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Dylan Hernandez: US Soccer's outside shot is Eric Wynalda

LOS ANGELES - Eric Wynalda was worried.

"How close are we?" he asked.

We lost track of time while talking about the state of soccer in this country over a Denny's breakfast. Now, his 8-year-old son's soccer game was about to start and we had to return to the field, which was in a part of Long Beach that was unfamiliar.

"My wife is going to be so pissed," Wynalda said.

My phone vibrated. It was a text message from his unofficial press coordinator: his wife.

"Tell her we're two minutes away," he

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