USA coach Jurgen Klinsmann is certainly not lacking confidence at the moment after telling his players' families to change their flights until after the World Cup final.
The USA face a daunting encounter with dark horses Belgium in the knockout round, but after qualifying from a difficult group including Portugal, Germany and Ghana, optimism clearly surrounds Klinsmann's camp.
The former Germany forward, who won the World Cup with West Germany in 1990, certainly knows a thing or two about what it takes to lift the biggest prize in world football. Reuters reported (via The Guardian) the comments of USA defender Omar Gonzalez:
Jürgen has been nothing but positive. He’s telling us, he’s telling our families to change our flights to July 14, 15, because we’re going to be here until the very end. So that just speaks volumes to how positive he is, how much he believes in this team, and obviously it trickles down to all of us.That means that we’re all as confident as he is, and that we all believe in this team. We plan on being here a few more weeks.
The Americans are likely to welcome back Jozy Altidore for the crucial encounter with Belgium, and his presence with the influential Clint Dempsey could be pivotal to their chances. It has been an impressive campaign by Klinsmann's men, but his comments may be seen in some quarters as playful rather than serious optimism.
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