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<\/p>\n\u201cWe want to compete and we want to win,\u201d is coach Gonzalo Segares\u2019 emphatic message when asked to set out USA\u2019s FIFA U-17 World Cup\u2122 ambitions. His squad\u2019s \u201cbravery, quality in depth and strong team culture\u201d have fuelled his belief ahead of the tournament, which gets under way in Indonesia on 10 November. Those qualities were all on show throughout February\u2019s CONCACAF U-17 Championship. With a semi-final place required to guarantee a World Cup spot, USA\u2019s last-eight showdown with host nation Guatemala was of huge significance \u2013 and Segares\u2019 team overcame spirited opponents and a frenzied crowd to win a 5-3 thriller. \u201cWe learned so much from that experience,\u201d says Segares, a former Costa Rica international defender. \u201cThere were more than 20,000 fans there, the atmosphere was hostile, and it was a difficult environment. It was a big challenge for us, and the team did very well. It was great for the boys to experience that type of atmosphere at such a young age.\u201d<\/p>\n
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USA went on to finish runners-up at the competition after being edged out by Mexico in a compelling and closely-contested final. Segares is convinced his team can again be title contenders in Indonesia \u2013 and also revealed his personal pride ahead of his maiden U-17 World Cup. Segares missed out on the chance to compete in the tournament as a player when Costa Rica failed to qualify for the 1999 edition in New Zealand. \u201cIt has taken me more than 20 years to experience a U-17 World Cup,\u201d says the former Chicago Fire full-back. \u201cSince then, I’ve always had it in the back of my mind, but I never knew I was going to have the opportunity as a coach. It is mind-blowing. It will be an honour to represent the United States and showcase our values and our style of play. \u201cIt will be a great competition for us, and our main objective is to try to win it. I think we have a good enough team to go for the trophy but, at the same time, our main objective for these guys is to help them develop. We want to challenge these boys, make sure they are getting pushed in a positive way, guide them through the youth national team system and hopefully see them at the senior level.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cWe want to compete and we want to win,\u201d is coach Gonzalo Segares\u2019 emphatic message when asked to set out USA\u2019s FIFA U-17 World Cup\u2122 ambitions. His squad\u2019s \u201cbravery, quality in depth and strong team culture\u201d have fuelled his belief ahead of the tournament, which gets under way in Indonesia on 10 November. Those qualities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":878646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20966],"tags":[9648,26798,27366],"class_list":["post-878645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fifa-news","tag-fifa","tag-ipna","tag-u-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=878645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/878646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=878645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=878645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/91varzeshi.ir\/portal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=878645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}