Claudio Reyna
Claudio Reyna
Claudio Reynais a retired American soccer player and the current director of football operations for New York City FC...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth20 July 1973
CountryUnited States of America
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Sometimes we're the big game in town. Other times, we're just kind of a sideshow.
cap earn guys played role tomorrow
said Reyna, who'll earn his 108th cap tomorrow night. ''I've played with at least three-quarters of the guys before. And it's the same role as always.
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Countries that are crazy about soccer the last thing they want to do is lose to the U.S. There is a lot more pressure on them to beat us.
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We've made some big steps over the past few years, but the World Cup is when people judge the national teams and how far they are.
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I was on the sideline with a knee injury and when I came back, I wanted to play at the best level I could. And that's the case for a lot of players, they want the chance to play against the best competition.
fight mexico
Mexico is different of all our games, this is the one where you most want to be on the field, ... You fight even to be on the bench.
beat bit consistent dominated five insulting last six soccer time
For such a long time they dominated us, but over not only the last five or six years, but the last 10 years, it's been pretty equal. I think it's a bit insulting to them because soccer is the one and only sport in this country, and for us to beat them on a consistent basis, it's probably something they don't like.
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Luckily the doctor is one of the leading guys in Europe and I'm happy to be seeing him and getting the problem cleared up. It's a player's worst nightmare really. Hopefully it heals and everything goes to plan.
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Luckily, the doctor is one of the leading guys in Europe and I'm happy to be seeing him and getting the problem cleared up. Within six to eight weeks, I'll be completely back up and running and three weeks after the surgery, I should be jogging and building it up until I'm back.
dropped finishing five four game gotten improved kinda longer saying second
We were saying that if we had gotten the second (goal) it could have been four or five but the longer the game went on we kinda dropped off a bit. The finishing was the only thing we could have improved on.
locker saying
We were saying in the locker room, if we got the second, it really could have been four, five.
hands
It's in our hands now. We don't have to look at other results.
belt felt fitness good minutes nice
It was nice to get some minutes under my belt with the reserves, it felt good and everything went well. Now I just need to keep working on my fitness - but it was nice to be back.
convincing great
It was a great milestone to reach. It makes it a whole lot better to get a win, a convincing win.