The men's World Cup trophy grins at Yunus Musah every time the buoyant American teenager whips out his phone.
For many, such responsibility would be a burden, a bit much for a teen to handle. For Musah, it’s a blessing that, like most things, he carries with an irrepressible smile.
He has endured distress, and knows he’ll have to endure plenty more, but that perspective, he said, “really helps keep the mood, and [makes us] realize how lucky we are.”Musah was born to a Ghanaian mother in New York City, but moved to Italy before his nascent brain could store any memories of America.
The one constant, in a way, as he headed to London and later to Spain, was soccer, or football, a universal game. Musah speaks four languages. He is, in his own words, “Black,” “African,” “American,” “Muslim,” “Italian,” “English,” “an immigrant” and “a citizen of the world.” And in addition to all of those identities, wherever he has gone, he has been a brilliant footballer.
It was a difficult decision, made agonizing by all the opportunity England had given him — but made, in the end, by the “faith” Berhalter showed in him.
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