Philadelphia Union captain Alejandro Bedoya spoke to the media on Thursday for the first time since he and the United States Men’s National Team experienced the unthinkable: the U.S. failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
Bedoya talked about the experience not only as a player but as a father.
“I had dreams of taking my son to the World Cup, he would have been three and a half years old by then, just to experience that with him,” Bedoya said. “There was a lot of sadness, a lot of emotions after the game on Tuesday night and for me that was kind of the most disheartening thing.