USMNT participant Weston McKennie addressed the inherent pressure while dealing with Honduras on Wednesday within the ultimate of the January/February World Cup qualifiers, adding “it’s there routinely, but I think we don't truely let it try to get to us.”
The United States is coming off of a 2-zero loss in opposition to Canada on Sunday, keeping the American aspect in second region at the Concacaf table with 18 factors in 10 games. While Canada is now 4 points clean at the top, the USMNT are tied with Mexico.
With the race for pinnacle 3 as tight as it's miles, the USMNT have to win towards Honduras to make up for Sunday’s overall performance.
“The stress is there routinely, but I think we don't in reality allow it try and get to us. I suppose we're at our nice whilst we've amusing with the game and we enjoy it and we play the way that we realize that we will,” stated midfielder McKennie. “We simply have one mindset and we simply want to experience the game, and play as though we have been youngsters on a area returned while we were more youthful.”
When requested approximately what needed to enhance in advance of Wednesday’s qualifier, McKennie did no longer shy away from mentioning the team’s inherent weaknesses.
“For the transition, I suppose that's something that we ought to enhance on and take gain of, and create opportunities out of that due to the fact we're a young group, we’re a team that can run, we’re a group that likes to press,” stated McKennie.
“We’re a group this is most effective and create loads of our possibilities from triumphing balls and pressuring and going instantly to aim. I assume we sort of held again on that those beyond games and didn’t use it to its complete capacity, I bet, being powerful in the very last 0.33.”
The American side will host Honduras at Allianz Field in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in which it's expected to be one degree Fahrenheit with wind chills of -25 to -30. The team might be without Tyler Adams and Chris Richards because of harm.
