United States manager Jurgen Klinsmann wants his team to shed their "underdog" mentality as they prepare for a Copa America Centenario quarter-final showdown with Ecuador here Thursday. The whole old story is the underdog story and I cannot hear that story any more. That mental durability will be crucial in the knockout phase, Klinsmann believes. It has left the Americans buoyed by confidence as they kick-off the knockout rounds against opponents they defeated 1-0 in a pre-tournament friendly just over three weeks ago. I think the team did that against Paraguay and ground it out.

Source: Standard Digital June 15, 2016 08:48 UTC