(Reuters) – The U.S. males’s nationwide crew might be taking it one game at a time as they put together for a trio of World Cup qualifying matches and won’t let a tantalising encounter with Canada distract them from their subsequent outing towards El Salvador.
The USMNT, who’re second in the CONCACAF standings behind Canada, host El Salvador on Thursday in Columbus. They then journey north to face Canada three days later earlier than returning dwelling to fulfill Honduras in St. Paul on Feb. 2.
El Salvador and Honduras are seventh and eighth in the eight-nation group. The USMNT have been compelled to accept a 1-1 draw with Canada in Nashville in September regardless of dominating possession.
“As all the time, the mentality coming into camp is the game-by-game mentality. You cannot look too far ahead as a result of that may finally turn out to be a distraction,” midfielder and crew captain Tyler Adams instructed reporters on a name.
“But we all know that Canada is a tremendous necessary game. We would have appreciated to get three factors once we performed them at dwelling, however now we glance to enhance on that efficiency.
“We’re going to look at and lower a lot of video from our video games however we all know that they’ve a sturdy crew.”
Forward Gyasi Zardes echoed Adams, saying the crew is absolutely centered on El Salvador, with whom they drew 0-0 in San Salvador in September.
“We’re not fascinated about another opponent. Our essential opponent is El Salvador. We’re solely fascinated about this subsequent game,” he mentioned.
With six matches remaining, the USMNT are in second place with 15 factors after 4 wins, three attracts and one loss. The high three groups in the group will earn computerized qualification for the World Cup in Qatar in November and December.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Toby Davis)
