{"id":37329,"date":"2022-06-05T06:11:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T06:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/usmnt-brace-for-huge-test-vs-world-cup-bound-uruguay\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T06:11:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T06:11:35","slug":"usmnt-brace-for-huge-test-vs-world-cup-bound-uruguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/usmnt-brace-for-huge-test-vs-world-cup-bound-uruguay\/","title":{"rendered":"USMNT brace for &#8220;huge test&#8221; vs.  World Cup-bound Uruguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Opponents of this caliber can be difficult for the USMNT to schedule even at the best of times, and such matchups became nigh impossible during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to tight schedules, travel restrictions and the compacted Concacaf World Cup qualifying process.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>That makes Sunday a vital test in the countdown to Qatar, and one the US emphasize they&#8217;re eager to measure their progress with.  It marks match two-of-six before Group B play begins in November, with two high-end European opponents likely in wait come September&#8217;s additional window.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s going to be amazing.  I mean, a lot of us are young and we&#8217;re still getting that experience against these high-level teams, \u201dsaid Tim Weah, a former teammate of Cavani&#8217;s at Paris Saint-Germain.  \u201cSo I feel like playing a team like Uruguay that has a lot of stars is amazing.  It&#8217;s, for me, it&#8217;s a dream come true, it&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve always dreamed of, playing at such a high level against the best.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s what this opportunity proposes.  And yeah, we just have to stay focused, stick to our game plan and go out there with a lot of heart.  Even though it&#8217;s a friendly, we want to show that we can be serious about it. &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opponents of this caliber can be difficult for the USMNT to schedule even at the best of times, and such matchups became nigh impossible during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to tight schedules, travel restrictions and the compacted Concacaf World Cup qualifying process. That makes Sunday a vital test in the countdown to Qatar, and one &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/usmnt-brace-for-huge-test-vs-world-cup-bound-uruguay\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">USMNT brace for &#8220;huge test&#8221; vs.  World Cup-bound Uruguay<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.mlssoccer.com\/image\/private\/t_q-best\/prd-league\/mlwqtg34qrhwhpuggcrk.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37329"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}