Why Cristian Roldan chose to play for USA at World Cup over 2 other countries

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Cristian Roldan will have a home-field advantage during the World Cup . When the U.S. midfielder steps onto the pitch for the team’s opener in Los Angeles on Friday, he’ll be playing just over 20 miles from the patch of grass where he learned to play soccer. In Pico Rivera, California — a working-class city situated a half-hour drive away from SoFi Stadium – stands his first home field. The pitch was the grass in the backyard of the house where he was raised, the goal was made of PVC pipes his

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