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Many Nations, One Team: On dual-nationals and being American

Related Topics: United States, Nationality, Colombia

Apparently we're still talking about this, so here it goes: there will always be dual-nationals playing for the U.S.A, and that's not a problem.

In the week prior to the USMNT's opening Copa America matchup with Colombia, much focus has been paid to Alejandro Bedoya and his Colombian roots. He's described the game as special, and admitted to wearing a Carlos "El Pibe" Valderamma wig and cheering on Los Cafeteros at the 1994 World Cup in the United States with his family as a kid. Now a grown man and representing the United States, no one really questions Alejandro Bedoya's loyalty to the United States' cause.