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The underrated FC Dallas star, who helped power Croatia to the World Cup, now stands on the brink of playing the biggest match of his life in the region he calls his second home.

He knew nothing about the television show or the skyline, the Cowboys or JFK. Dallas could not have meant less to Petar Musa a year ago, when he was lining up at striker for Portugal’s S.L. Benfica.

It is something every writer knows all too well—the wonderfully daunting task of filling in a blank page. Before a single word is written, the opportunities are seemingly limitless. What you’re about ...