Press conference with USA coach Greg Berhalter and captain Tyler Adams ahead of the opening match of their World Cup campaign against Wales

Berhalter confirms Adams will be captain for the tournament, approaching Wales, discusses the balance between preparing a team and letting them play on instinct, managing the second youngest average-aged team and how he thinks they will cope with facing the top teams, the goals for the team at the tournament, the need to maintain emotional balance, what the team’s stance is in terms of highlighting human rights issues in Qatar, his reaction Gianni Infantino’s press conference yesterday, whether the lack of experience among the squad could be an advantage, what he sees as Wales’ strengths and threats, how being at a World Cup as a coach compares to being there as a player in 2002, talks about working with Adams as a youngster, the fitness of Weston McKennie and Serginho Dest, the emotions among a Wales squad playing in their first World Cup in 64 years, whether there are many of his squad short of match fitness, the amount of work that goes in to nurturing such a young group, what he learnt from a referees meeting earlier in the week - saying the rules in handball are unclear and whether he considers England to be favourites in the group.

Adams talks about the great honour of being named captain , the need to be adaptable, facing Wales’ Kiefer Moore, how far this group have come, what he and the team learnt from meeting migrant workers at their training camp, how he handles high pressure matches, what he sees as Wales’ strengths and threats, talks about his leadership style, how the national team has changed since coming into the squad four years ago, how the team’s leadership council operates and whether he’s discusses the game with Leeds United’s Welsh-born coach Cameron Toshack.

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0:00 Intro
1:48 Greg Berhalter on why Tyler Adams is the Captain for the World Cup
2:52 Tyler Adams on being the Captain for the National team
4:04 Greg Berhalter on the game plan against Wales
5:33 Tyler Adams on executing the game plan
6:11 Greg Berhalter on the challenge to manage the youngest team
7:36 Tyler Adams on the threat of Kieffer Moore
8:47 Tyler Adams on the progress
10:03 Greg Berhalter on the pressure of the World Cup
11:02 Greg Berhalter on the “emotional balance” for the Young Players
11:52 Greg Berhalter and Tyler Adams on the issues in Qatar
13:45 Greg Berhalter on the comments from the FIFA president
14:37 Greg Berhalter on the young squad being an advantage
15:24 Tyler Adams on being stable in the pressure
16:29 Greg Berhalter and Tyler Adams on Wales
17:44 Greg Berhalter on his memory of World Cup
18:40 Greg Berhalter on Tyler Adams
19:54 “I’m very competitive”
20:31 Team News and did Greg Berhalter decide the line up
21:30 Greg Berhalter on Wales emotion
22:23 Which players are not ready for 90 minutes?
23:00 Tyler Adams on his journey
24:41 Greg Berhalter on the efforts
25:35 Greg Berhalter on the take away from the referees
26:54 Tyler Adams on leadership council
29:00 Tyler Adams on playing against the Wales players
29:49 Greg Berhalter on who is the favorites of the World Cup Group B