Exclusive | Siblings of Long Island native Joe Scally will finally see USA star in World Cup action after COVID kept them from his debut

Long Island native Joe Scally is playing in his second World Cup for Team USA — in an American homecoming for the Bundesliga star that his family says they wouldn’t miss for the world.Siblings Drew and Anna Scally are ready to cheer on their brother and his teammates at home after heading across the pond to see the star defender during German league games.“Whenever we’re at one of his games, he knows where we’re sitting each time.He’ll look up and wave to us,” Drew Scally, 26, told The Post of watching the beloved Borussia Mönchengladbach player.“He always smiles.

I would say he would maybe focus more; it’s definitely a lot of excitement for him.”The Lake Grove siblings were sidelined from seeing their 23-year-old middle brother when he debuted for America at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar because of COVID travel restrictions — but they’re making up for lost time now that the games are stateside. Anna Scally, 21, has been at each game, including when her famous brother made his World Cup playing debut when team USA shellacked Australia 2-0 in Seattle Friday, and Drew Scally will be in sunny Los Angeles for the team’s match against Turkiye Thursday. The family will also be going to the round of 32 now that America clinched a spot in the knockout stage.“When we played soccer together, we would always watch the World Cup, talk about the World Cup,” said Drew Scally, now an accountant. “The fact that he’s on the team is just those things that don’t feel real for all of us,” he added of his brother, the youngest non-German to play 150 games in the Bundesliga. Joe Scally left to follow his dreams and play in the league at age 18 during the height of the pandemic.

It again kept him isolated from his family, who were also supposed to fly over to help him settle in during the first weeks.“It was a very, very hard time for him.He adjusted very easily.

I don’t know how,” his mom and former youth coach Margaret Scally said.“He ...