U.S.A. understands it requires a win to keep Copa América hopes alive: ‘We’re all positive’

KANSAS CITY, Kansas — The U.S. guys’s nationwide group may be exhausted of having its back versus the wall, however that’s the circumstance the group discovers itself in as it prepares for what might be its last Copa América match.

The Americans face unbeaten Uruguay at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday (9 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app) and comprehend that while there are different circumstances that would either get them through to the knockout round or sendout them home, all they’re focused on is getting a W.

The USMNT, which was atfirst predicted to make a decent run in this competition, took care of organization in its veryfirst match by whipping Bolivia 2-0. Then on Thursday, the group was stunned by Panama, losing 2-1 while playing most of the match down a guy after Tim Weah was sentout off with a red card in the 18th minute. On Saturday, Weah was handed a two-game suspension by CONMEBOL as penalty.

The U.S. is attempting not to let all that truth creep into their minds or include additional pressure.

“There’s a lot of various situations that can occur in the videogame that we can still go through to the next phase,” Jedi Robinson informed pressreporters on Saturday after the group experienced at Compass Minerals National Performance Center, home to MLS club Sporting Kansas City.

“We simply have to believe that a win absolutely offers us the finest opportunity of going through and if we take care of company on the day, and we wear’t go through, then that’s regrettably what will be, will be. But I like to believe that if we win, we’ll be going through. So, offer ourselves the finest possibility and go from there.”

Robinson stated the ambiance within the group the last couple of days hasactually been “as great as it can be, to be sincere,” which was not a ringing recommendation based on his tone, though reasonable provided the dissatisfaction from the last videogame.

In an perfect world, the U.S. would have wentinto its 3rd and last group match securely into the next round. Now, it’s tailoring up to test itself versus a talented Uruguay group that’s a preferred to make the competition last. 

And Gregg Berhalter’s task might be in jeopardy. After the loss to Panama, the coach was asked if his position must be on the line if the USMNT stopsworking to advance to the next round of the competition.

“That’s not for me to identify,” he stated, looking around for the next concern.

The Americans haveactually revealed a resistant spirit in important minutes previously. The USMNT required to beat Iran in order to relocation onto the Round of 16 at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and grinded out a 1-0 triumph. In September 2021, the U.S. tracked in Honduras 1-0 at halftime before scoring 4 objectives in the 2nd half to win a World Cup certifying match.

More justrecently, the U.S. was blown out by Colombia 5-1 in a friendly, then regrouped and connected Brazil 1-1 a coupleof days lateron. That’s the kind of turn-around that will be needed on Monday, however this time it needto end with 3 points.

“We’re all positive,” Tyler Adams stated. “When you have 11 gamers on the field, we can go toe to toe with anyperson. The training was excellent today. We saw the strength, and we’re going to requirement that from the veryfirst minute versus Uruguay.”

Added Robinson: “Definitely going to come down to a enormous effort from the group. If we appearance at it reasonably, there’s a possibility that this is our last videogame in the competition and there’s no factor to hold anything back and not provide whatever in this videogame.”

Laken Litman covers college football, college basketball and soccer for FOX Sports. She formerly composed for Sports Illustrated, USA Today and The Indianapolis Star. She is the author of “Strong Like a Woman,” released in spring 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Follow her on Twitter @LakenLitman.