The voice had a sound of panic and helplessness. Like some sort of premonition of doom. It was July 22 of this year at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and the Gold Cup semifinal between the United States and Costa Rica was tied at zero.
He had been warming for most of the second half, and it was right around the 66th minute that Clint Dempsey got the signal from U.S. coach Bruce Arena that he was going in.
Seeing Dempsey make his way toward the fourth official, the 45,516 inside the home of the Dallas Cowboys roared like it was a Dak Prescott touchdown pass to Dez Bryant.