The new United States recruit says his decision was difficult but the Stars and Stripes' open arms helped sway him
United States goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez says he always felt welcome in the U.S. national team system, which helped him decide to file a one-time switch to become a U.S. international.
The U.S. coaching staff has had contact dating back to the Jurgen Klinsmann era, and the 22-year-old said that helped sway him to select the U.S. Gonzalez was born in North Carolina and was raised in Texas but represented Mexico at the youth level thanks to his parents' heritage.