Gregg Berhalter says america guys’s country wide crew is prepared to place their 2-zero triumph against Mexico behind them as they face Jamaica on Tuesday night of their contemporary World Cup qualifier.
The USMNT enters the game as leaders of the Concacaf desk with 14 factors in seven games, narrowly edging out Mexico on purpose difference. Despite their role, head coach Berhalter has warned the squad against complacency.
“Something I stated to the group earlier than the Mexico sport was ‘Yeah, we want to conquer Mexico, it's vital, but we have larger matters to attention on'. That's a game that's going to get us to our destination, much like Jamaica is a game that's going to get us to the vacation spot.
"And you need to positioned just as a whole lot electricity into both of those games," he persisted. "For us, our massive image is qualifying for this World Cup, and all Mexico does is positioned us nearer. But the Jamaica recreation can put us even closer to qualifying. So for us, it's a large recreation.”
The United States ultimate faced Jamaica on October 7, in which FC Dallas player Ricardo Pepi scored the most effective two desires of the night to seal the victory for america aspect.
During that game, but, the Reggae Boyz have been with out their two strongest gamers in Aston Villa’s Leon Bailey and West Ham striker Michail Antonio. The two Premier League athletes are predicted at the pitch for Tuesday’s suit.
“We assume [Michail] Antonio to be in, and Leon Bailey, and they didn't play in opposition to us ultimate time, they didn’t play against us inside the Gold Cup both. And it's just preparing for them,” Berhalter brought.
“Mexico had absolutely excessive-stage attacking nice, so does Jamaica, and we ought to be prepared for that. The relaxation of the team we’re projecting to be quite similar to what we've been facing. And then it's additionally a matter of what we are able to do and how we will pull them apart, how we will get in the back of them.”
Jamaica will not be diffused at some stage in Tuesday's in shape as they're desperate for a win. They stand in sixth vicinity at the Concacaf table with six points in seven video games. To keep their World Cup hopes alive, the Caribbean nation need to earn a win in opposition to their traffic.
Berhalter ended the pre-suit press conference with reporters with the aid of reiterating the significance of a victory.
