fire’s fortunes. And the 30-year-old midfielder returned to the U.S. national team for the first time in six years, brought back after Bruce Arena replaced Jurgen Klinsmann as coach.
”It’s given me a lot of confidence,” McCarty said ahead of Friday’s CONCACAF Gold Cup opener against Panama. ”Obviously with Chicago, we’re having a really good season.