‘When he talks, people listen’: Tyler Adams is a formidable USA captain

The youngest skipper at the Qatar World Cup has starred in midfield for the Americans while winning praise for his wisdom and leadership off the pitch

As the youngest United States men's national team in generations plotted their return to soccer's biggest stage after an eight-year absence, manager Gregg Berhalter relied on a captaincy-by-committee approach. More than a dozen different American players took on the role of captain over the past three and a half years as Berhalter rotated the armband across a leadership collective drawn from the team's senior players.

But when the time finally arrived to select a World Cup captain, the question was put to a player vote. To no one's surprise, Tyler Adams got the call from his peers.