US Football team energized after Friday’s training session in Washington DC – CONCACAF Gold Cup
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jamaica-c2927 in the quarter-finals on Sunday, June 19 at RFK Stadium.
Nine players of the national squad trained on Thursday afternoon but the full squad, except for midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Landon-Donovan-c21646 and striker Clint Dempsey, hit the camp on Friday.
The duo is in California and Texas respectively for their siblings’ weddings. However, both players are scheduled to return to Virginia on Saturday via private transport.
The remaining squad, meanwhile, was quite motivated after the training, as Bob Bradley prepared his men for the quarter-final. The team has brushed aside the drubbing at the hands of Panama, but the lessons learnt would be of grave importance.
For midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Bradley-c25275, the upcoming game is of foremost importance.
“The first round is always about coming through,” Bradley said after the training. “You don’t get style points. It’s all about just taking it one game at a time, and after three games put yourself in a position to be in the quarterfinal. We’ve done that,
we’ve learned from some things along the way.”
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Bocanegra-c8396, though missed two key players in the Friday session, was content with the training he went through.
“They’re two really important players on our team,” Bocanegra said. “In an ideal situation, if they were here, it would have been great.”
Further commenting on the Sunday’s match, he said, ”They’re professionals, we’re all professionals, we’re preparing the same way with them or without them, and come Sunday, we’re all going to be ready to go in the same direction and fight for each other.”
Centre-back Steve Cherundolo also seemed enthusiastic for the much-awaited crunch encounter. The team is hungry for a win especially after an underwhelming first round, the defender told the media.
This would be a home game for the fellow defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Clarence-Goodson-c9273, who lives nearby in Alexandria. The player has already bought 18 match tickets for his friends and family. Besides being one of the important matches of the tournament, Sunday’s match will
be a special one in front of his relatives and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Friends-football-club-c39381.
Coming into this game on the back of an upset, where the hosts were outdone 2-1 by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Panama-c2978 at Raymond James Stadium, the game has grown in importance for the Stars and Stripes. The team now must show respect to the underdogs if they are to succeed – a lesson
learnt the hard way.
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