crest

“These waves don’t roll; they peak, crest, and then crash down on whatever is unlucky enough to lie below them.”

The trophy features many nods from the 60-year-old musician, including a hand-drawn “cresting wave” illustration and an arrow and mod symbol — an allusion to Vedder’s tribute to the Who on his personal guitar.

But by Wednesday morning they were above 16ft, which is considered a crest.

The stream banks were denuded of vegetation and the riffle crests obliterated as the choked stream tried to reach the sea.

“It’s an honor,” midfielder Diego Luna, who had played for the U.S. just four times before the Gold Cup, told reporters about wearing the crest.