for quitewn juergen some time.e shares it is dichotomy character of both being german and america after the same time. >> what about when he said it was unrealistic for his own team to win the world cup? probably true but should a coach say it? where is it reverse psychology? >> i think he could be using reverse psychology. as americans, you never enter a tournament to lose it but to win it. i know all 23 players will be committed to winning the tournament. juergen is a motivator and it could be a tactic in a way he motivates. i know the american psyche and culture. they want to win games. >> roger, do you want to jump in? >> i have had a recurring dream. it is clint dempsey, the american champion, walking up the steps to kiss the trophy in the air as the confetti goes off. [laughter] i have had that dream and he patted me on the knee and he said it is important to dream a big dream. no one will be more motivated to prove that he is better than his predecessors than juergen. i believe he will have his team incredib

s coach is juergen klinsmann, a german soccer star seen here being german.said, "we have to play the game of our lives seven times to win the tournament." so what? so what, jurgen, we can play the game of our lives seven times. they did it every night on "friday night lights." what's your problem? that's the american way to, give up before you begin. what if the pilgrims had gone back to england and said, "there's no point. we'll never kill that many indians." i don't get these german soccer players. here to help me get these german soccer players is germany's ambassador to the united nations. please welcome the honorable hans beinholz. [cheering and applause] now, your excellency, thank you for joining me here to discuss the game. >> thank you, stephen. like many, i have world cup fever. [laughter] smit within the terrible disease of nationalism and competition, the twin seeds of war. >> stephen: yeah, you want your own team to win. i assume you're going to be rooting for germany. >> yes, but what in truth do we win? the world cup is an opiate of the masses

coach juergen klinsmann says it's an important step on the path to american soccer excellence. >> thist to have those benchmarks. we want to be one day in the top 10, top 12 in the world some if you want to be there one day, this is now the moment to prove it. this is now the moment to show it. >> reporter: they'll need to do so against a young, fast and aggressive belgian squad that is one of just 14 to have won all three of its group game, but the americans could get a big boost if striker jozy altidore can return from his strained hamstring. altidor was seen jogging easily at practice this weekend. players like goalkeeper tim howard, well, they believe. >> we feel like we're strong and we're fast and we control the ball well. so it's going to be hard-fought game. >> u-s-a, u-s-a! >> reporter: american fans in the peculiar position of celebrating last thursday's loss remained bullish on team u.s.a.'s chances. >> we're about to make it happen. u.s.a. all day. >> reporter: coach klinsmann in a clear act of gainsmanship told his players to book their return tickets of after july 13th, t

juergen's take is he got rid of the best player. it is like a game of thrones.hat he wants to do is to prove this team can go on the field unlike the 1990's where they took the field against the big team and know they lost before they stepped onto the grass. he wants his team to believe that the tegal portugal and germany. >> the go-ahead. >> there is a possibility. there is a saying in my country that nothing lasts forever. may be gone a will go out to the united states. it is key. -- maybe ghana will go out to the united states. about howtalked portugal would roll the united states out of the world cup and america beat them. the german coach and the u.s. coach might need a draw. germany will probably go through. there might be a share. the united states could go through. i will tell you when one thing, they will have to play and play very, very hard. i'm surprised they are saying it is all relative to win the cup. my coaches were never sent to be out to say i could not win. even if i could not, they would like to me. they said they would provide them with a sy

we did hear some bad news from coach juergen clinsman.tidor who was injured in the first game is recovering but isn't recovering fast enough to be back for this game. he said he really thinks they've got the lineup and they're going to make it to the next stage, the knockout stage. listen to this. >> we're going to play this game to win it. you know, we are not make for going to a tie. that's not in our dna, you know, it's not even in the dna of the german side. >> now, germany is a very tough team. this is probably their toughest game so far. but they still have more than a 50% chance of making it through the next stage. if they don't win this, if it's another tie, or if they don't win it, it will also depend on the outcome of the game now between portugal and ghana on the same day. more than a 50% chance, ashleigh. >> i'll dig my vavusula out for thursday. great assignment. lucky you. also good to see her. >>> this is awesome, queen elizabeth, she may have her own elegant throne that dates back centuries, but she took time to check out

and if juergen klinsmann wants to get cheeky on this, he could put in julian green who they believe tookt. he's been known to keep his cards close to his vest. of course, yesterday, altidore had the left mri on the hamstring he strained. the mri results were not made available which doesn't surprise me. i fully expect klinsmann and his team will pull the bill belichick card and keep that secret as long as possible. >> with jozy, we got to see how he reacts the next couple of days with the hamstring. and we're full of hope that he comes back in this tournament. that's what we kind of work on every day. >> now, the team's capital, clint dempsey, who breathe his nose in the ghana game is a go for sunday but he may be sporting a lebronesque face mask. sunday, can't say it enough, but it's huge. huge for the u.s. men. a win assures that we're advance to that knockout round. but we can still tie it or draw, which would keep us in good position to advance to the knockout round. >> every since the miami heat lost to the san antonio spurs sunday night, lebron and the big three have been pressed w

they should even be ignoring their coach juergen klinsmann. not no effect on what they are doing. >> this is an improvement from what they were of lat they were hearing from their coach. we've seen a lot of under the table passing around of dollars. >> i live in michigan. i cannot legally place a bet. it is illegally to do that. you can go to nevada. i believe it's a billion dollar market over there and not all of it is over the table. we talked about that comment from coach klinsmann. team usa cannot win this world cup. is that a way to motivate his team and make up for some of those statements? >> i don't think it's making up anything. as a group from the beginning of camp they've had the belief. at a time, focus all your energy and all your commitment into that one game and then from there you continue on just taking it one game at a time. >> seems like all of these comments swirling around have a potential effect on morale, what you bring into the field. another thing commentators are saying is ramadan starting. that may pose a threat to m

. >> juergen klinsmann, the german coach of the american soccer team -- that tells you a lot already -- he has basically given this year up. saying if we make it out of the first round, that is our goal. he has guy with a lot of young players and lowered expectations. less he has an amazing psychological game, trust his instincts. >> six :00 p.m. tonight. let's get a data check. down, paring losses slowly. s&p futures down by six points. buying in treasuries, a reflection of risk aversion. % on the tenure. given eye on the british pound, since the0, the first third quarter of 2009. last week, mark carney making rates couldgesting be higher. >> on european bloomberg, we had a guest suggesting investors overreacted to what mark carney said. what mark carney did was deliver it and in a speech, it was not an off-the-cuff remark. it is a rapid turnaround. you see it moving the pound sterling writer. ,eeping an eye on brent crude $113 a barrel. stories making the front page, we need to start with iraq. troops trying to halt the advance of sunni rebels who have been capturing chunks of nort

but juergen has them playing as a team. they never give in.es. look at the last minutes of these games. usa's battling and fighting. that's why they're winning. we all think they're underdogs. they don't. these players are very, very confident. mentally strong. >> what do you think the u.s. chances are, both against belgium and potentially to take it all? >> taking it all -- only eight teams have ever won the world cup. that's a tough gig to go. belgium's a 50/50 game. belgium are no better than germany. usa will have more rest. they match up pretty well against belgium physically and technically. a lot of people think belgium could go all the way in this tournament. this is a very, very good belgium team. they're young. this is the first time belgium have progressed this far. this game is truly 50/50 game in my view. someone has to win. so it goes to extra time of penalties. someone will walk off that pitch winning. again, it's something real tough to call. we're in there with a real chance of doing something good. >> come on back again. >>>