Tim Ream is World Cup’s first player to benefit from VAR ‘mistaken identity’ check | USA

Tim Ream made history on Friday in more ways than one. The second the opening whistle blew in the United States’ match against Paraguay, the 38-year-old became the oldest player in the history of the US men’s national team to appear at a World Cup. Fifty-three minutes later, Ream made an entirely different type of history: he became the first player at a World Cup to benefit from the…