What would become this summer’s most improbable and short-lived fling began with a double fist-pump and a hip-shimmy.
Christian Pulisic, the U.S. national team’s “Captain America,” had just tucked a tidy one-timer into the corner of the Jamaican net in a Nations League match. It was Nov. 18, 2024, less than two weeks after a vote would return Donald Trump to office, and politics were front of the American mind. Pro football stars and ultimate fighters had begun transforming the president-elect’s herky-jerk hand motions — initially developed in rough sync to the disco beats of “Y.M.C.A.” — into an all-purpose celebration. Pulisic sprinted to the corner flag and tried it himself.
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