Orlando Florida – Since suffering the heaviest loss in more than a decade in Saturday’s 5-1 humiliation against ColombiaFans can expect ambient moods American men’s national team gets gloomy or at least calms down a bit going into the second session on WednesdayCopa America adjustment vs. scary Brazil.
That’s clearly not the case as the United States prepares to practice here Tuesday morning at Camping World Stadium.
“Everyone’s energy right now is positivity in the game,” U.S. striker Tim Weah, who scored the only goal for the Americans last weekend, told a small group of reporters before the session began. group. “We move on and learn from it, and now it’s time to focus on the next match.”
The next match, against the five-time World Cup champions, will reveal the truth about where the USMNT team truly stands better than any words can.
It is understandable that the players want to forget the Colombia match as soon as possible. Professional athletes must have short memories to have long and successful careers. That doesn’t mean Americans haven’t spent a lot of time over the past three days poring over videos of how and where things went wrong. Los Caféteros, becoming the first opponent to score 5 goals against the US in 15 years. They have. But dwelling on bad results for too long also has its dangers. Especially with a ruthless enemy like Brazil waiting on Wednesday.
“We know that we are facing another world-class team. We need to be ready for that,” forward Brenden Aaronson speak.
“The score shows that [Colombia] the game isn’t good enough and we all know it. But that’s football and sometimes it doesn’t go your way. Sometimes you don’t play up to standard. Everyone has bad matches, has bad performances. When you look at it, it’s possible [feel like] the end of the world at this moment. But not so.”
Having such a bird’s-eye perspective is healthy. However, there is no denying the fact that this team suddenly came under real pressure after America’s Copa América opening match against their opponents. Bolivia less than two weeks to go. Americans need to respond strongly. One situation surrenders many other targets and those bad vibes will quickly spread. But defeat Select However, absolutely a tall order for any country. The US lost 18/19 matches against Brazil. Under those circumstances, a draw would be a victory. Even a close loss is acceptable – depending of course on the attitude of the home team.
“I think the message for the team after the match against Colombia is not to chase results,” coach Gregg Berhalter said in Tuesday’s pre-match press conference. “For us, it’s about really focusing on performance.”
Berhalter took a slightly softer tone on Tuesday than he did immediately after last weekend’s defeat.
“In terms of digestion, everything is normal,” he said. “We look at what we did well and what we didn’t do well. We analyze it. We are very critical of some situations on the field. But the players also see that it is not personal matter. We want to play.” better in that game, especially towards the end, we conceded goals too easily and we talked about that. And if we have a chance of getting a result in this match, we cannot make the same mistakes. .
“But the mood is very good,” he added. “Thinking is good and [we’re] ready to go out and play against Brazil.”
Having the chemistry of Tyler Adams at central midfield will help. The 2022 World Cup captain sat out on Saturday but was fit to play nearly half the match on Wednesday after an injury-ravaged season in the Premier League, the coach said. Aaronson will also make his first pre-tournament start, as will midfielder Miles Robinson. Robinson can start instead of Tim Ream or Cameron Carter-Vickers, both of whom played very hard in the last match.
There needs to be more intensity from the opening whistle. Overall, however, the United States has little choice but to reuse virtually the same tactics and personnel and hope that small adjustments are enough to make a big difference.
“We have to be brave and continue with our plan,” Berhalter said. “Obviously there was a lot of pressure from outside after the 5-1 defeat at home. But for us, preparing this group for the Copa América is the most important thing.
“We know that these opportunities don’t come every day, the opportunity to play against Brazil,” he added. “We’re really enjoying it and the players are excited too. The whole team is ready.”
We shall see. Cheap words. Ultimately, Americans will say the most important things with their feet.
Doug McIntyre is a football writer for FOX Sports. Before joining FOX Sports in 2021, he was an editor at ESPN and Yahoo Sports and he covered USA men’s and women’s national teams at various FIFA World Cups. Follow him at @ByDougMcIntyre.
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