Frank DeFord, on NPR, made a good point the other day. America's advantage is that we're the only country that doesn't care! Most of the players have enormous pressure to not screw up and this has to effect thier play negatively. The only problem will be if we win - then NO ONE will like the US!
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Williams</b> <<a href="mailto:davidwilliams365@hotmail.com">davidwilliams365@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Yah, its great the US drew such a high ranking, but there is a definited<br>drawback to that. In '02 I think we kinda flew under the radar for some of<br>the higher ranked teams. That won't be so easy this time. First, some of
<br>the players from the last world cup (L. Donovan, D. Beasely, E. Lewis) were<br>relative unknowns, but now they can expect a lot more attention from the<br>defenses of opposing teams. Second, Group E is definitely the toughest draw
<br>of the tournament, and arguably one of the most difficult groups in the last<br>couple of tournaments. The US will have to play at the top of their game to<br>advance from this group. But its within their reach...<br>
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