ORLANDO — The call went out to Shaq Moore in Spain on Wednesday: Stand by, U.S. men’s national soccer team Coach Gregg Berhalter said, we might need you.
The situation at right back was already precarious because of an injury to first-string Sergiño Dest and a yellow-card warning to second-choice DeAndre Yedlin. Then, on the eve of the World Cup qualifier against Mexico, third-pick Reggie Cannon received an inconclusive coronavirus test.
When the subsequent test came back positive, Moore scrambled to the airport in the Canary Islands, where he plays for second-division Tenerife. Via Madrid and Chicago, he arrived in central Florida in time to watch on TV his U.