Born in Brooklyn and with roots in Queens, Tim Weah is a winger on the U.S. national team, which on Monday faces Wales at the World Cup in Qatar.
“You see a lot of struggle, but in that struggle, there’s a lot of happiness,” Tim Weah said of Liberia. “It humbles you, coming from a place [in America and Europe] where it’s a fast life and, with a lot of the people we meet, it’s just transactional. You go back and free your mind, and it’s such a loving environment.”Arthur Ashe Courage AwardGeorge Weah attended the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and brought along 10-year-old Tim.
Regular playing time was hard to come by, so PSG loaned him to Celtic for the last half of the 2018-19 season. He scored three goals during the Glasgow club’s championship run. While Tim’s career was taking shape, his father delved deeper into politics. A failed presidential candidate in 2005, he was elected to the Liberian Senate before launching a successful presidential campaign in 2017. He is in a six-year term to lead a nation of 5 million.
Weah was the obvious choice to become the U.S. team’s designated DJ. A wide variety of music juices the locker room: trap soul, hip-hop, reggaeton, country, as well as “old-school music for the coaches,” he said, smiling.“You have to be creative on the field as well as in the studio,” he said. “You’ve got to think outside the box. You have to give the people what they love, whether it’s tricks [on the field] or catchy lyrics.
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