SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Even if you can lose by 5 goals or less Costa Rica Fourth and still qualifying for the World Cup, coach Gregg Berhalter and players for USA men’s national team maintain the intention to win remains unaffected.
Very few players left in the group failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, but the lesson is still there.
“Obviously, we’re in a great situation and we know it, but I think going into the game against Trinidad we think we’re in a good situation too,” said the defender. must say DeAndre Yedlinone of four players, along with Christian Pulisic, Paul Arriola and Kellyn Acostaon the current roster who played in the infamous loss before Trinidad and Tobago 2017 caused the team not to participate in the final World Cup.
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There would be an even greater disaster if the United States missed out this time around. The Americans have not lost by 6 or more goals since the previous 6-0 loss France in a friendly match in 1979.
The drive to qualify goes hand in hand with the possibility of making history in Costa Rica, where the team went 0-9-2 in World Cup qualifying. In the last qualifying round, USMNT lost 4-0 to Costa Rica, causing coach Jurgen Klinsmann to be fired.
“Right now, we’re in a position where history says we can go to Costa Rica and get our first win in qualifying for the national team,” the midfielder said. Tyler Adams speak. “So for us, again, putting a check mark next to something that no other team has done yet.
“We’ve got this match-by-match mentality and some of the stipulations that come with it that we can be one of the first teams to do this and get that record.”
With one game left, Canada (28 points) is the only team in CONCACAF that has officially qualified. United States and Mexico (25 per team) just enough thanks to the advantage over Costa Rica (22 points) in goal difference.
The top three finishers in CONCACAF automatically qualify for the Qatar FIFA World Cup, while the fourth-placed team will enter a one-match playoff against the winners of the Oceania Confederation (New Zealand). or Solomon Islands) in June.
Costa Rica coach Luis Fernando Suarez faces and interesting dilemmas. The Ticos there were nine players getting yellow cards and if any of them received a yellow card in the game against USMNT, they would – assuming they finished fourth in CONCACAF – be suspended for the playoffs. That situation raises the possibility that Costa Rica will use its best players to secure a play-off spot.
“It won’t change tomorrow, but it’s a stupid rule,” says Berhalter. “We go 14 laps and if a guy gets a yellow shirt in the first round in round 14, they sit out the biggest game? That doesn’t make any sense and I feel for us or Costa Rica, who will have to deal with that.
“We predict that they will put out their best squad, that they will go with that, but it could change. We have identified all of their players on their roster. We got to know all of their players and looked for the potential for change.”
Right behind Reggie Cannon Berhalter said he returned to the US team on Tuesday, and is set to practice with the team. He missed the last two games against Mexico and Panama after testing positive for COVID-19.
