Good feeling for Arena
Monday 29 May 2006
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Bruce Arena's USA won their final warm-up game on home soil 1-0 against Latvia, before departing for the World Cup finals in Germany.
A thumping header from Brian McBride just before half-time secured a victory in East Hartford, Connecticut, with coach Arena feeling his side are well-prepared for the challenge ahead.
He told ussoccer.com: "The friendlies are past us and next time we're together as a team is in Germany, where our complete focus will be on preparing our team for the Czech Republic.
"We'll be ready for it. I think we're moving along according to schedule.
"All the talking is done. We'll have to step on the field June 12 and show what we're about.
"We have a pretty good feel for where the team is at. In Germany the concentration is going to be on team tactics and getting better on the ball a little bit."
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