FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Juan Agudelo’s first phone call after learning he’d been called into the U.S. National Team’s January camp – currently ongoing in Carson, California – was to the same person who receives every first phone call when he earns a USMNT spot: his mother.
“I always tell my mom,” Agudelo said during a 20-minute chat with fans on Facebook Live this past weekend. “She deserves the first call every single time I get called to the national team.”
Agudelo, now 24 years old, reflected on the sacrifices his mother made when he was a youngster growing up in Barnegat, New Jersey, driving hours each way multiple times a week so he could play with the best club team in the area.