Landon Donovan

If I can put together teams of people that are at least going to pull in the same direction, I think you've got a greater chance of making an impact.

And I think I've always, I've always put that ahead of just picking the best player.

I've always been thoughtful about piecing that together because I never did get that right in Chicago.

And sometimes there can be, you can have a glut of too much talent and,

And over years and years and years of coaching, what I've realized is, well, everyone's talented.

But can we get everybody to pull together in the right moments?

They have to be best friends.

But we have to pull together when it matters.

I have the best learners.

I tell people this all the time.

And it's not just because they're all college educated players, but although I do think that plays a part when I compare that to every other nation in the world.

And by that, I mean, these are people that,

They understand how to grasp ideas.

They have a growth mindset.

They have an emotional intelligence because they might have to grow up, go away from home, learn to live by themselves.

Now, you know this, a lot of players from around the world, they might leave and go and play football somewhere, but not combine that with an education.

And with that, there might be some, they might not grow in the same way.

So I think that's the first thing.

The second is, and I've never seen this with any other team I've ever coached, the love for the crest.

Like these women, they came out of the womb and this is what they dreamed about.