Team USA is 1-12-4 vs. European opponents in the World Cup since 1990, and it has two Euros in its 2022 group
, held Friday in a lush auditorium in Doha, Qatar, is supposed to crystallize a national team’s path in the planet’s most popular sporting event. Teams are separated into groups of four. You learn the order of your opponents, dates, times, venues.
And there’s huge motivational value, the chip on the shoulder factor, facing the Motherland with players you watch every weekend in the Premier League. Another plus: The knockout stage crossover is against Group A, which contains Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal and the Netherlands — hardly daunting. Qatar, Ecuador and the Netherlands failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, and Senegal failed to advance past the group stage.
“Traditionally, European teams are very strong,” Berhalter said, suddenly realizing he’s facing two of them. “That’s just how it is, right? When you play them in a World Cup, that means they got through European qualifying, which means they’re very good teams. I can see a lot of teams struggling with that. I wouldn’t read too much into that.”“But if that’s the case, that’s a great challenge for our guys, that’s a great opportunity,” he continued.
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