The United States is reaching the pre-Olympics stage without the pressures of the past

Guadalajara, Gall, March 17, 2021. – The last two operations ended in failure. The United States has not qualified for the Olympic Games since Beijing 2008. It fell by the wayside during attempts to reach London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016. But now, the team arrives with renewed enthusiasm for the pre-Olympiad CONCACAF in Guadalajara. And his technician, Jason Chris, ensures he doesn’t take the extra pressure of what’s going on in the past.

“My answer to that is simple. I see things that are maybe a little different from most people. I see things from the perspective that we can play with our potential and because I believe in the potential of this group, I tell you that I feel that this group should be able to qualify for the Olympics. This is our clear goal and this is ours.” What we will go on. But I don’t feel any additional pressure about what happened in the past because, frankly, they are two different teams and I have not participated in those previous attempts to qualify. “

The United States will face Costa Rica on Thursday at Jalisco Stadium at the pre-Olympiad opening in Guadalajara. “In these types of tournaments, with these types of teams, the biggest challenge for all of us is assessing the opponent. Especially when you add in the factor that the Coronavirus has affected everyone in the last year. There have been very few Costa Rica U-23 matches that we’ve been able to do.” Evaluate them, and we have a very clear plan for what to expect from them. We know MLS players very well, we believe these players will be important to Costa Rica, and we have to be careful with them. In general, we know Costa Rica is a very talented group, we saw the whole team, it’s an opponent that we have to deal with. Seriously, we understand that it will be a big challenge for us, “he explained.

“I think it’s a very good time for the US national teams program, especially with the youth. The reason I say this is that in the past 12-18 months there have been a lot of young people in our country with experience in the first team. All credit Gregg Berhalter gave them this opportunity to develop it.” We love the experience of our group and we think we can count on that to our advantage. But we also have flaws, Costa Rica in the middle of their season, as well as Mexico, while our boys are at the start of the season. ”Jason Chris added,“ We ​​will try to compensate for this lack with experience, physical preparation and good chemistry between the two teams. “.