Rongen Expects More From U-20’s
(Soccer365.com) - U.S. Under-20 coach Thomas Rongen was only partially satisfied with their 4-1 rout of Haiti that opened CONCACAF qualifying for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be held in Canada this summer.
“I wasn’t happy with our first 20 minutes which is to be expected,” he told USSoccer.com. “They’re young players, there’s some nerves and I didn’t think we played our game.”
“We did well in the last 20 minutes of the first half when we got two goals that were important.”
“Then we started off the second half well, but then didn’t finish off the game as well as I would have liked,” offered Rngen. “We need to focus on being able to play quality football for 90 minutes and not just 50 or 60 minutes, which we did today.”
“Against a good opponent, which both Guatemala and Panama are, we could get punished,” he observed. “The result was good, but we can still play better in my opinion.”
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