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'I'm Ready': Chris Richards' World Cup Return Is A Major Boon For USA's Leaky Defense

U.S. Men's National Team Training Base (IRVINE, Calif.) — There was no tape supporting his sore left ankle. There was no ice on it, no limp as he walked toward a microphone in front of several dozen reporters, no indication at all that Chris Richards — the United States World Cup team's top defender — was anything other than 100 percent ahead of the Americans tournament opener up the coast at Los Angeles Stadium in Inglewood on Friday against Paraguay. OK, maybe not 100 percent. But Richards insisted on Wednesday that he’s healthy and available to start. "I'm feeling good," the Alabama-born ce...