Tim Ream gets wrapped up in a bear hug. Mark McKenzie is dapped up. Tim Weah has a special handshake. Every time U.S. men’s national team players get off the bus — whether it’s arriving at a training or for a game — they're greeted by their biggest hype man, Harris Patel. "He’s barking, he’s hugging you, he’s dapping you up, he’s picking you up," McKenzie told me before a recent pre-World Cup training session. "That shock to the nervous system i…
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