{"id":513465,"date":"2022-11-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/usmnt-needs-fast-start-to-2022-world-cup-despite-challenges\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:00:00","slug":"usmnt-needs-fast-start-to-2022-world-cup-despite-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/usmnt-needs-fast-start-to-2022-world-cup-despite-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"#USMNT needs fast start to 2022 World Cup despite challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25b3c544762\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25b3c544762\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/usmnt-needs-fast-start-to-2022-world-cup-despite-challenges\/#%E2%80%9CUSMNT_needs_fast_start_to_2022_World_Cup_despite_challenges%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;USMNT needs fast start to 2022 World Cup despite challenges&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUSMNT_needs_fast_start_to_2022_World_Cup_despite_challenges%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;USMNT needs fast start to 2022 World Cup despite challenges&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mark Cannizzaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mark-cannizzaro1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Make it count.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been eight long years. So make it count.<\/p>\n<p>This is the charge of the U.S. men\u2019s soccer team as it plays on Monday in the World Cup for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>When you believe you\u2019ve advanced as a soccer nation in that time \u2014 as the U.S. believes it has (even in failing to qualify four years ago for the largest sporting event on the planet) \u2014 you must seize the moment.<\/p>\n<p>For the Americans, that must begin im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely, as in 2 p.m. Monday when it plays its first match of group play, against Wales, in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>A positive result will be imperative for the U.S. if it\u2019s going to survive and advance through Group D and get to the knockout stage of the tournament. Without a win or at least a draw, the U.S. will put itself in an early hole it might not be able to climb out of with more difficult opponents still to play in England, one of the tournament favorites, and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>When the U.S. and Wales kick off, it will have been 3,066 days since the Americans lost to Belgium in the Round of 16 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, their last World Cup match.<\/p>\n<p>For Wales it\u2019s been even longer \u2014 since 1958.<\/p>\n<p>In the years since the last U.S. World Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance, a total of 118 different players have played for the national team over the course of 68 matches, including 91 since Gregg Berhalter was hired as the coach in December 2018.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1442807105.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The USMNT must get off to a fast start at the World Cup. \" class=\"wp-image-24729993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1442807105.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1442807105.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1442807105.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/1442807105.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The USMNT must get off to a fast start at the World Cup. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The end result is the youngest team among the 32 in this World Cup, at an average age of 25 years and 175 days. In fact, 23-year-old midfielder Tyler Adams, a native of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and a homegrown product of the Red Bulls Academy in New Jersey, was named captain on Sunday by Berhalter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree years, four years of just working up to this moment, I think all the guys are ready to go,\u201d U.S. midfielder Weston McKennie told reporters in Qatar in advance of Monday\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>There will be significant challenges, the first of which is who\u2019s going to score goals?<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. in World Cup play has historically struggled to find players to put the ball in the back of the net. In 2014, even while advancing out of group play, the Americans managed to score only five goals in four <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, while advancing into the quarterfinals, the U.S. scored five goals in five games. In 2006, it scored only two goals in three games. In 2002, the U.S. scored seven goals in five games, after scoring only one in three games in 1998.<\/p>\n<p>During World Cup qualifying, the U.S. got only three goals from the forward position, which is a concern.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates include Josh Sargent, the Norwich City striker who has five goals in 21 national team appearances; Jes\u00fas Ferreira, the FC Dallas striker who has seven goals in 15 national team matches; Gio Reyna, who plays with Dortmund and has four goals in 14 national team matches; and Haji Wright, who\u2019s logged only three matches.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><strong>Follow all the 2022 World Cup action with more from the New York Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>The 21-year-old Ferreira had a four-goal performance in a match in June, and had a spectacular MLS season in Dallas with 18 goals.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Christian Pulisic, who plays for Chelsea, is considered the Americans\u2019 best player by many. He has 21 goals in 52 national team matches.<\/p>\n<p>Berhalter desperately needs not one, but a couple of these players, to step up, beginning Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Another challenge for Berhalter\u2019s side is the lack of continuity in playing together.<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s players from MLS, for example, finished their regular season a month ago. Ferreira played his last competitive match on Oct. 23. Defender DeAndre Yedlin, the only player on the team who was on that 2014 World Cup team, last played on Oct. 17 with Inter Miami. Center back Walker Zimmerman last played on Oct. 15 with Nashville SC.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the U.S. players based in Europe, meanwhile, have struggled to get minutes on their respective clubs. Matt Turner, the projected starting goalkeeper, has been a backup at Arsenal. Pulisic has not been starting for Chelsea, instead coming off the bench as a late-game substitute. Right back Sergi\u00f1o Dest\u2019s minutes have been sporadic with A.C. Milan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Soccer_WCup_United_States_31428jpg-4f410.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Weston McKennie participates in drill at practice ahead of the USMNT's opener against Wales. \" class=\"wp-image-24730000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Soccer_WCup_United_States_31428jpg-4f410.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Soccer_WCup_United_States_31428jpg-4f410.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Soccer_WCup_United_States_31428jpg-4f410.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Soccer_WCup_United_States_31428jpg-4f410.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Weston McKennie participates in drills at practice ahead of the USMNT\u2019s opener against Wales. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Berhalter has done what he can to keep his players sharp, conducting a training camp and playing some 90-minute scrimmages against the U.S. Under-20 team.<\/p>\n<p>The question is how effective will that simulation be come Monday when it gets real?<\/p>\n<p>Beginning with the 2 p.m. kickoff against Wales, the answers to these pressing questions will begin to crystalize.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long wait. 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