Last Thursday night was not easy for the United States soccer team in their visit to the Cuscatlán Stadium to face El Salvador. 19 out of 25 USMNT players lived their first match in the World Cup Qualifiers and the experience was not entirely pleasant.
The hostility of the fans and the court is the most difficult when playing as a visitor against La Selecta, although the young squad led by Gregg Berhalter rescued a valuable point and this was highlighted by Landon Donovan, who knows what it is to play this kind of commitments.
“No matter how many times we go through this process, there are always people who cannot really understand how difficult it is. No matter what your ranking is, no matter how talented your players are, (El Cuscatlán) is a difficult place to play (…) This notion that getting a point in El Salvador is somehow a bad result, I think it’s a madness, “he said in an interview with the radio station, SiriusXM.
Ask not to turn on the alarms
Finally, Donovan He announced that it is not necessary to fall into fearmongering, because with a home win against Canada, The United States will move to the top of the rankings heading to Qatar 2022. “If you draw and (then) win at home, you’re in,” he said briefly.
The United States will host Canada this Sunday at Nissan Stadium. The two combined come from drawing in their respective previous encounters, so winning is an urgency for both, otherwise they will start to lag behind in the table.
