The U.S. national team started play in the World Cup two weeks ago with two objectives. American Christian Pulisic, right, competes for the ball with the Netherlands’ Jurrien Timber, left, and Frenkie de Jong during a World Cup match at the Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, on Saturday. “That part’s changing,” said goalkeeper Matt Turner, who had an …
DOHA, Qatar — A World Cup jammed into the middle of the European season isn’t ideal, especially for the United States. Defenders Walker Zimmerman and Aaron Long enter the Americans’ first World Cup match in eight years on layoffs of more than a month after the ends of their Major League Soccer seasons. “When everyone’s on all cylinders and fighting …
