The US males’s nationwide team is about to tackle England, Iran and both Wales, Scotland or Ukraine after drawing in Group B for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The stakes could also be extremely excessive, however Brenden Aaronson will not be frightened.
The newly-signed Leeds participant is presently on responsibility with the USMNT, making ready for the worldwide event with two upcoming friendlies and two Concacaf Nations League matches. He types a part of Gregg Berhalter’s 26-player roster, alongside Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie.
After coming collectively along with his facet, Aaronson expressed pleasure for the World cup, admitting the American team fears no one, together with rivals England.
“They’re a fantastic team,” Aaronson mentioned of England in a Monday media roundtable forward of the USMNT’s pleasant vs. Morocco on Wednesday. “They have such a depth in the roster, and the kids that they have coming up, it’s a tremendous team.
“But for us, I feel like we don’t fear anybody. I mean, we’re young, but we have some older guys, but I think we’re perfect in that sense: We’re not afraid of anybody. We’re going to give it our all in this tournament. We’re not going to go to the World Cup to be a participant, we’re going there to win. England’s in our group, and we’re going to try to win this game. So I think that we have no fear and they should fear us.”
The two nations have confronted one another twice earlier than on the World Cup, in 1950 and 2010. The USMNT triumphed over England within the first encounter, earlier than drawing the second 1-1.
But the American facet has an uphill battle to face. Despite a powerful perspective and excessive morale, Berhalter’s facet is presently amid an harm disaster. The roster is presently with out Miles Robinson, Sergino Dest, Gio Reyna, and most just lately Djordje Mihailovic. Headliner Weston McKennie is again, nevertheless, the top coach admitted his health ranges solely enable him to be aggressive on the pitch for about 20 minutes.
Zack Steffen and Ricardo Pepi are additionally notably lacking from the June squad, after the goalkeeper dropped out because of private causes and Berhalter determined to relaxation the FC Augsburg participant.