A daunting series of global giants stand between the USMNT and the World Cup final.

Arsenal has the opportunity to defend its Premier League title next season, and supporters will hope the club avoids the difficulties Liverpool experienced during their own title defence campaign this term.

For me, ‘successful’ is winning," he said, but he admitted "it's difficult" to go all the way. He also talked about learning from his players, but is keeping his starting lineup vs. Paraguay secret.

The Man Utd midfielder was in a confident move in the build-up to the tournament.