Jurgen Klinsmann said that it remains unrealistic to expect the United States to win the World Cup, but he no longer believes his team is overmatched.
"You have to be realistic. Every year we are getting stronger," said Klinsmann. "We don't look at ourselves as underdogs. We are not. We are going to take the game to Ghana and they will take it to us and it will be an exciting game and then we go from there.
"For us now talking about winning a World Cup, it is just not realistic. If it is American or not, you can correct me," he said, reiterating comments he made this past December to The New York Times Magazine.
Klinsmann said performance expectations for countries like Brazil and Germany are completely different than those of the United States at the World Cup level.
"The whole country (Brazil) will now be in the stadiums to watch their Selecao. They expect the title," he said. "If you coach Germany they expect a title. There is not discussion how far you can go, your goals."