Tony Meola looks back at the day he and a bunch of 20-somethings changed USA soccer history

On the night prior to the most important game of his young national team career on Nov. 18, 1989, young Tony Meola couldn’t sleep. It wasn’t his nerves, but the party going on near the Trinidad Hilton in Port of Spain, where the team was staying. Trinidad & Tobago fans — soccer and non-supporters — were celebrating the Soca Warriors going to the 19...