Philadelphia - There is no such thing as playing a "friendly", when the United States and Mexico to meet with Tim, and Howard knows it.
As one of the leading statesmen of the U.S. team, Howard insisted that nothing less than victory at Lincoln Financial Field on Wednesday would be sufficient that Americans try to quit Mexico, at least temporarily, to take a stronger hold on the rivalry in the region.
While many may see the first game under the guidance of Juergen Klinsmann's future opportunity for a new man to stop and try some new faces, Howard revealed that the inside of the camp there is a strong desire to take revenge for the defeat of Gold Cup last month in Los Angeles.
"I think that winning is really the only thing to focus on," Howard said. "Of course, resolutions are important, because I think if you put a performance consistently, often gets the desired result.
"But ... that victory is what makes everyone happy. We have a bad taste in the mouth of the last game. We need to win the game. It is important for us, for the rivalry and things get a good start. "
With Klinsmann to take over Bob Bradley less than two weeks ago, ending a long cat and mouse between him and the U.S. Soccer that began when he was tried in the 2006 World Cup in Mexico, as nothing more than to give German worse for the beginning of his reign.
With José Manuel de la Torre, Mexico has dramatically recovered a dark headed by former coach Sven Goran Eriksson and take full advantage of the wealth of talent at his disposal.
Although ranked No. 20 notes unpredictability of world officials, El Tri, with stars like Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez and Giovanni dos Santos, is probably among the top 10 international teams on the planet.
Klinsmann has a difficult task before him. The team looked disjointed and out of sorts during the campaign in the Gold Cup, which marks the end of the street from Bradley, who is now competing to become the coach of the national team of Egypt.
But the period of three years before the next coach of the World Cup, has a lot of time to analyze the talent at his disposal, ie, can afford to start from zero.
"Every time your boss changes, you have to adapt very quickly," said John Howard. "You should listen more than talk, know what he wants, likes and dislikes and try to s 'closer.
"We will be able to intervene on the ground and continue to fight each other as we have always done. Some ideas will be different of course because it's a different coach, but we hope to achieve similar results. "
Klinsmann, however, has been used to achieve similar results. You pay a small fortune to take the team forward in a way that Bradley could not. For all the talk about construction projects in the long term to maximize the talents of young people, these noble plans no chance to pay off if he can win in the short term.
Philadelphia, on Wednesday, would be an ideal place to start.
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