The United States is one of the few teams at the World Cup that do not have a nickname for themselves. During the opening round of matches that will halve the field of 32, most games are splattered across four playing windows, starting in the witching hours Stateside, but held at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Qatar. All three of the Americans' group stage matches: opener against Wales on Monday, Nov. 25 against England and the final group match against Iran on Nov. 29, will begin at the same time: 10 p.m. local.
Naturally, they are figuring out how to go about those late starts. "I think as the game comes around, we'll slowly just delay our times and treat it as if the game was an evening game and start our day a bit later," Pulisic remarked.