How did a move to the Marseille pressure-cooker prepare Tim Weah for his next World Cup with the USMNT?
Tim Weah is preparing for the upcoming World Cup with the USMNT after a season with Marseille. He reflects on the intense atmosphere of the city and the responsibility that comes with playing for a club where results significantly impact the community. Weah emphasizes the importance of mental readiness alongside physical preparation for the challenges of the World Cup.
- ▪Tim Weah recently transitioned from Juventus to Marseille, where he has become a regular player.
- ▪He describes Marseille as a football-centric city, where the team's performance affects the daily lives of its residents.
- ▪Weah acknowledges the mental challenges of preparing for the World Cup, stating that preparation alone is not enough without mental readiness.
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NEW YORK – Four days after playing his final game this season with Marseille and five days before the U.S. men's national team's World Cup journey officially begins, Tim Weah was busy traversing the spread-out boroughs of New York. He spent his morning in Harlem flanking mayor Zohran Mamdani and his evening taking in the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. Somewhere in the middle of the day, and after braving some of New York's inconsistent but uncompromising traffic , he was moving around his family's home in Springfield Gardens, the quiet Queens neighborhood nestled inside a pocket of the borough he has always called home.There is plenty of purpose in all of his activities on a rainy Thursday, but they also act as a useful distraction."I don't know yet," Weah claimed.
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