Frankie Hejduk
On his near goal against Germany: “It could have changed the tempo of the game, but he (German goalkeeper Andreas Koepke) got his fingertips on it. I guess it wasn’t meant to be.”
Tab Ramos
On the political importance of the Iran game: “We don’t care about that. In a political sense, it will be a lot more important to them. The first 15-20 minutes will be very important. They will be very excited from the beginning and we must match it.”
On the U.S. team’s expectations: “Yesterday, the first half was not what we planned. We believe good things are ahead of us though. We have to go for a win on Sunday. I really believe we are going to bounce back. We can’t look at it any other way.”
Eric Wynalda
On Germany’s early goal yesterday: “As soon as they scored, I went from having one guy marking me to four.”
Claudio Reyna
On the Iran match: “We need to match their aggressiveness. We are not concerned with politics. Our motivation may be different than theirs, but we both need three points.”
Asked how the U.S. will play Iran: “We need to play more aggressively. We have to go out and push forward. They will do the same, so it should be an open, exciting game.”
On the experience playing Germany in the opener: “They had seven world champions on the field, we had eight guys playing in the World Cup for the first time.”
