USA flying high after 2 big wins
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JURGEN Klinsmann says the USA needs fear none of the world’s top teams after beating both world champion Germany and the Netherlands ahead of next month’s Gold Cup title defence.
Bobby Wood notched his second match-winning goal in five days with a thunderbolt strike against the Germans in Cologne on Wednesday having also netted the winner in the 4-3 win over the Dutch in Amsterdam last Friday. The 22-year-old Wood, who was born in Honolulu and will ply his trade with Erzgebirge Aue in Germany’s third division next season, has had a dream five days.
According to the FIFA rankings, the USA is 27th with Germany first and the Dutch sixth, but Klinsmann insists on not putting much on either victory although the wins are confidence boosters ahead of July’s Gold Cup campaign.
“What do we have to be afraid of now?” said ex-Germany coach Klinsmann, who steered the USA to the last 16 at the 2014 World Cup having taken over as head coach in 2011. “This victory will draw a bit more attention to football in America. We want to be able to trust ourselves to stand our ground against the top football nations. Germany and Holland were practically already on holiday, but the preparations for the Gold Cup really begin for us now.”
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