Union captain Alejandro Bedoya and Hershey-born teenage superstar Christian Pulisic are among 26 players on the U.S. men’s soccer team’s roster for the biggest stretch yet of World Cup qualifying games.
The Americans will host Costa Rica at 6:50 p.m. Friday at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. (ESPN and Univision), then play at always-hostile Honduras the following at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 5 (beIN Sports and NBC Universo).
Pulisic is playing perhaps the best soccer of his young career for his club team, Borussia Dortmund. The 18-year-old scored in a German SuperCup loss to Bayern Munich; had a goal and an assist in Dortmund’s season-opening 3-0 win at VfL Wolfsburg on Aug.