United States was pitted in the group of death for the Copa Centenario

The group stages for the 2016 Copa Centenario were completed a few days ago with all the nations being drawn in different groups, some of these nations had a fairly better draw as they were pitted against teams that have a less competitive squad but there are others that had things much more difficult and one of these was the United States team who will have to face off against Colombia, Costa Rica and Paraguay in Group A.

Group A is considered to be one of the harder ones out of the entire bunch. United States are the hosts for the 2016 Copa Centenario and this gives the American squad the privilege of being able to avoid nations such as: Mexico, Argentina and Brazil but even though Jurgen Klinsmann and his team were able to dodge these teams, they were still placed in a tough group.

Colombia and Costa Rica both managed to reach the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup while Paraguay is another squad that won’t be so easy to defeat either.

This isn’t the first time that United States has been placed in a difficult group as they experienced something similar during the 2014 World Cup where the American team had to play against Germany, Portugal and Ghana and managed to secure the 2nd spot which was enough to advance into the round of 16.

Jurgen Klinsmann is aware that his team was drawn against tough opponents but the German coach remains optimistic that his squad will be able to advance through the next rounds, especially after their latest team-building Man Utd Stadium Tour, as he said: “Obviously it’s a difficult group, no doubt about it, but qualification out of the group is doable. We had a similar scenario in Brazil and we went through. Now we start with Colombia right away instead of Ghana. Would we like an easier group on paper? Maybe, but no group is easy either. We’ll take it the way it is. We’ve done the same with Brazil, and we’re doing it now too. We’ll go out there and give it a go.”

The first match of United States for the Copa Centenario is scheduled to take place on June 3 as they face off with Colombia in American soil at the Levi’s Stadium.

The group stages for the 2016 Copa Centenario were completed a few days ago with all the nations being drawn in different groups, some of these nations had a fairly better draw as they were pitted against teams that have a less competitive squad but there are others that had things much more difficult and one of these was the United States team who will have to face off against Colombia, Costa Rica and Paraguay in Group A.

Group A is considered to be one of the harder ones out of the entire bunch. United States are the hosts for the 2016 Copa Centenario and this gives the American squad the privilege of being able to avoid nations such as: Mexico, Argentina and Brazil but even though Jurgen Klinsmann and his team were able to dodge these teams, they were still placed in a tough group.

Colombia and Costa Rica both managed to reach the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup while Paraguay is another squad that won’t be so easy to defeat either.

This isn’t the first time that United States has been placed in a difficult group as they experienced something similar during the 2014 World Cup where the American team had to play against Germany, Portugal and Ghana and managed to secure the 2nd spot which was enough to advance into the round of 16.

Jurgen Klinsmann is aware that his team was drawn against tough opponents but the German coach remains optimistic that his squad will be able to advance through the next rounds, especially after their latest team-building Man Utd Stadium Tour, as he said: “Obviously it’s a difficult group, no doubt about it, but qualification out of the group is doable. We had a similar scenario in Brazil and we went through. Now we start with Colombia right away instead of Ghana. Would we like an easier group on paper? Maybe, but no group is easy either. We’ll take it the way it is. We’ve done the same with Brazil, and we’re doing it now too. We’ll go out there and give it a go.”

The first match of United States for the Copa Centenario is scheduled to take place on June 3 as they face off with Colombia in American soil at the Levi’s Stadium.